Joan’s recent sculptures combine copper and her custom handmade paper with mixed materials. Much of her work is inspired by her surroundings, as she walks on the beach or in the forest absorbing natural forms, textures, and colors: “Landscapes, skies, even man-made structures along the coast and through the countryside stimulate my imagination.”

Jim Meilander received his degree in art from Ohio University. He settled in San Francisco, where he established Submarine Paperworks in Hunters Point Naval Shipyard with his wife, Joan Rhine, in 1984. In 2000 he moved to Gualala. In addition to art-making, he has designed and fabricated specialized papermaking equipment. In 2016 he finished restoring a 1966 Voith Valley (Hollander) Beater.

Among his many honors, Jim won the Collage Award at “Gualala Salon, 2021,” Best of Show in 2018 “Putting it All Together” with his artwork Presence and Absence, First Place in Collage & Mixed-Media at Art in the Redwoods, Gualala Art Center, in 2008 and 2012 and First Place in Printmaking in 2015.