Linda Colino & Laszlo Tihany
Sculpture
Space # 108

Throughout her schooling in Chicago, Linda Colino was constantly experimenting with different medium.
Her new medium is steel. The southwest has had a profound influence on her style. An association with another Arizona artist/sculptor, Laszlo Tihany, has brought about a new direction - abstract figurative sculptures. In 1990, Laszlo was given the opportunity to present his work on Tucson PBS-TV. Now Laszlo’s work is in private collections throughout the world. Fifteen odd years later, Laszlo decided to shift his focus back to modern art, especially after a deluge of new ideas. Combined with the already accumulated pieces (sculptures and paintings); it was a creative rebirth. In my latest sculptural direction, Laszlo’s exploring abstract forms that have a playful, spatial flow and release and rotational symmetry.

Donald Riggs
Sculpture
Space #157A

Don Riggs is as bronze sculptor from northern California. His stylized bronze sculptures are distinct with their linear forms. Most of Don’s sculptures are of animals, figures, forms, and faces. Don is perhaps best known for his sculptures of cats. Don’s sculptures are all created using the lost wax method. First a sculpture is made in wax. A ceramic shell mold is made around the wax, and the wax is melted out of the mold. Molten bronze is poured into the mold, making the finished original sculpture. For further information about Don and his work visit his website www.riggsart.com, or call him at (831) 688-1428.

Pat Roman
OIl Painting
Space# 216

I’m not sure if it was the Arts & Crafts period furnishings of the California Impressionist painters that first got my attention. But it was the reason I started looking at “Art” in a whole different way.I work with traditional oil paint in my studio from photos I have taken, or still-life setups. My usual subjects are California landscapes, highlighting Oaks on hills, poppies, valleys, animals, rocks and what ever else gets in the way. Mostly, my attention is caught by the shadow a subject creates, and from that point the “light” finds its place. My pieces are painted on canvas, gesso’d paper, and art board, in very large sizes and Miniatures. And I often paint the same subject large and tiny at the same time, it’s a great lesson in composition! Pat Roman’s work is on display at the ArtFest of Henderson May 7 and 8, and can be reached at her studio at (714) 731 - 5543.

Fred Dickinson
Photography
Space# 167A

I have degrees in photography and advertising from Cerritos and Cal State Fullerton. I have worked for several publications as photographer and editor. In 1981 I opened and independent studio specializing in industrial brochures. I founded Photoart by Fred in 1998, after being fascinated one night by the way fog looked, close up, as it crossed the beam of my headlights. I enjoy my work, and I know that my commitment shows in the final product.
My photography is on display at the ArtFest of Henderson. I can be reached at his studio in Downey, California at 562-622-0644.

Gary Ayers
Jewelry
Space# 146

Gary Ayers hand crafts silver jewelry that features southwest contemporary motifs with figural and geometric symbols of nature in abstract. After a career in the corporate world with numerous moves around the country and several years of silversmith classes at local colleges, Gary has expanded his fifteen year hobby of silversmithing into a passion of producing works that reflect his love of the southwest. Living and creating in his studio in Kayenta, Utah Gary is inspired by the red cliffs and desert that he views from his workbench window. Working in tandem with his wife Tris, who designs the jewelry, Gary uses stone in the rough from around the world and hand cuts and polishes each to fit the individual piece. His jewelry begs to be handled. Many pieces are reversible as they are etched on the other side with an image of a petroglyph or pictograph that the artists have found on one of their many hikes across the southwest.

Joyce Lee-Petersen
Watercolors
Space # 163

Joyce Lee-Petersen has been a watercolor artist since she was a young girl. She says, “At age 12 in school you could choose art or music. I chose art and have loved it forever. I have been involved in painting for as long as I can remember.”
Joyce says she participates in shows for three reasons, “To show, to tell and to sell. I have compiled over 300 buyers in this (Henderson) area. These buyers return each year. I usually send out two mailings per one year. Listing my spring and fall shows.”
Joyce Lee-Petersen’s watercolors and acrylics will be on display May 7 and 8 at the ArtFest of Henderson. She can also be reached locally at her studio at (702) 565-3650.

Maria Arango
Graphics/Printmaking
Space# 146

Maria believes that working with a woodblock takes on the aspects of a struggle between antagonists. The wood is reluctant, the artist determined, and it is reasonable to suggest that the battle of wills brings about a result quite different from those media in which the hand of the artist moves brush or pencil or crayon freely over the working surface. With wood, every movement of the tool involves overcoming resistance and demands the use of a certain amount of sheer physical force. Every block and every subject is a new challenge. The result is an emotional involvement between man and material that, enduring over the years, somehow takes on the character of an addiction, or a love affair, or something similarly irrational. At any rate, there seems to be no known cure .

Roberto Marquez
Metalwork
Space #156B

Roberto Marquez grew up in San Carlos, Mexico, near the Sea of Cortez. Today, Roberto lives in Tucson, AZ and designs and creates copper fountains. Their trickling waters and his cactus and lily motifs remind him of his childhood days and the waters of Mexico. These fountains add a sense of nature and peace to any space they adorn. Roberto’s fountains vary from desk sized, all the way to large installations. Roberto’s work is on display at the ArtFest of Henderson this week, or he can be reached at his studio at (520)331-4127.