Art Articles

A new partnership with the North Valley Art League brings local art to Plumas Bank’s Redding Hartnell branch, creating another place for artists and the community to connect.

Bold florals. Expressive abstracts. Familiar landscapes transformed through color.

There’s a sense of joy and possibility in the work of Redding artist …

Physicist and artist Christine Hartmann brings a colorful celebration of individuality to Plumas Bank’s new Red Bluff art exhibit

Walk into Plumas Bank’s Red Bluff branch, and you may find yourself staring into the eyes of a cat.

But this is no “typical” cat. She’s standing upright, a pensive gaze on her black-and-white …

Some artists illustrate what they see. Others reflect what they remember. Still others depict what they dream.

For Northern California artist Cynthia Schildhauer, her inspiration lives somewhere in the layers. Art lovers can experience her textured, mixed-media paintings at an exhibit this summer at the Plumas Bank …

At Plumas Bank’s Chico branch, the walls tell a serene story about Northern California. Sunlit creeks wind through watercolor landscapes, riverbanks glow with shifting light, and quiet moments from the natural world unfold across the bank’s interior.

The paintings — created by local artist Lenn Goldmann — are on display through May as …

Artists often talk about where inspiration begins. In Chico, it’s everywhere — along the shaded paths of Bidwell Park, beside the slow curve of Big Chico Creek, and in the engaging conversations that spill out of studios and galleries around town.

That environment has guided local artist Judy Kane for decades, shaping work that blends …