The current exhibit features 23 canvasses, most in watercolor and all featuring the outdoors or subjects associated with the outdoors in some way. Groves and Johnson have known each other since 1998, when they took a watercolor class at West Valley College in Saratoga taught by artist Moises Roizen. More recently, Groves has studied with Morgan Samuel Price, while Johnson took classes with Jenn Tannhauser, of the Los Gatos Seniors program. I was always intrigued by the flow of watercolors. The control of the colors is the most important thing.
Watercolor is very spontaneous.
Then if it doesn't turn out, you have to start over. Whether or not the women started over with any paintings in the chambers is immaterial, as the finished products are all viewers see. Among Johnson's largest works is Elkhorn Slough , a detailed watercolor of the Monterey County nature preserve. Her soft blues, greens, browns and grays are perfect at capturing the area's unspoiled beauty. In the background, a creek winds its way into the woods.