Julie Snyder

A native of Scotland, artist Julie Snyder studied drawing and painting at the Glasgow School of Art. The setting itself was extraordinary and inspiring. Architect Charles Rennie Macintosh designed the Art School in 1897, combining his unique style of Scottish tradition with Art Nouveau. Julie Snyder was encouraged to pursue her art by an artist-mother and a writer-father.

Julie's artistic career has spanned both sides of the Atlantic and included several years of residence in Southern Spain. Julie Snyder forged her craft as an illustrator in advertising, publishing and the motion picture industry, including Warner Bros.

She now lives in Southern California, where she paints, holds workshops and teaches painting at the Businessmen's Art Institute in Montrose. Julie Snyder is a sought-after artist in the Southern California figurative art scene. "I paint the figure, finding my subjects in many walks of life and I bring them into the studio to model. I love to recreate an impressionistic environment on the canvas that tells a story.”

She paints to tell the stories of everyday people in their environment. Painting wet on wet with a balance of loose and tight brush work, she uses color and light to create interest and focus. Her paint quality is expressionistic as she captures the essential mood and gestures of her subjects. Julie Snyder also has a growing number of clients who commission her to paint portraits. Her intimate portraits are more than the traditional "head and shoulders" as she unerringly finds the special quality that makes each individual both unique and multifaceted.

Her work is currently on exhibit at The Segil Fine Art Gallery in Monrovia. She has also exhibited at the Waterhouse Gallery, Santa Barbara, with The Oil Painters of America Western United States Regional show; Whites Gallery in Montrose; and the California Art Club at the landmark Ebell Club of Los Angeles and the Pasadena's Women's Club.

Julie Snyder also finds time to promote the arts: She served for two years as president of the historic Businessmen's Art Institute of Los Angeles.

Raymond Allan Harris

Ray Harris was born on October 4, 1952 in Elsberry, Missouri. He moved with his family frequently before settling in Pasadena, Texas.

Harris graduated from the Art Center College of Design in 1978. He has worked as an artist in the motion picture industry for over thirty years.

He continued his studies by traveling extensively and developed a tendency to paint outdoors and from life. Thus, his style has remained consistent over the years.

“It has been a rewarding journey, making friends along the way. Teachers, art patrons, and fellow artists, all sharing a common goal: to keep the spirit of painting and learning alive.

I am challenged by an inner search for good design, color, and the spirit in a work of art. Working in a variety of locations and painting from life, to me, is the most rewarding. Whether it is a portrait, landscape, or genre painting, I am searching for my individual vision of the subject. The paint surface and design of color shapes sometimes take precedence of a rigid copy of the object.”

MEMBERSHIPS

AMERICAN IMPRESSIONIST SOCIETY
CALIFORNIA ART CLUB
CREATIVE TALENT NETWORK
HUNTINGTON ART GUILD
MALIBU ART ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL WATERCOLOR SOCIETY
OIL PAINTERS OF AMERICA
PORTRAIT SOCIETY OF AMERICA
SAN CLEMENTE ART ASSOCIATION
SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS, LOS ANGELES
WATERCOLOR WEST