Pincushion Studio

“La Manga, San Carlos”
watercolor
Honorable Mention

Twin Agaves, Zimmerman Gallery

El Presidito, Zimmerman Gallery

Mission Garden, Private Collection

Visit us at the Zimmerman Gallery, February 7 - 11 from 10 am to 5pm. Find my award winning watercolors and a diverse collection of paintings, jewelry, sculpture and prints by several artists.

Peter and Carolyn Zimmerman, owners

watercolor 12 x 6 $250

watercolor 9 x 12 $350

watercolor 12 x 9 $300

watercolor 11 x 14 $400

watercolor 9 x 12 $350

watercolor 11 x 14 $400

watercolor 11 x 14 $400

Paso de los Incas

14 x 18 watercolor

Bred by Leah and Bill Heib of Roy, Washington, then owned as a filly by Rene Inman, Shalako blossomed into a first rate trail horse on the trails of the Cascade Mountains. My best friend Sue Duggan found Shalako online soon after Joan Zeleny brought her to Sonoma County, California. I went to see the lovely registered Morgan immediately, and, as my first horse, she trained me, a green rider, on countless Napa, Sonoma and Lake county trails.

After bringing her best friend, Dia H Shena home, my husband and I camped and rode together at Point Reyes, Shasta, Yosemite, and Joshua Tree National Parks. Shalako and I won ribbons in NATRC trail events; my favorite was at Cache Creek Wilderness in Colusa County, in the spring, among the rolling oak grasslands and elk herds. We loved Mt Diablo rides and Armstrong Redwoods rides, too! I still can’t believe how quietly she stood all night, tied to the trailer, anticipating those rides. I know Shalako enjoyed those adventures as much as I did! She would get a little feisty when competing with those Arabians, and often get her light gait on with the gaited horses! We did some dressage, and parades, but she most loved the trail.

Shalako always stepped out lightly, gracefully, with confidence and curiosity, and I trusted her implicitly. All my family members and best friends, including children, were safe on her back! In 2015 we moved to Tubac, Arizona, where we explored a new dramatic landscape on the open range near the Mexican border. She loved watching sunsets from her new home, and thrived in the dry weather, her sure and beautiful feet ever stronger on the rocky terrain.

I thought we would have many more years together! My golden girl, the color of dulce de leche, always willing and sweet, she was dearly loved by me and my husband and sons, and her stablemates, Shena and Cinnamon.

Welcoming Shalako to her new home, February 2008, Petaluma, California, with Edith and Daniel

My golden girl, Petaluma

Palomino Quadrille participant, Petaluma

July 4th Parade, Penngrove, California

Morgan Demo at Lake County Fair

Mid-summer beauty, Sonoma County

Pasture pleasure in Lakeport, California

Kelseyville Pear Festival Parade, Lake County

In the round pen with Coral, Lakeport

Camping at Shasta Trinity National Forest

Shalako participated in training with shared trail users, Lake County, California

Shena and Shalako were published in this Lake County brochure

Blue Ribbon won at one of the many NATRC rides we participated in

Happy campers, home in Tubac foothills 2015

Trail Ride off Ruby Road

Desert beauty awaiting the monsoon rain

Typical summer evening with the girls

Tubac Christmas with Gail Drummond and Espresso

Shalako greeting some of her neighbors

Shalako with snow on Mt. Wrightson

Juan Bautista de Anza ride enactment, Tubac

at Sonoita Vineyards, resting on way to camp

Horsing around!

On the trail with Sue Duggan

Thanksgiving 2020 ride with Andre

Shena, Shalako and Cinnamon, 2020

One of my favorite views in the world, riding my precious girl

Grazing in the canyon after September rains

Here Shalako looks west to the sunset, over the canyon where she rests in peace

T-shirts, Notecards and other items featuring “Ms. Javelina Alebrije” in full color can be ordered by contacting the artist at pincushiontubac@gmail.com.

“FROM HERE TO ETERNITY” is fourth in a series of one-of-a-kind interactive pieces created by the artist, three of which won awards this year at Tubac Center of the Arts. Beneath an imaginary panoramic view of the Santa Cruz Valley, this piece asks the question “How would you describe this place?” The audience is invited to add/subtract adjectives surrounding the tableau, using two sided English/Spanish cards. As a result the exhibit will change on a daily basis. Lights surrounding the piece are functional as clips, and also suggestive of the gift that is “Tubac”- appropriately during holiday times. This piece won Honorable Mention at the 2019 Members Juried Show.

Recuerdo José is a mixed media interactive piece created as a tribute to my father-in-law, José Vovchuk, recalling the time we spent with him in Argentina, and some of his memorable words. Images are reproductions of my original paintings done in and around Buenos Aires. The viewer presses “PLAY” on an iPhone to hear Madonna singing “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina” from Evita.

PASC 2023 artists at Rancho Santa Cruz

Greg Wallace

See the 2023 PASC exhibition here:

https://www.pincushiontubac.com/exhibitions#/2023-plein-air-on-the-santa-cruz-exhibition/

Roberta Rogers teaching watercolor at Rancho Santa Cruz

Painters set up near historic Abe’s Bar in Tumacacori

Lise Neer and Virginia Vovchuk at TCA paint out

Tom Blazier providing a demonstration at Rancho Santa Cruz

Peter Berryman at Rancho Santa Cruz