Don R. Walker

Don R. Walker

HAC Member Since: 1993
707 825-8010

My abstract watercolor and acrylic paintings express and celebrate the dynamics of life forces.  Creation, growth, expansion, decay and transition occur at various levels and scales.  Interaction of these forces create clashes, mixes and entanglements everchanging in the flow of time.  Finding strokes, marks and colors, that in particular combinations, express life's wonderful variety and fluidity in unique and engaging images is my goal.

Joseph Wilhelm

Joseph Wilhelm

HAC Member Since: 2001
(707) 826-7184
http://www.meridianphoto.com

I photograph the twenty-first century cultural landscape and am most influenced by the photographers associated with the New Topographics of the 1970's. In addition to my own landscape photography, I am self-employed as Meridian Fine Art (est. in 1996) where I provide photography and digital print services for the art and craft community.

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The conceptual nature of my landscape work is focused on how people influence the natural landscape and how this reflects cultural values and expression. In this regard, I not only document the scene as it appears at the time of being there but I aim to capture the feeling of its place. 
Subject matter runs a range from ancient and disappearing alterations associated with cultures prior to Euro-American settlement to contemporary North American development and decay. This can included prehistoric ruins and petroglyphs, modern subdivisions, water and electrical delivery systems, mining, industrial and military environments, popular roadside attractions and outsider expressions associated with graffiti and vandalism. 

For more about my work click here: Joseph Wilhem.

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Linda Wise

Linda Wise

HAC Member Since: 2005
7074453135
http://artbylindawise.com

I am a manager for a garbage company in Eureka, California. It never ceases to amaze me the amount of waste humans generate. Objects seem to lose their usefulness so quickly in our society. But many things are still useful. The reality of waste is that there really is no such thing as waste. Most items that are discarded still have usefulness. Today waste is used as a raw resource that can be transformed into building materials, playground mats, new containers, compost, energy and in my case, ART! When I go to the dump, I don’t see waste. I see the potential for sculptured deer, cows, goats, warrior women, benches and gates. I let the objects that I find give me direction to what forms my sculptures will take, some abstract, some functional, some serious and some are whimsical. I am an artist who is moving from an emerging to a mid-career level. I have been shown in both solo and group exhibitions in museums and galleries located in northern California including the Morris Graves Museum, Kronos Fine Art Gallery and the C Street Hall Gallery. My work has been recognized by art critics and received many awards in professionally juried shows.

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Melissa Zielinski

Melissa Zielinski

HAC Member Since: 0
707 496-8227
http://www.millcreekglass.com

I love color and sunlight so it is natural that I love colored glass. I have been designing and creating traditional stained glass windows, light fixtures and window pieces since 1985, but I began working in fused glass in 2005. Patterns, shapes and subjects found in nature inspire me so most of my pieces involve leaves, jellyfish, dragonflies and other beautiful plants and animals.  I have been educating people about nature through most of my career as a natural history museum professional and I see my glass art as another form of teaching.I work with iridized translucent glass - glass that you can see through but with a special chemical coating that gives a subtle sparkly rainbow effect. I draw patterns for  my designs, cut and grind the glass pieces and assemble each piece using ground glass (frit), stringers (long, thin noodles), or glass confetti depending on the design. The glass is fused in one firing up to 1450 degrees in my kiln and then is slumped or softened to take the shape of a mod in a second firing.  There is some unpredictability with each firing, so it is a surprise each time I open the kiln.  This appeals to me and is a marked difference between traditional stained glass and fused glass.Glass work has brought me hours of creative enjoyment. I hope that, through my artwork, others can share my appreciation of the beauty in nature.

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