​Afternoon Reception: Sunday, April 15th, 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Music by Howdy Emerson

​     Patricia Sundgren Smith will be showcasing a large, Asian-inspired collograph, as well as four linocuts. She created the collograph “Red Bamboo” by printing a plate onto which various items were glued, resulting in a 3D effect. She enhanced the print by adding layers of Japanese papers and blind embossments. Her linocuts on display continue the Asian theme with depictions of koi, dragonflies and Japanese umbrellas.

   
    Diane Sonderegger: "As a way of getting through the rainy gloomy Humboldt winter, I have been making things that remind me of spring. Easter bunnies, little turtles, slugs and assorted wine stoppers. No serious message here. Just have a good time!



    My work these days is all high fired stoneware or porcelain. Not much raku going on. Just a different way of firing and glazing that I want to explore. So be a little frivolous and enjoy these pieces."

About the art of Donvieve:
   "Multi-dimensional artist/educator' creates masks that reach across our personal barriers and speak to the landscape of our beings. Each piece tenderly touches areas of inner strength, introspection, and that secret place of dreams that lies within each of us.

Reception during Trinidad Art Night
​Friday, September 2nd
6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Music by: Penny Gun and Son
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​   At the Trinidad Art Gallery, Diane Sonderegger, ceramic sculptor, and Oceana Madrone, fabric and beadwork artist will have work on display. They are both founding members of the gallery. Both create works that can range from whimsy to elegance and their art will be highlighted throughout this month. ​

     Sonderegger’s art often takes the form of ceramic sculpture which is almost in the form of comic sketch. Her charming animals often satirize the human condition. Her bears are engaged in yoga, her wildly varied hens hatch ceramic eggs, her otters are thoroughly enjoying a gourmet lunch that is perched on their furry bellies, her fish and her dragons wear shiny red shoes. It is nearly impossible to keep from laughing aloud. Every piece strikes a note of recognition in the viewer, either of their own or an acquaintance’s foibles and delights.

     To see this artist create one of her figures is an amazing experience. She starts with a lump of clay that looks a lot like a small potato and begins to pull and push, and soon the unmistakable shape of a familiar animal is seen to emerge.  A seal is sunning itself on an ocean rock, a dog is on point, a skunk is lifting its dangerous tail, a fish is swimming.  Much of Diane’s work is raku fired, a process where the piece is lifted by tongs red hot from the kiln and placed in a bin of combustibles to soak in its smoke. “A surprise always occurs. Sometimes it’s not so good but sometimes it’s fabulous. Kind of like gambling and I love it,” says Sonderegger. Recently she has been using the more usual techniques of high fire as in the fish shown here. This results in a shinier, slightly more predictable finish.