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(Back Row) Helen Brown, Vivian Olsen, Richard Frederick, Barbara Slater, Norman Frater, Pat Clark, Cameron Kaseberg, and Joren Traveller; (Front Row) Cindy Briggs, Pam Jersey Bird, Jacqueline Newbold, and Vern Bartley

The High Desert Art League was formed in 2000 as a professional artists' group working to support the advancement of its member artists through exhibitions, education and related outreach. Each artist contributes their experience and talents to benefit the group, sharing knowledge, information, opportunities, challenges and successes.

The members of this group are all accomplished artists who exhibit a wide range of talents in various media. Luminous watercolors, vibrant oils, and pastel paintings are specialties of several members - Vivian Olsen and Cindy Briggs create art in all three media and their subjects range from birds and European scenes to regional landscapes. There is more in the watercolor realm, with the graphic figures and dramatic landscapes by Helen Brown and Jacqueline Newbold (who also creates fine art jewelry). Working in oils, artist Barbara Slater paints large, vivid florals on canvas, and Pam Jersey Bird creates colorful experiences of nature in her semi-abstract mixed media paintings. Both Vern Bartley and Richard Frederick are fine art photographers, producing both black & white and color images. Cameron Kaseberg uses a solvent transfer process to combine subject matter from various printed media as well as his own photos andgraphics, chemically dissolving them and transferring the images onto a new surface. Pat Clark produces abstract images using a variety of skills, including the techniques of relief printing, embossment, chine collé, mixed media, and drawing. Of our 3-dimensional artists, Joren Traveller is a bronze sculptor of horses and birds, and Norman Frater is a ceramic sculptor of traditional figures and animals with personalities.

All members (maximum 12) of the High Desert Art League are professional artists, most with considerable experience and awards in their field. Their work can be found in galleries throughout the West and in private collections.