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Kristina Albion

October 25, 2011, 10:51 pm
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Mosaics and Soap

Mosaic birdhouses © Kristina Albion

Kristina Albion creates her mosaics in the manner of her Sicilian heritage—using an assortment of glass, ceramic tile, and mixed media elements. Kristina’s bird houses are embellished with insirational messages that touch one’s heart and soul.

Kristina also creates simple natural hand-made soaps, made from the finest organic oils, without any additives. They are hypo-allergenic.
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Larry Shapers

November 21, 2011, 10:52 pm
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Ceramics

Traditional raku vase © Larry Shapers

Larry Shapers was introduced to ceramics in 1977 in Cleveland, Ohio. A friend had a small studio and Larry began working as an apprentice. Larry taught himself because his friend was never there. In 1978, Larry moved to Arizona where he took a ceramics class at N.A.U. in Flagstaff. After a semester there he went to the Hopi reservation to observe the pottery.

In 1979 Larry traveled to Israel and found a potter who was working in the art colony of Eni Hod and he worked there as an apprentice for a year. In 1981 he returned to Cleveland and worked for a ceramic company where he delivered clay to all the universities in northern Ohio. The next year Larry built his own studio in Cleveland and taught classes.

Larry moved to California in 1985 and worked in Los Osos as an apprentice for Bill Toller. During the next 25 years Larry went off the world of ceramics and now he very excited to be doing ceramics again.
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Rick Carter

December 2, 2011, 10:52 am
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Wood

Boxes © Rick Carter

Rick Carter has been interested in working with wood since his woodshop class in the 8th grade. He loves to see the beauty of the grain pop out as the wood is smoothed and finished. Since his retirement in 2010 he’s been able to work on his art several days a week.

He’s currently working on smaller items for the home that make thoughtful gifts. He’s using interesting hardwoods, including several species from Asia, Africa, and South America. All his woods are natural, with no stains or dyes. Rick can make larger items, such as butcher block tables, custom made to your specifications.
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Mary Ratner

December 18, 2011, 8:37 pm
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Photography

Petra Camel © Mary Ratner

Mary has owned a camera and traveled with it for as long as she can remember, playing it “by ear” for most of her life, and capturing, as her first subjects, sand dunes and trees and driftwood. ~ Simple images that continue to captivate her.

Mary’s journeys to Africa and India have profoundly affected her vision of humanity, as well as her interest in photography. She has always been drawn to “light” and sees her work as an attempt to “freeze time.”

Mary has been a member of various local galleries such as SLAG, Law’s Art Center, the Gallery at Marina Square, the Haub Fine Art Gallery in Avila Beach and the Artists Alley in San Francisco, and the San Luis Obispo and Morro Bay Art Centers. She has frequently placed in regional juried shows.

http://maryratner.com
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Joyce Wycoff

January 22, 2012, 9:33 pm
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Photo-Based Mixed Media and Abstract Photography on Metal

Compassion © Joyce Wycoff

Beauty is not a luxury nor an art;
It is the soul’s breath of life.

Color and light. These are the qualities that pull Joyce into an image, and her small, go-with-her-everywhere camera is what allows her to capture images which become her “tubes of paint.” These images mix and mingle with each other through the mechanism of Photoshop, finally resulting in something beyond the realm of reality, something that captures a fleeting moment of creativity.

Each of Joyce’s digital paintings contain as many as 20-30 images, all taken by Joyce on her journeys around the world and blended together to create something completely new. Because she wants her collectors to experience the same awe and gratitude she feels in creating each painting, she includes the word “joy” in each of her works.

Joyce Wycoff is a published author of several books on creativity and personal effectiveness. Her latest book, “Joy after the Fire” is now available from iBookstore.

Joyce is an active and inspirational blogger at “Imagine Joy Art” http://joycewycoff.blogspot.com.

http://joycewycoff.com
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Sarah DeLong

February 10, 2012, 8:19 pm
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Watercolor

Oaxacan Basket Weaver © Sarah DeLong

Sarah DeLong moved to Morro Bay at the end of 2011 after living in Grinnell, Iowa. Watercolor has been her medium of choice for over 24 years. She is in her element painting by a mountain stream or painting a boat in a harbor. In recent years painting people has been an interest of hers. Sarah loves the glowing transparent colors you get with watercolor and has developed a loose realistic style.

Sarah is a signature member of the Iowa watercolor Society and has won a 1st, a 3rd and two 5th place ribbons in their Annual Jury Show. She has exhibited in many shows in Minnesota and Iowa. In 2010 the national Transparent Watercolor Society accepted her "Oaxacan Basket Weaver" painting in their Annual Jury show. She is represented by Catriri's Art Oasis in Amana Iowa.
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Kira Fluer Olshefski

February 19, 2012, 8:45 pm
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Oil

Abandoned by the Tide © Kira Fluer Olshefski

Kira Fluer Olshefski is a California Central Coast artist, residing in Atascadero. She has dabbled in a variety of media, but has found oil paint to be her media of choice. Kira taught elementary school for many years. Incorporating art into the curriculum was one of the highlights of her teaching career. Often one could find Kira and her students taking walking field trips with drawing pads and pencils in hand. She encouraged her students to create from the heart and connect with their subject. After leaving teaching, Kira wanted to focus on her art. She is happy to be out of the classroom and exploring the Central Coast. Just like her students, she paints from the heart and connects with her subject.

