August 1- September 1
The Spectrum Art Gallery Exhibition Committee is proud to present this selection of non-member artists to share the gallery exhibition space in August 2019. Each committee member was able to extend an invitation to a guest for this show, and we think you will be stunned by the talent we have to present! A little information about each of the artists follows:
Rachel Clark lives in Fresno with her husband, Alex. She was born and raised in the San Joaquin Valley, just south of Fresno. At the tender age of nine, she developed a love for the study of North American birds. As she grew older, it morphed into an all-consuming passion. she earned a degree in Animal Ecology from Iowa State University, and today Rachel works as a wildlife biologist, but her primary aspiration is to work as a bird guide in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the surrounding areas.
Michael Frank is an internationally exhibited and award-winning Digital Artist working in the Central Valley of California. Using computer technology and software as his primary medium, he details intensely intricate and imaginary environments that are equally realistic and alien. Themes of Nature and manufactured reality abound in landscapes both surreal and comforting. Mr. Frank is a 30-year veteran of Advertising and Industrial Photography disciplines and currently serves as a managing Board Director for the Sorensen Studio and Galleries.
Al Golub has been a working photographer for almost six decades. He began his professional photojournalism career in the United States Air Force at The Valley Bomber. He then worked for The Modesto Bee for forty years during which he won countless awards and eventually became the Director of Photography. He currently photographs for Cal Fire, Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Conservancy, the San Francisco 49ers, and Oakland Raiders, and covers cattle drives, rodeos, wildland fires, and more for his own pleasure.
Randy Haron is best known in Fresno for being the owner and operator of Haron Jaguar Land Rover, but he is also an accomplished photographer. His unique style of Landscape and Aerial photography is recognized all over the world. His work has been used by The LA Times, New York Post, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, Fresno Bee. He has also worked with such brands as REI, Travel & Leisure, Frommers, Oakley, Canon, and Maverick Helicopters.
David Hunter is a former photojournalist turned to landscape and nature photographer who moonlights during the day as an elementary school teacher. David has been the Artist-in-Residence at Bighorn National Recreation Area and Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve. He has photographed projects for several other National Parks as well, including Yosemite, Sequoia, and Great Basin. David has also done contract work for the Bureau of Land Management and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife documenting endangered and threatened species.
Cathy McCrery-Cordle lives in the Western Sierra Foothills with her husband and two children. When her children were young, Cathy began noticing details in nature like blossoms on fruit trees and the way water beaded across leaves after it rained. She began photographing these subjects and experienced a growing sense of excitement and curiosity in photography. In 2008, she purchased her first digital camera and began photographing flowers, dew drops, frosted leaves, etc. She was often drawn to the smallest details in nature that she found so beautiful and her passion for photographing nature took off.
Ronald Webb embarked on his photographic journey while teaching life science and physical science classes on the Micronesian island of Kwajalein in 1977. By 1980, he was a full-time photography teacher at Clovis High School in Clovis, California. Over the years, he got the opportunity to learn more about the art and craft of photography from such notable master photographers as Ted Orland, Morley Bayer, Oliver Gagliani, Al Weber, Robert Dawson, Ray McSavaney, and even had a wonderful learning encounter with Ansel Adams himself.
James Ramirez is a central valley native from the agricultural town of Kingsburg. Always an aspiring creative, it wasn’t until 2011 that James discovered his love of photography. Self-learned through research, trial and error, James has committed fully to a creative way of living, pushing the lines of imagination through his imagery.