As a San Francisco native, I have been surrounded by incredible natural beauty.  I begin my artwork in abstraction, very spontaneously, letting layers of color and line build up; catching a moment in time, I reference the figure and landscape.  I love brilliant color and use layers of gels, washes, oil sticks and pastels to create texture, line and motion. As a Bay Area Figurative Abstract artist I’m  represented in numerous collections in the US, Mexico and Canada.

STUDIO 260

PAINTING

mariaaronsouth.com

Intimacy is an abiding theme in my paintings- whether found in the human embrace, a poignant death scene, an operating room or the interweaving of human limbs with those of a tree. Medical imagery, inspired by my career as a Registered Nurse, serves as a foundation of much of the work.

I express myself in the Egg Tempera painting medium. Early Renaissance artists, sometimes called “Italian Primitives” such as Giotto and Giovanni Bellini are my stylistic mentors. 

Combining pigment with egg yolk has a sensual feel when applied to the plaster ground that is applied to a wooden board. Building up dozens of layers creates a nuanced luminosity. Known as a technically difficult medium, the struggle with the medium supplies the traction and suffering that I need to produce the pure and deep art that I strive towards.

STUDIO 345A

PAINTER

arbrador.com

My inspirations are endless and fleeting.  They change with the sun, the tide and the passing clouds.  Perched on a bluff overlooking the ocean, smelling salt air and hearing waves crash on the rugged rocks, taking in the distant shore with that warming sun through the mist … and sharing that with you.  That is why I paint.

This love of place remains with me at the studio easel too.  I am pleased to give back, through sales of my work, to groups who protect our landscape for future generations to enjoy.  

STUDIO 278A

PAINTER

ChrisAdessa.com
 

Studio 300

A Sausalito, California artist and architect, I work in a variety of media and formats.  Inspired by reverence for the natural world, my painting work evokes the sensory experience of being immersed in a particular ecology and place.  I like to highlight the beauty of both nature and human interventions in the landscape.  My sculptural work, architecture, interior design, and landscape design reflect an affinity for natural materials and textures, and combining them beautifully and pragmatically.  I welcome both artwork and design commissions, and those seeking to learn painting, printmaking, and craft media, or support for doing their own projects. 

STUDIO 325

PAINTING/SCULPTURE

leslieallenart.com
 

I prefer to use several different mediums for my work: pastel, oil on canvas, collage.  The result is almost always what I call Contemporary Realism.  Nature, still life and figures are all absorbing subjects and I relish studying each one in my work.

STUDIO 301

PAINTER

katesolaribaker.com

I have been an oil painter for 18 years.  I enjoy painting landscapes (often plein air), farm animals, and abstracts. Also, dogs and horses by commission.  I believe I have a unique gift for color and the ability to see and capture the essence of my subjects.  I am passionate about my work.

STUDIO 282A

PAINTER

dbertola.com

Ingrid of Moth Marbler's is a decorative paper and book designer, a collage artist, painter and creator of art objects.

STUDIO 302

MIXED MEDIA

ingridbutler.com

Judy Calder is a weaver who grew up in Oregon but has been a California resident for over 40 years. She was introduced to fiber arts when her grandmother taught her to knit, crochet, and embroider. When finishing her degree at San Francisco State she became totally involved in weaving because it felt so familiar and comfortable. After graduation in 1989 she set up a studio in her home and has been weaving ever since. Her award winning work has been shown locally and around the country. While her weavings include scarves, shawls and blankets as well as tallit (Jewish prayer shawls) they also include fine-woven art pieces that range from "transparencies" to sculptural forms.

STUDIO 205

WEAVER

 

A plein air painter specializing in Northern California scenes, Kay Carlson's colorful brushstrokes instantly usher her viewers into an emotional connection with the vineyards, waterfront, and panoramic coastlines she calls home. Her artworks in the Colorist/ Impressionist Tradition express how light transforms color.  Carlson offers commissions to collectors and is the executive director/founder of Marin Open Studios.

