SEA BREEZE ART GALLERY & STUDIOS | CURRENT EXHIBITS
CURRENT EXHIBIT COLORS GALORE
"Colors Galore" Prints by Deslys E. Robinson November 12 - December 12, 2009 Call for gallery hours 805.643.3973
Reception Saturday November 14, 2009 6:00 - 9:00 pm
First Friday December 4 5:00 - 9:00 pm
Ms. Robinson who resides during the winter months in Bakersfield, also resides in Santa Barbara during the summer. While in Santa Barbara, she works on her printmaking in her studio at Sea Breeze Art Studios located in the art district on Laurel Street Ventura. “Colors Galore” will be an exhibit of Ms. Robinson’s monotypes created over the years.
Artist’s Statement Colors Galore My first love in the visual arts has always been color. When I discovered printmaking (primarily monotypes) in the late eighties, I knew that I was home!
Although at one time I did large abstract expressionist canvasses, the colors I wished to convey always eluded me.
Time and motion seem intertwined to me, but alas, I am awed by the thought of atoms swirling and colliding, always in motion and yet seemingly static. Could this be another way of saying that color bursts upon us in seeming disarray? Or is this merely an illusion of a new dimension?
At any rate, though my epiphany occurred in the late eighties, I’m still hard at work at my print making which I continue to adore.
Artist’s Bio It has been said of Deslys that even as a three year old child she had a mania for arranging dresses and shoes in matching colors, because they would be prettier that way. She recalls that she wanted to be a dancer, but being an inventor would be fine. Though shoe polish had been invented she tried to reinvent it. As she was cooking up her “invention” a small fire broke out in her bedroom which taught Deslys to reconsider the business of inventing.
Deslys who resides in the winter months in Bakersfield, also resides in Santa Barbara during the summer. She is very active in the Central Valley Art scene which she claims is very active and rewarding.
Petroglyphs in her art have been an influence, but then so have all manner of other objects such as feathers, shells, shoes, serapes, etc., have also been influential. Folk Art from near and far has informed some of her designs. Deslys claims that the act of occasionally pulling a beautiful print while working at her press measures up to one of those rare moments in life when one experiences ecstasy.
Past Exhibits
DIA DE LOS MUERTOS
When
the veil between the earthly world & the heavenly plane is
thinnest, our departed loved ones are able to visit. Join Sea Breeze
Art Gallery & Laurel Gallery celebrate the fifth annual Dia de los
Muertos Celebration and Juried Art Exhibit.
Artwork on display by Andrea Vargas,
Diana Ferrell, MB Hanrahan, Ann Marie Simon, Kim Clarke, Paul Billock,
Bianca Rose Martinez, Jennifer Guernsey, & many more…
The Celebration! Monday November 2, 5-10pm
Festivities
include an interior Community Alter that attendees can contribute items
in remembrance of loved ones: Light a candle, place a photo, favorite
food, drink, or momento.
Live music will be performed by Xavier Montes www.xaviermontes.com.
A performance piece will be given by MB Hanrahan. And a collaborative
installation by Stacie Logue & Melissa Somrack will be on display
in Gallery 255.
OFF THE PLATE
The Inkspots of San Buenaventura will be showcasing their latest works at an exhibit this month at Gallery 255 in Ventura. They are a talented and eclectic group of resident artists at Sea Breeze Art Gallery and would make an excellent subject for a featured topic.
