The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Todd Taylor
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Todd Taylor
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"So much is considered Art these days...I try to sometimes express an
idea or sentiment through visual imagery, and sometimes it is the beauty
of a landscape or destination that becomes a mere background or
landscape for beauty's' sake. I would like to think my art and skills
are unlimited, beauty is everywhere." -Todd Taylor
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Todd's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART/Todd-Taylor
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Brad Delk
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Brad Delk
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Brad's conceptual paintings enter his conscious thought as completed
pieces. The unique vision of his paintings create a subtle conflict of
ideas, serving both humorous whimsy and serious thought. rad first
paints his background using acrylic paint on canvas. Then using models,
props, and photos for reference, he paints the conceptual aspects of the
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Brad's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART/Brad-Delk
 The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Lana Sokoloff
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Lana Sokoloff
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"How color affects me is an important issue in my paintings. Certain
color combinations can cause an immediate emotional response. This
might happen while looking at flowers, photographs in a magazine, or
simply selecting colors of paint that capture my attention at that
moment. I create my paintings outdoors, under the California sun, where
I have the freedom to work physically, without restraint. There is an
organic quality to the process, utilizing fluid color to create
movement. I never use brushes. Paint is applied to the canvas by
dripping, pouring and splashing, with water sprayed onto the surface.
Painting for me is about capturing the physical and emotional energy
that I experience while being completely lost in the process. My
paintings are open to interpretation. Each person will find their own
meaning in the work."Lana Sokoloff
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Lana's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART/Lana-Sokoloff
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Ananda Kesler
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Ananda Kesler
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"Sometimes it feels like there are other realms outside the reality we
occupy. Sometimes the veil between these realms is opaque, other times
its so transparent I can see to the other side. These paintings are
expressions of something that exists elsewhere in mysterious places. I
don't know how I find them, I think they find me."-Ananda Kesler |
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Ananda's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART/Ananda-Kesler
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Karen Dukes
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Karen Dukes
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"My selection of subject matter is inspired by distinctive shapes and
colors in nature. I love to paint all the brilliance and beauty found
in nature and establishing in my paintings a sense of movement. An
awareness of abstract design along with bright and bold colors are a
part of this process." Karen's colorful whimsical style of painting
brings smiles to many as they enter her gallery. Her use of bold colors
has been praised as "happy, intriguing, and vibrant." Her favorite
subjects include tropical plants, dragonflies, butterflies and
vineyards. Some of her most recent works have had more of a pop art
feel to them." -Karen Dukes
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Karen's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART/Karen-Dukes
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Robert E Reeves
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Robert E Reeves
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"My art takes on many forms: for functional and practical purpose and
aesthetic creation -- all a result of a deep educational background and a
strong interest and aptitude in architecture, design, planning and
construction. My work is fulfilling and rewarding on a spiritual level
and as a way to support myself. The feedback I've received over the
years is tremendous and helps nourish my energies as I search for ways
to express myself and meet practical needs in an elegant and sometimes
unusual way." -Robert Reeves
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Robert's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART/Robert-E-Reeves
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Hugo Sandoval
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Hugo Sandoval
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"Painting is a comfortable medium to me. It comes naturally and I paint
what I feel. I like to get something onto the canvas quickly so as not
to lose the feeling I have at that particular moment. I either do quick
sketches and then move right to the painting. As an artist I feel
symbolism is my favorite element in my own art. To be able to sign a
meaning and draw there own relation to that piece. In creating my
paintings, I try to create images that tell a story, or invoke a feeling
for the subject matter. My aim is to portray this story in beautiful
colors and tones that match the subject matter's mood. Painting is such a
pleasure for me that I can only hope that when I have signed my name to
a finished work, that it will bring pleasure for viewers somewhere,
sometime, someplace." -Hugo Sandoval
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Hugo's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART/Hugo-Sandoval
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Bruce Sanford Day
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Bruce Sanford Day
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"To me, creativity takes precedence over a
polished technique. The mood and feelings generated by my art are
important to me. Do I impart my intended emotion successfully? Did the
first impression, or feeling, still apply after a complete viewing?" -Bruce Sanford Day
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Bruce's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART/Bruce-Sanford-Day
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Boris Litvinov
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Boris Litvinov
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"I feel compelled to release the shapes
and textures of the stone out of their billions of years of captivity by
forces of nature. My sculpting process is a form of active meditation.
It helps to make sense of the chaos around the world. It feels right to
transform something as cold and hard as stone into smooth, fluid,
organic forms. My goal is to evoke emotion by creating abstract
sculpture that makes the viewer pause and be overwhelmed by the desire
to view, touch, feel, think, share, discuss, and possess the sculpture,
all at the same time." -Boris Litvinov
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Boris' featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART/Boris-Litvinov
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Rod Heiss
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Rod Heiss
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"After years of working in sculpture, I returned to painting to explore a
new vision for canvas. I began to experiment with thick lines of
acrylic paint. At first, the line between sculpture and painting began
to blur. Over time, a new language in my art emerged focusing on the
endless possibilities of lines upon lines." -Rod Heiss
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Rod's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Rod-Heiss
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Bryan Boomershine
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Bryan Boomershine
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"Inspired by the colors of our natural and man-made reality that are
made up of many layers and textures. Composition can be bold and
unexpected bright colors that combine warm and cool colors or soft and
sensual with the blending of different tones of the same color like blue
that is calming and peaceful as the painting draws you in. The use of
these abstract colorful palettes conveys the positive and beautiful
aspects of our everyday world." -Bryan Boomershine
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Bryan's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Bryan-Boomershine
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Doug Disney
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Doug Disney
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"I have a sincere love for Art. Whether it is in my paintings
or in my classroom, Art is seen to be enjoyable, fun, and personal.