STUDIO 331

PAINTER

kaycarlson.com

I source imagery from my impressions of daily life and random graphics, details and images momentarily noticed in passing. My paintings evolve spontaneously as I gradually construct complete compositions by layering, sanding, and glazing the elements in ways that reflect the variety and richness of life.

STUDIO 330B

PAINTER

chaffinart.com

I am a graphic designer with brand design business in San Francisco. Painting is my personal solace amidst the corporate climate. I love rich color, broad stokes, texture and natural light. I appreciate story-telling and the abstract. I paint to reveal complexities buried underneath layers of color and strive to connect with my emotions through painting. 

STUDIO 237E

PAINTER

jill@howry.com

I have always been interested shapes and the spaces around them; how much they need one another to be visually compelling.  I love texture and color, they wake up the senses, add dimension and depth. 

I intentionally position bold, textured surfaces next to smooth, flat surfaces; dark blues and blacks next to soft whites and yellows.  The juxtaposition of different surfaces and colors creates tension and invites exploration.  Over time I have developed my own visual vocabulary—playful, quirky, deliberately ambiguous.  It is both unique and traditional, fresh and primal. 

A writer by trade and an avid reader, it’s not surprising that my paintings have a narrative quality.  I love it when viewers see new things, make up their own stories. When this happens—when different people have wildly different stories to tell about the same piece—I consider the work successful.

STUDIO 260C

PAINTER

cathycoeart.com

Growing up on the South Plains of Texas where a tree is a rare sight, I developed great respect and awe upon encountering a tree.  Much of my body of work has been devoted to images of trees, utilizing paint, mixed media, sculpture and computer technology to create my artworks.

STUDIO 275

MIXED MEDIA 

lscolnett.net

My art practice is rooted in the unrelenting desire to unveil forms through an often repetitious and labor intensive process that allows me to dip into the currents of a secret inner life.

STUDIO 345A

MIXED MEDIA

dianetatedallaskidd.com

My portraits focus on the intrinsic expression particular to my subjects and their interrelationship as well as the richness of their surroundings.  My colorful surrealistic paintings create an intimate landscape each individual viewer can emotionally travel through for their own interpretation and pleasure.  I paint in oils and mixed media.

STUDIO 301

PAINTING

amderivera.com

I have an interest in psychological states. Using a variety of materials (paint, clay, wire, hair, fabric, ink, rock, string) and forms (puppets, sculpture, painting and drawing).  I hope to convey a feeling that balances on the line between playful and disturbing. 

STUDIO 238

MIXED MEDIA

alissadifranco.com

Known for my innovative, "transordinary" vessels made with every-day, common materials, using traditional basketry techniques in a non-traditional way, I tell a story by sculpting, weaving, sewing, assembling and coiling. I interact with material, pattern, color, design and texture. My use of re-purposed, re-contextualized materials is commentary on our relationship with our urban environment, overconsumption of commercial goods, societal excess and throwaway consumerism.

STUDIO 205

SCULPTURAL BASKETRY

emilydvorin.com

When working as an interior designer for 25 years, interiors became my canvases.  So when I went back to painting with "real" canvases, not surprisingly, my first attempts were images of studio interiors and objects.  As a studio artist, I like to work in thematic series so these first paintings became the start of my "Studio Series."  Typically, I begin with more traditional representation and as the series progresses, the subject matter morphs into more imaginative and playful depictions, for instance, walking benches, levitating stools, etc. in the studios.  The first of the "Pillar Series" were conventional impressions of Greek columns, manufactured ceiling supports, then, evolved into totems, circus and calligraphic pillars, ionic-eyed ET, etc.  The "Nude Series" develops into a "Games and Puzzles Series", Maze Man, Puzzled Woman, Don't Cross Me Man (Crosswords), etc.  

My work is loose, free-flowing & non-conforming yet with recognizable imagery.  My favorite mediums are acrylics, oil stick, and collage on paper and canvas.

STUDIO 278B

PAINTER

gigiinsf@gmail.com

With a focus on abstract landscapes and architectural interiors, my art is influenced by my Northern California surroundings.

