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After receiving my BA in biology from Stanford, I took a year off to apprentice at a local pottery and have been working in clay ever since. I went back to art school (San Jose State and the Corcorran) between lab and teaching jobs and now work as an artist/potter. The science background actually has been useful both in glaze chemistry and in anatomy for sculpture as well as inspiration for odd swimming and flying things.
In my paintings, I explore feelings through abstract figures and symbolism. Rather than relying on traditional transparent watercolor technique, I apply the paint thickly to create intense colors and textures reminiscent of oil or acrylic painting. Yet watercolor allows me the freedom of quick-drying layers that can be scratched for an interesting effect, and [...]
My photos are, more than anything else, about the kind of world I want to live in. A world with quiet places of beauty, places of wonder, places that make me want to drink them in deeply. A world with great diversity in all its forms of life, both plants and animals (including a [...]
I am from Paris, France, where I was born and raised. My belief that there is a drawing in everything takes me to strange places. I draw about fitness… body language… I draw my love for peppers, garlic heads, artichokes… I draw my frustrations … how I feel about death … a thought comes [...]
Starting in 1987, I have spent time in the deserts of the southwest. I am originally from California, but now live outside of Santa Fe on the edge of the Galisteo Basin. The southwest plants and landscapes have captured my interest. Survival in the harsh environment fascinates me. Images of those landscapes are ending [...]
My work on the Main Gallery website is in oil pastel. I also paint in oils and acrylics and make mixed media collages. While my work moves back and forth between figurative and abstract, I enjoy drawing and painting the human figure, exploring its rich possibilities for emotional expression. I have a studio in [...]
As an artist, I’m driven by an innate curiosity about images, materials and process. I enjoy experimenting with diverse materials to discover their potential for expression and researching the expressive or iconic possibilities within an image. My ultimate goal is to create works of art that are visually compelling, transcending image, material and process. [...]
“I am an experienced backcountry and photographic explorer. I grew up in Newark, California, and I’m strongly influenced by my grandfather, the photographer Lee Blodgett, and by the high mountains of the Sierra Nevada range. My photography features wilderness areas of the western United States and captures the light, scenery and intimate beauty that [...]
Having been born in Washington DC, raised in the United States and Costa Rica, and then living in Japan for three years, Irene Carvajal says, “My life has been one of contrast between the landscapes, peoples, customs and ideas that surround us.” During the time Carvajal lived in Japan, she was an apprentice at the [...]