Artists
VIRGINIA DEPICOLZUANE
A lifetime interest in art has led Virginia to experiment with several mediums including pastel, ink and pencil. Her favorites are still watercolor and oil painting. She enjoys the physical depth and ability to move oil paint around and feels the textural possibilities as well as the strong colors seem to help to interpret certain subjects very well. Light, mood, and color speak to Virginia frequently as she travels and is occupied in the various matters of her life. She feels painting can be meditative or exciting and mimics the experience of life itself.
LYN DERRICK
Lyn has been writing all her life. In school, many teachers would tell her, “If you don’t become a writer someday, I’ll be very disappointed.” Writing was always the way Lyn made sense of the world. It was and is her preferred way of communicating with others – a way to organize the jumbled thoughts in her mind, and communicate those thoughts coherently. (Speaking was always much more difficult.) Working in counseling for many years, Lyn developed an appreciation for the stories of everyday life and people – the experiences that are at once unique to the individual yet common to us all. Through the years, Lyn was a freelance writer. She is an award-winning writer and has been published in The Dallas Morning News, The Spokesman Review, The Cascades Mountain Echo, the Northern Kittitas County Tribune (where she was the editor for two years) – as well as numerous specialty publications and magazines. To encourage other writers and receive inspiration herself, Lyn facilitates a writer’s group at the Carpenter House Art Gallery and Museum called The Write Stuff, which meets on the last Friday of every month.
BONNIE HAWK
Bonnie works in watercolor, oils, photography and pastels in a realistic modality. Often, Bonnie mixes nature with common ordinary objects and scenes. She uses strong colors in the work and at times is whimsical in her subject matter. Bonnie took watercolor classes in North Bend and with Graham Flatt at the Carpenter House Museum and Gallery. She has shown at the Last Resort, Roslyn City Hall, and the Sterling Savings and Wells Fargo Banks. She shows regularly at the Carpenter House Museum and Gallery.
BETTY HOLMES
Betty considers her style between realism and impressionism. She paints a variety of subjects in oil, acrylic, and watercolor. Betty says she enjoys being lost in the process of creativity. She has studied with many artists and has attended various workshops. Betty has displayed in the First Friday Art Walk in Ellensburg, the Cle Elum Family Clinic, and Bassett’s Station in Sierra City, California.
SHANNON JOHANSEN
Website: shanieswatercolors.com
Shannon has been an artist all her life. She loves to color, paint, and create in any media. She specializes in landscape watercolors, sometimes adding mixed media. She has had extensive art classes at all levels and holds a certificate in Multimedia Design. Shannon has had two solo shows at the Old Hotel Art Gallery in Othello. Her watercolor painting “Repose” was selected to display in the Larsen Gallery. She currently lives in Texas and is a lifetime member of the High Country Artists. A selection of her paintings is on display at the Carpenter House Museum and Gallery.
Shannon says the greatest pleasure in painting is best described in the following quotation: “The whole plan laid itself smoothly out before me and I slept no more. That night I worked as busily as if mind and body had nothing to do with one another.”…Louisa May Alcott.
CHARLENE KAUZLARICH
Charlene enjoys photographing nature and all outdoor scenes and then transferring these shots into fun frames and cards. Retiring from over 30 years of administrative office work, she takes great pleasure in organizing the behind-the-scenes functions for the High Country Artists, such as the Art Walks in Roslyn for 2006 and 2007, and creating the HCA brochures and calendars. She has recently been seen on the local TV channel 40 guiding the host, Art Colts, through the Carpenter House Museum & Art Gallery. Her photography has been displayed at Lefties in Roslyn, Edward Jones in Ellensburg, and Mama Vallone’s in Cle Elum.
GERALD KAUZLARICH
Photo Gallery: Gerald Kauzlarich Oil Paintings
Click here to read Gerald’s Poetry
Gerald enjoys using his oils to create surrealistic art. A self taught artist from Roslyn, he states “it is what you don’t see in the picture that is important.” Don Brontsema, one of his art coaches, encouraged Gerald to paint what was inside; his thoughts, emotions, and dreams. Gerald is a gifted poet as well as oil painter. He often writes a poem that goes along with the visual work to make a much larger statement. His works have been displayed at Lefties in Roslyn, the Cle Elum Family Medical Center, and Edward Jones office in Ellensburg, and his multi-media painting “A Bad Day” was accepted into the 51st Annual Central Washington Artists Exhibition at the Larson Gallery.
