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Entrepreneurs. Innovators. Interpreters of life’s jagged edges and silken pathways. Soothsayers and sorcerers. These words and more define the creative individuals who have chosen Sonoma as their home. Explore their methods and mediums in these pages and be inspired.

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Jonqui Albin

Performance Art; Teacher/Instructor; Visual Arts: Illustration, Painting, Sculpture; term

Action Expression is the trademark of Jonqui Albin’s art. Core bodies of work are large scale installations, wire sculptures and paintings. They are inspired by conceptual drawings derive from live, offsite study...

Patti Buttitta

Artisan: Other; Design: Graphic Design; Functional Art: Other; Visual Arts: Illustration, Mixed, Other, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture; term

Patti Buttitta, artist and graphic designer— Patti draws on her background and experience as an artist, illustrator, writer and printmaker. She enjoys the challenge of complicated projects, but relishes the simple and...

Ron Carter

Artisan: Ceramics, Jewelry; Functional Art: Furniture; Teacher/Instructor: Teaching Artist for Adults, Teaching Artist for Youth; Visual Arts: Illustration, Mixed, Other, Painting, Photography, Sculpture; term

My Path… Divergent visions gave rise to my creative present. A present refreshed by art as life and livelihood. Experiences like the ‘Tubbs Fire’ that hit Santa Rosa and burned down so much in so short a time, serve...

Marsha Connell

Teacher/Instructor; Visual Arts: Other, Painting; term

MARSHA CONNELL was nurtured in her love for art, nature, and learning by her grandfather, Samuel Riss, watercolor painter and Renaissance farmer in Upstate New York. She expresses this legacy in her passion for the...

Jason Cool

Architecture; Artisan: Ceramics, Fiber Art, Glass, Jewelry, Other, Woodworking; Arts Administration; Dance: Ballroom, Choreography, Hip-Hop & Funk, Improvisation, Modern, Other, Professional Performance; Design: Fashion Design, Interior Design; Film Office: Crew, Equipment, General Services, Production, Talent; Folk Art: Other, Puppetry, Storytelling; Functional Art: Furniture, Other; Literature: Children's, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Other, Poetry; Media: Other; Multi-Media; Music: Composition, Instrumental, Other, Vocal; Performance Art; Teacher/Instructor; Theatre: Acting, Directing, Improvisation, Other; Visual Arts: Illustration, Mixed, Other, Painting, Photography, Sculpture; term

Jason Cool/Henson Raised by musical and artistic tallent. from my grandfather Walter cool.writing and composing set designs on and off Broadway as well as music teacher. He tought me many things about music ,set...

Judith Eisen

Visual Arts: Painting; term

Born in 1942, Judith was discovered at age 6 to be a prodigy in the area of painting, and given the opportunity to learn to paint in oils. Painting, exhibiting and selling artwork has been a constant throughout her...

Kerstin Fletcher

Literature: Children's; Music: Instrumental; Recovery Fund Grantee; Teacher/Instructor; Visual Arts: Illustration, Mixed, Other, Painting, Photography; term

I LOVE drawing and painting with all mediums. From pencil to watercolor, acrylic, or oil, I thrive on capturing light and life. Always looking for new challenges and beauty to capture, I can be found outside at sunrise...

Lauren Forcella

Visual Arts: Painting; term

Shop my website for museum-quality fine art originals and giclee prints by Lauren Forcella. Current focus: Oil paintings in contemporary impressionism. Thank you for signing up for my newsletter and keep and eye for...

Anna Friesen

Visual Arts: Mixed, Painting, Photography; term

My work is about the cycle of formation, birth, lifespan, death, and decay; a process I am experiencing; a process in motion in the feathers, shells, and leaves which I am attracted to pick up. I elevate what is usually...

Christine Hourscht

Visual Arts: Illustration, Mixed, Painting; term

Living in a small town in California, Christine Renee Hourscht is surrounded by nature’s beauty. She likes to hike among the trees, admiring flowers, birds, and other animals. She is also enchanted by the ocean,...

Drew Jackson

Visual Arts: Mixed, Photography; term

My journey with encaustic medium started in 2010 when I participated in a workshop with Kathleen McCallum at a local art store. Since that time, I have taken a class at the Mendocino Art Center with Mira White and an...

