Sedona News – The Sedona Renegades Artist Group is pleased to announce that its Summer 2024 Art Exhibit is returning to the Sedona Arts Center!
Running from July 2 – July 31, 2024, this show features some of the area’s most original and gifted artists displaying a remarkable range of their works. The public is cordially invited to meet the artists at their First Friday Artists Reception on July 5 from 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM.
And the sales from this exhibit will benefit the Verde Valley Humane Society, helping that fine organization care for unwanted, lost and abused animals and promote animal welfare and adoptions.
The Sedona Renegades have conducted local art shows for over a decade, and they bring a remarkable diversity of life experiences and backgrounds to their artistic endeavors. Painter Karen O’Donnell, for example, studied art in college but then started a career in the insurance industry. Now retired, her colorful work is founded in impressionism mixed with a splash of contemporary flair.
Carol Gandolfo is a painter, photographer, author, and practicing clinical psychologist. Her abiding interest in people and animals resonates throughout her works, helping her capture fleeting moments that reveal inner moods. It also served her well as she wrote her recently released second novel, “Random Access Murder”, which will be featured.
Judy Feldman, after retiring from a career as a photographer and teacher, discovered the fine art of creating jewelry using tiny glass beads. Her beads are like pixels from which she fashions abstracts, patterns, and other colorful designs. She usually uses Japanese and Czech beads, and her entrancing works can embody as many as 3500 individual beads.
Born in Phoenix, Rick Gandolfo studied fine art and then spent most of his career working in the aerospace industry. Now retired, he paints striking plein air landscapes with a contemporary bent. The bold colors and brushstrokes of his paintings allow him to reflect a deep, personal, and emotional relationship with his surroundings.
John Warren Oakes’ elegant paintings have been exhibited nationally and internationally. A retired art professor, he has authored numerous books and publications on art, and is listed in Sedona’s Best Artists by Louise Sheldon MacDonald and Sedona Verde Valley Art: A History from Red Rocks to Plein-Air by Lili DeBarbieri.
Carol Hildebrand began drawing at an early age and never stopped. She studied art at Penn State and then Washington State, and although she has studied and worked in a variety of mediums and techniques, her first love to this day remains drawing. “Drawing is the first step in the long journey of art,”, she says, and for many years she has shared her gift by teaching to children and adults.
Probably as a result of growing up in the frigid winters of Minnesota, Maude Metcalf has discovered a unique way of photographing the world’s vibrant colors, beauty, and vitality through the shimmering glow of ice. She calls her work “the creation of the unimagined”, and it has been widely displayed in galleries, businesses, and private homes across the country.
Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Nita Marlette’s early work was shaped by studies with a range of esteemed California artists. A signature member of the Northern Arizona Watercolor Society, she happily shares her ideas and techniques with other artists. Southwestern architecture and Sedona’s rocky landscapes and creeks have become her favorite subjects.
Jan Saunders is an eclectic artist who enjoys working in acrylics, calligraphy, collage, and the paper arts. Her favorite projects incorporate multiple art forms and media. She was one of the first Signature Members of the Northern AZ Watercolor Society (NAWS), and her eclectic work has been honored with numerous awards in juried shows.
Photographer Jim Peterson is inspired by the stunning landscapes of the Southwest, where he grew up and first snapped a shutter. His wide-ranging works have received numerous awards and accolades and have been acquired by collectors worldwide. In the last decade, he has added infrared photography to his repertoire, opening up a vast new universe of artistic expression.
The Sedona Renegades exhibit can be seen in the Special Exhibition Gallery at the Sedona Arts Center, 15 Art Barn Road, Sedona, Arizona 86336. It opens Tuesday, July 2 at 10:00 AM and continues daily 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM, except Sundays noon to 5:00 PM, through July 31, 2024. For more information, contact Jim Peterson at 602-828-7407.