ART LISTINGS:  DECEMBER 2024 4 FEATURED ARTISTS:  LINDA BENCH, Drawing; DON DOUBLEDEE, Pen & Inks;  “LIGHT & SHADOWS” Group Painting Show with Jose Silva, Virginia Mack, Jamie Tobey, Atul Pande, Sandra Sanders, Patricia Newton, Joan Brown; HOLIDAY CRAFT SHOW, Small Works 3 Exhibits Beginning:  DECEMBER 1, 2024 Exhibits Ending: DECEMBER 30, 2024 2nd Saturday OPENING RECEPTION:  SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14th, 3-5 PM Location:  GALLERY AT MARINA SQUARE, 601 EMBARCADERO, SUITE 10, MORRO BAY, CA 93442 Event Contact Number:  805-772-1068 Gallery Hours:  11am to 5pm daily Upper Gallery Featured Artist: LINDA BENCH, Colored Pencil Drawing | DON DOUBLEDEE, Pen & Inks Drawing Artist Statement, Linda Bench: Linda likes to draw inspiring natural scenes—coastal panoramas, oak covered hillsides, flowers and wildlife. While she’s always enjoyed drawing and art, she learned to draw well while studying landscape architecture in college. In 1998, she began focusing her artistic efforts on colored pencil drawing, and has slowly built up her portfolio. Each picture takes about 20 to 25 hours to complete, depending on the complexity of the background. She starts with a line drawing, slowly building up multiple layers of color to achieve the depth and intensity she’s looking for. Linda lives with her family in the mountains between Morro Bay and Atascadero.\ Colored Pencil Drawing by Linda Bench Artist Statement, Don Doubledee:   Don […]