There are stories told, sometimes more entirely than at other times, in my Artwork. From interesting locations, to personal activities, to
imaginary events, I individual look at life in my
paintings." -Doug Disney |
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Doug's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART/Doug-Disney
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist David Evans
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist David Evans
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| After retiring, David (Dave)
Evans became motivated to paint. Now committed to his artwork`, he
paints a few acrylics and watercolors, but strongly prefers the
challenge of plein air painting with oils. Although primarily self
taught, Dave has studied with several
excellent teachers and other professional artists. He has developed a
distinctive style.Dave's style is impressionist influenced, but brings
his own interpretation of color and design to it. He enjoys painting
landscapes and seascapes, but will paint whatever "grabs him". |
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David's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART/David-Evans
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Sorin Bica
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Sorin Bica
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paint because I have to. I am fascinated by people and the complexity
of life, by beauty and ugliness in equal measure. I am amazed by the
multitude of reactions we generate, the relationships we form, about the
happiness and sorrow that we experience, about the love and hate that
we are capable of. In search of balance, I peal-off the surface and
cover the core with lots of color and light.hence, my work." -Sorin Bica |
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Sorin's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART/Sorin-Bica
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Vonder Gray
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Vonder Gray
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"All my work has been done, is done and
will be done in the hope of leaving this world a more beautiful, more
empathetic and more hopeful place for having experienced that work.
Whether it be paintings, writing, acting or educating, I hope to make
the 'audience', the viewer a participant in the ride of a lifetime, to
experience the joy as well as the darkness and embrace them both!" -Vonder Gray |
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Vonder's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART/Vonder-Gray
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome Maureen McIntosh
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Maureen McIntosh
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"I am a painter. When I look at a blank canvas, I can start to imagine
all of the possibilities it can hold. I imagine colors, texture, and
forms running through it. There are so many ideas as to what my art can
become. My motivation for creating art is usually based on my emotions.
If I see something that affects me I tend to express it through art." -Maureen McIntosh |
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Maureen's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART/Maureen-McIntosh
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Joseph Demaree
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Joseph Demaree
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"I seem to have stumbled upon my own
style. I've been looking at paintings all my life. The movement, colors,
symbols, stories, distortions, lessons, personalities, tricks,
signatures, and strokes. What beauty! I seem to have tripped and landed,
face first, into my own style.”-Joseph Demaree
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Joseph's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaAR/Joseph-Demaree
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Hugh Schone
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Hugh Schone
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"My intention for my art is that it be
beyond pretty or even beautiful,so that the viewer experience a new
sense of mystery and enchantment that will wash from the eyes the dust
of everyday life, so that one is left with an enhanced sense of Self and
majesty that is the nature of creation itself.”-Hugh Schone
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Hugh's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART/Hugh-Schone
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome jewerly artist Kandy Elliott
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome jewelry artist Kaney Elliott
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"I am a self taught glass bead artist I have been working with glass for
the past 12 years. I love to experiment with colors and techniques to
achieve new designs and effects...glass and flame have ignited passion
in my sole." |
-Kandy Elliott
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Kandy's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART/Kandy-Elliott
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Katie Holmes
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Katie Holmes
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"While
I'm painting I feel as though I'm being transported to a different
place. The creative energy and exploration of the medium is exciting and
I'm always pleased to see what evolves on the canvas. My paintings are
not completely representational and have a touch of whimsy.”-Katie Holmes
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Katie's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART/Katie-Holmes
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Stephanie Leonard
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Stephanie Leonard
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"In my work I often find myself drawn to
detail as well as to focal points of light and dark. I am driven by the
unique movement often produced by objects in nature as well as by the
rustic aspects of the surroundings experienced in my childhood. But with
that said, yet, everyday I find new ways to explore and further play
with ideas and outcomes. Having made this wonderful artistic path into a
permanent one, I am now always inspired by what I can create into my
canvas with each waking morning.”-Stephanie Leonard
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Stephanie's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART/Stephanie-Leonard
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Ellen Benfatti
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Ellen Benfatti
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"When I work with paint, I am stirred
deeply to express life's experiences through color. My intention as an
abstract vibrational artist is to express emotion as well as story
completely through color. When I'm inspired to begin a piece I start by
visualizing a color palette. Then I allow my mind to relax and allow the
colors to appear one at a time. Once I have a clear mental picture of
the colors that are forming I begin to feel into my body and get a sense
of the story these colors would like to tell. I love what I do because
each piece carries it's own vibrational message. The most rewarding
experience as a vibrational artist is when a piece is complete, shared
in a public, and the viewer feels the vibration while connecting to the
story. I know a piece is complete and the story has been told when my
hand will not allow me to put another stroke onto the canvas!When people
see my work I hope they are able to see the colors of their own life in
a tangible way.I feel my art is a success when someone views one of my
pieces and goes from feeling disconnected from self to feeling inspired
and rejuvenated. I believe color is a universal language that everyone
can understand regardless of their educational background, social
status, gender, religion, or race. My goal as an artist is to unite
humanity through the voice of color."-Ellen Benfatti
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Ellen's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART/Ellen-Benfatti
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist K'lei Legerski
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist K'lei Legerski
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"I like the freedom in art, as much as I
like it in life, the sense of not being able to make a mistake and
participating in the process of something becoming, this is freedom
explored, the essence of collaboration, energy, idea, feeling and the
movement through the artist’s hand. One thing with creating art, is the
fluidity of expression just merging in that one moment, the unusual, the
simple, the complex, the spoken and the unspoken, all at once become
seen, then develop a voice in all languages; a unique song that sings to
whomever it desires; pure perfection.”-K’lei
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K'lei's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART/Klei-Legerski
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Michael Courville
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Michael Courville
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"If I could choose a term to describe my art, it would have to be
"Brightly Inspired." Whether the idea for a piece comes to me in a dream
or something I see in my day to day life, my goal is always to develop
a piece that is stimulating, head-turning and truly unique. I want the
viewers to be energized by what they see.I've always been captivated by
color and so my artwork is usually very bold, with multiple layers,
textures and shapes. This is the reason for my use of many different
materials. Often the media needed to create the look I'm seeking doesn't
exist at the art store, so I find myself re-purposing materials
discovered at craft fairs, hardware and specialty stores.You'll find
many of my newer pieces consist of a combination of new, recycled, and
re-purposed materials. When all is said and done, my motivation is very
simple: I want a show-stopping piece of art, capable of bringing both a
room and its inhabitants to life." -Michael Courville
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Michael's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART/Michael-Courville
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Delores Peffley
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Delores Peffley
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"Painting is very personal to me. I need
to feel a strong connection with my subject in order to paint.