Some interesting points about the Inkspots:
Since group formed in 2007, collectively they have had three major shows and individually have been in twenty eight juried shows
Diverse group of artists, with varied backgrounds in health education, art therapy, microbiology, industrial design, motion picture and video production, teaching, photography, and fine art
L.A. Magazine and Santa Barbara Printmakers Group Articles
Members of the group have collectors throughout the United States and Europe
Will offer a limited edition folio of prints (one from each of the ten artists) during their show
Annual Salon Exhibit of Resident Artists, DECEMBER 4th - 20th, 2008
Resident Artists:Todd Bertola, Vonder Gray, Lloyd Heslip, Gaye Lynne La Guire, Lynn Le Tourneau, Jeanne La Rocco, Stacie Logue, Sandra McCullough, Annette Matrisciano, Monteve Miller-Clay, Lisa Moore, Deslys Robinson, and The Inkspots of San Buenaventura Printers Guild: Karen L. Brown, Donna Carver, Virginia Furmanski, Judy Gibbs, Tiger Huang, Leslie Plimpton, Betsey Quinn, & Monica Wiesblott
Fourth Annual El Dia de los Muertos Juried Exhibit
To view a video of this event, filmed by Steve Janak, click here
"Interwoven Circles" by Lisa D. Moore May 22 - June 28, 2008
Moore’s current work re-interprets needlework methods into wire and other alternative materials.
Lisa asks: "What do Spirographs, afghans, the orbits of planets, string art, and diatoms have in common? Centric patterns compatible with linear representations. Points plotted and woven together. Influencing this body of work has been the surfing quantum physicist Garrett Lisi’s Theory of Everything. He recently reconstructed color versions of a representation of E8 in the Lie Group. Upon seeing it rendered, I could visualize so many familiar structures and geometries that I lost count of them.
My pieces have also arisen by re-interpreting needlework methods into wire and other alternative materials, as well as making gestural correlations with images of diatoms, the single-celled matter of phytoplankton. I looked at a diagram for making Tenerife/pillow lace designs and suddenly recognized a diatom that had been photographed under a microscope.
Earth Day (April) through May 20, 2008
"Earth & Sky" - Juried Exhibit
Other artists participating in this exhibit include: Anne Marie Simon, Laurel Fielden, Ginny Furmanski, Erik Reel, Jessica Reinhardt, Kathryn Frey, Judy Plambek, Wana Klasen, Mary Meyer, Dorothea Heger, Lisa Skyheart Marshall, Harvey Steinberg, Christina Altfeld, Roy Coggs, Lisa Moore, Judy K. Suzuki, Sonya Burke, Mark Jansen, Lynn LeTourneau, Janis McCormick, Tristan Portillo, Ann Hall, Dahlia Riley, Monteve Miller-Clay, Gary Ryan, Avie Guttman, Karen Brown, Mary Gold, MB Hanrahan, Joanne Duby, Chris Provenzano, Paul Lindhardt, Rita McBride
February 28 - April 5, 2008
"Conversations: Dialogue in Color"
Featuring Monteve Miller-Clay
New paintings by local artist MONTEVE MILLER-CLAY will be on exhibit at the Sea Breeze Art Gallery from February 28 through April 5, 2008.
Miller-Clay’s current work is an exploration of the relationships of color through a series of observations and responses on canvas.
January 17 - February 23, 2008
"War Stories"
Featuring Vonder Gray and John Diehl
Ten new paintings by local artist VONDER GRAY and new sculpture assemblage pieces by local actor/artist JOHN DIEHL will be on exhibit at the Sea Breeze Art Gallery from January 17 through February 23, 2007.
Gray is an award-winning artist and actor whose paintings are in collections around the globe. Her current work is an attempt to tell the story of what happens to the soldiers and their families -- physically and psychologically – as a result of engaging in combat.
Moved by recent events in the world, Diehl began to explore his responses through plastic mediums, and they will be shown together with some of his photographs and drawings.
(featured above: "Weather's Fine, Wish You Were Here," by Vonder Gray)
November 29 – December 22, 2007
The Salon Exhibit
Featuring All Resident Artists
As the days grow shorter and we approach the Winter Solstice, Sea Breeze Art Gallery is winding up 2007 with our annual "Salon Exhibit: a group show of all the Sea Breeze Resident Artists."
Each artist has a section of wall to exhibit their work in a salon style. We hope to encourage you with our pricing for purchasing holiday gifts... or to start your own art collection! We will be hosting three receptions during this busy month to help you fit one of them into your holiday schedule!
