Spanky grew up in Georgia and learned to draw and paint at an early age. He later traveled the south and exhibited his artwork of the southern landscape. He graduated from the University of West Georgia with a BA in Art, where he was awarded two Permanent Collection awards from Peter Augustini, a world renowned sculptor from New York, and internationally known painter Donald Cooper. Upon graduation, Spanky began his career as a graphic designer and colorist with a major carpet and textile manufacturer. In the mid-seventies Spanky accepted a designer colorist position in Southern California where he continued to paint and pursue his love of the local land and seascape. Most recently Spanky has moved to the Morro Bay area where he says “My peripheral vision of the central coast virtually dictates the color palette and brushstrokes onto my canvas.”  

Virginia Mack is a native Californian. She has been exploring and savoring the wild lands of the state throughout her life. She has been living on the Central Coast for 15 years. She is a part-time instructor at Cuesta College in the fine arts departments.Virginia works primarily in watercolors and mixed media and is a colorist at heart. She builds most of her pieces in a wet-on-wet process (wet watercolor paints on wet watercolor paper) resolving the pieces as the paper slowly dries. She creates the forms with rich colors that she plays off against contrasting colors thereby subduing them while preserving their presence in layers of color. She often mixes the watercolor process with work using colored pencils, pastel, charcoal, and pencil.Virginia received her education in fine arts at the University of California, Berkeley. She has taken additional classes at The California College of Arts and Crafts and in independent workshops. SHOW DATES:  AUGUST 1 TO  AUGUST 2018 OPENING RECEPTION, FRIDAY, AUGUST 10th from 5-8 pm FEATURED ARTIST Lower Gallery:  VIRGINIA MACK FINE ART WATERCOLOR PAINTING

Featured Artists:  PATRICIA NEWTON Opening Reception:  FRIDAY, JULY 13th, 2018  from 5pm to 8pm Type of Art:  FINE ART PAINTING Exhibit Beginning:  JULY 1, 2018  Exhibit Ending:  JULY 29, 2018 Location:  GALLERY AT MARINA SQUARE, 601 EMBARCADERO, SUITE 10, MORRO BAY, CA 93442 Event Contact Number:  805-772-1068 Artist Statement:  In Patricia Newton’s own words–  “Although my foundations in art began to develop as a child, I pursued a full time career and raised a family.  As it turned out, both of my adult children are very talented artists as well. Elusive as it seemed, art found it’s way back and has become an integral part of my life.  I enjoy painting the motion of surf and sea, and portraits that have some degree of unique qualities.  My style is representational, utilizing a glazing technique of many thin layers to create a translucent effect that provides depth and emanates light from my paintings.  I’m a member of Oil Painters of America and Portrait Society of America.”  

Featured Artists:  JARIEN DE HAM Opening Reception:  FRIDAY, JUNE 8th, 2018  from 5pm to 8pm Type of Art:  FINE ART CHINESE BRUSH PAINTING Exhibit Beginning:  JUNE 1, 2018  Exhibit Ending:  JUNE 30, 2018 Location:  GALLERY AT MARINA SQUARE, 601 EMBARCADERO, SUITE 10, MORRO BAY, CA 93442 Event Contact Number:  805-772-1068 Artist Statement: Jarien de Ham began Chinese brush painting in 2002 with a class offered at Cuesta College. Bird and Flower painting, one of the four genres of Chinese painting, drew her in. Then came Calligraphy and classes in China that covered Landscape and Figure painting. While we are a long way from China here on the Central Coast, many elements revered in China are here — cypress trees with their irregular balance, foggy atmoshpere, fish and birds which are subjects of her paintings.