He learned to blow glass using the team approach and worked with many artists including Dale Chihuly. Nowak’s work is very influenced by the maritime Pacific Northwest. He lived on Mercer Island as a child and that early experience is reflected in his work.

This 3-day workshop will cover design and composition, too often unaddressed in the workshop setting. The goal of the workshop will be for each participant to discover a strategy to be a composer, not just a reporter. Day one will focus on black and white value studies and the division of space. Exploration of color useage and it’s power to evoke mood and emotion will be covered on the second day. Day three will give painters the opportunity to analyze one of their own unsuccessful paintings and then redesign and repaint it, using the knowledge gained during the first two days.

Katie’s creative skills and ease with spatial design allowed her to quickly ramp up in the field, leading to the creation of one-of-a-kind pendants, earrings, tie tacks and bracelets.  She also collaborates with Francis Lai-Wang who adds sterling silver and precious stones to select pieces.  In addition to jewelry, Katie designs custom backsplash tiles for kitchens and bathrooms as well as knobs and pulls for drawers and dressers.

Katie graduated from Concordia University, Irvine in 1999 with a major in Humanities with an emphasis in Art.

Over the years Judy has studied with notable watercolorists including Roger Armstrong, Rex Brandt, Gerald Brommer, Keith Crown, Millard Sheets, Robert E. Wood and Milford Zornes.  Her primary subject matter is the landscape preferably painted on location.  In addition to painting in the United States, Judy has traveled to England, France, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, Western Samoa, and French Polynesia.

Judy’s work has been featured in both individual and group exhibitions, and is collected by both private collectors and corporations.  She was one of 17 artists selected worldwide to pen a chapter for Work Small, Learn Big: Sketching with Pen & Watercolor, a book published by International Artist Magazine in 2003.  In 2006, at the invitation of the Orange Public Library Foundation, Judy created 13 paintings representing the history of Orange for the new main library History Walk.  She is currently collaborating with author Elisabeth Deffner on a publication of a book that explores the history of early schoolhouses throughout Southern California.

Judy received a B.A. with a Special Secondary Credential in Art from the University of Redlands.

Jim is a signature member and past president of both the National Watercolor Society and Watercolor West and has also achieved signature membership in the Nevada and San Diego Watercolor Societies.  His paintings have been published in the Best of Watercolor, People in Watercolor, and Watercolor Expressions. He has served as a juror for both national and local art exhibitions.

Know for paintings that are bold, spontaneous, and directly applied, his watercolors have been juried into national exhibitions. Tom’s work has been featured in The Artist’s Magazine, Watercolor Artist, American Artist, and was included in an article “20 Great Teachers” in the collector’s edition of Watercolors by the American Artist. He was also featured in “North Light Books, Splash 6″ and in “My Friends, Today’s Great Masters”, Jack Richeson Fine Arts Series.