Born into a family of artists, designers, and architects, my paintings fuse the structural sensibilities of my architect father and color sense of my interior designer mother. I studied painting at Trinity College with colorist George Chapman who was a student of Joseph Albers. I am also the founder and creative director of Afstudio Design, a graphic design firm based in San Rafael, CA.

STUDIO 259D

PAINTER

andrew-faulkner.com

Jennifer Fearon is a contemporary artist working in the San Francisco Bay Area.  Her oil paintings depict urban land and waterscapes and figurative works, often focusing on neurological or physical differences.  Jennifer’s formal art instruction includes foundation courses at the Academy of Art College in San Francisco, and continued study with various California artists, including Randall Sexton and Chester Arnold and Elizabeth Zanzinger.  Originally from Texas, Jennifer also has a Master’s Degree in business and worked in the financial services industry before moving to California.

STUDIO 338

PAINTER

jenniferfearon.com
 

We hunger for meaning in our lives. Yet just below our surface, we have access to powerful myths, archetypes and a still, deep pool of renewal. The introspection, dreaming, and fantasy I capture in my figurative oils reflect our universal drive towards wholeness, hope and integration.

STUDIO 345A

PAINTER

artfinder.com/michele-fontaine

Making a tapestry is my passion.  Given only working two elements; the warp and the weft, I am fascinated by all the possibilities that one can explore.  Within this simple grid format, I can add color, shape, line, thick or thin; texture, a variety of weft materials and then find patterns that can be repeated, distorted, or diminished, ignored, or embellished.  The possibilities seem infinite and I continue to be mesmerized. 

STUDIO 205

TAPESTRY WEAVING

alexfriedmantapestry.com

My work is molded by an awareness of my surroundings.  I enjoy discovering and then replicating rustic details.  My challenge is to reconcile diverse and sometimes conflicting experiences into a balanced piece of art that exposes strong personal meaning.

STUDIO 210

PAINTING

terrifroelich.com

I have gravitated to imagery that has connections to our changing environment. I am in awe of Earth’s flora and fauna. Ultimately, it is this referencing to the natural world that moves me, thus becoming my reason to create. I begin my work with a loose vision, a direction from which to progress. Through the process of layering paint in my oils, to layering in the mixed media pieces, I develop a dialog within the work.

STUDIO 237D

MIXED MEDIA

annegardenstudio.com
 

My works are realistic – sometimes titled with the locations that inspired them – but they are not “real” in a literal sense, not faithful reproductions of places observed. Rather, they are the landscape rendered down to its pure essence, the raw beauty distilled in order to convey my personal experience of it. 

STUDIO 335

PAINTER

kristen@kristengarneau.com

I am drawn to the play of light and shadow, especially the varying patterns and moods created by natural and artificial light. I find that light’s reflections and refractions offer endless compositions of abstract beauty, while also imparting a sense of atmosphere.

STUDIO 259D

PAINTER

elizgeisler.com

I create art as a way to connect with my true essence.  It cuts through all the societal programming and expresses itself through me in a joyful way.  It is a means for me to let go of control and surrender to the painting.  I am recovering perfectionist and I have chosen to work in mixed media using collage and acrylic because it is very forgiving.  I love bold colors, geometric shapes, animal symbols which I bring alive with whimsy on wood panels and paper.  My playful style is messy and fun. I am happiest when I am drawing outside the lines on the canvas and in life. 

STUDIO 278D

MIXED MEDIA

bibbyart.com

My paintings are inspired by fairy tales, myths, dreams, memories, experience, longing, religion, and nature. They are intensely colored, multi-layered, multi textured, and multi-themed, creating a complexity that emerges the longer they are viewed. They touch upon memories and dreams unique to each observer, evoking stories that change over time.

STUDIO 305

PAINTER

abigailleegoldberger.com

Painting & Drawing in the Abstract with the interplaying elements of landscape, words, numbers…space. Focus on line, color & balance are primary.. with a sense of the spontaneous. Experimentation & chance has it’s part to play. Theres is a controlled chaos moving back & forth between those two influences with the end desire for Beauty & Harmony. A puzzle to be worked out.