Carolyn Jarvis

Visual Arts: Painting; term

Local ocean and vineyard scenes are often sources of inspiration for Carolyn Jarvis’ oil paintings. She is captivated by the process and challenge of creating colorful, spontaneous paintings that attempt to capture the...

Cat Kaufman

Artisan: Jewelry; Visual Arts: Mixed, Other, Sculpture; term

Cat Kaufman is a 3D mixed media artist in Santa Rosa, CA. Her studio is located in the SOFA Arts District at 312 South A St. #6. Cat uses found objects to create metaphoric assemblage, plaster carvings and masks. She...

Jacqueline Kramer

Music: Vocal; Visual Arts: Illustration, Painting; term

Jacqueline Kramer graduated from Bennington College with a degree in painting and sculpture where she focused on large color field stain paintings and sculpture made from found objects. Her first one- woman show, which...

Jennifer LaPierre

Design: Interior Design; Visual Arts: Mixed, Painting, Photography; term

Artist ~ Designer Fine Art – Curated Collections Residential – Commercial – Hospitality Art genre as fluid as our price point – Traditional, transitional and contemporary art created to your price point goals, variety...

Andrea Leland

Media: Film, Video; Visual Arts: Painting, Printmaking; term

Andrea E. Leland is an artist who resides in Petaluma, California and the US Virgin Islands. Originally from Quebec, Canada, Leland received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute in Chicago, where she resided...

Mother Magica

Artisan: Jewelry; Dance: Choreography; Design: Fashion Design; Media: Audio, Video; Music: Composition, Instrumental, Other, Vocal; Visual Arts: Photography; term

Artist , Muse, CRAZY I am a creative designer and maker of music, videos, jewelery, clothing, wigs, dance and short storys….. I am a constant comic in all ways of life. Being able to laugh at everything is my true...

Colton Measles

Design: Interior Design; Functional Art: Other; Visual Arts: Sculpture; term

Colton Measles is a 30 year old artist and wood carver from Colorado and recently moved to Sonoma County in mid December of 2017 to pursue and further his work as a professional decorative woodworker. Coltons work has...

Erin Rose Opperman

Design: Graphic Design; Visual Arts: Illustration, Mixed, Other, Painting, Photography; term

Here’s the important stuff: I have a strong, varied background in visual arts with a photography degree from Sonoma State University as well as a degree in graphic design + branding from San Francisco’s FIDM. For...

Judy Pagnusat

Artisan: Glass, Jewelry; Teacher/Instructor; term

I am an artist who has always loved making jewelry. I make jewelry out of every medium I have ever worked in, be it crochet, paper, glass or metal. In recent years my favored materials have been glass and metal clay. My...

Brooks Palmer

Film Office: Talent; Folk Art: Puppetry, Storytelling; Literature: Children's, Fiction, Non-Fiction; Media: Video; Music: Composition, Instrumental, Vocal; Performance Art; Teacher/Instructor: Teaching Artist for Adults; Theatre: Acting, Directing, Improvisation; Visual Arts: Illustration, Painting; term

I’m a creative artist who loves to work in many fields. I write short humorous stories. I paint surrealistic art. I perform quirky improvisational songs and short stories on stage. I draw funny words-of-wisdom cartoons....

Jessica Snowden

Visual Arts: Illustration, Painting; term

Jessica Snowden is a self-taught artist who has been drawing since she was very young. She loves colorful canvases and finding new ways to represent ideas in everyday life. Jessica’s artwork are creations in painting...

Kathleen Truax

Visual Arts: Illustration, Painting; term

How many times did I choose a career path? The first time: My major. Art was my preference, but disliking the attitude of the art department I abandoned it for psychology. It turned out the professors were...

Carlea Warren-Rossi

Visual Arts: Illustration, Mixed, Other, Painting; term

Carlea developed an interest in art from an early age. As her family would say, she was born with a pencil in her hand. Due to her shy nature as a child, she had difficulty communicating with others solely through...

Timothy Watters

Visual Arts: Illustration, Other, Painting; term

Timothy Teruo Watters (TTW) is an inspired, highly-respected and self-taught expressive realist painter who has spent the past 20 years creating art that draws inspiration from the colorful spectrum of his family...