Hopefully, as others view my work, they too will feel some sort of
connection, perhaps be reminded of someone or something."-Delores Peffley
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Delores's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART/Delores-Peffley
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Lindsay Carron
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Lindsay Carron
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"Hip Hop has a category called
"Conscious". If fine art had this same denomination, that's where my
work would be. I believe artists are some of the most conscious,
observant, and reflective people of our time. And currently our present
time is demanding more than a pretty picture to hang on the wall from
its art community. Our world needs art that reflects what its people
are going through, and suggests creative solutions and new perspectives.
Through my current work, I strive to be conscious and inspire
consciousness."-Lindsay Carron
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Lindsay's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART/Lindsay-Carron
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Basha Maryanska
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Basha Maryanska
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I paint mysterious landscapes, using luscious, rich layers of paint,
deep glazes to create three dimensionality and dramatic light and it is
all derived from memory, imagination, feelings and emotions, sketches,
occasionally life and various travels. To me the vibration of the
color and texture have a significant role in painting." |
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Basha's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at www.lagunaart.com/Basha-Maryanska
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Ken Christensen
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Ken Christensen
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"I try to glorify the mundane and raise it to a surprising intensity for
the viewer to recognize the often overlooked beauty surrounding us. I
am more a draughtsman than a colorist although I am mostly known for my
bold use of color in the manner of the French Fauves. I enjoy the
challenge and fun of trying different mediums and techniques. More than
anything I love working onsite where I am most capable of shaping
reality to create something beautiful. Great art is truer than real
life." |
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Ken's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART/Ken-Christensen
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Noel Madrid
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Noel Madrid
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semblance of landscape is persistent in my work. Focusing on memories of
familiar places, I work within a stream of consciousness to create
spaces that are fractured yet loaded with imagery. Although some images
may be more recognizable than others, it is the expanse not the specific
that is significant. I work with imagined, often exaggerated color.
When painting, I may close my eyes and ask "what would come next?" Using
a variety of media: ink, charcoal, graphite, acrylic and oil, I Work
simultaneously on large drawings and paintings; the distinction is not
always clear. Color and line vibrate and blur coming into focus now and
then to suggest imagery. Objects become stacked and compressed in
shallow space. Much like the reconstruction of memory, spatial
understanding and intuition intersect on the painted surface to create
an emotional response.I try to act with an expressionist sensibility,
combining physical experience and a wandering eye with a reckless hand.
When exploring the emotional connection I have to my personal landscape,
I find that architecture and natural forms maintain a lasting
impression on my psyche. Much like Van Gogh's cypress trees, aspects of
the landscape supplant living figures taking on a liveliness that rivals
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Noel's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART/Noel-Madrid
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Antoine Saba
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Antoine Saba
| Saba is your atypical professional, with
a diverse background and broad experience with a tenacity that is hard
to match. His penchant for creativity and life shows in everything he
does. After a long days work, Saba will come home and indulge in his
passion of painting. No two paintings are alike and their patterns have
created a style, which produces extremely irregular shapes and curves
called "Fractal Artwork". Saba Currently exhibits in many Galleries in
Orange County with hopes to share his passion with the world. |
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Antoine's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART/Antoine-Saba
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Laurie Blum
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Laurie Blum
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"When I paint I merge with what I am
painting and whatever comes out of me, I just witness that. This gives
me great joy. There definitely is a selective process at work and I just
paint what I feel drawn to paint from my heart." -Laurie Blum
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Laurie's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART/Laurie-Blum
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Maryanne Jacobsen
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Maryanne Jacobsen
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"Maryanne Jacobsen is a colorist and contemporary impressionist with a
distinctive and unforgettable style. I strive to create paintings that
capture the light and colors of God's very own magical canvas and sacred
palette, which He shares with all who choose to see His signature
beauty, light and vibrant color. Primarily a self-taught artist, my
works are being collected enthusiastically throughout the United States,
as well as Europe, Japan and Australia. Corporate collectors include
the Ritz Carlton in Naples, Florida. My signature style is that of a
vibrant colorist that tends towards contemporary impressionism." -Maryanne Jacobsen
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Maryanne's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Maryanne-Jacobsen
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Danna Tartaglia
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Dana Tartaglia
"My
work is about my lifelong passion for and connection to nature. To
convey the sense of mystery I find hidden there, I use its colors,
shapes, textures, and shadows as elements in my paintings. Although
seemingly chaotic, nature has its own structure. My response to
nature's movement and energy as well as its structure is what connects
and grounds me.In the process of creating these artworks I recapture my
original response to all that my world has to offer visually as well as
emotionally. It is this wonder and beauty I want the viewer to see."-Dana Tartaglia
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Danna's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Danna-Tartaglia
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Brian Simons
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Brian Simons
"In my work, I attempt to express
something more than the physical aspects of the subject. It is not my
intent to portray accurately what I see, but rather to allow what I see
to show itself to me. My part is to freely and joyously paint and let
the result take care of themselves. I feel that successful painting just
happens and the end result cannot be anticipated and should be very
surprising to the painter. The more the painter can 'not paint' so to
speak. the more space becomes available for this communication to take
place. It is a kind of effortless accomplishment whose success is not
measured by the work itself, but rather in what is stirred or evoked in
the viewer. Possibly, the real fruit of painting or art, is that it has
the power to awaken the sleeping artist within each of us. Thus creating
new possibilities for seeing and appreciating the beauty which
surrounds us."-Brian Simons
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Brian's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Brian-Simons
Another Victim of the Laguna Art Bandit!
