Cyd Burk is a revolutionary queer artist based in Oakland, Ca. Cyd do espaintings ( mostly abstract) sculpture, card making, photography, scratch boards, and multi-media work. We have been creating for over 50 years… we are not mainstream… we are in West Oakland. We have been showing our work in SF and East Bay since…
Jane Yuen Corich
Creativity is the through line of Corich’s life. She uses her art to reveal herself and to make sense of the world around her. She has been deeply entrenched in the world of abstract painting for at least a decade. The process of combining color, composition and mark-making she finds undeniably satisfying. The atmospheric character…
Roger Morgan Art
“I paint from nature. I love color. I lose myself in my paintings.” Roger Morgan is a native of Berkeley, California. For over 60 years, he has painted the mountains and flowers of California and the West. From the serenity of his backyard to majestic national parks, nature serves as inspiration for his works. Known…
JS Webster
My work is inspired by math genius Alan Turing’s algorithms that simulate organic graphic patterns in nature. These Turing Patterns I create on my own computer, using photos or digitally generated pictures as seed images. Finally, I combine them with hand painting or drawing on paper, and use them to create cutout paper and wood…
Jillian Shea
Jillian Shea (she/they) is a realist painter who is interested in light and classical painting techniques. Shea looks to 19th century painters such as Sargent and Waterhouse for inspiration. Their practice evokes a sense of nostalgia, working from personal life and experiences to translate memories into paint. These translations live on as art objects, an…
Julie Cohn
Artist Statement “I’m excited to tell you about three series I’m working on. The first is about the landscapes that emerge out of my subconscious with the flow of watercolor. My reverence for landscapes blossoms onto paper in a spontaneous way, and I work on small and large scale pieces that I call Spontaneous Landscapes.…
David Miller
I was born in San Francisco, and grew up running around in the hills of Pt. Reyes National Seashore. Most of my life has been spent in the Greater Bay Area. My paintings and drawings express my deep connection to this beautiful land, and my fascination with the play of light and weather across the…
Carolynn Haydu
Carolynn was born and raised in Los Angeles. She received her BFA in fine art from UC Berkekey and her Masters in Art from NYU. Her process involves hand painting paper, cutting and reforming the paintings onto wood panel. The method involves multiple layers and allows her to build texture, rhythm and sculptural elements. She…
Ann Ben Shalom
I have a BA in fine art from UC Berkeley. Having just retired from careers as a Sign Language Interpreter and then a Preschool Teacher, I am now devoting all my time to painting. I have exhibited in a show called Things With Wings at the ACCI Gallery, Berkeley. I paint intuitive abstracts and semi-abstracts…
Leonard St. John
Bio I’m Leonard St.John, originally from Chicago, Illinois. Born in 1943. My interest in art began at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Hyde Park Art Center. In 1966, I moved to Berkeley, California to paint and study History of Art. I painted a mural as an artist-in-Residence at UC Santa Barbara in 1971,…
Michelle Hou
In my work, I seek to capture the essence of a single moment. I like to provoke emotions, to compel my viewer to see the inner workings of their own consciousness and invite them to consider the emotions they find, within my work. My paintings reflect my desire to engage in an emotional exchange with…
Lady Henze
My art has only one basic requirement: color. All of my works are abstract, and color is what unites them. I could categorize my paintings and murals into two different styles of abstract work: one hard edge and the other expressionism. I believe these two different processes allow me to be the dichotomous person that…
Gustave Carlson
Artist Statement The ideas that I paint come from the agricultural landscape, particularly barns and farm like cabin architecture. I am drawn to the flat planes of landscape, exploring color and the study of my paintings over time. Richard Diebenkorn, Wayne Theibold, Hilary Pecis and Andrew Wyeth are among my strongest influences for my work.…
Elizabeth Wayman
Mark making is the soul freeing exercise in beginning a painting, as well as a way into a blank slate which can induce dread! I am on the 10,000 hour journey of establishing my own painting language, but with a steely determination and mostly joy on that path. Having had a career in the commercial…
Fernanda Martinez
Fernanda Martínez is an Oakland based painter and muralist; In her work, she incorporates nature elements as themes, organic shapes, bold textures, and deconstructed patterns to develop intrinsic narratives. Recently her practice expanded to sculptures, where she experiments with different materials to translate her distinguishable shapes and mastery in color into delightful 3D pieces. With…
Kenneth Wilan
Kenneth Wilan is based in Berkeley, California. Wilan’s styles include modern, pop, expressionism, figurative and abstract. He works with ink, acrylic, oil, digital and mixed media. Wilan’s paintings are available on paper, cloth and digital canvases. Wilan has lived in New England, San Fransisco, Basel Switzerland and New York City. His formal education includes Kala…
Susan Brooks
Susan Brooks: Drawing on Metal/ Building with Clay/ Painting my Thoughts I move freely between my mediums of non-traditional fine jewelry in sterling silver and gold, figurative layered paintings and drawings, and miniature ceramic and mixed media anthropomorphic sculpture called 1000 Objects of Desire and Mirth. I work mostly with the face and figure, decorative…
Linda Dittes
I live in the Oakland Hills and paint the scenery around the Bay Area. I have a degree in Painting from MICA in Baltimore but never had the opportunity to paint until I retired the years ago. With all the great nature Northern California has, I have endless subjects. Nature and the capturing of it…