Jen Howell is a Lodi-based artist drawing inspiration from her heritage, the landscape and emotional states in creating her works. She is a watercolorist, creates ceramic sculptures, is a photographer and enjoys other mediums.

www.jenmarieink.com

Dayanna Knight is an author and illustrator from the Central Valley of California. Her most recent book, The Historic Stockton Coloring Book, was published in 2024 thanks to a grant from Stockton Arts Commission. This project not only created the book but also delivered two thousand copies to local students in 2024.

www.dayannaknight.com

Herminia McGraw is a Fine Artist focusing on plein air and acrylic painting in Stockton, Ca.

@Crazyhorse_the_artist

Geneva Mello's paintings and drawings begin with vintage, discarded photographs pulled from antique store bargain bins, abandoned family albums, and overlooked corners of local history archives. Through paint and charcoal, she transforms these cast-aside snapshots into layered compositions that drift between dream and memory, where brushstrokes and drips mask and reveal figures whose identities are left intentionally open. Most of the photographs she works from depict women, and she sees her practice as a feminist act of recovery, elevating the stories of forgotten grandmothers, aunts, and community matriarchs through a collective reimagining of the past.

www.genevamello.com

MJ Lazarski is a plein air painter whose work explores the nuance of nature through the direct experience of painting outdoors. Primarily self-taught, she has followed a nontraditional path to her professional art career through deep study of the masters and contemporaries alike, developing skills in composition, color harmony, tone, light, perspective, and brushwork. Her influences include Bierstadt, Sargent, Hopper, and Velasquez, and her paintings aim to share the beauty of the world as she sees it, inviting viewers into a space that feels both engaging and quietly joyful.

@MJLazarski_fineart

Leila Valencia is an artist whose work is shaped by everything around her, with past and present events alike finding their way into her themes. Working primarily in painting and drawing, her influences span Keith Haring, Willem de Kooning, Wilfredo Lam, George Condo, and Picasso, among others. Her work is a disfiguration of her own reality, an abstract visual representation of life itself that evokes emotion and prompts questions about existence. Through unexpected moments and deliberate use of color, stroke, and transparency, Leila creates a sense of impermanence that tells a story unique to each viewer.

https://www.leilavalencia.com

Mikayla Henry is a Bay Area artist working across a wide range of mediums, from handmade jewelry to large-scale murals. Through her business For Aesthetic Value, she sells at local vendor events and online, creating commissions that give her customers a way to express themselves through one-of-a-kind pieces. Her specialty is animal painting, and she has a particular love for pet portraits, whether bold and colorful or strikingly realistic.

https://foraestheticvalue.com

Tess Turnbeaugh is a watercolor artist from the central valley of California. Tess received a Bachelor’s of Art from Sacramento State University in 2023. Since then her paintings has been featured in local galleries in Lodi and Stockton. Currently you can find her teaching art and selling her art at Art Markets and Renaissance Faires.

https://www.tessjoelleart.com/

“Let’s get messy!”

@artistic_escape_janetwilliams

Dave Muster has been making art since the early 1970s in Linden, CA, and has built a career spanning sculpture, jewelry, and gemstone work. He earned an AA in Art from San Joaquin Delta College and a BA in Art from the University of the Pacific, where he studied drawing and painting under Gill Dillinger and specialized in sculpture jewelry. During his time at UOP, he was commissioned by university president Dr. Donald DeRosa to cut stones and craft jewelry gifts for major donors to the endowment fund. Now based in Lodi, CA, Dave continues to cut gemstones, design jewelry, and sculpt hardwoods.

@Mustersgems

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Brenda Ortiz is the face painter behind About Face 209, bringing vibrant, detailed designs to events across the Central Valley. Brenda works exclusively with high-quality, FDA-compliant face paints, keeping every design as safe as it is stunning!

The Lodi Art Hop is proud to sponsor free facepainting at every Art Hop!

https://www.aboutface209.com

“My art from the start has always been about color. Color motivates and inspires me. I mix imagination and emotions to bring my art to life.”

@Suzbodart