From www.lagunaartnews.com. Posted on 1/16/2012
Laguna Beach police are asking art galleries to keep a closer watch in light of a wave of recent art thefts.
Kush Gallery was the latest victim. A $7,500 Vladimir Kush painting was stolen Jan. 5, right before Art Walk started.
In the fall, the Townley Gallery and Village Gallery reported thefts of a $2,000 glass sculpture and a $3,295 sculpture, respectively.
Gallery cameras caught the suspects on tape, and the owners thought
the two thefts may be connected, but police said they have no reason to
believe it was the same person.
484 North Gallery also reported the theft of a $1,950 copper sculpture in April.
Police have no suspects in custody, Laguna Beach Sgt. Louise Callus said.
Townley Gallery owner Shane Townley told the Coastline Pilot in the fall that he believes the suspect mistook the glass sculpture for bronze.
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Kim Jacobi
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Kim Jacobi
"Beauty
is all around if you just look for it. I see beauty everywhere. My
work is my expression of that. When someone appreciates my work, it
makes me feel as if we share a secret; that it speaks to them validates
my decision to become an artist at this late time in my life. The
thought that my work will be hung on someone's wall, to be looked at
every day, makes the time spent in my studio trying to interpret the
beauty I see well worth the frustration and angst of trying to "get it
right." My work is about colors that make me feel good and images that
make me smile.I am intrigued with the interplay between wax and dye on
fabric. The nature of batik is so fluid and organic; it directs the
design. The fact that it is an ancient art form and that the tools I
use are virtually the same as those used a thousand years ago grounds
me. Each day I can't wait to melt wax and get my hands covered in dye
again. !t has become my passion. Sometimes it feels like I have wax
running through my veins."-Kim Jacobi
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Kim's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Kim-Jacobi
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Laara WilliamSen
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Laara WilliamSen
"I
am moved to transform my interior emotions, visions and my gathering of
experiences onto the canvas. I work in the moment and usually with my
fingertips. I have created work that I intended to be uplifting and I
have also made art that I wanted to be confrontational with the
intention of affecting social changes. Once I have completed a
painting, the viewer may gather what they wish to from it as I believe
the painting when finished has a life of it's own."-Laara WilliamSen
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Kaki's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Laara-WilliamSen
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Teri Levine
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Teri Levine
"By working to make color and light
dance,I choose to focus on that part of humanity which offers hope,
light, and promise. Gauguin once wrote about color as the language of
the listening eye, that which helps our imagination soar with inner
power and mystery. From the beginning of my explorations, color has
always been my driving interest, and the primary power in my work.By
using oil and acrylic paints as my surface, I create paintings
emphasizing color juxtapositions and interactions. The flow of color and
line, shape and form
become intricately interwoven as translucent and opaque layers of glaze
are laid down. Each layer creates new forms that I respond to in making
the painting.I strive to combine expressionism with cubism and yet make
the paintings understandable to the art critic and casual viewer. My
work speaks to the universal human tendency to appreciate beauty and to
find meaning in abstraction. The appreciation of the beautiful is an
essential aspect of humanity, and there is a positive, almost spiritual
energy involved in the experience of the beautiful."-Teri Levine
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Teri's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Teri-Levine
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome talented abstract artist Julie B. Montgomery
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Julie B. Mongomery
Julie B. Montgomery's works are often featured on national television shows, film, and advertising. 2011 included Jane By Design, Prime Suspect, Body of Proof, Whitney Cummings,Savages,Buick, Parenthood,90210,House of Lies,Nationwide, Law and Order,Rules of Engagement,Raising Hope, Oxygen,Leverage, Fiona's Tale,Miller Lite, L'Oreal, Coalesse, My Mother's Curse,Lie to Me, Friends with Benefits, The Lincoln Lawyer, Horrible Bosses, Universal Studios, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, My Mother's Curse, Coalesse, Rules of Engagement, Oxygen, Fiona's Tale, Raising Hope, Leverage, Lemon Drop, Transformers III, Think Like a Man, The Big C, and Nine Lives of Chloe King.
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Julie's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Julie-B-Montgomery
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome silk artist Kaki Steward
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome silk artist Kaki Steward
"I call my paintings "silkweeds" where colors and lines are neither inside nor out. They simply encounter one another. Most of the time I use Jacquard silk, which has a pattern or texture woven into the fabric. The dyes adhere differently to the raised pattern detail creating an added dimension. Since I'm painting "wet-on-wet, the colors merge or encounter one another thus creating even more colors as well as layered combinations. I have also incorporated the ancient Japanese technique of Shibori to achieve additional layers. After steaming the piece I create a scarf, a stretched canvas, a hanging or a set of note cards. Scraps have been known to reappear in odd three-dimensional pieces."-Kaki Steward
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Kaki's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Kaki-Steward
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome jewelry artist Michele Caruso
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome jewelry artist Michele Caruso
"As an artist, i feel it is my duty to
bring forth the truly unique. I want to show the world something they
have never seen before, and also something they have never even 'thought
about' before. With my choices of materials, colors and arrangement, I
want to draw the viewer in and encourage them to ponder what they're
seeing."-Michele Caruso
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Michele's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Michele-Caruso
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist MarHak
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Marhak
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"I
got into arts as a Collector and an Art Promoter. I would spend most of
my leisure time with my family kids and Artist friends. Love of
Creation made me a Lifetime student..Holding jobs and going to school at
the same time became my task of Life. Meanwhile I would teach myself
how to play guitar and paint. Seeing that self teaching didn't take me
too far I took private guitar lessons and got admitted to Glendale
College where I mastered my knowledge in design,drawing and painting.
Painting and composing music have definitely brought me back to my pure
innocent feelings of Love. Art has become the pure answer of my life.
