Paintings & Prints By Guild Members
Painters work in watercolor, acrylics, oils and artists’ pencils, rendering two-dimensional art works that range from pure abstraction to photorealism to unique combinations of images that express feelings, ideas, and a view of the world. Fine art printmakers etch or carve their original images into hard material like wood or metal and print the images, usually on paper.
Sheila Mason is a self-taught artist who lives in the mountains of the Illinois Valley of Southern Oregon. Mason felt from an early childhood that she was an artist but chose to pursue the path of marriage, children, and work. For many years art was an undercurrent in her day-to-day life, and
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Kristen O'Neill is a landscape painter and art teacher in Southern Oregon. Her artwork aims to inspire you to look longer, and really appreciate a place by showing you its personality. Kristen's paintings capture the emotional release, the beauty of the place,
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Born in 1953 at Black Mountain College in Asheville, NC (an avant-garde art school, during the time of the Abstract Expressionist Movement) Caitlin Rice was born an artist. Caitlin has been painting since the age of 13 when she started taking classes from local artists in Los Angeles,
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Angela Franklin is a multimedia artist who draws inspiration from nature, folklore, and the spirit of place. She has a background in plant medicine, death midwifery, and community organizing. She studied Art at Lindenwood University in St. Charles Missouri and has been focusing on botanical
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Brian Davis was exposed early in life to a world of art and creativity during high school. His two instructors were of the surreal persuasion and being fascinated by it seemed to stick with him! Fast forward through marriage, children and work sidelined his ability to make art a priority. Now
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In her artistic practice, Pam explores nature. She goes beyond realism and provides a unique, powerful vision of her natural subjects that deepens the connection between the viewer and the natural world. Her distinctive style is colorful, highly textured and semi-abstract, but the natural forms
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Mary Ann Clady is a local painter who moved to the Illinois Valley in Southern Oregon from North Central Ohio in February 2024. She works in an impressionistic, painterly style in colorful oils and watercolors. Her subject matter covers a range of landscapes,
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David Maize considers himself fortunate to have spent the first five years of his life in the redwood country of Northern California. The forests and creeks near his home served as his playground, where he, his brother, and sister spent countless hours exploring. This
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A Midwest child transplanted by choice (or cosmic intervention) to the Illinois Valley of Southern Oregon nearly 50 years ago, Barker is a divergent thinker, educator, creator, idealist, observer. From kindergarten, Barker knew she wanted to work in the arts. A practical, yet quietly
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A native of Washington State, Alan Laurie spent some formative years as a child in Jamaica and eventually moved at the age of 5 to Baton Rouge, Louisiana where he lived for the next 27 years, graduating from Louisiana State University (LSU) with a degree in fine arts. He went
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Jennifer Folkerts is a licensed acupuncturist, mother, and visual artist in Takilma whose passion for painting and drawing began in high school and continued into her first couple years of college where she found deep joy in her creative process. After a break to pursue a career in
...Painters and printmakers use two different ways of rendering original images that they create by hand. Both are two-dimensional art forms. All may intend their work to express any ideas or feelings from simple aesthetic pleasure to political activism. Guild members’ work in the Guild Gallery represent many of these possibilities.
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Joyful camaraderie comes with learning and working together on something you love. Our art classes and workshops bring together artists and community members to create in a variety of media. Watch our calendar.
The Guild’s art workshops and classes are taught either by Guild members, who are practicing artists in their field, or by visiting Master Artists, who are regionally or nationally recognized for excellence in their disciplines. Classes in the business of art are taught by professional artists and educators who have achieved economic success in the arts.