2018 Artist Profiles

2018 Artist Profiles

The Palette is Humboldt County’s premier art and culture magazine and published in cooperation with the Humboldt Arts Council. 20,000 copies are printed annually, and distributed throughout the year to over 300 locations in Humboldt County.
The Old Steeple

The Old Steeple

You might not expect to find a world-class music venue in the tiny town of Ferndale (population 1,370), but The Old Steeple is full of surprises. Located in a magnificent former church abounding with ambiance thanks to Italian tin ceilings, stained glass and...

Kinetic Museum Eureka

We last visited Humboldt County’s glorious kinetic sculptures in 2014, in the article “In Search of a Home for Humboldt’s Kinetic Sculptures.” We reported that sculptures and related memorabilia had lost their home at Kinetic Universe’s museum in Ferndale, and were...

The Ink People

From the love of printmaking, the Ink People came into being. Two local printmakers, Libby Maynard and Brenda Tuxford, wanted to create a peer support group for artists. The collective quickly came to use providing education about the value of the arts to the...
Sand Sculpture Festival

Sand Sculpture Festival

Every summer since 1996, Friends of the Dunes has sponsored the thoroughly enjoyable Sand Sculpture Festival, one of Humboldt County’s signature events, at the Manila Dunes Recreation Area. The festival is many things in one. It’s a contest with real (although...
The Arcata House Artists Guild

The Arcata House Artists Guild

Here’s a good magic trick: how do you turn a painting of a house into a real house? The answer: when local residents commission members of the Arcata House Artists Guild to paint portraits of their homes, half the money goes to the Arcata House Partnership, where it...
Awkward Family Photos

Awkward Family Photos

An exhibit for the Morris Graves Museum of Art Childhood friends Mike and Doug began a blog after Mike saw an awkward vacation photo hung in his parents’ house. Realizing there were probably plenty of other people out there with their own awkward family images, the...

Phantom Galleries

In 1993, with an 18% vacancy rate in Downtown and Old Town Eureka, the first Phantom Gallery was born. The idea was to turn vacant storefronts into temporary art galleries, benefitting both property owners and artists. While an empty shell of a building looks cold and...
Amazing Glass Confections of the Hulet Sisters

Amazing Glass Confections of the Hulet Sisters

For more than 50 years, Wayne Thiebaud was the undisputed king of art that looks good enough to eat. He’d best watch out, though, because there are some new gunslingers in town. McKinleyville’s Hulet sisters, Dinah and Patty, have been making lampwork chocolates from...
Anna Sofia Amezcua

Anna Sofia Amezcua

Artists' ProfilesHumboldt Area Artists Anna Sofia AmezcuaMedium:  Abstract Paintings in Acrylic and Oil Through my paintings I’m interested in conveying and evoking what it feels like to be alive – deep emotionality and the complexities of lived, moment to...
Mary Louise Anderson

Mary Louise Anderson

Artists' ProfilesHumboldt Area Artists Mary Louise AndersonMedium: Oil, Watercolor, Colored Pencil, Ceramic Sculpture I welcome commissions and really enjoy teaching art classes and workshops. Life within the arts is inspiring and very rewarding. Contact: PO Box 1132,...
Julia Bednar

Julia Bednar

Artists' ProfilesHumboldt Area Artists Julie BednarMy paintings are inspired by nature — from the beauty of a flower or landscape, to the power and majesty of a rock formation or the charm and mystery of a cat. Contact: P.O. Box 9023, Eureka, CA 95502...
Erica Brooks

Erica Brooks

Artists' ProfilesHumboldt Area Artists Erica BrooksMy works are mainly representational oil paintings and drawings. My typical commission is either a pet portrait or traditional portrait. I also enjoy painting landscapes and still lifes. P.O. Box 4726, Arcata, CA...
Pat Cahill

Pat Cahill

Artists' ProfilesHumboldt Area Artists Pat CahillMedium: Watercolor Landscapes, flowers, animals and birds are subjects that grasp my interest. Using vibrant and intense watercolors as my medium, I enjoy capturing a moment in time. Showing at Ferndale Arts Gallery 580...
Sherri Carter

Sherri Carter

Artists' ProfilesHumboldt Area Artists Sherri CarterBlu Horse Studios: The creative World of Sherri Carter. Her collection of work includes vibrant, contemporary equine paintings & prints, woodcuts, her wine brand Ruby Kurant, and book Daily Decadence, the Art of...
Robin Friedman

