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

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
 

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
 

     Over decades, Leslie Allen’s paintings have evolved from tightly rendered still life and landscapes in watercolor, to fiercely expressive abstract and figurative paintings in oil and mixed media.  Leslie also teaches drawing, collage and printmaking techniques in her studio, and credits Richard Diebenkorn, Henri Matisse, Joan Mitchell, Pablo Picasso, and especially Chester Arnold for her painting styles and tenacity.  She believes she will forever be an art and music student, and loves playing cello with the College of Marin Symphony Orchestra.  Leslie manages dual careers as an exhibiting artist and paralegal, and finds the challenging mental shifts to be invigorating.  

Leslie Allen is represented by Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley CA, and print publisher Art Brokers, Inc., San Rafael CA.  

Studio 300A

PAINT / COLLAGE / PRINTS

leslie@studio300A.com

www.studio300acom

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  335

PAINTER

KimArmstrongArt.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

Meditative, complex minute in detail, my paintings are an ongoing narrative exploring the marking of time, and the space in-between, as individuals how do we define this element of being.

To experience the work is an investment, a quiet time. A conversation that will continue to evolve because of time.

STUDIO 259D

PAINTER

sophybevan.com

Fascinated by the visual poetry of oil paint, Aia Bower creates dynamic compositions that are ethereal, expressive, gestural and musical.  Aia’s paintings are modern interpretations of nature's wonders blended with her intimate personal journey that express mood and emotion.  Her aesthetic captivates the viewer on a physical and emotional level while quietly transporting them to a vibrant yet soothing world.  

Aia’s paintings embrace varying levels of abstraction, patterns and imagery.  A decade of sights and sounds absorbed while working in France and Italy emerge and then disappear, as if hidden by layers built over time.  She draws inspiration from natural forms, organic lines, curves, and nature’s wondrous creations as well as the energy that moves through all living things.   

Her work pulses with energy and personality as feelings dance in an entirely non-objective way, while her agility with calligraphic markings express rhythmic poetry without described reality.

Aia has moved close to forty times with eight of those on an international level.  A lifetime of uprooting and letting go of everything known ― friends, family, home, culture and all things familiar ― has had a profound effect on her life and her work.

STUDIO 271

PAINTER

www.aiabower.com

Studio 268

Abstract Painting

Multimedia Installations

My approach to the canvas is an unplanned combination of deliberate effort and chance. Trusting the spontaneous mark making, the bold gestures and quiet touches, an environment emerges from the buildup of deep layers, where the tactile saturated colors & richly textured surfaces become laden with meaning—the hint of something remembered, poignant or joyful, that is very real. Partly hidden, partly exposed these fragments of memories slow the viewer down to reveal something that is suddenly familiar.

 suziebuchholz.com

My paintings are built from spontaneous action and deep listening. Making marks, lines and gestures creates a visual dynamic that calls for exploration, excavation and ultimately, resolution.  This way of painting requires a kind of ruthlessness; there is no room for attachment or sentimentality. The finished paintings are a record my presence. Both as creator and viewer, the more we can pay attention, the closer we get to the truth of the work. 

STUDIO 335A

PAINTER

www.mariaburtis.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

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

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.  Presently, I’m working on Studio Series II inspired by objects and happenings in my studio. This series has more abstract images than previous canvases. 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

www.gretchenevansart.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 259C

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
 

Tapestry weaving has a long tradition as a narrative artform. While that aspect initially drew me to the medium, it was the weaving process that really got me excited. I realized the simplicity of the grid and the basic over/under interlock of the warp and weft would allow me to explore many ways of creating more dimension within the basic parameters of traditional tapestry. I was interested in developing the organic, ‘textileness’ of tapestry.

Recent pieces have explored a new direction that involves working with eccentric weaving, extra tension and surface design. The result enhances the surface with a rich configuration of slits, bas-relief sections, space dyed yarns, occasional embellished sections and even non-rectangular format. 

