20 Jul 2002
Husband: Dorcy Jon SLIGAR Formally known as Jon age: 66
Born: 26 Aug 1935 in Spokane Washington
Resided: in Carmel California
Graduated: California State University
Graduated: 1960 Ruskin College Oxford
Occupation: Sales representative and advertising manager J E Higgins Carmel Ca
Occupation: 1973 Artist in Residence, Carmel by Sea California 1
Father: C J SLIGAR
Mother: Dorothy Amy MULLER
Wife: Lisette RICHARDEAU age: 74
Married: 22 Feb 1958
Born: 28 Dec 1927 Huy Belgium
Emigrated: 1947? to California
Occupation: Artist and homemaker 2
Father: Lucien RICHARDEAU
Mother: UNKNOWN
M Child 1: Cory Jon SLIGAR age: 43
Born: 29 Jan 1959 in Huy Belgium
Occupation: Art salesman
Occupation: 1999 Computer and Internet services for small businesses and individuals
Spouse: Janice UNKNOWN b. 19 Mar 1951
Married: 15 Oct 1994
Sources:
(1) Ind, Jon Sligar has been a Carmel-by-the-Sea "Artist in Residence" since
1973. Before that, he taught fine art at his own art school in the San Francisco
Bay Area. He attained a fine arts degree from a California State University,
along with a Certificate from Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, in Oxford,
England.
He has exhibited in many fine art galleries including Gallerie Amsterdam,
Classic Art Gallery, Simic Art Galleries, and Lisette's Gallery, all located in
Carmel CA. In 1993, Jon was awarded the "Mayor's Choice" award for his acrylic
painting rendition of Carmel Beach in the Carmel Art Festival.
Jon comes from a family of artists. His mother is a watercolorist. His
grandfather, was a freelance commercial artist. In 1958, Jon married a Belgian
artist, named Lisette. Lisette's father, Lucien Richardeau, was well known for
his European and American landscapes.
Jon is a "Contemporary California Impressionist." He works from studies done on
location, and then completes them at his Carmel studio. His medium is acrylic on
canvas. His works range in size from 8" x 10" to mural size. Jon's passion is
to capture the beauty of Carmel, Big Sur, Carmel Valley, and the Monterey
Peninsula on canvas.
Jon believes that when he starts a painting, the vibrations of the work are
already beginning to search out and connect with the person who will own it. He
also believes that beautiful paintings bring light into the world of the
beholder.
Jon Sligar is now represented exclusively through the Carmel-by-the-Sea Gallery.
(2) Ind, Lisette was born and raised in a little village in Belgium, on the Meuse
river, next to the beautiful Chateau d'Ahin; where as a child she often played
with the young Baron and Count. As a young girl, she romanticized about living
in the castle. Her Father, Lucien Richardeau, was an artist, so she grew up
surrounded by his paints, brushes, and canvas. Sometimes she sketched and
painted with him.
World-War-Two started and her family was invited to stay at the castle when her
home
was destroyed by the bombing. The chateau became her sanctuary apart from the
turmoil of war.
At the end of the war, Lisette and her family moved to
California where she met and married a talented young artist. She then painted
intensely and studied with her husband, her father, and other California
impressionist painters. Later, Lisette and her husband opened their own gallery
and art school in the San Francisco bay area. After much success, they relocated
the business to Carmel where it became "Lisette's Gallery". There her paintings
sold to collectors from all over the world.
Now Lisette paints at her home studio exclusively for Carmel-by-the-Sea Gallery.
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