(Pictured at left, "Red Square 1" by Monteve Miller-Clay)
November 2 through 24, 2007
Juried Exhibit: 3rd Annual "Dia de los Muertos"
This show was juried by Arturo Rivas, a local metal sculptor who specializes in Dia De Los Muertos artwork. Rivas also has a display of his work at Sea Breeze. (see below)
Local artist Stacie Logue has been the creative director of Sea Breeze Art Gallery’s Dia De Los Muertos Celebration and Juried Exhibit for the past three years. With the help of gallery owner/founder Sandra McCullough, Logue decided to create an art experience around the holiday that would include the community outside of the resident artists. It is the one of two options a year that the gallery allows outside artists to display in their space.
DIA DE LOS MUERTOS MASKS
The third grade students in Jock Scott's classroom at Blanche Reynolds School have experienced the wonder of having their faces encased in plaster bandages for over 30 minutes so that they could hold the image of their faces in their own hands. Artist Laurie Pegg-Scott welcomed the student's interest and vulnerability to open themselves to the challenge of this process. When we opened ourselves to something out of our comfort zone there is a true change to learn something about ourselves and about others.
These masks are modeled after traditional Day of the Dead mask designs from Mexico. This activity was done as a part of a multicultural studies unit within the social studies curriculum. Laurie Pegg-Scott '07
Students: Matthew Dettloff, Kristina Verduzco, Kayla Abbe, Jock Scott, Maria Castro, Jacob Harrington, Tommy McNairy, Hannah Rau, Kailey Ortmann, Megan Kane, Ryan Lee, Adrian Munoz, Jason Gaona, Ray Culbertson, Brian Jones, Jaden Rabago, Steven McDonald, Ariel Alvarado, Kiah Farquhar, Nikko Angeles, Kasie Spencer, and Bethany Sykes.
About DIA DE LOS MUERTOS: It is believed the holiday is during the time of year when the veil between the earthly world & the heavenly plane is thinnest and our departed loved ones are able to visit. While the name indicates death: Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) it is truly a celebration of life. It is a beautiful way to honor our friends and family who have passed.
September 20 through October 27, 2007
Linda Jordan "Mother & Child: Intimate by Nature"
Artist’s Statement
I have had many blessings in my life but the one that stands out over and above them all is the experience I have had as the mother to my children. It has been the one relationship in my life that has been the most fulfilling, the most rewarding, and the one that has given my life the most meaning.
I had both my children when being pregnant was considered a not so “pretty” thing. What inspires me the most in creating my maternity portraits today is my desire to change that image forever. Being pregnant is the time in a woman’s life that I see as the essence of femininity. It is when we are the most sensual, the most spiritual and the most aware of life itself. Pregnant women deserve to be honored so much more than our society allows.
Through my work I hope for a greater understanding and appreciation of what it means to be a woman, capable of bringing new life to this world. By creating images that reflect the absolute beauty and wonder of pregnancy, I hope to bring a new regard and respect to women during their physical and spiritual journey into motherhood.
Please click on the images below to view full versions of each piece.
Logue’s current work conveys a special connection to and respect for our planet. She uses her artwork as a tool to communicate the importance of stewardship of the Earth by honoring it.
Logue notes, “These paintings pay special tribute to our trees, which are such significant players in our ability to have a balanced and beautiful environment.”
Please click on the images below to view full versions of each piece.
“Moon Magic” 12” x 14” Acrylic on Brown Paper bag $450
“Moon Dancers” 7” x 14” Acrylic on Brown Paper bag $325
“Lunar Laughter” 7” x 14” Acrylic on Brown Paper bag $325
“In the Groove” 7” x 14” Acrylic on Brown Paper bag $325
Check out Stacie Logue's Resident Artist page [click here] Contact Sea Breeze Art Gallery for more information
"Earth & Sky" - Juried Exhibit
"Conversations: Dialogue in Color"
As the days grow shorter and we approach the 