Art has always part of my life. A native San Franciscan, I studied both studio art and art history. Tapestry has taken me in many directions and introduced me to weavers all around the world. I have been the Director of the American Tapestry Alliance and currently I serve on the Board of the Textile Arts Council at the DeYoung. I welcome visitors by appointment. 

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
 

STUDIO 259D

PAINTER

I am intrigued by the intricate patterns on the water surface and how they can convey both movement and stillness.  However, beneath the surface, there is a psychological element to why I am drawn to paint water.  For me, water represents life, as we cannot survive without it, and it literally flows through all of us.   It is a constant that connects us to each other.  Ultimately, I hope the viewer is able to interact with my work on different levels -- to appreciate the beauty of the abstract composition nature provides while experiencing the almost musical rythymn of the water and its restorative properties.

elizgeisler.com

IG: @elizabethgeisler

STUDIO 110

DRAWING & PAINTING

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 235

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

My goal is to create a meaningful connection with nature; the forces that are out of our control and an exploration of organic, spontaneous forms and cycles that are both generative and destructive.  My current work is often done outside on large canvas, painting on the ground overlooking the Pacific Ocean. My kinesthetic response creates the composition and represents a meditation on the relationship between land and sea: the wind, rain, waves, leaves, grass, sand, and dirt often become a part of the art. I'm inspired to capture the emotion of a place through texture of a brushstroke, layering and movement of the paint.  

STUDIO 266

PAINTER

christagrenawalt.com

Emily Hammond’s work highlights the beauty in daily life.  She also focuses on the universal ties that bind us to the Earth and to each other.  Perception is the ultimate equalizer and can give us a window into the depths that lie below the surface of this staggeringly beautiful life.

STUDIO 355B

PAINTER

www.emilyhammondcreative.com

Statement: Being a commercial photographer means spending countless hours on the computer retouching images. I started to produce art, using paint, paper and transfers, as a way to step away from the computer. As soon as I started to incorporating my own photography into my mixed media pieces the work seemed to fall together easily. 

Margot Hartford

Studio 260-C

Mixed Media Artist

http://mhartford.com

BONIKA – BONNIE HIMBERG-MUMFORD

STUDIO 305

Fiber Artist

Fun, fabric, fiber and function have been the core of my artistic journey since I was a child. Raised in Mexico, my first large installation as a teenager was a set of yarn headboards inspired by the Cora Indian technique of yarn appliqué. I spent my summers as a apprentice to a batik artist in Mexico City.

Travels and an M.A. in textiles led me to an exciting teaching career at Fort Mason Art Center in San Francisco; art exhibitions, awards and many trade shows such as the American Craft Council and Rosen throughout the country established my Bonika butlers and benches as a well-known whimsical and functional art form.

Over the last 20 years, I have had amazing opportunities to travel with my husband to South America, Asia, Africa, Nepal, Bhutan, Papua New Guinea, Bali, Australia and New Zealand. This has added richness and appreciation for the many creative processes involved in the fiber arts, with most of them having functional importance in the local economies

New Zealand is now a second home for us, as well as the beginning of a new passion - the art of felt making - ranging from nuno wearables to felted vessels. I am also teaching workshops at the O’Hanlon Center for the Arts in Mill Valley - sharing and teaching all of the new felting techniques I learn from the incredible artists down under.

My business is still known as Bonika “Art with a Function.”  For many years I focused on creating animal butlers – an array of fanciful and wonderful creatures on roller skates and dressed in tuxedos or appropriate plumage. I also made animal ottomans for indoor or outdoor use, and all of these are still available by commission. 

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

STUDIO 305

ARTISAN JEWELER/GOLDSMITH/CERTIFIED GEMOLOGIST

My jewelry reflects both the formalist and the thematic in abstractions of pure design and the meaningful and symbolic throughout the world’s cultures and the ever-inspiring natural world. Handmade in my studio in Sausalito, California, personal and unique, my jewelry speaks of these influences through vintage, antique and ancient beads and findings and fabrications in gold, silver, bronze, and copper.