STUDIO 306A

PAINTER

margotrgraham.com

Christa creates her paintings overlooking the bay in Sausalito and the ocean on the North Shore of Kauai. Californian and Canadian, she is inspired by the natural beauty of the West coast. She went to high school in London and returned to receive a degree in English from UC Berkley. She pursued a publishing career in Toronto, New York and later back in the Bay Area. In between publishing jobs, Christa's curiosity kept her exploring and volunteering around the world. With over a decade of promoting publishers such as Phaidon Press and Laurence King, she gained a broad familiarity with contemporary art while developing her own painting and printmaking. In 2014 she started a gallery and studio at the Industrial Center Building in Sausalito to devote time solely to her art.

STUDIO 266

PAINTER

 christagrenawalt.com

Making art is a way for me to return to the freedom of my childhood. It’s been a lifelong dream of mine to reach a point where career pressures would yield to allow space and time for me to delve into art once again. I play with texture and color and I explore multiple mediums, like collage and painting. I work with themes that allow me to connect deeply to a certain person or place, and use my subject as a way to explore different external worlds while also uncovering the inner reaches of my psyche. I enjoy the challenge, the opportunity for expression, and being able to follow my intuition. Art brings me immense joy

I express a moment that endures, figures landscape still life or animals, in terms of having a responsibility to the viewer of the painting. Usually that means technical discipline, as in form and variation in composition and coloration. My skills are in drawing, oils, and sumi-e painting, which I also teach. 

STUDIO 342A

PAINTER

mardihorowitzart.com

JP Stationery is a boutique paper shop by husband & wife.

STUDIO  238

STATIONERY

jpstationery.com

Brian’s work is based on the abstraction of landscapes, architectural elements and the impact of man on the natural world. The constant change of light and shadow alters the color and pattern of his creations, breathing life into them. Previous series include Follow the Line, Circle Back, and Braided, where Brian explored what lives on either side of the imagined lines we concoct for ourselves to cope with life, as well as the glacial moraines of the Denali Alaska landscape.

STUDIO 275

PAINTER

brianhuberart.com

Conventional wisdom holds that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Yet modern neurosciences demonstrate that the perception of beauty is actually a physiological phenomenon that can be mapped through real time electrical imaging of brain activity. The result is a remarkable correlation that strongly suggests a universal response across cultures in what defines an aesthetic experience. As such, viewers of “beautiful” art seem to activate identical neuron pathways as found when seeing the face of a loved one. These stimuli release similar physical reactions and evoke common physiological states.

My work seeks to explore this connection of perception and reaction through the underlying principals found in organic form, color, light and texture. Using symmetry and balance, contrast and rhythm, I create sculpture in the abstract tradition of Arp, Brancusi, Hepworth, and Kapor.  In this way, my artistic intent is designed to visually catapult the audience towards an exalted space already present within the nature of their character.

STUDIO 201G

SCULPTOR

ilgsculpture.com

I have been a stain glass artist for 25+ years. Prior to that studied oil and acrylic painting.  My stain glass windows are in homes in Utah, Nevada, Illinois and California.

STUDIO 340

STAIN GLASS

 create2040@comcast.net

An important part of how I create involves leaving traces of evolution at every step along the way.  As a result, each work of art can be appreciated not only as a completed piece, but also as evidence of the various stages involved in its completion.  

STUDIO 201

PAINTER

kathrynkellerartist.com

My inspiration is the world around me and how I see it each day.  Hiking in the hills of Marin County keeps me close to nature and my urban hikes open my eyes to great architecture and the energy of city life.  My process is intuitive, working with layers, textures, and movement, creating and destroying as I build the painting.  

STUDIO 340B

christinekellyart.com

It is paint, after all... and the fact that its application onto a single surface can reach the deepest part of our psyches is nothing short of a miracle... My work is focused on creating gestural images of nature and humanity, finding the essence of the thing and not the thing itself... My paintings are organic and dynamic, yet honed... spontaneity and energy are just as important as deliberation, composition and application of materials.

