By NVOS artist Karen Lynn Ingalls
NVOS artist Vi Bottaro creates fine art landscape photography of the California landscape – photography that has been collected by prominent individuals both in and out of the Napa Valley.
photograph © 2013 Vi Bottaro
Artist-in-Residence at Domaine Chandon for the past seven years, Vi's work is also in the permanent collection of Domaine Chandon, Robert Mondavi Winery, Napa Valley Lodge, and other venues in the Napa Valley.
Her photographic images have been exhibited at numerous places, including Napa Valley Museum and the University of San Francisco School of Law.
Vi also leads travel and photography workshops to Viet Nam, and is teaching classes this fall at Napa Valley College on "Exploring and Capturing Light on the Landscapes."
You can see how Vi works with the light in her photographs when you visit her at Studio #35, 1225 Oakville Grade, in Oakville, California, during Open Studios. To get a preview, take a look at Vi's website at: www.vibottaro.com.
NVOS artist Karen Lynn Ingalls writes for this blog and our Facebook page (seen it yet?) and paints, paints, paints. You can see her artwork during Open Studios at Studio #48, with Sequoia Buck, west of Calistoga, and online at www.KarenLynnIngalls.com. She also teaches art classes and workshops, which you can find at www.NapaValleyArtWorkshops.com.
