PebbleCreek’s Featured Artist of the Month
Talented artist, Roxana Caffaratto, is a PebbleCreek‘s featured artist of the month. She has spent years honing her craft. Roxana draws inspiration from her surroundings, creating stunning works of art that reflect her love for nature and landscape painting. As a member of the Art Club, she continues to share her passion and creativity with the community.
An Artist’s Roots
First of all, I learned to love and appreciate the art of painting from my parents, who met at an art studio when they were very young in Argentina.
Growing Up in Argentina
I grew up in Hernando, a small town in an agricultural area in Argentina, where we all knew each other. One of my fondest memories is picking peanuts that had not been harvested by machinery with my high school friends. We sold them at a market to earn money for a high school graduation bus trip.
Chasing the American Dream
In 1980, after graduating from college with a degree in teaching English as a second language, I followed the American dream. I moved to California where I spent the next 40 years. Next, I worked as a translator. Then, after earning a business management degree from Pepperdine University, worked as a financial analyst for McDonnel Douglas. In 2008, I quit working to devote myself to painting full time.
Art Education and Plein Air Painting
I took drawing classes at UCLA, live portrait classes at Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art, abstract classes at Kline Academy of Fine Art, and finally, plein air workshops with masters of the California art club in Pasadena. With a small group of plein air painters, I painted outdoors every Friday in the San Gabriel Mountains and Malibu Creek Park. I loved painting the incomparable golden light over the breathtaking California landscapes.
A New Chapter in Arizona
The third chapter of my life began in November 2020 when my husband and I moved to Arizona. While our PebbleCreek home was under construction, we rented a house on Fulton Ranch Lake in Chandler, where I fell in love with the abundant shallow-water birds in the area. Great herons, snowy egrets, mallards, cormorants, and Canadian geese provided my inspiration for some of my paintings.
Life and Art in PebbleCreek
I have lived in PebbleCreek nearly two years. Being a member of the Art Club has been a wonderful experience. My fellow artists and I have painted indoors in the Creative Arts Center and outdoors, from the back of the Tuscany Falls Clubhouse to the downtown square in neighboring Verrado. Inspiration came from the lovely Spanish steps, romantic-looking buildings, and tall palm trees.
Notable Paintings
One of my favorite paintings, “Turkey Vultures in the Mist,” is now on display at the PebbleCreek Creative Arts Center. I painted it from a study I did on location at Point Lobos State Natural Reserve in Carmel-by-the-Sea.
Also, the ocean painting “Big Sur” in the Tuscany Falls Lobby was created from a photo taken in Carmel. I like to do small studies on location followed by large paintings in my studio, using the study and my own photos.
Furthermore, the painting of the “Mitten Buttes,” currently showing in the Eagle’s Nest lobby, was inspired by my own photo taken during my recent visit to Monument Valley National Park.
My Preferred Medium
I love all forms of art, but prefer landscapes, in oil, a medium that is wonderful to paint with inside as well as outdoors.
Written by Roxana Caffaratto
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