MIKIO WATANABE - FRANCE
mezzotints & watercolors

Mikio Watanabe was born in 1954 in Yokohama, Japan.  He completed his studies in Tokyo in 1977 and settled in Paris, where he learned engraving techniques at the Atelier 17 in Paris.  Since 1981, Mikio Watanabe has focused on mezzotint and his works can be found in many public collections including Bibliotheque National in Paris, the Central Academy of Art, Kuala Lumpur and the New Orleans Museum of Art.

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Sharon Mitchell - USA
etchings & mezzotints

1981 to 1985:  College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA.
Studied Printmaking. Portraiture and Calligraphy

1985 to 1990:  Artist in Residence, Kala Institute
Worked focusing on tradition copper plate intaglio techniques

1991 to Present:  Own and operate Aesop’s Editions, Lafayette, Ca.
Aesop’s is a print studio with production capabilities for traditional etching, lithography and large format digital editions

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Stephen McMillan - USA
aquatint etchings

Born in Berkeley, California in 1949, Stephen McMillan was raised in a home that had a sweeping view of the San Francisco Bay.  This scene kindled his interest in landscape and was one of his earliest drawing subjects.  He had his first one man show when he was sixteen.

Steve studied at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and for one year at Hornsey College of Art in London, England, where he concentrated on sculpture.  It was at Santa Cruz, in 1969, that Steve was first introduced to etching.  Since he received his BFA from UCSC in 1975, he has focused on creating aquatint etchings of wilderness landscapes, drawn freehand from photographs he has taken.

 From 1975 to 1979 he worked at Graphic Arts Workshop in San Francisco.  For most of the years from 1979 to 1992 he was an artist in residence at Kala Institute in Berkley, where he taught classes in printmaking, and wrote three technical articles about aquatint etching.  From 1992 until 2005 he lived and worked in Petaluma.  He now lives in Bellingham, WA.

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Born in Paris in 1947 Jean Michel Mathieux-Marie uses a diamond point to scratch an image into a steel plate

1972:    Architect D.P.L.G.
1974:    Initiation at "L'Atelier Delpech", to Dry-point Engraving
1984:    First Pastels at la Casa Velasquez
AWARDS:1979 2nd general award of drawing from the evening classes of Paris
1983 Scholarship of Paris at the Casa Velasquez
1984 Award Paul-Louis Weiller from the Academy of the Beaux-Arts
1984 Award from the city of Bayeux
1994 Great Award at Art Exhibition of the French Artists

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Peter Jogo was born in Deposit, New York in 1948. He attended State University of New York at Albany and also Cornell University where he earned his Master of Fine Arts Degree.  He is also an accomplished musician who has played bass guitar professionally since his college days.

 He has been an art professor at Penn State University and his works are in the collection of the McNay Art Museum of San Antonio, The Mint Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina, The New Orleans Museum of Art, Georgetown University, University of Wisconsin, The University of Pennsylvania and others.

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Ramiro de Undabeytia - Spain
burnished aquatint etchings

Ramiro de Undabeytia was born in Madrid in 1952.

He studied at the Escuela Nacional de Madrid from 1962-1969. He came in contact with engraving at the workshop of Antonio Lorenzo 1967 then collaborated with “el Grupo 15” from 1971-1985.

He established his own workshop to give technical classes in engraving in 1979.  Undabeytia has been a professor, teachingengraving in the Centro Cultural Nicholas Salmerón, and has worked as an illustrator of editorials

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Venancio Arribas - Spain
etchings

Venancio Arribas was born in Madrid, Spain in 1954. He began his studies of etching and engraving at the School of Applied Arts & Artistic Offices in Madrid, alternating his classes with the works of several engravings.  His works have been shown in several Cultural Centers during the years 1979-1981, enabling him to publish a series of etchings and aquatints illustrating the text of Gregory Maranon for the Book of Toledo.

Between1982-1986 he produced a collection of engravings 'Fields of Castille' for Hanover Publishing of the U.S. Two works on the Monastery Escorial for the National Patrimony. For the Gallery Kreisler a collection of engravings titled 'Ambito'. For the Spanish Museum he produced an interpretation of a work of Pablo Picasso.  During the following years he participated in several art fairs & expositions; Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid 84-89, Boulevard Gallery, Gallery Grife-Escoda, Madrid. International Art Fair, Frankfurt. European Art Editions 90-92. Art Fair, Toronto. Art Expo, N.Y. Art Fair, Birmingham. Exposition Palace Madrid, Art Fair, 92-93.

