Glass/Mixed Media
For Susan Stinsmuehlen-Amend, inspiration comes from many sources, both mundane and elegant. Her unconscious doodles find their way from her desk calendar to sheets of glass and are combined with…

Photographer
Robert G. Smith was given advice early in his career to look beyond the lens and to discover his own unique vision. Whether the image reflects the natural landscape or discarded man-made objects, Smith’s…

Painter/Mixed Media
Duane Simshauser is a highly acclaimed mixed media artist who began his career in Ventura Couny. A resident of Fillmore, he works in the genre of assemblage, in which he applies paper and various types…

Sculptor
In 1956 Spaulding joined the Department of Defense School System (DoDSS) and moved to Yokohama, Japan to teach History. While in Japan, he continued to be active in amateur theater productions, traveled extensively throughout the Orient, and actively collected Japanese antiques and art. He also developed his own considerable talents as a sculptor, collaborated with local Japanese artists in Yokohama and Tokyo, and staged several exhibitions…

Printmaker
Is it fair to say that a talented printmaker’s most visible work takes up one side of an old grocery store? Yes, if that print-maker is Linda Taylor who spent many months restoring the mural on the exterior wall…

Ceramist
Cheryl Ann Thomas delights in the unexpected and relishes the moment her hand coiled porcelain and stoneware vessels assume a life of their own. Constructing these sculptures is an intimate process involving…

Ceramist
Leslie Thompson Leslie Thompson’s works delight the eye, both for the spontaneity of some pieces and the controlled precision of others. A black and white checkered pattern mimics water overflowing a jug. The…

Painter/Encaustic Artist
Her artist-grandfather was very stern. He knew all the rules about art and wanted to be sure little Sylvia understood them. Consequently she stayed away from art until an understanding and gifted…

Ceramist
Myra Toth is a bit of an alchemist, at home with hundreds of jars filled with chemicals that transform clay into objects of stunning beauty. These playful, imaginative pieces, some aglow with lustrous glazes, remind us…

Writer
Christopher Trumbo was a writer whose film credits are impressive. They involved his working with some of the most iconic figures of a particularly complex era of Hollywood history. The lessons…