Art is Love and Love is God and now I am alone with my Art."-MarHak |
MarHak's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/MarHak
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Lynn LeTourneau
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Lynn LeTourneau
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"Every canvas I paint creates a window
for self-discovery. Working abstractly allows the power of the
unconscious to emerge and I rely on my intuition, instincts and body to
guide me. In this soul/process of discovery cellular memories, natural
landscapes and archetypal images emerge. I experience myself as if I was
on an archeological dig where symbols and colors can flow and tap into
the stories and myths we live out. Working in layers adds history and
depth to each piece. I paint predominately in oils and also enjoy a
mixed media technique of layering paper onto the canvas. In addition to
various brush techniques, I use the palette knife and mediums to sculpt
the paint."-Lynn LeTourneau
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Lynn's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Lynn-LeTourneau
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Elena Feliciano
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Elena Feliciano
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"As an artist I find it difficult to
remain on one subject or style continuously. People are born with an
endless range of emotions within ourselves and so many times are
unpredictable. My painting tends to take the same unexpected turns and I
just go with it, lending my hand as the voice for my canvas."-Elena Feliciano
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Elena's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Elena-Feliciano
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Sheryl Knight
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Sheryl Knight 
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"I am a plein air representational artist,
best known for my vibrant oil paintings and strong expressive style. I
have lived on the California Central Coast most of my life, but grew up
in Northern California where I learned to love nature and the outdoors.
By far my favorite subject is the landscape around me, often including
architecture for added interest.I enjoy painting the beauty of my
surroundings, especially portraying the seasons and capturing the color,
the light, and the mood of the scene."-Sheryl Knight
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Sheryl's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Sheryl-Knight
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome photographer Larry McManus
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome photographer Larry McManus
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"While shooting aircraft over the years,
he came to the realization that shooting air to air and getting the
right angle, background and detail consistently was expensive, time
consuming and impossible. So calling on his skills as a designer, he
created a photo illustration technique that allows him to design and
create beautiful large format detailed aircraft images just the way he
envisions them. "-Larry McManus
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Larry's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Larry-McManus
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Amy Martinson
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Amy Martinson
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"My passion for photography began at a
young age when my father introduced me to it. The natural ability to see
the world through the camera soon expressed my creativity in some of
the most amazing photographs ever taken. By traveling and exploring
undiscovered places, I have captured some of the most beautiful
landscape scenery that our planet has to offer. I can feel it when I see
the perfect shot. A good photographer is entranced by the moment, the
exact moment when an amazing photograph can be captured. My photographs
are the result of majestic landscape scenery, the perfect lighting, and
the coalition of colors that surround our world. A sense of excitement
overcomes me when I discover that special instant that I know will take
people to another place. My photographs are a medium by which your
imagination takes you to that ultimate escape. An escape from the
ordinary life of the modern world into the remote natural world that has
been created over millions of years. My photographs are the means by
which to pull out something beautiful from inside you. I believe that we
all have that special drive within us." -Amy Martinson
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Amy's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Amy-Martinson
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Laurie Brinkmann
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Laurie Brinkmann
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"I grew up with a tremendously artistic family. Surrounded by creative
people all my life, I have learned that art is a form of self
expression. When I create a mosaic I concentrate on texture, scale and
color. I truly enjoy using different elements outside of the box. I add
elements such as metal, wood, stone, reverse painted glass and jewelry.
On commission pieces I sometimes add personal items from the client
which creates an emotional attachment. After years of working in the
interior design industry I realized that my mosaics work well as an
architectural and design element to any project." |
-Laurie Brinkmann
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works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Laurie-Brinkmann
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Heather Valentin
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Heather Valentin 
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"I began at a very young age to express
myself creatively through movement. For many years I studied dance being
drawn to forms that allowed creative self expression. All the while
feeling this constant urge to create with my hands. The canvas is now my
dance floor where color, beauty and drama are expressed through my
every brush stroke. My subjects vary from fairies, fantasy, mermaids,
vampires, dragons, wildlife, abstract and more. I am one who is inspired
in a single moment. My dreams, my moods and the beauty of the world
unfolding around me is what charts my dance for the day. I am so alive
when I paint, creating timeless pieces that reflect my heart and soul.
Painting breathes life into my soul.It enables me to reach out and touch
lives ..... and this gives me a place in the world."-Heather Valentin
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Christine's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Heather-Valentin
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Christine Krainock
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Christine Krainock 
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"I paint contemporary, abstract palette
knife paintings in an impasto style which allows for the creation of
texture and depth in my paintings. The majority of my work is abstract
florals, blossoming trees, and landscapes all full of texture and
movement. I am inspired by nature and the textures, light, shapes, and
beauty found within it. I have always been mesmerized by the colors,
light, shadows and the organic textures found outdoors....I pride myself on painting unique pieces
which I myself would love to display or feel proud to see displayed. I
only use the highest quality artist materials so that you are guaranteed
your original piece of art will last a lifetime. If a person looks at
my work, and it puts a smile on their face, then I have met my goal."-Christine Krainock
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Christine's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Christine-Krainock
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome photographer Zsuzsanna Luciano
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome photographer Zsuzanna Luciano 
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"I have two great loves, painting and
photography, both which I started more than 15 years ago. I worked full
time with acrylics and oils for many years but our world is changing so
quickly that in order to preserve it in my own way I had to put down the
brush and taken up the lens as my full time passion, conservation
photography. I wish to pass down to future generations what is rapidly
disappearing before our very eyes. I was born in Budapest Hungary and
have now lived in the USA for the past 10 years. I travel often between
Budapest and the USA for my family and for my passion, which is
photography. Some of my favorite spots to shoot are Venice, The Blue
Ridge Parkway, Florida and any place a waterfall might be."-Zsuzsanna Luciano
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Zsuzsanna's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Zsuzsanna-Luciano
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Kristen Romney Hubbs
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Kristen Romney Hubbs 
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"I am painting the Invisible - the
Energy of Life. The human form is recessed into black and white, and the
Unseen Energy of that moment is materialized in full color. My hope as
an artist is to remind people of the reality of the aura of energy that
surrounds all of us on a continual basis. Moments in time determine the
colors, shades, moods, and form of that energy. Albert Einstein proved
that an average-sized adult contains 7 x 1018 joules of potential energy
within them -the force of thirty very large hydrogen bombs. He proved
that everything has this kind of energy within it. I am painting this
energy." -Kristen Romney Hubbs
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Kristen's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Kristen-Romney-Hubbs
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Chien Ngo
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Chien Ngo 
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"It is minimal yet very involved" I want to create art that is
un-reproducible, by man or machine in present time or in the future. The
intention is the further into the future the harder to duplicate. Not
only is the art in the front but also of the backside of the composition
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Chien's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Chien-Ngo
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Peter Hemming
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Peter Hemming 
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was born in Los Angeles but grew up in Laguna Beach. After learning to
scuba dive I bought an underwater camera and began recording the marine
life and kelp forests I encountered. I submitted images and stories to
various dive magazines of the day and began getting published. After
college, lots of travel and several jobs, I settled onto the Monterey
Peninsula in Northern California and resumed my photo career. 20 years
later my photographs have been published by many periodicals throughout
the world. My work has been displayed at the Smithsonian Museum of
Natural History, I am sponsored by Lowepro and Lexar and have become a
featured photographer for NIKON. Funny where life takes you." -Peter Hemming
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Peter's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Peter-Hemming
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Fariba Ghaffari
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Fariba Ghaffari 
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While in architecture school, I
particularly enjoyed explaining my designs through colorful renderings
and presentations.
