Donna DuFresne

Donna DuFresne majored in fine art at Canada Community College, receiving an A. A. degree in 1977. Then began nine years of study with mentor, Richard Yip, who taught watercolor at University of the Pacific. She also studied with many fine contemporary artists, including Robert E. Wood, Jane Burnham and Jane Hofstetter.

In 1979, Donna joined the National League of American Pen Women. She is now an active member in the Modesto branch.

She earned her signature award from Society of Western Artists in 1989.

When Donna moved to Pine Mountain Lake in 1993, she initiated the development of the Sierra Professional Artists, a Groveland based art group and has served on the board of the Central Sierra Arts Council.

For several years Donna was listed in the registry of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.

Donna DuFresne's watercolors are found in private collections around the world. Her work has been shown at Village Artistry, Carmel; The Jenkins Gallery, Pier 39; Peggy Eriksen Gallery, Half Moon Bay, and many other bay area galleries as well as Scottsdale, Arizona.

You may contact Donna at (209) 536-9509 or pauldonna74@yahoo.com

Kathy Tuchalski

Kathy Tuchalski was born in Modesto and raised in Southern California, Kathy grew up with an interest in children and animals. This was the main focus of her artwork in the early years.

After returning to the Modesto area in 1978, she began working part-time while raising her family. Working as a clerk with a local police agency, Kathy began drawing police "composite" sketches of suspects.

Attending classes at the Scottsdale Artist’s School in Arizona and the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, she took advanced studies in composite drawing and three -dimensional facial reconstruction from skeletal remains. This valuable training has allowed Kathy to increase her skills in the area of fine art.

She has also taken drawing and painting classes at Modesto Junior College under the instruction of Dan Peterson and Jerry Reilly. She has also attended workshops with color pencil artist Bet Borgeson, watercolor artist Rose Eden, and acclaimed painter Robert Burridge.

Kathy enjoys working in pastels, watercolor, colored pencil, acrylic paints and mixed media. Her artwork includes realistic representations as well as abstracts and design.

Kathy lives with her husband in Groveland, California, and is an active member of the Sierra Professional Artists Association. She is also a member of the Central California Art Association in Modesto, California.

Jean started her training as an artist the summer of 1943 while attending the California school of Find Arts in San Francisco. She always enjoyed drawing as a little girl and along with several girlfriends spent many hours in the classroom and at home enjoying the gifts of creating with a pencil and brush.

After graduation from Lowell High School in San Francisco, Jean majored in Arts at the University of California in San Francisco and Hayward. She received and Adult Education Credential from U.C. in Berkeley, and has been teaching art in the San Leandro, Fremont and Union City adult school for over 20 years.

She was most happy using her abilities to create art forms in the medium of painting, pottery and metal and clay sculptures. It wasn't until the later part of her life that she realized that creating art was a reminder that she was co- creating all the events of her life.

The source of this information was through the teachings of Quantum physics. "That in the material universe there is nothing there, that we co create; from Virtual level through that Quantum level, into the material level."

So I am beginning to use this knowledge to joyfully co- create everything including Art. And you can too!

Jean's paintings have been on display in numerous galleries, shows and in private collections