Loretta Armstrong has been painting forever. She has painted in oils from her high school days until today. She attended school in Ione and lived on the Five Mile Drive on an old dairy. Loretta rode horses and painted from a very young age and still loves both. She has used many different styles and painted various subject matter over the years.

Today she is doing plein Air, portrait, landscape, animals, and a style she has been developing on the past few years that is loose, colorful and fun. The chickens that she has painted have been very popular and she has collectors all over the US and Europe.

The new style which she has named, “Whimsical Toons” is a free and happy style. Twisted and turned lines and lots of color and texture. Just pure fun and her child-like “Inner child” personality shines through in this style. She already has loyal collectors which have purchased many of the originals.

You can view or purchase Loretta's works at the following locations

•Images and More Gallery
Main street of Ione, ca.
Phone:209-274-0228
They have originals and giclee prints.

•Sutter Creek Gallery
35 Main St. Sutter Creek, CA
Phone:(209)267-0228

•American Legion Hall- Sutter Hill, Ca

•The Kitchen Store- Amador City, ca.

You can see more of her work in Ione, at the Ione Café. There are also Giclee prints at the Sutter Creek Gallery. Soon she will be hanging in “Our House Defines Art” in El Dorado Hills.

The City of Sutter Creek displays a group of murals in the City Auditorium. Loretta was commissioned to paint the mural depicting the Cemeteries and Churches of Sutter Creek, which hangs in the Sutter Creek Auditorium. She also painted on a large mural for the backdrop of the City of Sutter Creek’s booth for the County fair.

ONE WOMAN ART SHOW IN FOLSOM

You can also visit Loretta's one woman show in Folsom at the History Museum on Saturday, the 2nd of Feb 2008 at 9:00am to 11:00am. The show will be open all day but the reception will be for two hours in the morning. That is also free Museum day please join us for the show that will last for the next two months. Please drop in any time you can to see the show. Please sign the guest book and leave your mailing address if you would like to be notified of the next showings. Also sign up for art lessons by just jotting next to your name and address, "art lessons" and I will put you on my mailing list for classes.