Now, years later, I still find color to be my best tool of
communication. Although what I am trying to communicate has changed
immensely. I went through years of no expression after I left
architecture. I used to do very small colorful paintings in pastel after
seeing a great modern dance performance when I was so inspired that I
could not contain it. Containment is what I did with all my creative
expressions for years..........It wasn't until memorial day few years
ago that I decided to do a painting as an homage to the two mentors I
had lost that year. These two men were: Ingmar Bergman whose writings
and movies had been contributing to my intellectual growth since I was
19, and Robert Rauschenberg whose paintings had been stimulating my
creative mind for years........" -Fariba Ghaffari
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Fariba's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Fariba-Ghaffari
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Kiki Curry
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Kiki Curry 
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With my art, I bring the invisible world
of imagination into visual expression of a universal truth. Beauty. My
goal is to create the visions of my true nature sharing my spiritual
journey on canvas of inner visions. It is my desire to provoke a
'feeling' as well as a mere object of expression. I intend to connect
the observer that 'feeling' of creativity, which lifts me and brings me
joy. Enjoy the viewing and experience my bliss. "The Ever-flowing
fountain of creativity is always there for those who thirst for IT'S
sweet taste" -Kiki Curry
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Kiki's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Kiki-Curry
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Phyllis Stapler
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Phyllis Stapler 
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"The mystery and wildness of animals is
the inspiration for my work. Plant, animal forms and background shapes
interlock creating compositional as well as emotional tension. Often
arrangements of repeating shapes can be found in both the positive and
negative spaces. Through content and these formal elements I hope to
represent the interrelatedness of nature and life. I identify with the
survival instincts of my subjects, and with their vulnerability. In my
need for serenity I create a safe place for them. While maintaining
respect for the cycles of the natural world, the instinct to keep the
wolf away from the door prevails." -Phyllis Stapler
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Phyllis's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Phyllis-Stapler
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Roger Manley
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Roger Manley 
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"I use
the painting process as a visually dialectic tool. The process itself
can be abstract as juxtaposed images and text can assume a variety of
implied meanings and relationships. I use juxtapositions of eclectic
images and ideas in which could be described as classically post-modern.
A dichotomy of techniques, both classical and modern mirror the
philosophical subtext, i.e. language problems, identity issues, etc.
Aesthetically I am interested in an interplay between figurative
representation and abstract concepts, such as text, algorithms,
equations etc.." -Roger Manley
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Rogers's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Roger-Manley
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Adam Townsend
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Adam Townsend 
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"I have
developed a style that coalesces my experiences as one familiar with
the technicalities of music, and as one who earns his bread as a
journalist. I try to incorporate the free form of improvisational jazz,
while keeping the meticulous aesthetic of a newspaperman obsessed with
accuracy and minutiae. My art is informed by photography, but not
enslaved by it. My compositions are informed by the abstract, but my art
is the opposite of abstract. Balance is what I search for--between
light and shadow, between opposing forms and among the vibrant colors I
employ." -Adam Townsend
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Adam's featured
works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Adam-Townsend
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Irena Orlov
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Irena Orlov 
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"My art is a response of my soul to the reality. I
create an emotional space through visual abstract images. I'm curious in
everything where I see energy of life. I see boundless and unforgettable
opportunities of conveying real space for imagination and creating a new one. I
try to develop an emotional and visual horizons of perception through my
artworks as much as I constantly search for images that appeal to participation
and emotional experience. This is an improvisation of reflections, feelings as
well as definite and indefinite actions during the process of creation. Each of
the improvisations merges into a specific form of art at the specific period of
time." -Irena Orlov
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works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Irena-Orlov
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome photographer Chris Dabagian
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome photographer Chris Dabagian 
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"I have
a lifelong desire to explore new areas and a deep respect for the
design process. After graduating from American University with a BS in
Criminology, I moved to Manhattan to attend FIT to study fashion design
and began a career in textile design. Working for a large clothing
company, I had the opportunity to travel extensively to Europe and Asia
for research and design. Later, I attended Parsons School of Design and
received a degree in interior design. These experiences, along with
subsequent studies in painting and photography gave me the foundation
and creative energy to pursue art. My goal is always the same -- to
capture something I consider beautiful, in natural light, in a soft,
dreamy way." -Chris Damagian
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Chris's featured works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Chris-Dabagian
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Kristin Fritz
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Kristin Fritz 
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"In our lives, we ebb and flow constantly between perceived opposites.
