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Lake Tahoe and Truckee local artists and artisans.

Patrick Blide Metal Sculptor

He specializes in sculptures made from reclaimed metal objects, specifically railroad spikes that he masterfully bends to capture motion and movement like this Horse Head.

Meet Patrick Blide, metal sculptor and iron worker from Truckee.

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Contemporary Art & Design by Carole Sesko

She creates original paintings, mixed media collage, and functional art.

She has also been integral to the growth of the Truckee art scene over the years.

Meet Carole Sesko, contemporary artist from Truckee.

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Fantastical Illustrations by Kristen Schwartz

Kristen Schwartz Cave Rock WomanInspired by her surroundings and world cultures, Kristen Schwartz of South Shore has captured many of Tahoe’s mythical icons and other fantasticals  in her illustrations, including this image of Cave Rock Woman.

Cultural mythology and healing customs from around the world play a big part in Kristen’s captivating art work which she calls Faery Medicine.

Her hope is that her illustrations will spark an interest in the vast indigenous wisdom that exists before it disappears completely.

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His Natural Obsession: Photographer Rachid Dahnoun

Rachid Dahnoun PhotographyTaylor Creek MorningIn Tahoe, it’s not unusual to be awed by nature.  It happens daily, and often.

Capturing the subtle nuances and glory of nature in a photograph though is a skill, a passion, and an enduring gift for everyone.

Meet Rachid Dahnoun, South Lake Tahoe photographer.

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Elizabeth and Olof Carmel of Truckee

Lake Tahoe Art 2 Elizabeth CarmelThey specialize in unique and expressive landscapes.

Their mesmerizing prints combine dramatic photography, vivid colors, and artistic touches to create new, captivating visions of the natural world.

Meet Elizabeth and Olof Carmel, Truckee based photographers and owners of Carmel Gallery in Truckee.

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Into the Moment with Lainie Vreeland

lainie_vreeland__fanny_bridge.JPGShe’s added a new twist to photography and art.

Hand-modified Photo Artistry by Lainie Vreeland.

A native of Incline Village since 1979, Lainie’s Hand-Modified Photo Artistry came out of her desire and passion to preserve Tahoe’s history and culture.

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Textile Artist Paula Chung

Aging Iris III by Paula Chung

Her gardens inspire much of her art, even in the midst of enchanting Tahoe winter.

With nature as her pattern and fabric her pallet, she creates award-winning, luminous garden quilts in South Lake Tahoe.

Meet Paula Chung, textile artist.

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Embrace Beauty by Kit Night

Harlequin Romance Kit NightHer paintings are animated, full of color and personality. Just like her.

Kit Night, South Shore oil painter, has an extraordinary gift.  She can take the ordinary like fruit, a table glass or dessert, and bring it to life with an injection of dramatic color and poetic lines.

Her delightful oil paintings are influenced by Jazz and her love of color. Bright color. Bold color.  Color allows her to play with light, while the sweet sound of Jazz inspires her to push the limit adding dimension and animation to her Citrus Jazz and Glass Harmonies paintings.

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Focused: Photographer Court Leve

court7.JPGHis challenge is capturing “quintessential moments”.

He says it keeps him focused.

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True to Her Heart: Christie Ussher

tribalwings.JPGShe expresses her art on canvas, buildings, walls and metal.

And skin, film, stone and cars.

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Truckee Flintknapping Artist, Grog Verbeck

grogcarolelarge1.jpgIt requires his complete attention and puts this Truckee artist in a meditative state.

Flintknap art sculptures by Grog Verbeck.

Grog says this ancient, primitive skill is a dying art.

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Ceramic Sculptures by Jesse Martin

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“Good sculpture is always a struggle and that makes it worth the making.” states sculptor Jesse Martin from Truckee.

Jesse has been creating ceramic sculpture and functional pottery for over twenty years.

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Watercolor and Mixed Media by Fred Noerdlinger

Noerdlinger_IridescentWind_10x26_WatercolorHe incorporates strong value changes with expressive brush strokes to create depth and movement.

His watercolors are bold and contemporary and appear to glow with over twenty layers of color.

Recently, he added iridescent watercolors and a variety of rice papers to his pieces, a combination that has resulted in new and unique works. read more →

Sculptured Masterpieces by David Foster

normal_2-pieta-front-marble-24_x_8_x_4.JPGHis art embodies Renaissance ideals of blending classical beauty with naturalism.

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Larry Kendall, Plein Air Artist and Wood Carver

Tahoe art by Larry KendallYou may have seen him at Lily Lake this summer or fall, or somewhere else outside painting, aka plein air, at Lake Tahoe.

Meet Larry Kendall, South Lake Tahoe plein air artist and wood carver.

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The Glass Rat: Catherine Strand

Catherine StrandAspenSeasonsOnce caught scrounging through a tray of glass scraps by an instructor, she was proclaimed a “rat in the glass.”

