Gallery Artists

Anna Chauffe, owner and studio artist, acrylic painting

Anna was born and raised in the Rogue Valley, and has traveled the West Coast and Mexico. In 1995, while working at the Artist Colony in Santa Ana, CA with Mark Elliott, she was invited to show her first art pieces. Shortly thereafter, while working in Newport Beach, CA, Anna had her first private exhibition at Triangle Square in Newport Beach. "I love to express ideas and beliefs using creative patterns and colors, always striving for the stimulating and the exciting," says Anna. Her goal is to open several art galleries on the West Coast, as well as an artists colony, where individuals that have a passion for exploring creatively can share with others in a social atmosphere. Anna is a member of the Southern Oregon Society of Artists. She received a personal invitation to KSYS Channel 8 Art Auction in 1998, which lead to many artistic endeavors.
email: aclc@surewire.net

David Moody, woodworking & engraving

David has a Bachelor of Science in business administration and a degree in computer information systems. Dave retired in 2004, and turned to his life long hobby of woodworking. Wanting to take woodworking to another level, he purchased a laser engraver. This led to the use of marble and granite as engraving materials. Dave developed his own style and process without formal training.

Dave currently has a mural of the creation that was accepted to the "Let There Be LIght' traveling art exhibit. It has been shown at the Crystal Cathedral in Cottage Grove, CA, at the Overlake Christian church in Redmond, WA, and is currently at the Museum of Religious History in Dallas, TX.
email: davidmoody@ruggedcrosswoodworking.com
website: www.ruggedcrosswoodworking.com

Ruth Heath, watercolor, oil, pastel, and
pen and ink

Travel has provided a wonderful source of inspiration for Ruth's art. She is inspired by unusual and quaint buildings, street scenes, windows, doorways and flowers. She works in watercolor, oil, pastel and pen and ink. Ruth's work can also be seen at Art du Jour Gallery on Main St. in Medford.

"The beautiful world the Lord has created is an adventure and a joy to me. My desire is to use the ability He has given me as an artist, to share what I see with others."
website: www.artdujourgallery.com
email: liddlespike@aim.com

Jim Duane, Fine Art Photographer

Jym specializes in capturing images of people, places and events in our majestic state of Oregon.

Claudia Harlow, Fine art photographer

Cooper's Hawk

I love the fine art side of photography and have been doing it for over 25 years. I use my camera like a painter would use a brush, and my photography reflects the interpretation I chose for the scene/subject at that moment. My education includes three years of college training in fine art photography. My photographs have been exhibited at many and various locations in Oregon and published in a book for fishermen titled "Native Trout of North America". Please visit my website to see more of my work
website: claudiascreativephotography.com
email: claudiaharlow@clearwire.net.

John Petersen, Fine Art Photographer

The majority of my images are landscapes, seascapes, and nature photographs taken in Southern Oregon and along the Oregon Coast. I also enjoy travel, architectural, floral and some abstract photography. I am developing a "fine art" or "photo art" with sepia. When traveling, I seek to capture images that convey a sense of place or time. I have spent over 30 years of my life as a Cardio-thoracic Surgical Physician Assistant helping patients and family through perhaps the most stressful days of their life. One of my greatest joys is to create a landscape or seascape image that conveys a sense of beauty and peace to help escape the stress of life in our everyday world.

Jan Lacy, Clay Sculptures

I am inspired by nature. Clay, with it's various colors and "hand feel" is itself from the earth. My imagination is captured by the various possibilities that hand-building presents, using coils, slabs and pinching. The expression of art for me, is all about a ball of clay and how I can coax a form from that lump by rolling, pushing, poking, cutting, impressing, and stretching. My turtles and frogs have a sense of movement and life and I capture a dog's essence in it's expressive ears, muzzle, eyes, and the finishing shades of coloration. I create my ikebana trays by combining various colors of clay to produce the textures and shades of granite or stone and then leave them unglazed to further represent that quality in the overall effect. All of my work is high fired in my electric kiln and can safely be kept outside.
Website: JanLacyArt.com

Bonnie de'Laire Kettering, Acrylic and Oil Painting

Bonnie embraces the Plein Air approach of painting outdoors rain or shine. She was born in Oregon and her art is strongly influenced by the history and natural beauty of Oregon.

Masterpiece Christian Fine Arts Foundation

This Fine Arts Foundation seeks to visually communicate Christ to culture through fine art with traveling exhibits in major cities and yearly christian artists conferences in So. Oregon. Launched in the Rogue Valley in 2007, by founder and President, Jeanne Randall, Masterpiece works with over 40 local artists and over 20 professional artists from across the country in a partnership to strive toward excellence in technical skills and power in artistic content.
Website: www.mcfineartsfoundation.org