We reside in shades of gray - things are never purely black or white,
good or bad, easy or difficult. Without night, we could not comprehend
day; without black, we would not recognize white. And although we
instinctively recoil, it is also true that without pain, we would not
know joy; without death, we would not live life. Opposites are not
adversaries but allies, defining and giving meaning to one another. The
orbs in my work are symbolic of the whole of things. With no beginning
or end, each orb represents two poles, and every point that lies in
between, as one mysterious whole. We are always at some point along the
continuum, within the orb - constantly assessing and weighing where we
are, where we want to be, and where we think we ought to be. Whether
falling in love or grieving a death, by leaning deeper into each
sensation or experience, we lean into its opposite as well. And by doing
so, we expand to a place of greater balance, and sometimes a place of
repose. This is the eloquence of life - this is the perspective I strive
to portray in my work." -Kristin Fritz
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Kristin's featured works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Kristin-Fritz
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Tatiyana Kraevskaya
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Tatiyana Kraevskaya 
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"Art is
a spiritual language I use to communicate with people, no matter what
language they speak. My work is about reaching every single heart by
touching the deepest sanctuaries of the human soul. I invite viewers of
my paintings to feel a higher awareness of light & reality." -Tatiyana Kraevskaya
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Tatiyana's featured works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Tatiyana-Kraevskaya
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Eric Akcevak
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Eric Akcevak 
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"My sculptures and paintings use organic forms and surfaces as a
counterpoint to more precise processes and components. In my paintings,
colors and exacting compositions structure an organic subsurface. The
"collage canvases" are free form in spirit and use random mixes of
materials to create a colorful and textural sketch for the paintings.
The textures and materials of the canvas are an integral part of the
process and of the final painted surface and subject. In my sculptures,
tooled elements define and present an organic core. The natural core
form is refined as needed and the supporting elements are shaped using a
variety of tools. Natural elements and characteristics within are
preserved to help sketch its form and preserve its character. Different
types of wood and other elements are mixed within each sculpture in the
spirit of the randomness of the creative process and of life." -Eric Akcevak
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Eric's featured works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Eric-Akcevak
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Patrick Blythe
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Patrick Blythe 
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"For me, creating art has been an
evolutionary process spanning decades of work in metal, paint, and
glass. My glass work applies the skills developed working in paint and
metal with the time-honored traditions of great glass makers. Light is
an essential element of my art, from conception to completion. My kilns,
welders, saws, grinders, and polishers are all solar powered, thus
natural light plays an integral role in both the production process and
as the raw material in my finished works of art. I view light as a
sculptural medium, and glass as an instrument to manipulate and
translate light. I use properties of refraction and reflection to create
visions that attract the eye and stimulate the senses. My knowledge of
the beautiful natural environment of Southern California informs my
artistic vision. Influenced by the simplicity of minimalist aesthetics
and the geometric forms of early modernism my work conveys the sensual
properties of glass and bronze." -Patrick Blythe |
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Patrick's featured works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Patrick-Blythe
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Albert Martinez
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Albert Martinez 
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"While taking a children's art workshop at the De Young Museum, San
Francisco, at age seven, I liked the atmosphere and environment of the
museum; I was in awe of it and I decided I wanted to make art my life.
Drawing and art always came to me naturally. I attended the California
College of Fine Arts and devoted myself to oil painting on canvas."-Albert Martinez |
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Albert's featured works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Albert-Martinez
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Michele Collier
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Michele Collier 
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"I look for the edge where consciousness
leaves judgment behind. I want to cultivate that moment in the creative
process when I trust my inner self completely. I draw upon my own life
experiences with the sure and perfect knowledge that others have felt
this way. Clay is a medium like no other. In slab form It can be
stretched, compressed twisted and torn to match the image I hold in my
imagination. I work to preserve the fluidity of the slab and manipulate
it to express the figure in motion. The clay remembers every touch and
faithfully preserves the evidence of it's birthing process." -Michele Collier |
Michelle's featured works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Michele-Collier
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Mariana Sain-Morar
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Mariana Sain-Morar 
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"The majority of my work done in Romania
does not easily reveal itself to the hurried viewer. These paintings
have hidden connotations, although always a message based on general
human values, which could not be freely expressed in a totalitarian
regime. Scenes of everyday life acquire expressionist and dramatic
nuances, the chromatic palette usually being based on deep, grave tones,
seldom touched by light tones, used not to solve the mystery but to
accentuate it. Still there is hope; there is the power to trust in a
better and just world." -Mariana Sain-Morar |
Mariana's featured works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Mariana-Sain-Morar
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Kim Ensch
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Kim Ensch 
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"The French use the term "Papier Collé"
in describing the method I use to create my paper paintings. These
"glued paper" collages are constructed using various kinds of fine art
papers and much of the paper is hand stained using acrylic paints and
inks. When dry, the paper is torn, cut or shredded into smaller pieces
that I use to "paint" with building layer upon layer until my image
emerges." -Kim Ensch |
Kim's featured works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Kim-Ensch
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Frank-Garciarubio
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Frank Garciarubio 
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"As an engineer I approach my (photography) art with a lot of
technicality while at the same time I seek the most vibrant and rich
environments. I love shooting landscapes and capturing the raw
impression of the moment. High Dynamic Range Photography is something I
continue to pursue and learn to "handle with care". Cameras aren't as
capable as our own eyes for capturing the full range of color, light and
tonalities... this is where High Dynamic Range comes in." -Frank Garciarubio |
Frank's featured works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Frank-Garciarubio
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Rosanne Nitti
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Rosanne Nitti 
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camera creating images and bringing what I see "life was a passion.