STUDIO  306C

PAINTER

katykuhn.com

John’s work is based on the digital photographic image, but from capture through the development process, he freely manipulates the image to create a very impressionistic result.   Other media or artistic elements to further complicate matters or add a twist of gestalt may be added to the final result.  "My goal is to ask the viewer to assemble the pieces and fill-in the blanks and be surprised!"

STUDIO 259D

PHOTOGRAPHY

johnkunzweilerstudio.com

It’s all about emotions: my paintings communicate how a landscape, an object or a state of mind make me feel.  Painting and drawing have taught me to bypass my brain and draw from my heart.

STUDIO 237-E

PAINTER

akdlandplanning@mac.com
 

Drawing and Painting have always been a part of my life. Formal art education came after my three children left for college. I then attended UC Berkeley and earned a BA Art Practice. At Cal I was honored and fortunate to have Joan Brown as my mentor. I paint places and people with an occasional foray into the Abstract.

STUDIO 259D

PAINTER

marylavezzo.com

STUDIO 259D

PAINTING

instagram.com/elleluna
 

Whether it is my need to understand the workings of the subjects in my paintings or the way I repurpose medical imaging in my mixed media work my art reflects my background as a Medical Illustrator. Like the scientists I have worked with I begin with a thesis or goal and run with the surprises that come as I pursue that goal.

STUDIO 237D

MIXED MEDIA/PAINTER

stelamandelart.com

Beverly Mayeri is a figurative clay sculptor based in Mill valley, CA.  Her work explores the personal life, our yearnings, strengths and fears, our connections to ourselves, to each other and to the environment.  “I like to use the surface of the clay as a canvas where figures and events are painted, carved or drawn into the clay”.

STUDIO 315

SCULPTURE

beverymayeri.com

I paint because I am chasing the mystery…that magical moment when I disappear and energy is moving freely through me onto the canvas—not attached to outcome, joyful and free.

STUDIO 225a

PAINTER

heathermcfarlin95@gmail.com

“I want everyone to see the world the way that I see it.”  Reading these words from my inspiration, Georgia O’Keefe struck a deep chord in me, bringing to life a channel for expression.  I too want everyone to see the world that I see – a world filled with color, light, and life. 

My paintings are pictures of the way I experience the world.  I wake up each day with a head full of pictures.  I see colors all around me, hues of every sort.  Some people have exceptional hearing, catching all sounds around them.  I catch color.  I have traveled the world over wanting to see everything I can.  After over six years of steady travel, the images have all merged and are now starting to emerge.  In my latest work they are swirled in my emotions and splayed across the canvas.  I use oil on canvas, first preparing the canvas with gesso, then linseed oil.  After that, any style, tradition, or training falls out of the room.  I paint primarily with my hands.  Many of the canvases are done only my hands.  I love the feel of moving the pigment with my fingers, smudging a bold mark in with the palm of my hand, dabbling with the edge of my pinky those smallest of details.  I know it is time to stop for the day when I start to realize where i am and what I am doing.  I don't work by completing objects in the composition, I listen to the color and the balance and try to follow the dance.

“Painting seems like some kind of peculiar miracle that I need to have again and again.” ~Phillip Guston

STUDIO 282B

PAINTER

nancemiller.com

Painting for me is like solving a problem or a riddle. I look at a California landscape and wonder how to paint it. It is already so perfect, so beautiful. How do you paint what you see and feel? How do you paint atmosphere? The discipline of painting is for me full of technical challenges and emotional mysteries. I don’t want to paint a postcard.

I like to paint fruits and vegetables, especially pears because of their beautiful color and human shape. I love to discover beauty in everything, even the mundane.

Sometimes a subject just calls to you, reaches out and asks to be painted. Once I walked through the Mill Valley Market and was almost assaulted by a Mother’s Day Cake. It stopped me in my tracks.

The idea for “Food in Plastic” came to me in a similar way. I heard the idea before I saw it. I realized that plastic would be fun to paint, as it would make the fruits and vegetables more interesting. To me plastic has a kind of ghostly aesthetic. It imprisons the food, makes it claustrophobic, even a little sad, yet when light reflects on the surface it creates a sparkly beauty.

