JANE POSTON HIT ON A CREATIVE WAY TO ACQUIRE FINE ART, deciding to reproduce in her own hand pieces that hold special meaning for her.
On a recent visit, she told me with wry humor that she couldn’t afford to buy the originals and certainly wasn’t about to steal them, so the best alternative was to reproduce them.
Jane Poston and her paintings
“I’m a great appreciator,” she says.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD AN OCEAN BAY VIEW, a Tuscan countryside horizon or a Sonoran Desert panorama to your home? Then Jos Villabrille is your man.
He’s Tucson’s muralist, adept at the trompe l’oeil (trick the eye) style of bringing three dimensional vistas to large two dimensional wall spaces.
Jos Villabrille at home with his own seaside view
Not only that, but Jos’s skill as a painter ranges credibly over a multitude of schools and styles – Renaissance, Baroque, Romantic, Southwestern, he’s even done futuristic murals of galaxy hopping spaceships in the Star Trek tradition. (more…)
“THE INSTANT I STARTED WOODTURNING, I KNEW I’D MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE,” LYNNE YAMAGUCHI SAYS. “It was the absolute most true decision I could have made.”
That was seven years ago. Yamaguchi was stuck in a high pressure, deadline driven job that she felt was draining her life away. When she asked herself what would make her happy, the answer came instantly: woodturning.
Maple burl hollow vessel by Lynne Yamaguchi
Woodturning? She’d never done it, didn’t know how. No tools, no shop, no training.
