BRYTER ESTATES: ARTIST IN RESIDENCE RECEPTION
Friday, August 17
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
BRYTER Estates is located at 25 E Napa Street “E”, Sonoma

BRYTER Estates is hosting an Artist Reception Friday, August 17th from 5:30 to 7:30pm. This month our Artist in Residence is Loretta Loy-Adair - a local oil painter who focuses on painting on location ("en plein air"), mostly in Sonoma and Napa. Come enjoy complimentary small bites and special pricing on wines by the glass!

Loretta is an oil painter, whose initial inspiration came from her "family of artists." Having lived in the wine country for over 23 years, Loretta has found her inspiration and solitude in the Northern California landscape. Although Loretta paints a variety of subjects, her focus has been primarily on painting on location (en plein air) for the past few years. This discipline also compliments her studio painting where she paints still life and portraits. Loretta is most intrigued by alla prima painting, not only because it is challenging, but she feels that the immediacy exposes the true emotion of the artist in making the visual connection.

Loretta hopes that her work evokes a sense of peace and happiness within you - "My goal is to capture and convey the mood and soul of the subject. I am constantly trying to improve my work by always reading, by always seeing, and by always trying to challenge myself to be able to capture onto canvas, a moment in time. ” Loretta's works have been sold in prominent galleries in Napa and Sonoma, including the Fairmont Gallery, North Bay Gallery, and the Shirley Roberts Gallery. Loretta's works have been juried into several exhibits held by the Marin Society of Artists, Sonoma’s Salute to the Arts, and Plaza Arts Center in Healdsburg. Her work, “Trixie” The Sebastiani Theater Ticket Taker, was on exhibit at the “Sonoma Valley Museum of Art’s 2007 Juried Biennial Show” and “Mustard in the Carneros#2” was juried in to the 2010 Napa Valley Mustard Festival. Loretta is a member of the Oil Painters of America.

http://lori.fineartstudioonline.com/