Sally Gonzalez

Sally Gonzalez is a watermedia artist who lives in Rio Verde, Arizona.  She began painting in 2016 and has studied in workshops with many fine and inspiring artists including Charles Reid, Ted Nuttall, Stan Kurth, Kim Johnson-Nechtman, Tom Lynch, and Sterling Edwards.  She is a signature member of the Arizona Watercolor Association. In addition to the AWA, and her work has been juried into other local shows including Contemporary Watercolorists of Arizona and the Scottsdale Artists' School's Best and Brightest. 

Artist's Statement

After retiring from my long and successful career as an IT professional, I reignited my long-dormant passion for painting, and especially watercolor. By the time I was told that watercolor is the hardest medium, I had fallen inseparably in love with its luminosity and the way that paper and paint become one under the brush. I discovered that I especially enjoy painting people and animals, capturing them in those small moments of everyday life that reveal their true spirits and fleeting feelings. My goal is to transcend portraying the exact likeness of my subject and instead to capture its spirit and message at a given moment in time.  In my most recent work, I am extending this philosophy to tell intimate stories in the form of still life and landscape.  

Bernies Two

Jeff's Theodore

Lemon Tea for Two

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Sunny Day at Sea