2024 Live Auction

Artist: Johnathan Martinez

Johnathan Martinez delivers artwork with the express goal of enticing the audience to form an emotional connection to his work while reinforcing the ideals of family, love, friendship and the joy of living life. He is dedicated to promoting these values and strengthening his community by providing support to local community programs via donations of sales proceeds. 

Considering his paintings a celebration of color, Johnathan focuses his themes around family and love. His representational works possess a primitive quality yet are quite contemporary. His pieces are painted without faces in order to allow the audience to project themselves into the painting and reminisce of a tender moment with one or more of their loved ones. 

Johnathan’s ultimate desire is to brighten people’s lives by producing an emotional connection with his work. Generally showcasing his artwork locally, Johnathan has garnered quite a positive response even when selling in venues outside of his town of Ramona. Bold painting strokes and vibrant colors are Johnathan’s hallmark and his painting style really stands out in a crowd. 

Johnathan is perhaps one of Ramona’s most identifiable artists, with colorful paintings and stylized figures without faces. Johnathan has been a regular contributor to the Ramona H.E.A.R.T. Mural scene, with 2 murals. 

His mural, “La Quinceañera,” painted on the east side of Leslie’s Pool Supplies at 1905 Main St., is indicative of his craft and his colorful birds and insects in The Garden mural at Main Street Coffee, 680 Main St. demonstrates his versatility. He has also painted 2 Utility Boxes, and contributed his art and barrel art in several Ramona Art, Wine & Music Festivals. 

If you’re looking to commission a beautiful, bright and professional mural or painting contact this amazing artist by https://jmstudioart.com/contact/ 

Artist: Tracy Weinzapfel

Tracy Weinzapfel is a local Ramona watercolor and mixed media artist whose vibrant and expressive mixed media paintings have garnered admiration from art enthusiasts worldwide. Tracy draws endless inspiration from the natural beauty that surrounds her.

Her art is not just a reflection of her celebration of life, joy, and the beauty found in the everyday moments of nature. Tracy is a published multi-medium artist with a unique and personal approach to marketing and education that is an asset to manufacturers, retailers and fellow artists. She represents manufacturers as an educator and Artist Ambassador. Her work and art studio have been featured in various publications. She is the owner of Tracy Weinzapfel Studios, Inc. and  Your Artful Journey Membership of along with being a member of the National Art Materials Association and Society of Decorative Painters.  Proud to be a Ramona resident where she has raised her kids since 1995 and teaches art classes.

Artist: Lynette Bredow

Lynette is an amazing, accomplished artist. Her work has been awarded numerous times and she was given First Place and Best of Show at the 2024 San Diego County Fair in Del Mar.

Lynette has painted in all media over her artistic lifetime but watercolor has become her media of choice since introduced to it in 2014. She is a standing member of the San Diego Watercolor Society and has shown her work in Galleries throughout Southern California.

Lynette is a longtime supporter of the Ramona H.E.A.R.T. Mural Project. She has donated her time to painting live auction barrels from 2014-22 and has also been part of the festival committee. The festival committee would sincerely like to thank Lynette for this year’s beautiful live auction item and for all her hard work in the past.

Artist: Lori Sutherland

Lori Sutherland, a home-grown California girl, now lives in Ramona, CA, with her husband, daughter, and several animals. She has always filled her life with some kind of art or craft project: upholstery, sewing, cake decorating, stained glass, pastels, acrylics, and colored pencils, to name a few!

Lori’s latest endeavor is “Earth Gems Art”, fine and functional art. Paintings created with acrylics, inks, and embellished with semi-precious stones, tumbled glass, metal, geode slices, etc. Then smothered in resin.

She has also created a functional line of wine glasses, wood serving trays, charcuterie boards, stone coasters, and more. Lori has participated in the Ramona Open Studio Tour for many years. Her art can be seen / purchased at the 2Create Gallery in Ramona.

Artist: Linda Kelly

Linda Kelly is an artist with over three decades of experience in the realm of fine art. Linda has dedicated her creative journey to exploring the vibrant world of watercolor, acrylics, and mixed media. Her artistic expressions encapsulate a fusion of these mediums, unveiling a tapestry of colors and emotions that breathe life into the canvas. Her artistic odyssey is a reflection of her unwavering dedication to capturing moments, emotions and stories through her diverse artist techniques. Each stroke on canvas or watercolor paper is not just a creation but an invitation to connect and resonate with the world around us.