The opportunity to meet working artists is a highlight of the Hidden in the Hills Studio Tour and Sale.

“It’s a chance to meet and greet working artists personally, see their art and watch artists work,” according to Fountain Hills artists, Justine Mantor-Waldie and Judith Rothenstein-Putzer.

The two will exhibit their unique ink and etched paintings and alcohol transfer artworks during the Sonoran Arts League’s 20th annual tour and sale.

The towns of Cave Creek, Carefree and North Scottsdale will feature 47 studios during the six-day event, set for the week before Thanksgiving, Nov. 18-20, and Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 25-27. Studios will feature host and guest artists who will display a wide variety of art along with artists demonstrating their work from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily

Both women have been awarded “juried” status by the Sonoran Arts League and the Arizona Art Alliance, indicating a consistent high quality of work in their respective media.

This is the 12th year Mantor-Waldie will exhibit her pearlescent inks and etched paintings created on Ampersand Scratchboard and depicting radiant sunsets and desert cactus. Her paintings range from 5”x7” up to 30”x40” with line and color effects which appear to make the desert come alive.

Mantor-Waldie returns to the tour with new works and giclee prints to “Coyote Crossing” Studio (#43), 38611 N. Grapevine Rd. in, Cave Creek.

Rothenstein-Putzer’s mixed-media alcohol transfers heightened with ink create dynamic linear and color effects in the artworks (ranging in size from 4”x4” to 16”x20”). Her ever-popular collection of “Wearable Art” constructed jewelry and notecard sets also will be available on the tour. This is Rothenstein-Putzer’s fifth year in the Hidden in the Hills Tour. The artist will be exhibiting her work at the “Bela Fidel Fine Art Studio” (#29), 7507 E. Roy Rogers Rd., in north Scottsdale.

Visitors can plan their visit to the studios by going to the website, hiddeninthehills.org.