Our Team
JUDY GITTELSOHN
Judy Gittelsohn has been living, loving and painting in Northern California since 1977. She became a Watsonville-ian in 2018 after living in Palo Alto for twenty years.
Gittelsohn approaches painting as an enthusiastic exploration of color and form. She employs playful creativity to pursue a path of meaning. Her works are poems of tone and intensity that evolve into graceful and dynamic shapes. Painted spaces and patterns are symbolic rather than strictly representational. She loves to paint people, animals, fruit, landscapes, symbols, and, well, anything that holds promise and mystery. Her work is in collections around the world.
Gittelsohn enjoys teaching art, especially to artists with special needs through her project Art for Well Beings. She also works with Golden Paints as a Certified Working Artist, teaching the properties and uses of the company’s outstanding products.
Gittelsohn is developing a secluded artists retreat, The Git Gat Gîte in Monterey County, California, that will allow other artists to experience this special place as part of their artistic journey.
In the 1970’s and 80’s Gittelsohn was active in the Bay Area punk scene as a member of the bands Pink Section, Inflatable Boy Clams and Longshoremen.
Emily Reynolds
A student of life and the arts, Emily holds the position of Executive Sales Director and Assistant to Judy at Studio Judy G. She is a photographer, artist, Notary Public, Dog-enthusiast turned dog sitter, and kickboxing instructor. Her multi-faceted talents come in handy when crafting the content for Why Watsonville and Studio Judy G’s social media. As the in-house photographer, she organizes, curates, and photographs Judy’s artwork in studio.
Originally from Redding, Emily moved to Santa Cruz to attend the University of California, Santa Cruz with a combined major of Environmental Studies and Biology. After having an early exposure to art by her grandfather who was a painter, she started her own art practice at a young age using soft pastels and acrylics as her chosen mediums. While in undergrad studying abroad in France, she discovered her love for photography. Photographs became the medium with which she shared her passion for travel, art, and culture. She displays her work on her Instagram and Society6.com/emreynolds16.
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