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A recursive architectural space in which chairs, frames, and patterned walls repeat infinitely.

Jacqueline Sarah Brown

Visual Artist

A collection of textile art on a white wall, including a mudcloth patterned white dress with a hooded scarf on a mannequin, a denim-style kimono with bright accents, and a framed artwork with a black woman figure in a colorful dress against a black and white African print background

Kimberly Antoinette

Fashion Designer; Fiber Artist; Mixed Media; Painter; Storyteller; Visual Artist

Karen Woldemar VanWinkle

Illustrator; Painter

This is a colorful 48x48 inch Mixed Media painting with collage elements.

Kaci Smith

Fiber Artist; Handweaving; Mixed Media; Visual Artist

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Kimberly Antoinette

Fashion Designer; Fiber Artist; Mixed Media; Painter; Storyteller; Visual Artist

Kimberly A. Ross (p/k/a Kimberly Antoinette) is a multidisciplinary artist and fashion designer whose work bridges visual arts with fashion design. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Apparel Design & Merchandising from San Francisco State University...

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John Barry

Literary Arts: Author, Poet; Mixed Media; Performance Art; Visual Artist

An author and editor by profession, I started producing visual puns with found objects in the 1990s. In 2011, I developed a technique I called trAction Painting–because of the need for traction and as an homage to Action painting. Using this...

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Teryn Brown

Fiber Artist; Graphic Artist; Illustrator; Instructor; Painter; Printmaker; Visual Artist

Teryn Brown, a.k.a. Lorraine Goldenhar, is a multidisciplinary artist whose work is inspired by deep ecology, women’s traditional craft and spirituality, and resonant neuro-aesthetics. She received her BFA from San Francisco State University in...

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Mark Coffey

Graphic Artist; Painter; Photographer

Mark Coffey has lived most of his life in the San Francisco Bay Area with a career in architecture, construction management and real estate development. Several years ago, he decided to try something a little different and began publishing an...

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Adrian Delgado

Painter; Visual Artist

Adrian Delgado was born January 9th, 1985 to Mexican-immigrant parents, and raised in South San Francisco, CA. Adrian currently resides in Richmond, CA with his family, and paints in his home studio. Adrian earned a Painting/Drawing BFA, with...

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Roy Fabry

Painter; Visual Artist

Roy Fabry is a painter who draws inspiration from abstract expressionism, Cubism, post-Impressionism, and Pop Art. He works mainly with acrylic, oil pastel, soft pastel, and oil pigments on canvas. He also currently experiments on mixed media work...

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Rachel Fite

Painter

I create oil paintings of animals. Please explore my website for more information!

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Saira Grube

Ceramics; Mixed Media; Painter; Sculptor; Visual Artist

I am a Concord California based ceramic artist and a member of the Martinez Art Association. I create wheel thrown, hand carved, one of a kind pieces. I gravitate towards creatures of all kinds and botanical motifs in my work. I also create...

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Denise Hillman

Painter; Visual Artist

Art has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. What began as a love of drawing has grown into an ongoing exploration of people, places, memory, and the expressive possibilities of paint itself. Whether working representationally or...

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Melchia Kutches

Mixed Media; Painter; Visual Artist; Papier Mache

I do come from an artistic family in picturesque Woodstock area, New York. My father dabbled in photography. My mother was an astrologer, created and painted her own decorative boxes, and made rock runes outlining astrological charts in the local...

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Carol Ligon

Instructor; Mixed Media; Painter; Visual Artist

Carol N. Ligon, Expressionist Artist, is a graduate of the University of Pacific, where she earned a Master of Education Degree, including other various Professional and Administrative Credentials. She was awarded the CA State Administrative...

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Frank Littman

Painter

I am a retired software developer and engineer. I took up art about 7 years ago as a hobby and this turned into a passion. I enjoy the outdoors and like to incorporate outdoor scenes in my paintings. I was born in New York but have spent most of my...

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Carol MacMillan

Painter

Carol MacMillan is a painter whose work has followed color across decades, coastlines, and careers, from early oil studies in Florida to abstraction on the California waterfront. Her paintings sit comfortably in rooms that want both a calm, quiet...

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Marvin Perry Mann

Painter

A Richmond based oil painter producing abstract landscapes.

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Leslie Ouyang

Graphic Artist; Painter

Born and raised in Shanghai (China), Leslie Ouyang began exploring Chinese brush painting at a very young age. She later attended Donghua University in Shanghai, Master of Fine Art program, majoring in Fashion Design. After immigrating to...

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Sara Pisheh

Ceramics; Fabricator; Graphic Artist; Jeweler; Media Arts: 3D Modeler; Painter; Sculptor; Visual Artist; Set Designer and Scale model maker

I’m a designer and maker based in the East Bay, creating handmade fabric jewelry using ethnic textiles from around the world. Rooted in Middle Eastern, Iranian, and Indian traditions, my work blends cultural heritage with modern style. Each piece...

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Raf Podowski

Mixed Media; Painter; Sculptor; Woodcarver

Raf Podowski is a surrealist artist and sculptor, and a scientist. He holds a Ph.D. in functional genomics from Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden and a Masters of Science in Engineering Physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy,...

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Jeanne Rehrig

Instructor; Mixed Media; Painter; Printmaker; Visual Artist; Textile Design

Originally from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Jeanne attended Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia for two years before moving to California in 1978. Here she attended the San Francisco Art Institute and received a BFA and MFA, graduating with her masters...

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Lori Rutledge

Graphic Artist; Illustrator; Jeweler; Mixed Media; Painter; Sculptor; Visual Artist

Lori Rutledge specializes in acrylic paintings featuring animals, nature and abstract art. She began practicing and studying art in childhood, when she developed a passion for the natural world. Lori studied art at City College of San Francisco at...

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Tatyana Ryevzina

Mixed Media; Painter; Visual Artist

I draw and paint using water media and recently have been enjoying making collages with painted paper and recycled catalogs. My artwork is inspired by nature and my own intuitive process around color and composition. I have been making art since...

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Pam Stefl Toki

Ceramics; Painter

As a clay monoprint artist, my professional art career began in 2002 alongside a fulfilling three-decade public school teaching career. I studied the clay monoprint technique in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with the inventor of this unique process, Mitch...

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Betsy Streeter

Animation; Illustrator; Literary Arts: Author; Painter; Visual Artist; Cartoonist

Betsy Streeter is a cartoonist, illustrator, artist, novelist, and East Bay native. Her work has been seen all over the world in papers, magazines, presentations, books, blogs, coffee mugs, refrigerator doors, and tattoos. One of her cartoons is set...

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Chelsea Tikotsky

Painter; Visual Artist

Chelsea Tikotsky is captivated by those fleeting, magical moments in life and nature—the kind we often overlook because we’re too caught up in the rush of everyday life. One day while running along the bay, Tikotsky found herself immersed in...

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Diane Williams

Instructor; Mixed Media; Painter; Visual Artist

Diane Williams is an abstract painter, educator, and curator based in Crockett, California. She earned her BA in Studio Arts from UC Santa Barbara, an MA in Studio Art from California State University, Sacramento, and an MFA in Arts and...

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