FOR THE LOVE OF NATURE
Watercolorist Linda Lord brings the magic of nature to the Aptos Public Library
April 1 – June 30
Linda Lord grew up in a small mill town in Georgia, where “art” was a luxury few could afford. Teaching herself to draw even before she was old enough to go to school, she created art using “a pencil and any scraps of paper I could find.

“Public libraries have always held a special place in my heart,” she recalls. When she started attending school, she found that a public library was on her route and became a frequent visitor. The librarian noticed her interest in nature, and when it came time to take an old, richly colorful book of birds out of circulation, she gave it to Linda to take home.

By the early 1980s Linda, now a single mother, had moved to Santa Cruz. Still drawing for her own enjoyment, she didn’t consider herself an “artist” until she was given watercolor materials in 1984. Self-taught, she fell in love with the medium. Friends were impressed and encouraged her to sell her work. Soon Linda was an active member of Santa Cruz’s art community, exhibiting her paintings at Open Studios and joining the Santa Cruz Watercolor Society. The Santa Cruz Art League asked her to teach, and she developed a reputation for being feisty, folksy, and fun.
“I don’t want my students to paint like me. I want them to discover their own style, their own voice,” she says. In class, her enthusiasm and individualized mentorship encourages her students to stretch themselves. Her six-week watercolor classes on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons fill up quickly, with many students returning repeatedly.

Come enjoy nature’s brilliant beauty through the watercolor magic Linda Lord creates.
Click here for more information about Linda Lord.

Monotype prints by Jane Gregorius.

Trace Monotype Workshop
A special workshop is scheduled at the Aptos Library
on Saturday, March 8 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm
Space is limited. Be sure to register right away!
Printmaker/artist Jane Gregorius will offer a Trace Monotype Workshop at the Aptos Library on Saturday, March 8 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm. Although specifically aimed at children ages 5 and over, parents and friends are welcome and encouraged to participate too. Those new to the Trace Monotype technique might remember carbon paper tracings and will see that instead of carbon paper, tracings will be done on slabs of brightly colored inks with a number of tools, from sophisticated combs and metal pieces down to fingers, pencils and ball point pens. Finished artworks may be very abstract or carefully traced reality in nature and there will be examples of past successful prints. 
Jane Gregorius retired from the Cabrillo College art department after 25 years and has been making prints for 50 years.
She is a founding member of the printmaking co-op:  PATT - Printmakers at the Tannery.
Click here to learn more about the art of Jane Gregorius.

Aptos High School Art
Applied Arts Instructor Joel Smith
9th - 12th grades – elective courses
AP Drawing and AP Art and Design
Now at the Aptos Branch Library a program designed to celebrate artists in our community! 
A team of dedicated members of the Friends of the Aptos Library collaborate with library staff to bring rotating art installations to the walls of the Aptos Branch Library.
To participate please contact us!
Curious about previous art displays at the Aptos Branch Library? Click here.
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