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| Home | Jean Johnson Ranstrom’s personal energy and vibrancy are expressed fully in her stunning, original oil and pastel paintings. She captures the natural world in impressive landscapes and dynamic still life’s that give the viewer a personal invitation to enter an intimate, engaging scene.
Jean has enjoyed a full-time art career since 1972 when she began teaching workshops and painting classes throughout North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota. She co-founded and co-operated Avalon Arts, a teaching studio and gallery from 1991-2001. In 2001 she opened Jean Ranstrom Studio and Gallery where she taught until June 2003. She currently lives in Green Valley AZ. Where she continues to teach a variety of classes and inspire others at all levels of artistic preparedness. She is both a master artist and master teacher.
One cannot glance quickly at Jean’s paintings and move on. She infuses into her paintings rich colors, lush textures, and intimate views of her subjects which range from desert vistas to timeless Spanish missions, farm animals to florals and serene woodland scenes to sprouting onions rendered in a vibrant palette. She invites the viewer to linger and examine the intricacies of grapes on the vine or feel the quiet calm of an isolated ranch road. Her mastery of color is intuitive and striking and she combines a succession of several layers to augment her classical traditional style. She paints “plein air” whenever possible. Commissions are always welcome. EDUCATION College—Mayville State Teacher’s College, Mayville, NDArt School—Famous Artist’s School, Westport, CT Workshops—Helen Van Wyk, Charles Movali, Morten Solberg, Christina Du Barry, Gill Dillenger, Larry Blovits, Anita Wolff, David Simons, David Schwindt, Lorenzo Chavez
EXHIBITIONSYaYa Artisits- Canoa Hills Center, Green Valley AZ 2005 Ya Ya Artists-Desert Hills Center, Green Valley, AS 2005 Madera Artists- Canoa Center, Green Valley, 2005 Santa Rita Art League, West Center, Green Valley, AZ ,2005 Tubac Center for the Arts, Members Show, Fall 2004 Tubac Center for the Arts, Members Show, Fall 2003 Avalon Arts, White Bear Lake, MN Bismarck Art and Gallery Assoc., Bismarck, ND. Neilsen Gallery , Edina, MN
JURIED SHOWSOil Painters of America, Western Regional 2006, Calistoga, CA Empire Ranch Show 2005, Sonoita, AZ Tubac Center of the Arts, Gallery Shop Exhibit 2003, Tubac, AZ Tubac Center of the Arts, 2003, Tubac AZ Lake Country Pastel Exhibit 2002 Artists of Minnesota Spring Show 2000 La Fond Gallery National Juried Pastel Exhibition 2000. Pittsburg, PA Northern Lights Juried Show 2000, St. Paul, MN Lake Country Pastel Society Fall Show 1999 Lake Country Pastel Society Spring Show 1999 Artists of Minnesota Spring Show 1998 Northern Lights Juried Show , St. Paul, MAN 1998 La Fond Gallery National Juried Pastel Exhibition ,Pittsburg, PA 1997 Pastel Society of the SW, Dallas TX, 1996 77th Annual Springfield Art League Show, Springfield, MA 1996 Atellier of Atlanta, Atlanta GA. 1996 North Valley Art League, Redding, CA 1996 Artist of Minnesota Spring Show 1996
AWARDS Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac AZ, Gallery Shop Exhibit 2003, Merit Tubac Center of the Arts,Tubac, AZ , Members Show, Honorable Mention Lake Country Pastel Society Pastel Exhibit, Third Place Award 2002 Artiists of Minnesota Spring Show 2000, Second Place Award Artists of Minnesota Spring Show 2000, First Place Award La Fond Gallery National Juried Pastel Exhibition 2000,Pittsburg PA First Place Award Northern Lights Juried Show, St. Paul, MN 2000 Award of Excellence Lake Country Pastel Society Fall Show 1999 Merit Award Lake Country Pastel Society Spring Show,1999 Merit Award Artists of Minnesota Spring Show 1998 First Prize, advanced pastel Northern Lights Juried Show,1998 St. Paul, MAN La Fond Gallery National Juried Pastel Exhibition 1997,Pittsburg, PA Pastel Society of the SW 1997 Dallas, TX, Popular Choice Award 77th Annual Springfield Art League Show, Springfield, MA 1996, Patrons Award Atellier of Atlanta Show, Atlanta GA. 1996 First Prize North Valley Art League, Redding, CA 1996 Award of Excellence Artists of Minnesota Spring Show 1996, Creative Originality Award
GALLERIES Los Reyes Gallery, Tubac, AZ
MEMBERSHIPSPastel Society of America-Signature Member Lake Country Pastel Society-Charter Member Tubac Center of the Arts Santa Rita Art League Madera Painters Tucson Plein Air Painters Society- Artist Member Pastel Society of the Southwest YA YA Artists Oil Painters of America American Impressionist Society
PUBLICATIONSPastel Journal, July/August 2000,”Using Suede Mat Board”The Artist’s Magazine July 2001 “Starting Your Own Gallery” American Artist Magazine , December 2006 Discovering Unexpected Subjects for Pastel Paintings
CORPORATE AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONSSand Creek Ltd., Stillwater, MNHealth Partners, White Bear Lake, MN (cont) Michael Williams Law Office, Warren , MN Martin Waldera, North St. Paul, MN Gretchen Stein Wickenhauser, Osceola, MN Richard and Sandra Olmsted,Vadnais Hgts,MN
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