Rhonda Egan has had a love of drawing since she was a child. She still remembers the day her uncle showed her how to shade and make things look round. Her formal education began in high school and has continued throughout her adult life. She has studied under several artists, including: Susan Sarback, Ian Roberts, Ray Roberts, Peggi Kroll Roberts, Paul Kratter, Gretchen Ryan, Elizabeth Tolley, Kathleen Dunphy, Laurie Kersey, Tim Horn and John Michael Carter, to name a few. She loves to paint landscapes and paint in “plein air.”
You can see her work at the Sacramento Fine Arts and its Gift Shop. Check in Events for other opportunities to see her work. She regularly is involved in the Sacramento Open Studio Event that takes place in September.
Rhonda is a member of the Northern California Artists, through which she has earned Master Artist status. She regularly enters juried art shows and has won several awards. Her most recent awards and honors include winning “Best Figurative Group” in the Sacramento Fine Arts Show, In the Style of the Old Masters. She has also been accepted into several prestigious California Art Club Exhibitions, including “Mid-California Highlights,” “Amador Flower Farm, en Plein Air” “Point Lobos and Beyond,” “Beauty of the Seasons” and the recent virtual shows, “Welcome to California” and “Expressions of Covid.” She won the Past Presidents’ Award at the 2016 NCA Open Bold Expressions Show, the Frank Bette Award at the 2014 Alameda Plein Air Festival, and “Best Oil” in the 2021 and 2015 NCA Membership Show. She also has participated in several small-group shows. Her work has been in the State Fair and Napa Valley Museum, as well as, the Crocker Museum and KVIE annual auctions. She has participated in Frank Bette Paint Out in Alameda, Winters Paint the Town and the Los Gatos Plein Air Festival.
Images of her work appear in Capturing Radiant Light & Color in Oils and Pastels, by Susan Sarback and Finding Your Visual Voice, by Dakota Mitchell with Lee Haroun. Both were published in 2007 by North Light Books.
Rhonda Egan regularly teaches classes for children and adults (See Classes/Workshops for more information). If you are interested in finding out more about her classes or to be notified when classes will begin, contact her via the Contact Section or call 916 396-3431