I also participate in the annual events of Winter Open Studios in the ICB in December and Marin Open Studios in May, engaging with those who value wearing a piece of art jewelry that expresses their individuality.

Studies include metalsmithing and enameling at Southwestern and San Diego Mesa Colleges in San Diego, California and completion of the Graduate Jeweler Certification and Gemologist Certification from Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts, San Francisco in 2003. Seeking to expand my studies I've recently workshopped with world-renowned jewelry artists Marne Ryan and Harold O'Connor.

debrajinman.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

I grew up with a spatula in one hand and a paintbrush in another, among a family of artists and cooks. I received my first watercolors at age 5, when I also observed my mother and grandmother transforming mounds of brilliant vegetables into delicious, comforting soups. I’ve blended the two together, as chef/author of 5 award-winning cookbooks and a mixed media artist. Today, I find making art and cooking creatively are both opportunities to be fully present in life, to pay attention to color, texture and composition. To be inspired by nature. To be so absorbed in tasks that time expands. Working in my kitchen or studio is an immersion experience, in a vibrant, reverent, tactile, visual world.

STUDIO 306A

PAINTER / MIXED MEDIA ARTIST

www.rebeccakatzart.com 

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 252

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

I spend a lot of time on the water in a sailboat. Creating art is a way for me to process the visual splendor spinning in the often colorful, watery and reflective world around me. I am drawn to textiles and often incorporate them into my paintings either for their textural richness or their often autobiographical reference. The processes of layering and uncovering, using transparency, line, gesture and color, fuel an endless visual exploration.

STUDIO 259D

PAINTER / MIXED MEDIA

pamelakogen.com

I am a gestural abstract artist, taking my cue from nature. My work is at once personal and universal, like looking out a window and seeing life through my own point of view, but knowing others will have their own unique experience. I am particularly influenced by the colors and energy of nature and the ever-changing environment. Line, color, shape, and movement all invoke feelings, daydreams, longings, and collective memories. In working abstractly the work is never fixed, but dynamic—one can see infinite relationships. Technically my paintings are organic, yet honed: Spontaneity and energy are just as important as deliberation, composition and application of materials. In working large, I realize the reach of my own physicality and fully immerse myself into each work of art. Look closely, but step back too. It is paint after all; but the fact that its application onto a single surface can reach the deepest part of our psyches is nothing short of a miracle and I enjoy being part of that transcendent experience.

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

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 237E

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

Stephen Mangum is a representational painter born in 1954 in Greenwood, Mississippi.  A graduate of the San Francisco Art Institute,  he works out of studios in Sausalito and Geyserville, California making paintings that vary among figurative, portrait and still life formats to document contemporary life in an expressive realism style.

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

Inspired by the beauty in the world around me, my work explores the relationship between the viewer and the viewed, the phenomenon of what is actually there, and what we are able to see, and the role of light within all of this.  

I find myself influenced by the diverse company of Georgia O’Keefe for her unique expression of seeing, Anselm Kiefer for his unbounded expression of emotion in what he sees, Monet for his exploration of light and its refractions, and Gerhardt Richter for his strident use of materials and his exemplary skills.  

In my landscape work, I am moving past the physical response to what is seen, and moving into the emotional response that is felt.   By using color, texture, and form in abstraction, a work is created that can stimulate the viewer’s own personal experience, enabling them to have a more personal relationship with what they see.

In my altered book series I strive toward the same goals, simply using a different vehicle.  Books by their very nature already invoke storytelling.  By using discarded books, I take this inherent meaning and add to it by enhancing the story with color and texture, breathing new life into them, giving them the opportunity to sing a new song.  In the tree pieces each is completed with one single book, an homage to the story and its author while returning the book to its origins of being a tree.