Robin Friedman

Artists' ProfilesHumboldt Area Artists Robin FriedmanMedium: Glass Mosaics and Dichroic Fused Glass Jewelry Mosaics opened my life in a most rewarding way. I love playing with color and glass. In addition to creating my own art and commissioned work, I love to teach...
Janet Frost

Janet Frost

Artists' ProfilesHumboldt Area Artists Janet FrostMedium: Watercolor and Oil I focus on representational landscape and still life paintings in watercolor and oil. I am especially interested in using light and texture to draw attention to the beauty of everyday subject...
Shawn Gould

Shawn Gould

Artists' ProfilesHumboldt Area Artists Shawn GouldMedium: Paintings Realistic paintings of nature Contact: 3960 D St., Eureka, CA 95503 707-476-8197 shawn@shawngould.com...
Beverly Harper

Beverly Harper

Artists' ProfilesHumboldt Area Artists Beverly HarperMy work can be viewed on my website. Contact: 707-442-8929 b.harper35@yahoo.com...
Nila Kaftal

Nila Kaftal

Artists' ProfilesHumboldt Area Artists Nila KaftalMedium: Pastels, Prismacolors, Acrylic Paints Wildlife art, landscapes, portraits of people and pets. Affordable giclée prints of wildlife. Art celebrates life! Beauty heals. Contact: 707-617-2008...
Yvonne Kern

Yvonne Kern

Artists' ProfilesHumboldt Area Artists Yvonne KernMedium: Oil A locally recognized, nationally collected artist, Yvonne Kern creates luscious, representational paintings using photographic images.. “My goal is to reflect a landscape that the viewer wishes to step...
Henry Kruger

Henry Kruger

Artists' ProfilesHumboldt Area Artists Henry KrugerTattoos are a lifelong commitment, and I’ve dedicated my life to tattooing. As a Custom Tattoo Artist, I enjoy taking a person’s ideas and creating a one-of-a-kind piece of art, that we both can be happy with for...
Mimi LaPlant

Mimi LaPlant

Artists' ProfilesHumboldt Area Artists Mimi LaPlantMedium: Mixed Media on Paper & Canvas Abstraction offers endless possibilities. I hope that the desire for a free and exuberant expression is evident in my work. I feel that something delicious, albeit not...
Jim Lowry

Jim Lowry

Artists' ProfilesHumboldt Area Artists Jim LowryMedium: Limited Edition Archival Digital Prints My work can be seen locally at the Arcata Artisans Co-op, the Morris Graves Museum of Art and the Trinidad Art Gallery. Studio visits by appointment. Contact: 320 Park...
Kathe Lyth

Kathe Lyth

Artists' ProfilesHumboldt Area Artists Kathe LythI direct the Redwood Coast Children’s Chorus and the Redwood Coast Adult Chorus, perform on the Celtic harp, and compose for chorus and Celtic harp. I also present workshops locally and nationally and perform at special...
Reubin Mayes

Reubin Mayes

Reuben T. Mayes is an Abstract Expressionist. Although Reuben is in a wheelchair and uses an augmentative speech device to communicate, his vibrant and thought-provoking art is creating a stir in the local art community and elsewhere with a wide acceptance evident by...
Elsie Mendes

Elsie Mendes

Artists' ProfilesHumboldt Area Artists Elsie MendesMedium: Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor I do florals, landscapes, seascapes, often including birds and animals in their natural habitats. Contact: 707-443-5188...
Moonstone Guitars

Moonstone Guitars

lu•thi•er / loo-tee-er / n. / Origin: Fr., from luth (lute), from MF lut. 1. one who makes stringed musical instruments. 2. Steve Helgeson. Story and photo by David Kaftal When you walk into Steve Helgeson’s Moonstone Guitars studio, you are immediately struck by an...
Camille Regli

Camille Regli

Artists' ProfilesHumboldt Area Artists Camille RegliMedium: Watercolor Landscapes, flowers, animals and birds are subjects that grasp my interest. Using vibrant and intense watercolors as my medium, I enjoy capturing a moment in time. Showing at Ferndale Arts Gallery...
Shirley Nan Ruchong

Shirley Nan Ruchong

Artists' ProfilesHumboldt Area Artists Shirley Nan RuchongMedium: Oil and Alcohol Ink My oil painted florals are rendered in a high-contrast, photographic realism style. All of my designs come from my own photographs. I also paint landscapes depicting scenes of the...
Beverly Harper

Barbara Canepa Saul

Artists' ProfilesHumboldt Area Artists Barbara Canepa SaulMedium: Oil, Watercolor, Colored Pencil, Ceramic Sculpture I welcome commissions and really enjoy teaching art classes and workshops. Life within the arts is inspiring and very rewarding. Contact: PO Box 1132,...
Bob & Donna Sellers