Meet Catherine Strand, glass art wizard from Kings Beach.

Catherine’s art glass pieces reflect her fascination with color and light and the variations of their intensity, and the transformative nature of fire. A meditative vision first aroused her curiosity about glass art.

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The Art of Gratitude: Watercolorist Jan Foss

clouds.JPGShe’s an artist and watercolor instructor working out of her studio/art gallery in Incline Village.

When she opened her studio four years ago it was a dream come true.

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Primitive Contemporary Art by Reds Regan

Reds Regan Rain_Dance

He has a style all his own.

An extension of his being, Reds Regan’s paintings are free flowing, bold, and expressive.  A charismatic style emblematic of Reds’ passion for living and his drive to express it on canvas.

Through his fluid brush strokes and bold multi-layered colors, Reds’ primitive contemporary art is an extension of his innate connection with nature. His unique composition and energetic expression create a poetically simplistic yet boldly relaxed style.

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Andy Skaff, Plein Air Artist

Andy Skaff october_glowHis love of the West provides the inspiration for his light-filled, vibrant landscapes which convey the clear sense of strong color and deep contrasts he sees in his subjects.  By painting outdoors in the Sierra Nevada mountains including his home at Lake Tahoe, and high deserts of New Mexico and Arizona, he has developed a deep appreciation for the color and beauty of the western landscape.

Meet Andy Skaff, plein air artist from West Shore.

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Nature Photographer Scott Thompson

Thompson_MuleEarsAtBocaReservoir_PhotographyNature photographer Scott Thompson of Truckee invites you to enjoy the beauty of frozen time through his countless images ranging from abstract and art, animals and wildlife, to Tahoe landscapes and plants.

His photos serve as a visual reminder of the endless beauty of nature.

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A Reflection of his Life: Stained Glass Artist Robert Rathman

Solmate-by-Robert-RathmanHis creations take lots of patience and skill.

Otherwise, weeks of work can be lost in an instant.

South Shore artist, Robert Rathman, has been working with stained glass since the 70’s.

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Tahoe Rocks by Pamela Hunt Lee

Lee_Balancing-Rock-II_48x36_AcrylicIn her lakefront studio, Pamela creates art work which reflects the natural beauty of the world around her.

With nature as her muse, the Lake Tahoe environment is portrayed in her jewelry, paintings, giclee prints and note cards.

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A World of Culture by South Shore Photographer Dirk Yuricich

Yuricich Eiffel TowerVikingsholm Castle. Ehrman Mansion. Thunderbird Lodge. Watson’s Cabin. Eiffel Tower.

Eiffel Tower? In Lake Tahoe?

You bet.

Just ask Dirk Yuricich, South Shore photographer and world traveler.

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Sierra Light by Bonita Paulis

bonita-paulis-end-of-dayShe works with soft pastels to capture the changing moods of our Sierra landscapes.  Her rich pallet of colors depict the captivating light of early morning, end of day and the flush of Tahoe’s famous alpenglow.

Meet Bonita Paulis, landscape artist from South Shore.

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T Pots Pottery. A Truckee Staple.

tpot2.jpgHer art has such personality.

Bold and beautiful. Lively. Animated.

At the same time, it has function and purpose.

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Regal Rooster Art by Nancy Abicht

denial13527.jpgHer subjects like to strut their stuff.

Roosters by Nancy Abicht, South Shore watercolorist.

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Everyday Life by Randall Stauss

Stauss_ChiefBlackCloudHis paintings often depict the everyday life found at the boat marinas of Lake Tahoe, the back streets of Truckee, and the trails around Fallen Leaf Lake.

Like this classic of Chief Black Cloud.

Meet Randall Stauss of Carnelian Bay.

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Shelley Hocknell Zentner: Artist and Rock Climber from South Lake Tahoe

purcya.jpgShelley decided to make South Lake Tahoe her home not only for the inspirational art scene.

She’s an avid rock climber and athlete.

Sound familiar?

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Tahoe Pastel Watercolors by Lois Loveless

Lois Loveless Lois Loveless of South Lake Tahoe works primarily in watercolor, but has also been working for the past three years in pastel, her choice of medium for plein air work.

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The Magical Art of Cathy McClelland

Mcclelland Coyote_ReflectionArt has always been her escape, taking her into the realms of her imagination where she creates.

Cathy McClelland has lived and created on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe for many years. Her love for Tahoe is shared with her love for painting Tahoe’s environment, as well as many other magical themes in life.

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Douglas E. Taylor, Inspired by Nature

doug-taylorInspired by nature, he creates metaphors for the human condition in unique innovations in multilayered mixed-process mono prints, and richly tactile mixed media art.

Meet Douglas E.  Taylor, mixed media artist, printmaker and owner of Vista Gallery in Tahoe Vista.