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Dave Sellers - USA
oil paintings

California artist, Dave Sellers started his career painting watercolors of North American waterfowl.  His work soon caught the attention of various conservation groups, including the California Waterfowl Association and Ducks Unlimited.  These two organizations helped to publicize Dave’s work through their fund raising efforts and he soon became well known throughout the state among those interested in preserving wetland habitat.

As a young artist, he was honored as California Ducks Unlimited Artist of the Year, California Waterfowl Association Artist of the Year, Best of Show at the National Wildlife Art Show and had received seven additional best of show honors at wildlife art shows across the country.  His work as a waterfowl painter has been featured in national publications including U.S. Art, Wildlife Art News, as well as numerous local newspaper articles.   He has also had his work accepted six times in the prestigious “Birds in Art” exhibit at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum of Art.  This exhibit is held annually and attracts artists from all continents to submit work for jury into what has become the hallmark of achievement in art featuring birds.  When first accepted, he was the youngest American artist to be so honored. His work has toured with the exhibit both nationally and internationally and additionally, the museum has added Dave’s work to their permanent collection.

In 1995, while traveling in Alaska and Canada, Dave began painting on location outdoors.  Although he had previously done some plein-air pieces, never had he experienced the sense of affinity for the land as he did during this period of immersion in outdoor painting.   Following this trip, he put together his collection of field studies and presented them at an exhibit in Seattle, Washington, where all the work sold.   Since this initial success, Dave has been painting landscapes almost exclusively.  His style is reminiscent of the early California masters, yet shows an amazing freshness and individuality.

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Justin Ward - USA
chine' colle' etchings

Justin Ward grew up in Central California.  After graduating from Carmel High School in 1979, he attended art school at California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland and received a graphic design degree.  While at CCAC he taught himself the art of etching by using the printmaking studio facilities at nights and weekends. He has been a working professional art director for over 20 years but never lost his initial love for printmaking.

Although heavily influenced by Whistler and by local Monterey artist/etcher Armin Hansen, Justin has a unique style that combines years of studying the old masters and his own fresh approach to printmaking.

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Doug Hunt - USA
oil stick paintings

Doug Hunt was born in Sacramento, California, 1949 . During four years in the Coast Guard he applied for and was assigned to Honolulu's 14th Coast Guard district headquarters as artist and photographers mate. There he created cartoons, article illustrations and photographs for the Coast Guard publication, Pacific Shield.

Upon leaving the military, Doug settled in Gresham, Oregon and continued his education at Mt. Hood Community College.  He began working as a commercial freelance illustrator.  With a solid understanding of perspective drawing, he became involved in architectural rendering and before long was working for several of the house planners and designers in the Portland area.

Eventually, he was offered a part time job teaching architectural drawing at Mt. Hood.  In 1981, he left the freelance business for a job offer in Wiesbaden, Germany as the illustrator for the American Military Club System. Doug found working for the military a bit taxing so by 1983 he was back home with an armload of castle drawings and 3,000 photographs. He resumed his business, expanding it to include photography.

Much of the fine art Doug creates today is accomplished in oil stick. It's a medium he has been exploring since the mid 80's, searching out its potential. Since 1998, he has concentrated on landscapes and has created many series of similar works including “Path to the Villa” and “From the Fields”.

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Arnold Iger has shaped his creative life for over 25 years, exploring and synthesizing visual media including printmaking, film, video, maskmaking, puppetry and design.  As an accomplished visual artist, his mastery of a range of visual media contributes depth to each. 

Judith Rothchild - France
mezzotints 

Judith Rothchild was born in Boston in 1950. She studied visual art at the Rhode Island School of Design before moving to Europe to continue her training at the Academy of Applied Arts in Vienna. Since 1996, she has devoted herself to mezzotint printmaking, for which she has established a strong international reputation over the last ten years. Judith Rothchild lives and works in a small village in the Languedoc region of France.

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PAMELA TAKIGAWA - USA
monotypes 

Pamela Takigawa was born in Los Angeles and lived there until 1970 when she moved to the Monterey Peninsula.   She studied painting and art history at Pasadena City College and Monterey Peninsula College.  She studied fine art printmaking at the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Painting and printmaking each provide distinct and unique opportunities for Takigawa to render her feelings artistically.  In her paintings, the viewer senses a conversation between the subject and the paint-loaded brush.  Fine art printmaking is a collaboration between an artist and an etching press.  Pamela’s monotypes are one of a kind.  They are created by painting on a flat, unaltered plate.  Then the image is transferred to the paper using the pressure provided by a press.  She savors the moment each time she lifts the paper off the inked plate revealing the print.                       back to Mission Gallery HOME