Meet KlewKlew's artist background exceeds polymer clay throughout her life in many mediums. Her current passion with Polymer clay began in 1987. Klew has developed her techniques to explore the boundaries of this versatile medium and is known the world over by collectors and designers alike for her innovative style not only with beadmaking but in jewelry design.
Alejandra WhittierA Tehachapi resident now for over four years – with husband Adam and cats Nairobi and McKinley – Alejandra was born, raised and educated in Puebla, Mexico, earning a Bachelor of Industrial Design degree from the University of Monterrey in 2003.
Along the way, her interest in design prompted her to teach herself jewelry design, often incorporating the use of metals and natural stones.
The idea of Stone Disegno started in 2005 while she was working abroad in Quito, Ecuador.
Greg Loskorn - Capturing Nature One Scene at a Time
Leigh Creates Contemporary Art in Bold Metal Sculpture
Leon Leigh creations originate from the fire of the imagination of both fantasy and fiction. By reducing the figure to the bare minimum, his sculptures expose the skeleton of a frail body and reveal the playfulness of a vigorous life. His work delivers a conquest of both ruin and charismatic energy.
These creatures of whimsical dreamlike appearance personify the artists' existence in a world of the sublime and the surreal.
Exploring with Paint
Marti Howell Paints, Paints, and Paints
Finding and Creating Art Terry Sonntag is a part-time BVS resident since 2005 and long-time resident of Agua Dulce, located on the eastern border of the Santa Clarita Valley. He is an Adjunct Professor at College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita. He has been a connoisseur of antiques and fine arts for decades. His broad exposure from his antique business, professional development and antique appraisal practice guided him to a greater interest and appreciation for California Impressionism.
Tina Dilley - A Personal Biography
Tina “Dilley” Magie who holds a bachelors degree in Fine Arts has devoted years of study, personal growth, and practice to develop a signature style that is distinctly her own. Her most recent body of work is unique and compelling that conveys a sense of intelligence and soul, especially around the eyes. These portraits of animals and humans are rendered in a shimmering mosaic of paint that really requires a personal viewing to truly appreciate. Tina explains that the medley of colors and shapes in her work is the result of incorporating the serendipitous effects of the medium. She further explains:
Made of Clay
Randy Baker is a local artist, born and raised in Bakersfield, California. His education of the potters wheel began early in high school, which carried on into junior college and eventually as a volunteer at Cal State Bakersfield under Joyce Kohl, the ceramic sculpture instructor.
Ardean Rudolph is an artist who enjoys painting with oils, acrylics, and watercolor. She works on illustration board, canvas, and watercolor paper. The scope of her paintings run the gamut from landscapes, seascapes and old buildings to portraits, animals, and still lifes.
Kent HolmgrenKent is skilled at turning out magnifient custom landscape creations, as well as indoor masterpieces and functional, yet artisic, fencing and other adornments. Read more to see some of his work.
Janice Williams - A Talented Weaver Returns to the Festival
Janice Williams is local Kawaiisu Indian tribal member who returns to the festival to demonstrate basket weaving using locally harvested plants. Janice is the great-granddaughter of noted basketmaker Emma Williams, who is pictured on the Nuwa Indian mural on the side of Hitching Post Theater. Janice's brother Harold, a co-author of the recently published "Handbook of the Kawaiisu," is also pictured on the mural. Janice works with willow, deergrass and other native materials as she practices this ancient craft of the Tehachapi Mountains.
Penny JudayAs a former U.S. Navy Submarine fleet ‘detailer’, Penny staffed the Navy’s sub-fleet with crew assignments. She joined the Star Trek Deep Space Nine decorating department in 1991 and set about stocking Quark’s bar with it’s colorful assortment of glassware. Penny soon hired as the personal assistant to the production designer of Star Trek, which then led to becoming the art department coordinator of Star Trek for the next 18 years. During her off hours Penny attended art school at Otis Parsons and earned her certificates as designer and illustrator.
Kevin became interested in art at an early age. Inspired by his dad's art, at age 5 he started by drawing the eagle that was tatooed on his Uncle Waynes arm, from there he started the paint by numbers with his mom, and at age 11 he attended his first college art class at New Mexico State University.
Leila KleimanLeila Kleiman was born in Chicago. She attended college in Arizona, and kept traveling West – teaching school. She made her commitment to art in graduate school, a place with enough latitude to try many forms of expression.
Kleiman began her career as a traditional oil painter, first studying with Harry Mintz and later with Gilah Yellin Hirsch. Then the opportunity to study with Allan Hauser brought her to stone and the 3-D world of the sculptor. Stone teaches the removal of that which is not inherently necessary, leaving the form to emerge from the background. The effect was to emphasize line over color, changing the focus of her artwork.