TERRI MACHALE
As a young girl, Terri Machale loved to draw and paint – but, then life got in the way! She married, raised a family, worked a career, and never found the time to pursue her love of creating art. Now that her last child has left the nest, and with the blessing of friends and family, Terri is back to pursuing her love of painting. She joined the High Country Artists as they painted in the Carpenter House basement, took some art classes there, and now is proud to show off her new creations. Her acrylic paintings are full of vivid color and strong emotion.
SHARON J. ROBERTSON
Website: OpTexFabrixStudio.com
Sharon is a local designer, artist and writer who works with graphite and color pencil drawings as well as photography. She uses real life and old black and white photos for her subjects. Sharon also creates her own computerized designs for fabric creations. She is developing a book entitled “Recollections of a Country Girl”. It will include poems, short stores and illustrations created over a lifetime of living. Sharon is a member of the High Country Artist of Upper Kittitas County, The Write Stuff writer’s group at HCA and owns OpTex Fabrix Studio.
JANICE SCHEOPNER
Janice started painting at the age of 65 after the death of her husband. She says, “Painting and my family help me keep body and mind busy.” Janice has studied oil painting with June Hanna-Brandon of Bouse, AZ, Jeannie Johnson of Ellensburg, WA; pastel painting with Cheryl Williams-Cosner of Oregon; watercolor with Graham Flatt of Montana, and has attended various workshops and seminars. She especially enjoys landscapes, seascapes, flowers and birds. She is represented by the High Country Artists Association and has shown her work at the Carpenter House Museum, the Parker, AZ Art Show, various businesses in Cle Elum and the Kittitas County Fair. She says, “In order to paint the beauty which surrounds us in Kittitas County, the photo realistic approach to painting is my preference. In the future, I hope to expand my experience to include a looser style of painting and experiment with more color in my work.”
V. (GINGER) STOGDELL
Ginger’s paintings are about how shapes, textures, values and composition join with imagination to speak of the many flavors of life. Her creativity goes in many directions. An ardent member of HCA’s Fresh Air Friday’s outdoor painting group, she paints the natural world as she sees it. Her enjoyment of people leads her to portraits. A wealth of life experiences can inspire a painting, whether memories, poetry or something seen. “These paintings just seem to paint themselves.” All facets of creativity call to her. She is always exploring new ways of doing, new ways of seeing, and new ways of thinking. Ginger is a member of `The Write Stuff’, HCA’s writers group, and teaches beginning art for all ages.
KAREN WATLAND – Click here to see Photo Gallery of Karen Watland’s Paintings
Colorist, Impressionist, Expressionist, and Representational are all terms Karen uses to describe her art. Never staying within the confines of one style exclusively gives her free range to explore all corners of her creativity. The same goes for her medium. Karen believes for her style of painting, each subject warrants a different type of paint and style to express her feelings about it. She states “artists are trying to communicate an idea and I want a wide range of materials available to convey my message.” Karen has thought about sculpting, however, she doesn’t like to dust and space is a problem for this productive artist. Karen states “I feel I now have the knowledge to pursue my love of exploring the art world by painting the way I desire.” After ten years of workshops, study, and intense classes she hopes to advance and fine tune her painting skills. “I will be forever grateful to my weekly class instructors; Liana Bennett and Don Brontsema; Workshop instructors, Robert Long, Ned Mueller, Diane McClary, David Taylor, Graham Flatt, Dianna Shyne, Craig Srebnik, Zhaoming Wu, Robert Krogle, all the other artists and friends that have helped along the way and for all the masters’ works I have the opportunity to see and admire.” She thanks you for supporting the arts which can be viewed as mirrors for our world that we live in.
KATHY LEONARD WEBER
Kathy’s realistic style of painting allows her complete control of her subject matter, whether she’s painting with oils or pastels. She uses rich and vibrant color to capture the light and moment of each subject–be it bird, barn or landscape. Kathy has studied with Jeannie Johnson of Ellensburg and also has attended workshops offered by Robert Krogle, Ned Mueller, Diane McClary and Cheryl Cosmer, to name a few. Three of Kathy’s barn paintings have been shown in juried shows at the Clymer Museum and Gallery in Ellensburg. She shows at the Carpenter House Museum and Gallery, and numerous venues around Kittitas County.