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Blending Local Artists and Modern Masters: Keoki Flagg

selfportrait_pygmychief.jpgWhen you find yourself at Squaw, stop by Gallery Keoki.

You’ll be glad you did.

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Capturing the Human Condition – Ali Warren

dessert1.JPGHer attention to detail in her illustrations mimics the master Flemish painters who are her inspiration.

Meet Ali Warren, painter from South Lake Tahoe.

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The Fine Art of Living by Lynn Woodward

She has definitely mastered the fine art of living in Tahoe.

Lynn Woodward has lived in South Shore since 1999, where she enjoys the good life. For Lynn that means skiing, sailing (year round in the SF Bay Area when she’s not skiing), painting, making pottery and teaching others.

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Constructivist Sculpture by Elaine Jason

jason-artHer sculptures are constructions that relate to architecture.

“Structural forms have always fascinated me,” says Elaine Jason of Tahoe City, “whether they are structures in nature, such as the cellular forms of butterfly wings as seen through a microscope…or the architectural things that man has made.”

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Mothering Peace Exhibit by Yasmin Sayyed at North Tahoe Art Center thru May

breaths-yasmin-sayyed“Everyday is an opportunity to walk in honour, dignity and interpersonal decency.”  Dr. Yasmin A. Sayyed, poet and mixed media artist.

Sayyed’s Mothering Peace exhibit will be on display at the North Tahoe Art Center through May 31, 2009.

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Painting puts East Shore Artist in the Moment

ann1.jpg“The time when I am the most immersed in the present is when I paint,” she says. read more →

An exploration of dualities by Sara Smith

sarasmith.JPGHer work looks at inner and outer experiences, public and private, heart and mind, what we choose to share and unwittingly reveal.

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Tahoe Backcountry inspires Watercolor Dreamscapes

With all of her senses engaged, she creates watercolors that capture her love affair with Tahoe and nature.

Meet Joyce Major, North Shore watercolorist.

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Melissa Lanitis Gregory. In Loving Memory.

She loved art, chocolate, red wine, dogs, recycling, her old and new friends, and her community.

But above all, she loved her sons, Griffin and Gordie, and her adoring husband, Alan; and her father.

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Landscape Artist Stefan Baumann

Stefan Baumann, a native of South Lake Tahoe Tahoe, is one of America’s most trusted guides to painting on location.

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Change by Sara Zimmerman

Sara Zimmerman’s new works and art for 2009 reflect change.

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Connecting Heaven and Earth by Yasmin Sayyed

Local mixed media artist and poet, Yasmin Sayyed, is participating in an international art movement to help bridge Heaven & Earth through art and energy.

Shown here is Yasmin’s latest painting entitled “Peace be Still; in the Heart of Humanity” which was created in her South Shore studio.

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LTCC Art Gallery Director & Landscape Artist, Phyllis Shafer

monitors.jpgHer art is a lyrical expression of her innate awareness to her surroundings.

Well known by college art students, she is currently featured on Lake Tahoe buses and t-shirts.

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Fused Glass by Lynn McGeever

McGeever_mosaic lily_7x7_fused glassA self admitted “glassaholic”, Lynn McGeever is passionate about glass.

So much so that she has explored many facets used in the creation of art glass including glassblowing and making the intricate inclusions found in many of her pieces.

Lynn’s current work includes “mosaic inspired” fused glass.

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Sculpted Photographs by Matt Dodge, Snowboard Pioneer

Snowboard pioneer and former world champion uses adrenalin to fuel his imagery.

Meet Matt Dodge.

“I create modern images that document contemporary man’s celebration of the eternal earth,” states Dodge. “I blend the excitement of my experiences with a primal urge to create.”

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Melissa Lanitis Gregory – Art with a Recycled Soul

Mixed-media artist Melissa Lanitis Gregory came to Tahoe for 4 days…20 years ago.

Leaving her Assistant Art Director job in New York City for a waitressing job in Tahoe seemed like a no-brainer. read more →

Art Physics by Soren Wolff

His art will stop you in your tracks.

He prefers painting with oils and acrylics on canvas in large scale with seamless lines and curves that help him illustrate the mysteries of the hidden dimensions.

Meet Soren Wolff, Truckee fine artist and painter.

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Jump! by Sara Zimmerman selected as TAMC Sticker #2

It’s worth a 1,000 words.

And speaks volumes about our life in Tahoe and Truckee.

Once again Sara has captured the playfulness of life in her latest painting Jump! that has been selected as the TAMC Collectible Sticker #2 to be released in July.

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Modern Images, Ancient Techniques by Blaine Deutsch

It’s a race against time.

When he paints, he has to work fast. Like a chess player always thinking a few moves ahead.

That’s because his painting is dictated by the medium – hot beeswax.

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