June at Sutter Creek Callery: Laine Holman

Artist Laine Holman doesn’t remember a time when creating wasn’t important.  She knew from the age of five that she was an artist. Since then she has worked in a variety of media including various types of painting and sculpture. For her show in June at the Sutter Creek Gallery she will display ceramics, acrylic paintings, and silk scarves.  An opening reception will be held in her honor on Saturday, June 3, from 2 to 5 p.m.

Holman and her husband have been raising and homeschooling their six children in an “art house,” where no creative opportunity is off limits to them.  “Early on,” she states, “with my Littles around me, I began doing commissioned portraits, illustrations and     murals from our small apartment.”  Later on she undertook a two-year study of wheel thrown pottery under a master potter.  Some of Holman’s ceramics are decorated using sgraffito, which involves scratching a design in an upper layer of paint to reveal the color underneath. Other decorative techniques, such as hand painting, wax resist and stamping, are also used on her pottery items and pendants.

The multi-talented artist goes beyond producing ceramics.  Her acrylic paintings of landscapes and birds are often abstracted and enhanced with stylized designs.  Holman will also be showing hand painted silk scarves which are fashioned using a variety of techniques, such as salt, ice dying, or resist.  For the last two years she has been focusing on improving her craftsmanship, working to build an online presence, and providing mentorship opportunities for women who have set their creative passions aside to raise a family.

Sutter Creek Gallery invites you to spend some time with Laine Holman at her reception on Saturday, June 3.  She is one of twenty-three local artists exhibiting at the gallery located at 40 Main Street, in the heart of Sutter Creek.  Besides original paintings and photography, the gallery offers affordable prints, cards, jewelry, pottery, glass and fiber arts, and gourds, as well as framing services. The gallery is open Thursday through Monday from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.  For additional information, call 209-267-0228, email suttercreekgallery@gmail.com, or visit www.suttercreekgallery.com.

Vessel with wood handle

Ceramic Vase

Bird pendant

Landscape

Three Ravens