Patricia Holbrook

People are fascinating.  Seeing a man in deep thought hunched over a cup of coffee at a restaurant counter, or a girl riding a mechanical bull at a honky-tonk bar, these are the subjects that send me sprinting to my easel.My goal in painting is to take a  simple piece of white paper and, with mere paint and brushes, convey  the feeling and atmosphere of something I have experienced or imagined.  Before retiring to Eureka,  I worked for the Walt Disney Co. in the Figure Finishing Department, working on props and animated figures for Disneyland and Walt Disney World.   I painted everything from life-sized alligators, giant dancing flowers, Seven Dwarfs and Jiminy Crickets, to swashbuckling pirates.  You had to be able to do other things too, besides wield a brush.  Whether sewing sequins on gowns for dancing vegetables or feathering chickens for the Pirates of the Caribbean, I never knew what my next assignment would be.  One time, alone in a large dark sound stage, painting in blacklight on the animation figure of a Roman Emperor, an audio-animator sneaked in and turned it on.  I'm glad I wasn't on a ladder. Now I enjoy creating art pieces in my serene studio where nothing moves, except my brush and my imagination.

Jean Hawkins

After moving to Humboldt County I took classes with local artists from whom I still find inspiration. I exhibit my watercolors with two other artists; we're billed as Artists3. Recently, I was honored with awards at the Humboldt County Fair in Ferndale, CA and received special recognition from Humboldt Arts Council, and Redwood Art Association.

My 35-year career span moved from aerospace as a draftsman/technical illustrator to private industry as a computer graphics illustrator. Many projects included producing illustrated parts breakdowns (IPBs) of portions of the Northrop F-5 and Douglas DC-9 for publication, layout and design of schematic/logic drawings for printed-circuit boards, and cartography for the Oceanics Division. As a computer graphics illustrator in commercial business I enjoyed working on a wide variety of artwork including sales and marketing presentations, marketing brochures for the company products, and in-house publications.

Current membership: Humboldt Arts Council, Redwood Art Association, and Fortuna Art Council.

Kacie Flynn

HAC Member Since: 2010
661-858-4440

Artist Statement:

People interest me, faces above all else. A lot can be derived from a face: sentiment, attitudes, intensity. It is in these faces that I find myself absorbed in the emotions of the people around me and their relationships to those around them. Every image has an emotion and the paint helps to draw it out.

The nature of the photograph defines the style in which the painting takes on. The paint can capture anything from the sharpness of a comical instant to the ethereal softness of a more intimate memory. If photographs capture moments and paintings convey moods, then by painting a photograph I am personifying the emotions on the canvas.

Some pictures feel most comfortable to me in coffee. Sepia toning gives the photograph warmth and enhances the timeless-ness of everyday life which the coffee allows me to do. While other more vivid moments deserve to be submerged in the colors that surround them.

My collection of work is of loved ones captured in those fleeting seconds only a photograph could hold. Some give a glimpse into a life, while others capture a moment worth living.Artist Resume

OCCUPATION         
Artist/Educator

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND:

Bachelor of Arts Degree, 2010, Humboldt State University; Arcata

California Summa Cum Laude Certificate in Gallery Practices, 2010, Humboldt State University; Arcata

California West High School, 2002-2006, Bakersfield, California

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

2010-2011,
Family Arts Day, Monthly Program, Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, California

2008-2011,
Teen Arts, Summer Art Camps, Morris Graves Museum
of Art, Eureka, California 2009-2010, Recycled Jewelry, Arcata Arts Institute, Arcata High School, Arcata, California                                 

ART EXHIBITS:     
(One-artist)Fresh Meat, First Street Gallery, 2010; Eureka, California

ART EXHIBITS:     

(Group)      

HAC Annual Member Exhibition, 2010-2011; Morris Graves Museum of Art Eureka, California

16th Annual Junque Arte Competition & Exhibition, 2010; Morris Graves Museum of Art; Eureka, California

Taste of Art Auction Exhibition, 2010; Morris Graves Museum of Art; Eureka, California

Spring Juried Show, 2010 Humboldt State University; Arcata, California

Spring Juried Show, 2009 Humboldt State University; Arcata, California
                                  

AWARDS/SPECIAL RECOGNITION:

2010 Outstanding Community Service, Humboldt State University
                                    

TRAVEL:

Hawaii (4 trips 2001-2010)

Mexico (2006)
                                  

CURRENT MEMBERSHIPS:

Humboldt Arts Council Humboldt State University Alumni Delta Phi Epsilon Alumni

EMPLOYMENT:

Humboldt Arts Council, Morris Graves Museum of Art

Assistant Museum Manager; 2008-2011

Humboldt State University

Grant Coordinator; 2010-2011

ARTICLES:              

"From HSU to 'artistic success' The Times-Standard

"Fresh Meat: Art Education Rocks" By Jennifer Savage The North Coast Journal

“Teacherland! HSU Art Education Students Teach Local
High School Students” By T.C. Vidosh, The Lumberjack