Meet our Artists
Featured Artists
Celebrate the Arts with us for Fourth Friday
Join us for Sisters 4th Friday Art Walk as we welcome our featured artist and their new collection for an evening of conversation and community.
Featured Artist
Dan Rickards
Painter
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been both an artist and an athlete. At times those identities felt unrelated, but looking back I see they have always informed one another. The discipline to keep showing up, to begin again, to trust the process when the finish line isn’t visible, has shaped this body of work as much as any brushstroke.
For more than three decades, Dan Rickards has pursued a simple but enduring goal: to create paintings that move people. Since becoming a full-time artist in 1991, his work has evolved from celebrating the beauty of the natural world to exploring the quiet beauty and complexity of the human spirit. Throughout that journey, one thing has remained constant—a desire to create artwork that tells a story and leaves a lasting emotional impression.
Dan first established his reputation through highly detailed landscapes, wildlife, and sporting art. His paintings earned the respect of collectors and conservation organizations alike, leading to recognition from the Mule Deer Foundation, Ducks Unlimited, and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, where he was honored as a featured artist. His commitment to craftsmanship and authenticity has been the foundation of his career from the very beginning.
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Working primarily in acrylic, Dan developed a style that is unmistakably his own. He often describes his technique as being “loose with a small brush”—allowing areas of a painting to remain soft and suggestive while bringing remarkable realism and detail to the focal point. The result is work that feels both technically refined and emotionally engaging.
Over the past twelve years, however, Dan has undertaken the most personal and ambitious project of his career: his collection “Between the Lines”. This body of work made up of 28 original paintings, are not intended as portraits of individuals, but as explorations of a shared emotional experience. Rather than relying on narrative, Dan searches for a visual language where light, gesture, color, and painterly mark carry the conversation. Where the body becomes both specific and anonymous—familiar enough to invite recognition, yet open enough for viewers to find themselves within. The series represents a significant turning point in Dan’s artistic journey. After decades spent painting what the eye could see, he became increasingly drawn to painting what the heart could feel. Each portrait seeks not only to capture a likeness but also to reveal something deeper—those quiet moments of confidence, reflection, grace, and humanity that often go unnoticed.
Reflecting on his career as an artist; Dan always knew being an artist was like walking a tight rope and later in his career he learned how to walk to the line and now he is finding the joy of walking between the lines.
Featured Artist
Sarah B. Hansen
Award-Winning Artist | Instructor | Signature Member, Northwest Watercolor Society
Sarah B. Hansen is an award-winning contemporary painter whose work explores the relationship between land, spirit, and the human experience. Working in acrylic, watercolor, and mixed media, she creates expressive landscapes and wildflowers that move beyond description to evoke the emotional and energetic presence of the place.
Raised on a farm in the mountains of southwestern Colorado, Sarah developed an intimate relationship with the natural world through her father, who taught her to pay attention—to weather, light, silence, and the quiet generosity of the land. Those early experiences became the foundation of a lifelong artistic practice rooted not in recording nature, but in listening to it.
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After relocating to Oregon in 1987 and a career in interior design, Sarah spent decades developing her voice as a self-taught painter. Beginning with award-winning portraiture, her work gradually evolved toward increasingly intuitive and expressive interpretations of landscape. Today, the mountains, deserts, rivers, and wildflowers of the American West serve as metaphors for resilience, transformation, grief, wonder, and belonging.
Her ongoing series, Untamed Bloom, explores the emotional parallels between wildflowers and the inner landscape of being human, while her larger landscape paintings seek to communicate the quiet, restorative energy found in wild places. Rather than depicting what a place looks like, Sarah paints what it feels like to stand within it.
Sarah's work has been exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the western United States and is held in private, corporate, and hospitality collections. She is represented by Tumalo Art Co. in Bend, Oregon, Rickard's Gallery in Sisters, Oregon, and Cole Gallery in Edmonds, Washington. She teaches workshops throughout the United States and internationally, encouraging artists to move beyond observation toward deeper expression through design, intuition, and personal connection to the landscape.
