A painting by Maxine Ranicke
Maxine Ranicke is one of the many artists who will show their art work in the fall Fine Art Show. Maxine, formally from Belleview, Washington, has lived in SaddleBrooke for 11 years.
Her first art lessons were given to her by French artist Maurice Kidgel at age 12 in Kailua, Oahu, Hawaii.
Maxine majored in Fine Art at the University of Washington until early marriage and raising a family intervened. When her children were older she returned to art and took oil painting classes from Vaho Muskheli, an artist from the Republic of Georgia (Russia) who taught at the prestigious Georgian State Academy of Fine Arts. She also studied art in Seattle at the Factory of Visual Arts, Cornish Institute of Art, the new School of Visual Concepts and Kirkland Art Center.
Presently Maxine takes oil painting classes from Titus Castanza, who teaches in SaddleBrooke.
Her paintings are about people or animals interacting with their environment or with each other. She looks for the emotional current so the painting tells a story or conveys a mood. She feels it’s an achievement if the viewer stays with the painting for a second or third viewing. To make this happen she needs to leave room for the viewer’s imagination; therefore, she puts some of herself and her impressions of the subject into the painting rather than producing a photo realistic piece.
To see Maxine’s beautiful art work, as well as the work of many other talented artists in the SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild, come by the Fine Art Show Saturday, October 29, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Sunday, October 30, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.