Celebrate Art!
SIERRA ART TRAILS 2014
Yosemite Foothills Open Studio Tour
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 3rd, 4th, & 5th, 2014
This years 2014 Sierra Art Trails open studio tour has many talented artists. The Sierra Sun Times will be featuring a sampling of area artists leading up to the show. Check back regularly to see who the next featured artist will be.
Charlotte Hoffman
Pastel
Charlotte Hoffman is a landscape painter who paints primarily with pastels but also uses acrylic and oil. Charlotte lives in the Mariposa area with her landscape photographer husband, David Hoffman and a menagerie of animals.
Having lived in the San Joaquin Valley, the landscape subjects include the valley, foothills and mountains. Charlotte is drawn to the light, colors and textures of scenes, no pun intended. The couple have participated in Sierra Art Trails for 10 years.
While growing up, every few years Charlotte's family moved to a new location (Air Force military brat). Living on 4 continents up gave Charlotte an awareness of changing light and landscape at an early age. Today her main choice of subject is the California landscape. Perhaps this choice is related to those early impressions of light and landscape in the far away places of Africa, England, USA's east coast, Turkey and Japan.Within the journey of searching for ways to express ideas, some mediums reveal the artist's soul better than others. For Charlotte the pastel has become the vehicle with which to express her visions. With each piece of art created, a portion of the artist's soul is revealed. The magic happens when a viewer connects with a piece of art and feels a deep sense of familiarity or understanding. Art is a necessity for humanity. It's a vehicle of communication that's been with us beyond the time of cave drawings.
Charlotte also enjoys abstracting the landscape. She says, "There's a fulfillment that comes from reaching deeper within the soul for the truly primal and instinctive responses. This results in a clearer and more honest creation."
Gallery Representation: Casto Oaks Fine Wine & Art in Mariposa California and Williams Gallery West in Oakhurst California.
Charlotte can be reached at her home studio in Mariposa: Call (209) 966-2155 or email charlotte@charlottehoffman.com.
You can also visit Charlotte's website at: www.Charlottehoffman.com.