I offer a new perspective, or perhaps a moment to revisit one that had been put aside, a chance to slow down and find a breath of joy and compassion in what is simple and real. By re-invoking the viewers relationship to the viewed, perhaps we will return to living in the world, rather than on it.

STUDIO 278C

PAINTER

nancemiller.com

Tel. 415-444-6856

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

My work has always referenced the natural world and in my current work I use the photographic image as a point of departure. With a technique that uses combinations of old weaving patterns to infuse depth and motion into the image, I am able to challenge the viewers perception of that image. 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

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

In my paintings, I create environments comprised of both abstract and natural elements. I am influenced by geometry and am intrigued by the idea of perfect objects, such as Platonic solids. Yet as soon as I depict a geometric form, the mathematical aspects have evolved into something organic. 

On the conceptual side, my work is inspired by polyhedrons, tiling patterns, and parametric structures. On the organic side, I study root systems, plant architecture, crystal formations and geodes. These disparate but intimately related elements, such as a crystal cave and the properties of polyhedrons, compel me to compare them. Which aspects do they share? When do they create tension with one another? My paintings combine these elements and function as metaphors for actual environments, where mental constructs coexist with the imperfect reality of all things material. 

I particularly appreciate the abstract works of Wassily Kandinsky, Frank Stella, Ruth Asawa and Monir Farmanfarmaian, and the use of color by Henri Matisse and Richard Diebenkorn. 

When working, I paint freehand with only the occasional straight edge. The lines may appear “straight," but are not strictly so. This encapsulates my preoccupation with mathematical concepts as contrasted with physical expressions of geometric form, which reveals that while I can conceive of a straight line I cannot draw one.

STUDIO 207

PAINTER

www.aprildawnparker.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  300

PAINTER

sharonpaster.com

My desire as an artist is to capture the magic I feel when I witness an extraordinary moment in nature...or in people. I typically use bold color and texture to translate the play of light and movement in this quest. 

Studio 345A

painter

www.cathyrichardi.com

PAINTER

STUDIO  273

daniroach.com

My work relies heavily on color, nuance and movement which reflects not only the perceived intractable chaos of the world and everyday life, but more specifically the themes of turmoil, divisiveness  and most importantly reunification. I have always been drawn to intellectual and physical challenges such as entering (and completing) a triathlon, although I had not yet learned to swim, or going to law school with two young children at home and in the middle of a divorce.  Creating beauty, thoughtfulness and provocations through art holds the same challenge for me. I have enjoyed this topsy-turvy journey and I hope you will join me in.

Painter

Studio 346

ellenrothman.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
 

STUDIO 304

MIXED MEDIA

I'm a graphic designer-turned-painter. I find inspiration in random, everyday occurrences – numbers on the side of a rusty truck, peeling paint on a crumbling building or torn layers of old murals on a billboard. I have a passion for typography, composition, found objects and mid-century design. But, mostly... I find beauty and inspiration in the rubble.

www.tonysecolo.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

hilaryrsheehan.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

http://Instagram.com/danaspaethphotography

http://Instagram.com/dspaethpolaroids

Rachael knows monsters and has made an art form out of bringing them to life. These monsters, from the Squeeble family, are lovable and cuddly allies with names and personalities. After a lifetime of daydreaming and drawing them, she was inspired to bring Squeebles into the world using upcycled materials. With a curator's eye, she weaves a personality and story into each monster using pattern, color, shape, and texture. Her commitment to upcycling, sustainable materials, and employing local labour all speak to her vision of a better world, one monster at a time.

Rachael grew up in Sacramento and could elaborate on her life story, but recommends watching the glorious Ladybird instead. Making her home north of San Francisco with her partner and two kittens, she can often be found humming to her almond latte and thrifting for treasure in San Francisco.

STUDIO 355A

TEXTILE ARTIST

projectsqueeble.com

My main mission is to explore the relationship between what we see around us and what we experience internally.

It might be a certain light, cloud, the movement of the water that I observe and lay down in an abstract form as an expression of a mood or emotion.