I am beginning to explore a new series, where I show how we behave when our inhibitions are down, how cocktails are at the beginning of new and interesting human behavior. The imagery of these paintings suggests the details: where you are, and what you’re drinking, tells the story.

I also like to explore reflection, both man-made and in nature. Reflection mocks and mirrors us, turning everything into its opposite.

Many artists have inspired me. I admire Sorrolla and Sargent for their mastery, their amazing color and brushwork, how they simplify so beautifully. I am also inspired by contemporary artists. Randall Sexton makes the paint dance, and uses wonderful calligraphy; I like Brian Blood’s loose style and juicy colors.

I want to carve out images in my work, like a sculptor. I love color and like to move it around. I’m always trying to create a glow. I want the work to resonate. If I do it right, there is almost a sound, a hum.

STUDIO 335A

PAINTER

victoriamimiaga.com

My work is loosely representational. Recently I have been working on a series of Monoprints and Monotypes using "Solar" plates and "Image On" Plates made with images of interiors and ancient architectural elements, I incorporate these photographic images with a second and sometimes third plate, and using chine colle elements, each monotype becomes unique, even though there is a repeatable matrix.

STUDIO 335A

PAINTER

cindymiracle.com

In my current work I use the photographic image as a point of departure. With a process of deconstruction and re-construction, the abstracted image challenges perception and visual understanding.  This technique is something I have worked on in many mediums over the years. The exploration of this process continues to challenge me in pursuit of producing beautiful, thought provoking artwork.

STUDIO 209

MIXED MEDIA

margaretmoench.com

Born in Oregon and raised on a farm in California my eyes were always trained toward the expansive sky or enveloped in a star filled night. The kids on the school bus used to call me the cloud girl as I ran up and down the isle to capture the best view of the billowy white wonders forming against the blue. I used to watch the peregrines perched high on the tree and one day I felt I was up there with them.  In that moment, though I couldn’t articulate the feeling, I understood true vision and freedom.

My work, whether sculptural or 2 dimensional has always addressed a state of mind.  I began doing figurative representational work and then transitioned toward a more abstract or modern style.  I continue to explore ways in which to express the concept of balanced vision, and a language of the soul.  It has always been reflected in my sculptural works and now informs my explorations in mixed media painting.   

STUDIO 232

SCULPTOR & PAINTER

aikomorioka.com

My love of whim and animals, combined with functional art forms, developed when my daughter, Danica, was born in 1976. I wanted to make her a rocking horse, and the business name BONIKA (which means puppet in Indonesian) came into being with this first creation for a little girl.

I received my M.A. in Textile Art from UC California at San Francisco in 1970 and worked as a fiber artist and fiber instructor At Fort Mason Art Center in the City from 1971 through the early 1990’s. My first commercial whimsical pieces – BONIKA’s “Lovable Rockables” – were essentially carousel animals that rocked on steel hoops and were designed to hold adults as well as children. Unfortunately, their size and weight made shipping prohibitively expensive, and this led me to design a lighter, easier-to-ship animal. Thus evolved BONIKA’s “Butlers and Benches”.

The menagerie of butlers has kept expanding, even though the Zebra continues to be my best seller. Later characters were inspired by prehistoric lizards, reptiles, exotic birds and tropical fish. These pieces are much more colorful and have given me an opportunity to explore various fabric enhancement techniques such as painting, air brushing and silk screening.

My benches – a line of whimsical furniture that usually takes the form of an ottoman – have appeared as turtles, armadillos, alligators, flying lizards, and other improbable creatures. I generally use canvas because of its durability and sunbrella (an acrylic canvas) for outdoor furniture.

I have exhibited in galleries across the country and have participated in ACC craft shows for over 20 years. I am a supporter of many local art organizations an have done commission work for various charities and families. One of my most enjoyable projects was a series of life-size caricatures of a well-known San Francisco family.

In addition to whimsical animals, I also do commission work on interior pieces, accessories, and furniture. One such installation involved the interior of a night club in the East Bay. I am always on the lookout for the latest in textile and fabric products, as these often lead to exciting new design possibilities.

