I made another run on Saturday to the Rincon Valley Farmers Market because I wanted to follow up last week's visit with some more specific information. I had the pleasure of meeting two of the artists who market their work at the Farmer's Market. Coincidentally, both these people are from Ohio.
Jim Powers, an Ohio born photographer, displays and sells his work Saturdays at the market. Mr. Powers is an accomplished photographer who has been pursuing this work since he was fourteen. The majority of his work is landscape images from all over the west. He uses both digital and film formats and told me that he doesn't prefer one over the other but finds both to be valuable depending on what he is trying to achieve in the given image. His photographs have a diverse range of subject matter from the cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde to waterfalls in Yellowstone to slot canyons in the high deserts of Utah. He produces his work in a variety of sizes so that the general public will have great flexibility in where they may want to display his photos. Mr. Powers told me that he encourages people to visit these areas that he has photographed, enjoy them, absorb the feeling of them and then they can come to him for photographs of them! Not a bad idea considering how dramatic his work is.
Jim Powers can be found at the Rincon Valley Farmer's Market every Saturday and he has a website at
www.powersltd.com.
Another of Ohio's gifted sons (daughters in this case) is Carol Lucas. Ms. Lucas has just moved to the Vail community in recent months from Florida. Originally from Ohio, she has been drawing and painting since childhood. She was educated in Ohio in Fine Arts at the College of Mt. St. Joseph, Ohio State University and the Fitton Art Center. She then pursued a business career for many years. She moved to Florida for the light and the warmth but spent time visiting Arizona nearly every year.
Ms. Lucas work is unique and vibrant. Her earlier pieces burst with color and light. The scenes are of Southwestern landscapes and seem to glow with brilliant colors. Her newer pieces have a softer feel and are vaguely reminiscent of Georgia O'Keefe but are uniquely Ms. Lucas'. They have soft strokes, beautiful, vibrant colors and wonderful light. The paintings that she had available at the Farmer's Market reflect her love of and wonderful use of color. You can find Ms. Lucas at the Farmer's Market most Saturdays or at her website http://clucasart.shutterfly.com
She will also be having a show at Contents Interiors 3401 E. Fort Lowell Rd., Saturday April 3rd. Ms. Lucas prices her work so that most people can afford to hang original art in their homes and enjoy it. Visit her at her website or better still visit her in person at the Rincon Valley Farmer's Market, or this Saturday at Contents Interiors.(www.contentsinteriors.com)
Just a little shout out of thanks to the great state of Ohio for the gifted people they send our way!