Bob & Donna Sellers

Artists' ProfilesHumboldt Area Artists Bob & Donna SellarsWe create “Imaginal Story Art” often using backgrounds from the North Coast. A combination of painting techniques including acrylics, and short written stories, are used to explore metaphoric meanings and...
Jack Sewell

Jack Sewell

Artists' ProfilesHumboldt Area Artists Jack SewellI generally work in figurative sculpture, often using traditional tools and materials and adapting them to fit my contemporary vision. I work in a wide range of materials in different scales from miniature to...
Shoshanna

Shoshanna

Artists' ProfilesHumboldt Area Artists ShoshannaMiddle Eastern Dance Artist As a performer, I strive to bring my audience with me on a journey into the heart of Arabic music, expressing celebration of life through dance. I teach locally and nationally, founded Ya...
Patricia Sungren Smith

Patricia Sungren Smith

Artists' ProfilesHumboldt Area Artists Patricia Sundgren SmithI use a wide range of techniques – mezzotint, monotype, linocut, etching, collograph, drawing, collage, painting – in works both abstract and figurative. Still lifes, shorebirds, raptors, ravens, redwoods,...
Susan Mayclin Stephenson

Susan Mayclin Stephenson

Artists' ProfilesHumboldt Area Artists Susan Mayclin StephensonMedium: Oil Paintings and Books Susan is an internationally known artist and writer. Her oil paintings hang in homes on six continents, and her books are translated into several languages. Her art and...
Susan Strope

Susan Strope

Artists' ProfilesHumboldt Area Artists Susan StropeMedium: Oil paintings—Large Colorful Florals & Moody Seascapes Studio S 717 Third St., Eureka Contact:...
Dolores Terry

Dolores Terry

Artists' ProfilesHumboldt Area Artists Dolores TerryMedium:  Oil and Acrylic Painting Focusing primarily on local landscapes using oils or acrylics. Studio open by appointment. P.O. Box 423, Cutten, CA 95534...
Beti Webb Trauth

Beti Webb Trauth

Artists' ProfilesHumboldt Area Artists Beti Webb TrauthMedium: Multi-Skilled Artist I’m a professional photographer and journalist specializing in creating photos, features and websites to promote the arts and artists of Humboldt County. My background includes...
Alicia Tredway

Alicia Tredway

Artists' ProfilesHumboldt Area Artists Alicia TredwayMedium: Oil, Pastel and Watercolor I enjoy plein air painting as well as studio work. My focus and fascination with painting, be it landscape, figure or still life, is about how light is influencing the scene....
Ronald Yeager

Ronald Yeager

Artists' ProfilesHumboldt Area Artists Ronald YeagerMedium: Watercolor My watercolor paintings span a wide range of subject areas. I prefer to work from photographs, most of which I have taken in travels around California or from studio still lifes that I find...

Dream Quest Teen & Youth Center

A community-supported grass roots organization offering a wide variety of programs that teach youth how to pursue their passions and follow their dreams. Provides a safe, drug-free environment with access to vocational and artistic resources. Address: 100 Country Club...

Arcata Playhouse

Presents exciting high quality music and theater in an intimate setting for young and old alike. Address: 1251 Ninth Street, Arcata (google map) More Info: 707-822-1575

Fortuna Depot Museum

Located in the Northwestern Pacific Railroad depot used from 1893-1965, the museum features local history and railroad memorabilia. Address: 3 Park St., Fortuna (google maps) More Info: 707-725-7645 SunnyFortuna.com/museum

Kinetic Sculpture Race Museum, Eureka

Part Kinetic hub, part gallery and part contemporary art studio cooperative. Address: 437 F St., Eureka (google maps) More Info: 707-444-3174 KineticSculptureRace.blogspot.com

Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum, Eureka

Nautical items, ship models, ship building tools, artifacts related to shipwrecks and lighthouses, and information on the bay ferries. Address: 8 Samoa Rd., Eureka, next to the Samoa Cookhouse (google maps) More Info: 707-444-3174...

HSU Natural HIstory Museum, Arcata

Museum is available for school visits, not open to the public. Interactive exhibits, fossils and displays on local animals, insects, marine life and birds Address: 1315 G ST., Arcata (google maps) More Info: 707-826-4479...

Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka

Former Carnegie Library is home to the Humboldt Arts Council, six galleries and a sculpture garden. Also offered are HAC’s Performing Arts Series, Arts Alive! receptions and performances (first Saturday every month). Address: 636 F St., Eureka (google maps) More...