“Art has always dominated the direction of my life. I remember that when I was very young, I would go to my grandmothers and paint little watercolors with her as she painted. Even then, I remember learning the importance of seeing. This has just continued through my life and has helped me learn and grow. It has filtered the way that I view my surroundings. I no longer ignore the beauty of the landscape. It isn’t just dirt and trees and sky. It is a compound of colors and values and shapes. As I continue to paint, I realize that I am just beginning to scratch this surface. It has intrigued me and so I continue to paint in hopes to discover even more.”

Jeff graduated from the University of Utah in 2004 with a Degree in Painting and Drawing. During this time, he has been showing his work throughout Utah and his work has been collected nationally. He has been able to take advantage of several opportunities to study with John Erickson and Gary E. Smith, both of which have helped diversify and enrich his work.

Jeff lives in Holladay, Utah with his wife Julia and daughter Remlee. Julia recently graduated from the University of Utah as well with a Bachelor’s Degree in Piano Performance.

Cassandria was born in Canton, China.  On her first Birthday, as was the custom, she was presented with a tray of common objects.  It was believed that the items she selected would tell her parents the direction of her life. She reached for a bamboo brush, which meant she was destined for a life bound to painting or writing. Throughout her life she has nurtured her ambition to become a serious painter. She has earned a BFA at the University of Utah, studying with Paul Davis who has been an important influence. Over the years, she has grown to love the Utah landscape which was vastly different from the country of her youth. She has a home in Spring City where she finds inspiration in the open landscape. Cassandria was awarded honorable mention in the most recent Deseret News Landscape Show.

A Salt Lake City native, Steven studied painting at the University of Utah and was awarded a fellowship grant in 2005.  He has exhibited consistently for the past ten years, garnered awards from plein-air competitions, and is represented by notable galleries on both East and West coasts.  His paintings are housed in major collections, nationally and abroad.  The cities in his paintings reflect, like the ghostly figures that inhabit them, transient states of evolution and change.  His paintings illustrate delicate balances between control and non-control, detail against vagueness, and opaqueness vs. transparency.

The Bay 36" x 42" - $3,600