Donald Yatomi/Karen Eland PDF Print E-mail
Donald Yatomi graduated from the University of Hawaii with a BFA in Painting in 1992, then went on to attend the Art center College of Design in Pasadena, CA.  He received a second BFA in Illustration with distinction in 1996.
For over ten years, Donald has been in either the film or video games industries.  He is proficient in perspective drawings, concept sketches, orthographic/isometric line drawings, lighting/color keys, traditional/digital paintings, and screen capture paint-overs.  His greatest inspirations come from all forms of military equipment and most larger-than-life themes such as Noah's Ark, skyscrapers and space shuttle platforms.
Donald currently lives in Bend Oregon with a wonderful wife and four children.  In his spare time, he paints in oil for two fine art galleries.    

Karen Eland has been a creator since childhood, but a portrait class at age 14 unexpectedly propelled her into an art career. Her love for coffee was born in the late Kaldi’s Coffeehouse in New Orleans, where she would go everyday to sketch her fellow French Quarter locals while sipping a black coffee with a dash of nutmeg on top.
After moving back home to Tulsa, Oklahoma, she was introduced to the joys of top-quality espresso at Nordaggio’s Coffee, and finally the link between coffee and art connected when she began painting with it.
Soon she learned the art of espresso itself by becoming a barista, though art is now her full-time job.  Painting in coffee is a refreshing break from Karen’s work in oils, watercolor, and pencil.