“Nature is my major muse, so I guess you could call my art ‘pantheistic expression,’” mentioned Janet Esparza, the existing highlighted artist at Redlands Artwork Association. Her artwork entails acrylic and watercolor paintings, which includes portray animal portraits on river rocks and handmade jewellery. The latter will be the most important emphasis at the clearly show.
“I’m an avid lover of animals and painting them brings them closer to me,” she explained. “Though I delight in striving all sorts of painting topics and kinds, accomplishing portraits is my favorite.”
Painting animal portraits on river rocks allows her to convey her appreciate of animals.
“And it would make persons smile to see their preferred pup or kitty celebrated in stone,” she added. “I love to see the appear on a customer’s experience when they see their buddy’s deal with on a rock or canvas.”
For 10 several years, Esparza has been functioning on handmade jewelry. She found wire wrapping at an art present.
“I was fascinated and taught myself to wrap by observing YouTube movies. Then I experienced to learn to slash and polish the rocks by themselves, and I fell in really like with it,” she reported. “I appreciate the idea of discovering a soiled old rock and turning it into a thing wearable. And it can be a terrific pressure reliever also!”
To develop gems out of simple on the lookout rocks, Esparza does her have lapidary work. Then she wraps them in sterling silver to showcase the magnificence of the stone. Component of her jewellery earning is also to lover with local jewelers to wrap stones for their customers.
Esparza attends nearby exhibits in and close to Yucaipa and Redlands. She experienced a booth not too long ago at the Art on Point out Street party. This October she will be accomplishing Artwork for Heaven’s Sake in Redlands. She has obtained a few of Honorable Mentions for her paintings.
She prefers to fulfill clients in human being.
“People want to be able to take care of the pieces, try them on, and get at ease with them,” she explained.
She is obtainable to arrive to a customer’s house for a non-public show.
“My pleasure will come from seeing return clients who convey to me how considerably they like my parts,” she stated.