STUDIO 235 

TEXTILE 

bonikasanimals@aol.com

As a long-time somatic educator and improvisational dancer, my kinesthetic engagement deeply influences what is arriving on the canvas.  As my inner and outer landscapes encounter one another, a dialogue or silent duet begins to reveal what is sensually alive and ripe for expression. 

STUDIO 282C

PAINTER

yoniyoganidra.com

I have chosen to create in beautiful Marin as nature is so accessible for inspiration. I am a costume designer for film and television celebrities I have dressed which includeBeyonce, Brittany Spears, Usher, jane Seymour, Priscilla Presley, Burt Lancaster and many more.  Now i am creating garments for you that move beyond fashion into timeless realms of magic & mystery; clothing to celebrate your true essence andyour uniqueness. Experience true style with fit, flow & fabulous fabrics. Dare to soar while wearing a M-Muse original.

STUDIO 305

CREATRIX OF CELEBRATORY CLOTHING & COSTUMES
 

At heart I’m storyteller creating a world of unique characters to speak about the more global issues of interpersonal relationships.

Most of my imagery is generated using the process of Automaticism, a visual equivalent of free association, one of two main techniques that inspired much of Surrealist art work. Drawings are begun by creating an abstract ground with free-flowing lines combining Japanese brush markers, with standard ink pens.  For painting compositions, similar ground structures are created with brushes, sometimes using the drawings as starting points.

With both mediums, once the field of random marks and colors are established, Characters and their stories then reveal themselves to me out of the shapes and lines. This process is akin to watching clouds travel across the sky, then seeing forms and scenes within the puffs, and swirls. I have demonstrated this process in my animated drawings.

For the past 13 years I have studied, and produced abstract work with the goal, to understand the effects of shape, color, and pattern on the picture plane. This current work of figuration represents a return to a more organic style of image making. The experience of being very open, and forth coming has engendered a response of universal recognition from viewers affirming my faith, that we are more alike, than different. 

STUDIO 350

PAINTER

gette.com

I started painting about 12 years ago when my daughter gave me a set of oil paints ,an easel some canvases and said "go for it ".We had been traveling inTuscany and every time I took a picture I said I wish I could paint this and that following Christmas my daughters gave me that fabulous present!  I have been painting ever since. I moved to Sonoma eight years ago and  I am especially inspired by the natural beauty of the West Coast! Its mystical colorful scenery and rugged landscapes colliding into the sea. I am inspired every moment of everyday.

STUDIO 342C

PAINTER

mgowens.com

I’m a contemporary abstract painter interested in conveying a “state of possibility” in my work. Everything in the atmosphere pulsates with life, on the verge of movement and change. I’m attracted to the forces of energy that surround us, keep us in a state of constant flux, and put us right on the brink of chaos.

STUDIO  306C

PAINTER

sharonpaster.com

PAINTER

STUDIO  273

daniroach.com

My work is driven by my need to mold life out of clay.  Clay has no boundaries or limits. Wings can sprout on anyone.  Clay enables me to transform the ordinary into magical.  My work ranges from realistic to whimsical, classical to abstract. The purpose of my art is to bring joy and beauty into peoples lives.

STUDIO 280

SCULPTOR

djsears.com

By integrating the material aspects of painting with the conceptual, my work attempts to become a metaphor for the spiritual. Energetic line, wonky shape, pristine values, space, texture and subtly controlled color are combined to evoke contemplation.

STUDIO 315

PAINTER/MIXED MEDIA

marian2539@mac.com
 

After earning a Ph D in Economics from UC Berkeley in 1988, I had a conversion experience during an adult education drawing class. From then on I immersed myself in art and never looked back. I started with drawing and painting in oil and have since added printmaking and animation.

STUDIO 238

PAINTER

hilarysheehan.com

Color film photographer of nature, landscape, and abstract.  I work in medium and 35 mm formats.  Corporate as well as personal projects welcomed.  I have a studio/gallery in the ICB since 1986.  Please see my website and call for a visit to view framed work and portfolios.

