UKIAH, CA., 9/9/25 — Four artists take the virtual stage Thursday, part of the Grace Hudson’s continuing exhibit, “The Art of Wonder.” The virtual event, called “Artists Talking Wonder,” features Mendocino County residents Antoinette von Grone, Micah Sanger, Jazzminh Moore, and Red Wolf, seasoned artists who combine formal innovation with bold and uniquely personal visions.
Micah Sanger founded and runs the Visionary Arts Gallery in Mendocino. Sanger creates large, light-saturated paintings wherein people’s bodies are shown saturated by cosmic rays and landscapes that layer, in vertical rectangles, realistic colors and shapes with simplified outlines.
Willits artist Jazzminh Moore was on the fast track for showing her paintings in New York City galleries when she decided to return to the rural West, where she had been raised. Working in collage and layering it over paintings helped her to enter new artistic and personal territory—confirming show curator Alyssa Boge’s point that many artists in the exhibit like to “push the boundaries of their mediums.” Moore agrees: “I am always challenging myself technically,” she said.
Raised in northern Germany and a longtime resident of Anderson Valley, Antoinette von Grone portrays whimsy in her richly painted canvases of animals both common and endangered. Her “Animal Ancestors” series has appeal for both children and adults, as cats, birds, goats, deer, and other species, dressed in pre-20th century European aristocratic attire, appear against the backdrop of a country estate.
Based in Potter Valley, Red Wolf has created art installations internationally. He is fascinated with recent discoveries of structural color—diffraction of light rays as seen through an electron microscope. Several of his artworks use special effects films and acrylic paint layered in epoxy and laid on treated metal substrate that create illusions of depth.
To access the virtual event, “Artists Talking Wonder,” which takes place Thurs., Sept. 11, from 7 p.m. to 8:15 p.m., visit www.gracehudsonmuseum.org and go to the Events page. For more information, call the museum at (707) 467-2836.