Sarah lives and paints from her studio in Terrebonne, Oregon, where the high desert continues to remind her that the landscape is not simply something we see—it is something we belong to.
Featured Artist
Taylor Manoles
Oil painter
Taylor Manoles is an oil painter who lives in Bend, Oregon. Born in Arizona and later raised in Minnesota, she has inhabited many different types of landscapes. Her love of the outdoors and desire to paint drove her to pursue an art education degree at North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota. After teaching middle school art for one year, Manoles decided to pursue her own artwork full time. Her landscape paintings, rich in color and texture, explore themes of faith and the human experience. They are an invitation into the present moment, a gentle refuge for the longing spirit. She enjoys showing her work locally, across the Pacific Northwest, and through online platforms. Her work has appeared in various publications including Artists & Illustrators and on the cover of Southwest Art Magazine. In 2023, her piece titled Painted Hills won the Curator’s Choice Award at the High Desert Museum’s show, Art in the West.
Featured Artist
Molly Newbern
Ceramicist
Molly Newbern is an Oregon-based ceramicist who focuses on creating heirloom-quality vessels that bring nature’s serene beauty into the home. Her constant goal is to create work that is as soothing as it is functional.
She studied ceramics at Appalachian State University, where she was able to focus on glaze chemistry in order to create her distinct color palette. While her glaze’s palette and textures are inspired by nature, many of her forms are influenced by her travels. She draws elegant, elongated shapes from her time living in Turkey, an appreciation for large serving ware came from eating meals around giant shared dishes in Jordan, and after several trips to Japan, she found her work leaning towards quieter, more grounded forms finished with just the right touch of gold luster.
Most recently, you will see the influence of China in her cloud-lined bowls and in the vintage waterslide decals she fires on. While participating in The Migrating Birds show at the Taoxichuan Arts Center in Jingdezhen, China, Molly exhibited a piece inspired by the ridge lines of Central Oregon that is now a part of their permanent collection. She hopes her work will continue to meld her love of Central Oregon’s landscapes and the ceramic techniques she learns abroad.
Featured Artist
Garth Williams
Painter
I live in Burley, a small town in southern Idaho. I enjoy the close community there, and the beautiful state of Idaho provides me with the opportunity to fly fish and enjoy nature. I enjoy fishing so much in part because I can enjoy the outdoors and wonder which landscapes I might paint next.
I am so thankful to have the opportunity to spend my mornings in the art studio painting things that make me happy and cheerful. This is why I paint, and I hope each viewer feels the same way.
When I paint, I apply multiple hues and intense color in a single stroke of the palette knife, creating variety and interest throughout the painting. Working with a palette knife allows me to pick up a lot of paint—full of chords of color—and create a bright painting full of harmonious color.
I’ve spent many years studying impressionistic art under Robert Moore’s direction. I’ve never lost my desire to be an impressionistic oil painter. Developing my own unique concept of realism has been the most important step in making paintings that allow the viewer to determine which shapes are woven together into distinct images.
There’s no better feeling in the world than receiving a call from a gallery informing me that someone has chosen my work to be in their home or business to help brighten their day.
I hope you enjoy studying my works of God’s creations—without a doubt, the greatest artist of all.
Featured Artist
David Mensing
Painter
David Mensing grew up in Iowa and moved to The West as a young man. He lives in Newberg, Oregon with his wife and their three children.
Mensing’s architectural background contributes to his compelling designs. He has also worked professionally as a Camp Director and a certified white-water rafting guide. At one time he was a talented pole vaulter.
David Mensing’s paintings are featured in collections and exhibitions across the nation and around the globe. Each painting is a statement – every aspect of the presentation is important. He is careful to select titles that reflect the character and spiritual basis of each painting.
David graduated from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and has studied extensively with Robert Moore. Numerous periodicals have highlighted Mensing’s work with cover images and feature articles. Recent national awards include Southwest Art Icons of the West: ‘Award of Excellence’; and ‘Best of Show’; at Art and Soul.
By Dan Rickards
Original Size – 20” x 24” (Framed)
Giclée on Canvas Size – 18” x 21”
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