Title of Event: Kathleen Mattox & Julie Mitchell, artists
When: Saturday, July 11, 2009 2:00 PM
Location: Willow Bridge Books
Description: Kathleen Mattox is a local artist from Sanger, California. She painted while in college at Fresno State in the 1960’s and has been part of many creative endeavors over the last 30+ years. She took classes in watercolor, acrylic, oil, and fabric arts and finally returned to watercolor in 2000, after not painting for over 30 years. Most of her works begin with watercolor and incorporates other media such as permanent pen, gel pen, textured paper, magazine photos and more. In addition to loving a lot of color, she is especially drawn to the elements of line and texture and very aware of the power of contrasting values in effective paintings. Most of her works are large, usually full sheet watercolors. She has recently begun to further explore acrylics, oils, and soft pastels and to incorporate them into her current watermedia paintings. She finds herself most drawn to mixed media works and experimental collages. Wanting her works to be fun for herself and her viewers, she experiments with new subjects, ideas, and processes. Her subject matter tends to be impressionistic, expressionistic, and/or abstract rather than realistic. She likes to work in series, returning to the same subjects over time. In Oakhurst, Kathleen’s works can currently be seen at Timberline Gallery and Willowbridge Books. She is a charter member and signature member of the Alliance of California Artists and belongs to the San Diego Watercolor Society, Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Society, and the California Watercolor Association.

Julie Mitchell is a mixed medium fiber artist. She has been making Spirit Figures since 2002 when she attended a goddess doll workshop. Julie says she likes to think he Spirit Figures carry Spirit as well as form. They have one of a kind clay faces while the bodies are generally soft. Each is customized with the perfect embellishments that Julie finds, creates and gathers, often painting or dying the fabric herself. The figures are her passion and believes each is created for someone special and that there will be recognition when they come together. Her work can be seen at the Timberline Gallery or she’d be happy to create a commissioned piece just for you.
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