LaVerne Kyriss “When I got the contest notice, I decided it would be fun to take part,” said Leslie Farber. “My plan was to do a realistic representation of the door in the photo. I told my husband Jim about my idea and he just laughed,” she smiled. She got out her watercolor palette and…
Linda Whitehead and Russell Stokes Robert “Bob” Simpson is an author and local historian. Born and raised in Fullerton, Calif., he attended UCLA, UC Davis, and received his Masters in Agricultural Economics from Oregon State University. Bob then taught Business Administration at the University of Maryland and later entered the Doctoral Program at Harvard Business…
LaVerne Kyriss Like many organizations, the SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild has seen challenging times this year. “We’re still hanging in there and having Zoom meetings and discussions. The guild is still offering open studio times in the Topaz room for guild members with masks and safety protocols in place,” explained Karen Brungardt, guild president. “And…
Beth Longman The Glass Art Club members were in full swing having fun and being creative when upon the arrival of the pandemic, everything was shut down in mid-March. Members were pleased when the Turquoise Room reopened in mid-June, and since then dedicated club members have been using the room to work on creative and…
LaVerne Kyriss Perhaps best known around SaddleBrooke for her precise and realistic watercolor pet portraits, often done as commissioned work, Kay Sullivan also paints landscapes, portraits, florals, and abstract images. “Painting animals comes easy to me,” she explained. “I always start with the eyes, the nose, and then the color of the body. The expression is…
LaVerne Kyriss Greta von Wrangel is a long-time textile artist who started learning batik when her mother took a class in 1968 to learn the technique involved in using layers of wax resist and multiple dye baths to create intricately designed, often multi-colored fabric. “I designed a batik featuring one of the iconic Victorian San…
LaVerne Kyriss SaddleBrooke artists have a new location to show their work, thanks to local realtors. The gallery idea came from Lisa Gaare, branch manager at Long Realty’s Golder Ranch office. “I was looking for a way to both jazz up our office space and also do something to benefit our community,” Gaare said. She…
LaVerne Kyriss Rose Collins spent her professional life as a psychotherapist, working for 33 years with trauma victims in New York. During that time she enjoyed photography as a hobby and had several opportunities to show her work. “We moved to SaddleBrooke in 1998. I gave up my practice and was ready for a change.…
LaVerne Kyriss Delys Nast says she’s always done art. Her mother was an illustrator, commercial artist, and art teacher. “My mom always encouraged us four kids to explore creative outlets. We could use any of the supplies she had around,” she remembered, “except for the time I used pastel crayons for a sidewalk drawing. Those…
LaVerne Kyriss Howard Cohen started painting in the early 1990s by taking an extension class at the local high school in a Chicago area suburb. “It was a small class and the instructor would walk around as he was coaching students. When a student needed help, the instructor would stop and either talk them through…