Arlie Marshall - Renaissance Time Capsules

Arlie Marshall's drawings, conceived with the Renaissance era in mind, as well as Da Vinci style writings and simulated archive stamps and seals, give the viewer an enchanted sense of the discovery of a page out of history. They include such whimsical inventions as HORSE-POWERED FLIGHT, HORSE-POWERED SUBMARINES, and a multitude of other similarly inspired subjects. We announce with great sadness the passing of this accomplished artist. Arlie Marshall died in Eureka, California, on October 2, 1998.

Orr Marshall - Paintings

Orr Marshall finds the imagery for his paintings in imagination and dreams as well as in the outer world. He often begins with a color scheme, then discovers the forms and subject matter with which to develop the chromatic idea into a picture.

Orr likes to combine disparate elements, contradictory perspectives, diverse methods of representation, and unexpected colors, tying them into a surprising but unified whole. He looks for images which he feels already exist but have not yet become visible, and makes them visible -- he brings them forth as paintings which, strange though they may be, will appear convincing, real, and inevitable.

Stuart C. Foster - Paintings and Drawings

Yurok American artist Stuart Foster has studied at Humboldt State University, Otis Art Institute, Parson School of Design, Sonoma State University, and College of the Redwoods. He paints and draws in mixed media, oil, oil pastels, pencil, and crayon. His favorite subjects are redwood trees, the giant sequoias, and wild animals -- some of them zoo inmates.

Alex Escudero - Watercolors and Colored Pencil

"My work is a continuation of the work of all those that came before me. I'm picking up where my ancestors left off. I'm a mestizo from Mexico. When my two halves mixed in the early 1500's they created the cosmic race with much bloodshed and brutality. The beauty that was the Aztec codices was destroyed, either burned or stolen. Ironically the stealing helped preserve the few surviving codices in foreign hands and lands. I've been studying them, particularly the 'Codex Nutall.' Well, now I'm stealing them back, mixing them with my dreams and the labor of my hands to create a contemporary image based on the structure of my past."

Henry L. Stuart - Photography

Henry L. Stuart grew up in a household of advanced amateur photographers and engaged in photography professionally early in life. After retiring from a business career he returned to photography as a hobby and completed five photography courses in the Art and Journalism departments at Humboldt State University. He was awarded "Best of Show" at the Lelanau School Elderhostel program in advanced nature photography. His entries in county fairs over several years have earned seven Firsts and four Seconds.