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John Wilson

March 28, 2012, 6:16 pm
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Jewelry

Necklace & Earrings
© John Wilson
An artist. Yes, I have been lucky enough to have been called an artist for 40+ years now. I have mainly been an award winning Executive Chef in four states now. But I have had a few art courses at the UAA in photography and arts. I began using semi precious gems for jewelry for friends a long time ago… now that I am retired I have time for more intensive classes and to pursue my interests full time. It may seem self serving but I really love to give true value at a most fair price… it makes me happy. My work has been called “red carpet jewelry” and I guess I now expect that, as I love to give the people good quality work at a most inexpensive cost, for perhaps those few very special nights out on the town.

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Dorothy Riggs

April 30, 2012, 8:04 am
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Oil

Reunion © Dorothy Riggs

Dorothy Riggs was raised in Long Island, and was influenced by mother, an art collector, and her grandmother, an art school graduate. She attended Santa Monica City College, Palomar, and Mira Costa Colleges in San Diego majoring in art.

In the 1990’s and beyond, after moving here from the San Diego area, Dorothy was active in ARTernatives, the Art Center of San Luis Obispo, and SLO County Arts Council, participating in Annual Open Studios Tour. She was an Artist in Residence and Curator with Project Renaissance, an art based conflict-resolution program for youth.

 A political activist for women’s issues, Dorothy accepted invitations to exhibit at CalPoly and National Organization of Women’s events. Her art and poetry evoked controversy with commentary in frequent publications. She created and produced “Garden of SHEden,” an interactive CD-Rom exemplifying art as a transformational tool. Dorothy, having four solo exhibitions and numerous group, juried, national and invitational exhibitions continues in galleries on the Pacific Coast of the USA.

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    Jeff Odell

    June 18, 2012, 10:00 pm
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    Oil

    Main Street © Jeff Odell

    Jeff Odell has pursued the “truth of color” for more than 30 years on the Central California Coast, painting rural/urban landscapes, seascapes, portraits and figures, interior studies, and “anything that will sit long enough to serve as a subject.” He has created public artwork within the City of Morro Bay, including two “Art Cans” (large concrete trash cans turned into murals); one is located at the top of the Centennial Stairway, next to Dorn’s Breakers Café, the other is at 845 Embarcadero. He has a large mural on the north wall of the Backstage Salon, located at 960 Main Street, and he has also worked with school children to create a large painting on canvas, which hangs in the multi-purpose room at Del Mar Elementary School in north Morro Bay.

    A major influence for Jeff was his experience in the painting studio of nationally recognized painter and Professor Emeritus Wilbur Niewald, who taught that the only way to get at the visual truth of color is to work directly from nature.
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    Michael Costa

    June 19, 2012, 11:01 am
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    Sunflowers I © Michael Costa

    Being a photographer, Michael Costa views himself as an independent and adventurous soul, someone who is spontaneous by nature, yet inquisitive in spirit. His desire to produce strong photographic images ignites and sustains his passion for fine art. His strong creative drive and his ability to connect with his subject matter has brought him creative satisfaction and success. Whether he is working on his own personal projects or trying to gain access to new material, there is always a true-ness and uniqueness to his point of view of the subject matter. It is this ability to capture images of substance and interest that keeps him grounded as a photographer.

    Michael’s “Fro-Zen” series is of organic abstracts filled with light, color and peaceful beauty of one moment frozen in time. This project fuses the four elements of nature, water, air and ambient light into a visual meditation of color, mood and spirit.

    www.michaeljcostaphotography.com
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    Rod Steelman

    June 20, 2012, 2:00 pm
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    Oil, Watercolor, Jewelry, Sculpture

    Passages © Rod Steelman
    There is a moment of tension...
    a not quite touching... 
    when the world stands still 
    and all things are possible.

    In that moment exists the question... 
    collapse and chaos 
    or balance and growth?


    I have always been fascinated by geology, rock formations, shells and beach combings.

    Out of my dreams come colorful images of these shapes and forms, at once real, and yet unreal, held together in the most delicate balance, reflecting the uncertainty of life’s passages.

    My life on the central coast of California offers endless inspiration and an overflowing vessel for my exp0lorations of oil, watercolor, sculpture, mixed media jewelry, even whimsical drawings… each seems to hold its own piece of this puzzle of balance.
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    Keith Kerner

    July 10, 2012, 1:00 am
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    Jewelry 

    Earrings © Keith Kerner

    Keith is an artist by birth. Holding a BFA degree in illustration from Cornish College of the Arts, he has drawn since he could hold a pencil and taken many additional classes and workshops in graphic design, painting and art history. He has a natural ability to turn anything into art and when he fell in love with the sea glass he was finding on the beaches, he quite naturally began to design it into jewelry. Keith loves the idea of repurposing what once was litter into something beautiful and useful today.

