Joyce Kramer
ARTIST STATEMENT:
I am a local artist. I live in Folsom near old town. My favorite medium is pastel; however, I also enjoy oil and watercolor. I started to concentrate on art techniques in the mid-90’s. I had an opportunity to study under local artist, Gray Pruner, while attending art classes at American River Junior College. I have studied under Susan Sarback at her School of Light and Color at Fair Oaks in the pastel and oil mediums; also there, I took pastel classes from Irene Lester, a local Fair Oaks artist. I have taken watercolor classes taught by Jeannie Vodden, a local Jackson artist, and Howard Stover, teacher and curator of the 404 Gallery.
I like to pay attention to shapes and their changes throughout the work on a picture. I enjoy capturing light and color. My subjects are very versatile: boats, flowers, people, landscapes, and still life studies. I like plein air painting. Sometimes, I go out of the box–example, I had a silk scarf printed up with the watercolor work, Bamboo In Rocks.
 Boats Resting |
 Pumpkin Midst Yellow Mums |
 Murer House Grounds |
 Karen’s Paintout |