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Past Exhibits C. Lynn Tegenfeldt August 5-28, 2010 Opening Reception on First Friday: August 6, 5:00-9:00pm Artist Reception: Saturday, August 21, 5:00-9:00pm  The next exhibit at Gallery 255 showcases new work by local abstract expressionist artist C.Lynn Tegenfeldt. Ms. Tegenfedlt’s new body of work is an exciting collection of color on canvas. Going back to her art origins of photography, C.Lynn starts with an original digital photograph and then deconstructs the image by mixing the color channels in a digital computer program. She extracts the hardness of the line by blending the pixels. She calls this process her inner GUERRILLA. The manipulated image becomes her sketch for her painting. From one “sketch” she paints several paintings with variations in color and composition creating a progression of large format paintings. This present body of work is a progression from an art show Ms. Tegenfeldt had with David Rivas in 2006 at the Ventura Artist Union Gallery titled “Clash of Colors”. All of the new pieces, which are variations on a common thread, were painted with oil on canvas and are large in format. Sandra McCullough July 9 - July 31, 2010  Gallery 255 will be exhibiting new work by Sandra McCullough one of the resident artists of the Sea Breeze Art Studios which she also founded in 2004. Ms. McCullough’s new work is a series of oil paintings. She has developed a unique surface of burlap and textured plaster on top of wood panel boxes. Her palette is in shades of pink and orange that is reminiscent of sherbet. One of the intrigues of this body of work is the juxtaposition of physical raw ingredients of wood, burlap and plaster to the sumptuous use of oil paint color. "Impressions" Stacie Logue June 10 - July 3 2010 Opening Reception Saturday June 12, 2010 5-8pm First Friday July 2, 2010 5-8pm  Gallery 255 will be exhibiting new work by Stacie Logue one of the resident artists of Sea Breeze Art Studios. Ms. Logue’s new work is a series of ceramic plaques. She has found a way to blend her love of textiles with clay. After discovering clay in college, she received a bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in ceramic art from Cal State Los Angeles. She has also worked many years in the apparel industry and most recently as a costumer. While looking for inspiration she started pressing burlap and lace in to slabs of clay to create textures. Then draping the clay over different forms she made the clay fold like fabric. Ms. Logue has developed a visual vocabulary in ceramics that is unique and recognizable. "Unknown Quantities" Vonder Gray May 13 – June 5, 2010 Opening Reception, Saturday, May 15 5:00 – 8:00 pm First Friday June 7, 2010 5:00 – 9:00 pm  "Earth & Sky" Juried Art Exhibit April 9 - May 8, 2010 Opening Reception Friday April 16, 2010 5-8m First Friday May 7, 2010 5-8pm “Earth & Sky” is theme specific to any imagery that supports the ideology of Earth Day. This includes political, environmental, abstract, figurative and landscape.  Seco "New Works" March 18 - April 10, 2010 Opening Reception Saturday, March 20, 2010 5-98m First Friday April 2, 2010 5-9pm The exhibit is a collection of Seco’s recent work in mixed media on paper in a small to medium format. Seco’s gestural drawings are of classical musicians and nudes. The drawings of the musicians were sketched during rehearsals of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, last November, when they were preparing Verdi's Requiem, under the baton of the Maestro Gustavo Dudamel   Seco has been a resident of Ventura County for 13 years. He is originally from Cuernavaca, Morelos in Mexico where he was born more then half of a century ago.He has worked with all kinds of performing artists and dancers, in pursue of letting his art portray the arts. Seco has attended rehearsals of the New West Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Santa Barbara Symphony and New York Philharmonic in order to portray his subjects in his paintings and drawings. By attending the rehearsals he is able to capture the movement of the musicians in his gestural style. Recently he had a show at the Galeria Chucho Reyes of the University of Guadalajara, Mexico. Currently Seco has an art exhibit at The Main Gallery" in downtown Ojai. Julie Merrill's Watercolor Students Exhibit "In.ter.pre.ta.tion" February 18 - March 13, 2010 Opening Reception Saturday February 20, 2010 6-9pm First Friday March 5, 2010 5-9pm Julie Merrill is the third generation of her family to call Ventura her home. Even though she has traveled throughout the world, Merrill still considers Ventura the absolute best place to live. After growing up in Ventura she moved to Hawaii and then to Sonoma County where she married and had her two children. While living in Sonoma County she graduated from Sonoma State University, working mainly in color and design.  Julie now lives at the beach in Ventura, teaches watercolor classes at Sea Breeze Art Studios, travels and paints as much as possible. Teaching watercolor, Julie says, is just about the most fun thing she has done. It is inspiring to watch total beginner students discover their creative side and get lost in their painting. Doing art helps to see things in a different way adding value and dimension to life. Parshall Terry "The Way of the Brush" Ink Painting & Chinese Calligraphy January 21 - February 13, 2010  "Colors Galore" Prints by Deslys E. Robinson November 12 - December 12, 2009  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. 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.  MEMORY/DREAM Jeanne LaRocco and Guest Artist, Amy Schneider August 13 - September 5 Reception: August 15, 5 - 8pm  Waiving PETE New works by Lisa D. Moore July 16 - August 7  PATTERNS Works by Todd Bertola June 18 - July 11, 2009  Through the Window New Works by Stacie Logue May 21 - June 13 www.stacielogue.blogspot.com  STREET AND STRUCTURE - A Shifted Perspective New mixed media works by Monteve Miller-Clay April 23 - May 16, 2009  TURBULENCE Vonder Gray and Erik ReeL March 28 - April 18, 2009  "Beyond Horizons" - SANDRA MCCULLOUGH March 6 - March 21, 2009 We Feed on Bread and Magic Annette Matrisciano January 15 - February 21, 2009 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 Fall 2008 "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 & Sky" - Juried Exhibit Earth Day (April) through May 20, 2008 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 "Conversations: Dialogue in Color" Featuring Monteve Miller-Clay February 28 - April 5, 2008 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. "War Stories" Featuring Vonder Gray and John Diehl January 17 - February 23, 2008 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. The Salon Exhibit Featuring All Resident Artists November 29 – December 22, 2007 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! 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. Stacie Logue "Moon Dance" 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.” |