YAA spotlights Solveig Leslie and Luella Hartwell in a two week spotlight show « Yaa Spotlight

YAA spotlights Solveig Leslie and Luella Hartwell in a two week spotlight show

YAA spotlights Solveig Leslie and Luella Hartwell in a two week spotlight show at the Yaquina Art Association gallery in Nye Beach from June 26 through July 10. The show is open daily from 11 am to 5 pm at 789 NW Beach Drive in Newport, Oregon.

Solveig Leslie says her love of nature and the many years she spent traveling the world inspires her art. She is still challenging herself to keep doing art in spite of losing her eyesight to macular degeneration. She works with oil pastels, watercolors and mixed media as well as hand building with clay. She was taught art as a young child by her father. She took college classes in art and attended workshops. She is 95 and still enjoying art.

Solveig was born in Norway, lived in Europe, came to US as a child, and was raised in New York City. She lived and taught elementary school in California. She has traveled to Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Europe, China, Central America, and all over the US. She enjoys sharing her love of art and her knowledge with anyone who is interested in learning. she has added several new items for your enjoyment. YAA free art classes are a thrill for her to attend.

Luella Hartwell is inspired by the challenge of depicting in her art, the beauty of nature that she sees all around. She enjoys working from her own photos or working on location. She says the main reason she does art is an attempt to share, in a static form, the wonderful masterpieces created by the Master Artist. She will be showing watercolors pastels and acrylics. Luella also enjoys sculpture and would like to do some larger, outdoor metal sculptures in the future.

Luella attended art classes at Portland Community College, Chemeketa Community College, and workshops given by Tony Couch, Judy Morris, Tom Allen, Jan Kunz, Harold Walkup, Tom Allen And Carol Hillsbery. She belongs to Yaquina Art Association, She enjoys taking classes & teaching. Luella Hartwell was born in Loma Linda, CA. and raised in Eugene, Oregon. She has lived in the Portland area and in Albany and now resides in Seal Rock. She has enjoyed traveling across the continental United States and visited Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico. She loves her family and is the grandmother of 9 grandchildren. She enjoys traveling around the state of Oregon taking photos to use for her art. Flowers, waterfalls, the ocean, and Oregon’s back roads and less traveled byways are among her favorites to visit. Still on her bucket list is a tour of Europe.