LaVille Logan is primarily a self trained watercolorist.  Beginning in the late nineties, she discovered her love of using watercolor to capture images of working boats, old houses, or anything that struck her as a likely subject.  Using how-to art books and the trial and error methods, she developed a realistic style of capturing images. In 1998, she took an afternoon workshop with Jan Kunz, which helped develop her color selection, and a course at the Davis Art Center with Chris Shackel helped to finesse her color application.

      She has always been a drawer and a sketcher, carrying paper and pencil everywhere.  She and her husband have been longtime canoeists, and LaVille has many pictures on file of float trips down Montana Rivers, California State Parks, and the natural beauty of the California countryside through the seasons.

      During an art tour in the foothills of northern California, LaVille saw the pastel paintings done by Reif Erickson, and inquired about lessons.  About a year later, she found herself driving to Auburn on Fridays for several months, joining in the classes while he, with great patience, showed how to get started in making successful pastel painting.  Landscapes were added to LaVille’s repertoire and she is working on making them larger and larger, focusing on design and composition. Currently she is taking a plein aire class wit Susan Sarback, from the School of Light and Color in Fair Oaks, getting experience with being efficient in painting outdoors., Of course, she will always take sidetracks to do whatever other subject inspires her whether it be crockery or tigers.

       LaVille loves making art that reminds her of the wonderful places she has been, and will continue to make pictures of things that seem right and beautiful together, whether placed there with careful thought, or happenstance.