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Alexis Ramirez

Graphic Artist; Illustrator; Painter

Watercolor painting of a pathway to Asilomar Beach. Sand dunes and plants on each side. Monterey Bay in the distance.

Elizabeth Kennen

Illustrator; Painter; Visual Artist

A clay Xolo hairless dog covered in images by Jose Guadalupe Posada stands in the middle of a turquoise background with large orange marigolds, painted.

Lisa McElroy

Visual Artist

Sherry Cummings

Painter

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Miguel Barajas

Graphic Artist; Illustrator; Painter

Growing up in the Bay Area Miguel was influenced by the music, local sports team and the street culture. From his family’s taste a cultural upbringing to the modern and ever evolving trends and cycles that are in our modern world. Miguel finds a...

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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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Lawrence Buford

Ceramics; Illustrator; Painter

Lawrence H Buford was born in Arkansas and moved with his family to Northern California at an early age. He worked as a lithographer and master printer throughout the East Bay for over thirty years. After retirement he moved to the Napa Valley and...

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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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Jane Yuen Corich

Fiber Artist; Illustrator; Instructor; Mixed Media; Painter

Abstract painting has been the narrative of my artistic vision since 2005. Currently, I work in acrylic, acrylic mixed medium, oil, and oil with cold wax. I feel very comfortable, as well as challenged, with the process of discovering a painting...

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Rebeca Garcia-Gonzalez

Graphic Artist; Illustrator; Instructor; Muralist; Painter; Visual Artist

Rebeca Garcia-Gonzalez is an award-winning visual artist and long-term resident of Richmond, CA. Her interest in the visual arts began early, at a magnet school for the arts and the Art Students League of San Juan. She earned a BFA at the University...

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Linda Geniesse

Illustrator; Mixed Media; Painter

I grew up in Pennsylvania and from an early age loved drawing. I received my BFA at Syracuse University, majoring in printmaking. After graduating I worked at several printing companies before moving to the San Francisco Bay Area. Here I joined the...

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lee gorton

Fiber Artist; Illustrator; Instructor; Mixed Media; Storyteller; Visual Artist

A childhood of drawing Batman and dragons led to art school of drawing slightly less Batman, but even more dragons had led to jobs as a store artist for Tower Records, illustrations for local bands, zines, comics, and now as an instructional aide...

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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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Elizabeth Kennen

Illustrator; Painter; Visual Artist

Elizabeth Kennen, a Pleasant Hill-based artist, primarily works in watercolor. She’s been an artist since childhood, always encouraged in her artistic endeavors by her creative family, who were active in the arts themselves. Her love of nature and...

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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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Marina Omelianenko

Illustrator; Painter; Visual Artist

Marina Omelianenko is a Ukrainian-born watercolor artist based in San Ramon. Raised in Odesa by the Black Sea, she first began capturing the world around her through photography — drawn to light, texture, and quiet moments. Over time, watercolor...

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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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Rashmi Rao

Graphic Artist; Illustrator; Instructor; Mixed Media; Visual Artist

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Daniel Riley

Fabricator; Graphic Artist; Illustrator; Instructor; Mixed Media; Muralist; Painter; Visual Artist

Thank you for your interest in my work. I create modern contemporary abstract paintings most of which are heavily textured and organically composed. My paintings have been described as “creative energy”…”movement on canvas”. I paint what I...

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Mason Roberts

Painter

I’ve always loved to create and build tangible things. Something one could reach out and touch, perhaps walk through and/or experience in real time. This led me to a wonderful career in planning, designing and eventually managing teams to create...

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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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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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Dennis Yee

Illustrator

I grew up on a farm in rural Central California. I’ve loved drawing ever since I could hold a pencil. I’m mostly self-taught, with comic books being my first instructional texts. No surprise that I drew comics for a couple of years. I’ve since...

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Vanesssa Zakas

Painter; Visual Artist

Vanessa Zakas grew up in the Bay Area. When she moved with her family to Morocco as a teenager, painting became an expression of the colorful, unique culture she encountered there. She went on to study in Italy, where she was classically trained and...

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