Sicuranzo, Tina

Tina Sicuranzo has always loved watercolors.  As a young girl she was awed by the spontaneity of it and the pencil lines against the crisp white paper. 

Los Angeles County’s San Gabriel Valley where she grew up afforded her opportunities to enjoy museums, botanical gardens and all things artistic. When she saw her first Ansel Adams exhibit, she was hooked on photography, no doubt aided by her parents who made photo magic out of a make shift darkroom.

Tina continued exploring various arts and crafts, in between work and family relocating to Lake Havasu City in 1988. She and her husband enrolled in the Photography program at MCC culminating in Tina earning a Certificate in Photography.  She also attended workshops in Calligraphy from Barbara Close and when Tina took Barbara’s Watercolor Calligraphy workshop, she knew that someday she would paint watercolors.  Attending a local decorative painting class led her to join Lake Havasu Decorative Artists and the Society of Decorative Painters.  She attended several workshops by national painters.

Tina continues to attend MCC. She started watercolor classes with Barbara Bradley in 2002. Later she took watercolor classes with Will Dwiggins and currently with KJ Todd. Along with other art classes at the college she has attended nationally known watercolor teacher Betty Carr’s workshops.  Tina also took acrylic painting classes with Pam Reinke.  Combining her love of painting and photography she has ventured into digital art.

Tina’s love of photography continues but more often now her photos provide inspiration for her paintings which covers a wide range of subjects.

As a member of the Lake Havasu Art Guild, Tina’s work has been shown at their various venues throughout the city. She has entered the Art Guild’s annual juried Art at the Lake fine art show over the years receiving Second Place, Third Place, and Award of Merit in water media as well as First, Second and Third in Photography. 

Tina also participates in the Havasu Art Trail since it’s inception.

To view some of Tina’s work, visit the Havasu Art Guild at http://havasuartguild.com/, Member Gallery, Tina Sicuranzo.