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Plein air watercolor painting of shoreline trees in Pt. Pinole in May of 2025.

Maria Tuttle

Instructor; Painter; Visual Artist

Jayne Tucker

Fiber Artist

Rashmi Rao

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

Linda Huffman

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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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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Phyllis M Couillard

Photographer

When I started taking photos it was a way to remember the trips I took. Over time I became more interested in finding a new perspective to “see” from. I wanted to share what I saw in the landscape around me. For me, it’s always been about the...

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Jessica de Jesus

Painter; Visual Artist

Art has always been a big part of my life. Growing up, creativity was encouraged at every turn—I attended an arts high school and started at UCLA as a Fine Art major (though I eventually graduated with a BA in Art History… life happens). For...

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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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Warren Dreher

Painter

Born in Providence, Rhode Island, just after World War II, I started painting in the mid 1960’s. At the time I was a student at the Rhode Island School of Design. As a child I had grown up living in third and fourth floor tenements and was...

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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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Todd Gilens

Earthworks/Land Artist; Sculptor; Visual Artist

Todd Gilens is a visual artist and garden designer working with people, places, and ideas. Trained in landscape architecture, he uses drawing, photography and writing to investigate and express people and places. He creates projects that can be...

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G. Richard (Rick) Haley

Photographer

Rick is a distinguished contemporary landscape and nature photographer whose mastery has been honed over an impressive four decades. Based in the East Bay Area, he has made significant contributions as a photographer, workshop instructor, and...

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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 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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Lorna Lyle

Painter

Interested in art since that magical box of Crayolas and an easel with paints in kindergarten. And since retirement from a career in publishing and marketing, more of my time has been enjoyed in painting, being outdoors, and observing others’...

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Marvin Perry Mann

Painter

A Richmond based oil painter producing abstract landscapes.

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Erin McCluskey Wheeler

Instructor; Literary Arts: Author, Poet; Mixed Media; Painter; Visual Artist

Erin McCluskey Wheeler is a painter, collagist, writer, curator, and teacher based in Richmond, CA. Erin works in many series at once and across disciplines in painting, collage, works on paper, prints, essays, and poetry. There is always a careful...

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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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Sean Orlando

Fabricator; Media Arts: 3D Modeler; Mixed Media; Sculptor; Visual Artist; Immersive Art, Public Art, Placemaking

Sean Orlando is a sculptor and cultural project manager focused on experiential and immersive artwork that shapes our shared civic spaces. Orlando is the founder of Engineered Artworks, a public placemaking firm; Artifact Logistics, a fine arts...

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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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Helen M Patterson

Painter

My mother, Helen M Patterson, was a member of the Artist community in Pleasant Hill for many years. She used everything from oil to watercolors. As her son, I inherited her artwork, which has been shown around the community for years. I decided to...

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Barbara Pennington

Painter

“After retiring, I started painting. First, I took drawing classes with Cassandra Antkowiak, and then I took a class with Patsy Taylor to try different media. I settled on oils because of their richness of color and slow drying time. I love the...

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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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Jane Russell

Glass Artist; Jeweler; Mixed Media; Visual Artist; mosaicist

I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since retiring as a school psychologist, I have found delight in learning about and creating mosaic art. I was first introduced to mosaics in 2010 when I took a workshop, which was followed by many more...

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Deena Sheranko

Painter; Artisan Soapmaker

I am a SF Bay Area, California-based artist who works mainly with watercolor, pen, and ink. Primarily self-taught, my inspiration comes from the objects and ideas I see and experience. I translate my ideas onto paper, painting and sketching...

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