    “I try to approach each piece like a little design problem; what texture, color and shape combination best shows the beauty of the sea glass gem. Each piece has such a unique history in the glass; a wine bottle passed around a beach bonfire, decades tumbling in the sand and surf... rich material for repurposing into something aesthetic that recognizes that history.”

    http://www.moonwaveseaglass.com/
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    Gary Lund

    July 15, 2012, 1:33 pm
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    Glass 

    Hummingbird Glass Medallion © Gary Lund

    Gary Lund is a glass artist working on the Central Coast.
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    Stephen Wolfe

    July 26, 2012, 11:30 pm
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    Acrylic

     © Stephen Wolfe

    I spent my working years in the medical field. Communication is the mortar that holds the bricks of good medical care intact. Likewise, communication is the glue of leading to success or failure between us all. Motivating my abstract paintings is communicating those ideas, feelings, and reactions that I cannot put into words.

    The language of abstract art is foreign to many. Yet much can be communicated. When I paint, reason surrenders to feeling. Although the language is abstract, the expression, like music or dance, is universal, connecting people everywhere—a journey seeking paths that are friends to all of us—sensuousness, hope, curiosity, and comfort.

    In this way I hope to use motion, shape and color to connect with people from the corners of the bayous of Louisiana to the metropolitan areas of Seattle. Each painting is a journey, an adventure. I try to arrive at a place of grace—acceptance and hope residing side by side. When people see my work, hopefully they are provoked to feel or follow their thoughts to a new place—have their own adventures.
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    Dean Crawford

    July 30, 2012, 3:21 pm
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    Creek to Sea © Dean Crawford

    Dean Crawford took classes in photography and art in high school, and started working at a local newspaper in their darkroom. In college he majored in art and design, and started his career at Mt. San Jacinto Community College as an Illustrator in the Multi Media Program.

    Later Dean worked at Imperial Valley College as a graphic media specialist and photographer and obtained his community college teaching credential in art and design and photography at UCLA. He started teaching graphic design in the college's evening program.  

    Late in 1978, Dean was hired as a graphic artist by Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. He continued teaching at Cuesta College and illustrating children's books on a freelance basis. Dean retired in 2007 after 36+ years in education. He now travels via his motorcycle in hopes of finding those unusual places and scenes in our countryside.

    Dean has won over 10 first places, best of shows, several second places, judges awards and honorary mentions. He has combined his love of graphics into his photography for a unique look to his images. Dean is also a member of the Paso Robles Art Association, PRAA Photo Guild and the former Art Center in San Luis Obispo, CA.
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    Carol Astaire

    August 29, 2012, 10:31 pm
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    Oil 

    Sunset on Morro Bay © Carol Astaire

    Born and raised in California, Carol Astaire received her BFA in painting from UCLA, her lifetime teaching credential from CSU Long Beach and taught art in the Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo School Districts. Carol has been continuously active in the art world, and her works have been collected by national and international museum. She has participated in many open competitions, receiving two first place awards in photography and earning several solo shows. Her love for all of the arts shows in her work.

    “I have been inspired to create art my entire life. I simply love nature, especially being on the ocean. The light, movement, scents and moods vary continually, and the inspiration to paint what I see and feel is exhilarating. Kayaking the California coast, I photograph what captivates me, for future reference when I return to my studio. Nothing nurtures or humbles my spirit so much as the sea. I hope to share my love of nature with others through my work.”
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    Dan Morris

    August 31, 2012, 1:37 pm
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    Photography

    Hawk Late Afternoon © Dan Morris

    Dan Morris is a local photographer who lives in Los Osos.
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    Patrick Terjak

    September 3, 2012, 9:04 pm
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    Ceramics 

    Vase © Patrick Terjak
    The youngest son of an accomplished woodworker, Patrick Terjack was introduced to clay at the impressionable age of 14 by his brother Jerome. He chose to pursue ceramics largely because of the encouragement and critical eye of his high school teacher.

    Patrick attended Edinboro University of Pennsylvania to pursue a BFA in ceramics and teacher certification. He began to explore raku, salt & soda, and wood firing in addition to a steady diet of cone 10 reduction firing in the natural gas kilns. After an award for best in show at the annual student exhibition in 1986, Patrick accepted an Artist in Residence position at the Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild in Pittsburgh, PA, and was subsequently selected for a one year residency position at the world famous Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, MT. During his Bray residency, he was chosen for the graduate program at Arizona State University by Kurt Weiser.

    Patrick completed his MFA thesis exhibition and was awarded an Arizona Commission of the Arts grant and then a fellowship as an Emerging Artist by the National Foundation for Advancement of the Arts, based in Miami, FL. Patrick moved to CA in 2005, and chose to share a studio and winter wood firing cycle with Joern Piesnack of Morro Bay.

    www.dragonboypottery.com
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    Mike Swanberg

    September 4, 2012, 3:54 pm
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    Music 

    Mike Swanberg, performing
    at a Gallery at
    Marina Square reception.
    Mike Swanberg is Gallery at Marina Square’s “resident musician.” Mike sings and plays his guitar at all of our receptions, and he sells his CD’s at the gallery.


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