As a native Californian, Carole McDonald started her art career working as a former script supervisor in the film industry and as a Disney Imagineer, where art was everywhere and discussed on a daily basis. Her oil paintings reflect the vibrant colors tranquil feelings of the Central Coast where painting for Carole is just working in the most beautiful place on earth.
Featured CRAFT Artist: LISA KANOFSKYType of Art: JEWELRY & SMALL WORKOpening Reception: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11th, 5-7 PM Lisa Kanofsky is a Central Coast Artist living in San Luis Obispo. Lisa’s amazing jewelry encompasses a mix of pendants and beaded necklaces accented with a variety of metals and other textures. Her small works are creative abstract paintings with various paints and inks to form incredible shapes and textures on the small canvases and boards that she works with. Lisa has been active in promoting her beautiful artwork and jewelry to locals and tourists coming to the Central Coast for many years.
SHOW DATES: NOVEMBER 1 to NOVEMBER 29, 2021OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH, 5-7 PM Upper Gallery Featured Craft Artist: HOPE MYERSJEWELRY & SMALL COLLAGEArtists’ Statement— Hope Myers is an award winning watercolorist, collage painter and jewelry crafts person. She has been creating her artwork on the Central Coast for over 30 years. Hope has been a Charter Member in Gallery at Marina Square for over 18 years, and has been active in promoting her beautiful artwork and jewelry to locals and tourists coming to beautiful Morro Bay for all of those many years.
Featured CRAFT Artist: ARDELLA SWANBERGType of Art: BOOK MAKING & MORE HANDMADE CRAFTSExhibit Beginning: OCTOBER 1, 2021 Exhibit Ending: OCTOBER 29, 2021Opening Reception: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9th, 5-7 PM Location: GALLERY AT MARINA SQUARE, 601 EMBARCADERO, SUITE 10, MORRO BAY, CA 93442 Event Contact Number: 805-772-1068Artist Statement— Ardella was raised in Garden Grove, California, lived in many locations, and relocated to the Central Coast 25 years ago. Ardella’s painting inspirations have been the subjects found in the many places she has lived—from living on a cattle ranch north of Cayucos to the beautiful harbor of Morro Bay, California.
Featured CRAFT Artist: STEVIE CHUNType of Art: MINIATURE WORKSExhibit Beginning: SEPTEMBER 1, 2021 Exhibit Ending: SEPTEMBER 29, 2021Opening Reception: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11th, 5-7 PM Location: GALLERY AT MARINA SQUARE, 601 EMBARCADERO, SUITE 10, MORRO BAY, CA 93442 Event Contact Number: 805-772-1068Artist Statement— Stevie Chun lives in a small town between Santa Clarita and Palmdale, California. She is a self taught artist working in several mediums and on many types of formats. Stevie is passionate about shape and color in her paintings and crafts, and uses minimal outlined forms to create larger formats on canvas, paper, ceramics and on a myriad of other surfaces.
Featured CRAFT Artist: Thomas MacKenzie BrownType of Art: TECHNICAL CERAMICSExhibit Beginning: AUGUST 1, 2021 Exhibit Ending: AUGUST 29, 2021Opening Reception: SATURDAY, AUGUST 14th, 5-7 PM Location: GALLERY AT MARINA SQUARE, 601 EMBARCADERO, SUITE 10, MORRO BAY, CA 93442 Event Contact Number: 805-772-1068Artists’ Statement— Thomas Mackenzie Brown received a BFA Degree in Art with specialization in technical ceramics from California State University at Long Beach. Thomas has studied crystalline glaze development and working with crystalline glazes has become his passion as well as being an Art Instructor in California during the past 20 years. His constant endeavor is in the subject of ceramics and he produces exciting colors and versions of crystalline glazed pieces that are well made, beautiful to look at and help add value to the understanding of form as it relates to crystalline and other glazes.