My work is a mirror of the inner-life and a dialogue with the outside life.

My process involves painting on canvas with a range of media such as watercolor, acrylic and oil paint.

I use digital photography and printing to push the boundaries of my creative practice.

I take dynamic photos, often close ups, of my paintings to produce new abstract landscapes that may remind us of real landscapes. I work on composition and play with geometric shapes like square, circle and rectangle. Thanks to the flexibility of the digital process, my image isn’t restricted by a frame. I can assemble several images to recreate a larger more complex landscape.

I draw my inspiration from the many landscapes that I have encountered, from the windswept coast of Brittany where I spent my childhood to the radiant vistas of California where I now live.

Throughout my painting life I have been strongly influenced by painters with an interest in light like J.W Turner and also by painters who belong to the color field movement such as Rothko and Barnett Newman.

With my Art, I offer a meditation on color, light and movement that awakens our sense of interconnectedness and reminds us that we are all part of Nature.

STUDIO 347

PAINTER

marinestrage.com

I am a reductive abstract painter.  In work as in life, I am drawn to distillation and simplification.  My paintings spring from a restive desire to pulse through stillness and silence, to energize that which becomes stuck, and yes, to stir up ripples and make waves... When colors and contours engage dynamically and emphatically, they can capture and illuminate life’s fleeting moments, invite empathy, bridge disparities, reconcile dichotomies, and promise infinite possibilities.  This is a practice that is both liberating and restorative; I am grateful to travel its path, and privileged to share it.

STUDIO 345B

PAINTER

mimichenting.com

I use wooden typography blocks as the basis of my printing and I'm drawn the graphic yet imperfect quality of printing with these blocks by hand. Though I work with recognizable letters and numbers, I'm interested in abstracting these shapes and focusing on the direct experience of pattern, line, shape and color.

STUDIO 278D

PRINTMAKING & MIXED MEDIA

www.amytorgeson.com

My work is deeply influenced by my experiences flying airplanes. Whether piloting a commercial jet sailing across the country, or a small private airplane, looping and rolling through the air, my work reflects the motion, energy and ascendancy of lines drawn in the sky. 

STUDIO #346

PAINTER

www.louisevictor.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

My jewelry designs are an organic combination of sea glass, sterling and gold. Paintings are mixed media; primarily acrylic. Color speaks through all my work. I let each piece of sea glass or canvas reveal it's secrets as I develop it. 

STUDIO 210

JEWELRY ARTIST / PAINTER

SausalitoSeaGlass.com

Christine Wichman

Studio 360

Painter

Texture, shape, color and light make our world beautiful and interesting. Painting provides me the privilege of both capturing and recreating the relationship these elements bring to our day to day lives. Seeing- really seeing- is an art form. Finding beauty all around us is the work of the artist's mind. It all starts with seeing.  

www.ChristineWichman.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

Studio 335A

Painter

The world above me, provides an amazing palette from which to paint.  From majestic mountains and billowy clouds, to firecracker sunsets and sparkly galaxies, I plan to paint what my mind's eye sees.  My life-time work in the medical imaging field, especially in this fast-paced technological era, also provides me with inspiration that I hope to weave into meaningful and conceptual visuals of art.

My paintings are visual manifestations of an internal journey made external.  The art-making process for me 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.  Right now I have a couple different “voices” in my work—one is colorful, fluid, and mostly non-representational, and the other is more muted or even mono-chromatic, and has recognizable shapes and some representational elements.

STUDIO  112

PAINTING

katezimmer.com

IG: @katezimmerart

RAQUEL BALDOCCHI

DAN CASSIDY

SANDRA CHURCH

CLAUDIA COHEN

SUSAN FRANK

DEB INMAN

ANITA ISEN

CRAIG KOLB & JUDITH BANG KOLB

PHILIP MOYER

JOANNE SALZ

LISA SATO

VIVIANA SIDDHI

GAIL STERLING SMELICK

MILLIE ZINMAN