STUDIO 302 

PHOTOGRAPHY

elorensoderberg.com

Dana Spaeth is an award-winning photographer with a career that spans more than 25 years.  Her work is represented by renowned picture agency, Getty Images, and her photographs are published internationally.

Dana received a BFA in painting and photography from Cornell University and continued with graduate studies in photography at Brooks Institute of Photography. The bulk of her early professional career was focused on advertising and editorial photographic illustration with clients such as US News and World Report, Forbes, Parenting magazine, Hallmark, and Simon and Schuster.

With the birth of her first child in 2002, Dana moved to Mill Valley and turned her photographic eye toward children. Now a mother of three, she continues to photograph kids and families all over the bay area. Dana’s studio is located at the historic ICB buiilding in Sausalito.  She is available for private and commercial commissions in photography. 

In the past few years, Dana has been returning to her roots in painting. Working primarily in oils, Dana enjoys both abstract and representational subject matter. She regularly participates in Marin open studios as well as the ICB Winter Open Studios.

www.danaspaethphotography.com

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Creativity is a fluid intelligence that flows in my body, brain and heart: It is the linking ingredient, the communicator that travels through and connects the different entities of my being.

Painting and drawing express the language of my soul.  When I look at the world around me I see a reflection and a connection. My inner thoughts and emotions express in the language of colors, shapes, lines and the energy of the elements. A certain light, a cloud, a movement of the sea can trigger a dialogue between the light and the darkness of moonlight echoing my inner thoughts.

Landscape is an analogy to my state of mind-a synchronicity of image and body-mind experience. A stormy sky can reflect a conflict I am going through. The sea, a feeling of openness and freedom.

My work is a dialogue between my perception of the world and how it relates to memories at a certain time. They can be a mix of my childhood seaside atmosphere in Brittany France and the light of California sky.

I search for ways to grasp the relationships between our inner and outer worlds. Are they the same? Is the outer world a mirror of our soul? Is what I see just a reflection of my own intimate world, is it distorted by my fears, my desires, my expectations, my identity? Do I create this reality? How can Art shape my perception and relation to the world?

Diving into paint is like diving into my soul. I lose myself in the unknown. Each gesture explores the physicality of the medium. Each piece plays with transparencies, layers, textures and the connections between colors and movement.

Each encounter carries me through the doubt of the making something and into the wonder of creation. I touch the quality of being human as I play in the space between control and non-control.

Painting is my vocabulary. It is the grammar of my inner life shaping and being shaped by the outer world. It is my body in communication with the earth’s body.

STUDIO 347

PAINTER

marinestrage.com

I have always had a strong sense of place.  The environment around me greatly influences how I experience my life.  My paintings are generally about creating a visual experience which provides a place of peace, refuge and thoughtfulness.  This involves balancing color, form, and subjects in every changing ways.

STUDIO  342B

PAINTER

kimastrumwasser.com

My paintings spring from my innate desire to churn stillness into motion, forge action upon the static. When colors and contours engage dynamically and emphatically, they illuminate life’s transitory moments and invite empathy and harmony. This is liberating and restorative work.

STUDIO 345B

PAINTER

mimichenting.com

Eric Von Berg is a portrait and genre painter in Sausalito.  He tries to capture the essence of the people, the places and the time in which he paints.  

 www.ericartist.com

I am fascinated by nature and the human condition-both real and rendered. In combining representations of both, a narrative is suggested. With the purity of graphite on paper, nothing detracts from the creative process and the new reality that results.  I love working in series so that the images can recall myths and tell stories.  I have always defined myself by my art, and as such, my work is a celebration of life and all of its complexities. 

STUDIO 237B

MIXED MEDIA

maryawintroub.com

My paintings are visual manifestations of an internal journey made external.  The art-making process is very meditative, and a means of getting out of my own way and losing myself in a journey where the destination is unknown, yet eventually found.  My paintings are colorful, fluid, and mostly nonrepresentational.

STUDIO  278E

PAINTING

katezimmer.com