Starting with my good ole Minolta 201 I was snapping away. Through the
years I have learned to always have some kind of camera on hand, you
just never know. I am a purist when it comes to photography. I love black and white images for their
contrast and mystery. I see the world as though looking through a lens
and try to capture it as I see it. I like to see it come from the eye to
the camera and back to the eye. Although I have traveled around the
world, I like to stay near my own backyard Laguna Beach. Most of the
images you see will have a familiar tone to them as they are local
California spots. -Rosanne Nitti |
Rosanne's featured works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Rosanne-Nitti
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Dorothy Sitka
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Dorothy Sitka 
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"Painting people in their own element is
exciting for me. Since this is not always possible photography helps. A
snapshot can become a beautiful painting that families treasure.
Portraits can be done in oil on canvas or Watercolor. Animals are also
very good subjects." -Dorothy Sitka |
Dorothy's featured works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Dorothy-Sitka
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Teri Starkweather
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Teri Starkweather 
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"I am a treasure hunter and seeker of light and beauty. I am sensitive
to the emotional response I have to nature and the energy of light,
color, transparency, and shadow. I am a seeker of a momentary heightened
state of awareness. I live in a world of dichotomy: the man made world
of technology and manufactured conveniences, and the world of nature. In
my art I am an illusionist and painter of reality and dreams, metaphors
and poetic feelings. I paint still life with a desire to create art
that is visually stimulating as well as thought provoking." -Teri Starkweather |
Teri's featured works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Teri-Starkweather
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Paul Lawrence
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Paul Lawrence 
"I see my photography as a dialogue
between myself and the world around me. I have spent my life dealing
with images; at times shaping them, at times accepting them as they are.
When I take a picture, it is an acknowledgment of the world around me.
When I (now) view it on the computer screen, it is the world's reply,
through the technology of photography, to my acknowledgment. If I choose
to manipulate the image, the world replies again. Hopefully, the world
and I eventually come to an agreement on what THAT IMAGE is, nothing
more. Someone else then, may choose to call it art." -Paul Lawrence
Paul's featured works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Paul-Lawrence
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Fae Penland
 The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Fae Penland "Art is my connection to life. It fuels
my creative passion and provides the motivation for artistic challenge
and creation. I'm inspired by the intense visual study of my
surroundings, and strive to weave the physical aspects of shapes,
sizes,colors, and rhythms into a clear poetic presence. My work embodies
the cumulative experiences from numerous mediums with a concentration
on watercolor. Currently I am experimenting and making my own paper
surfaces for mixed media. The greatest challenge lies in searching for a
way that will fuse my concept with technique for the most impact. My
vision of giving ordinary objects human characteristics is a unifying
element for many of my paintings. My fashion based artwork often has a
playful message and delves into male and female attitudes." -Fae PenlandFae's featured works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Fae-Penland
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Mary Ann Leff
 The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Mary Ann Leff
"I am an abstract painter who has felt
compelled to make marks all my life. My primary love affair has been
with color. Being able to surround myself with it, explore it and
indulge in it, gives me an almost visceral sense of pleasure. I work
spontaneously and intuitively, and love creating rich, evocative
surfaces. I see the surface as a place of meeting--where the painter and
the viewer meet, where what is below can only be felt and hinted at,
and where the conscious and the unconscious meet." -Mary Ann LeffSusie's featured works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Mary-Ann-Leff
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Melanie Nogawski
 The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Melanie Nogawski "My job as an artist is to capture the
essence of a place, person or feeling, and to pass that onto others.
It's a transformative process for me, as well as for the canvas. I grew
up in nature, and my hope is that we all preserve the beautiful places
so future generations can experience them as we have, it's a big part of
why I paint landscape, it preserves them in memory for future
generations." -Melanie NogawskiMelanie's featured works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Melanie-Nogawski
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Brooke Harker
 The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Brooke Harker "My paintings are inspired by different
time periods in my life. Being witnesses to the experiences that shape
me, strokes and images are like journal entries.some are made in an
hour, while other paintings compile pieces over years. Recently I have
come to understand that the process of painting feels like a meditation,
and is my opportunity to connect to a power greater than myself. It is
said that the world becomes a better place when each person connects to
their joy.so I paint because I feel free and full of love." -Brooke HarkerBrook's featured works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Brooke-Harker
The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist James Niemi
 The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist James Niemi "In retrospect I feel like my painting is
a throwback to an earlier time of the modernist 20th century.
What primarily interests me is an internally constructed composition
generally consisting of an image that may represent multiple meanings." -James NiemiJames's featured works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/James-Niemi
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Jewelry Designer Diane Crockett
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Jewelry Designer Diane Crockett.
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am very passionate about working with Handmade Lampwork Glass Beads. My
goal is to frame the bead within my design so that it is the focal
point and is not overwhelmed by my components. I have created over 4000
pieces in 10 years, and my customers love my work! I create with a high
amount of quality using only the finest components." Diane Crockett |
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LagunaART.com/Diane-Crockett
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Amy Tuso
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Amy Tuso.
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"The creative process of painting has become a part of my daily life and
I am so blessed to be able to work creating my souls' joy. Approaching a
fresh canvas is both exciting and intimating as I do not always have a
clear-cut execution in mind but perhaps a vague tugging. Once that first
brush stroke happens, my creative process takes over as I instinctively
reach for colors, placement and become what I am creating." -Amy Tuso
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LagunaART.com/Amy-Tuso
Artist Information
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work with vibrant colors in oils and acrylics using brushes and palette
knifes. The interpretive work of my abstracts is enhanced when
incorporated with texture and layers of paints and glazes. My figurative
pieces are conventional with a twist of soul, and the botanicals that
emerge are always multiple blends of bold and subtle colors. I believe
that artwork should be touched allowing the tactile senses to explore
deeper than the eyes can see. Studying at Scottsdale Artists' School,
with admired artists, and painting daily fine-tunes my gift from God.
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The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Photographer Jerry Solomon
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Photographer Jerry Solomon.
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"Pas.sion"; noun: Intense emotion, intense enthusiasm and outburst of
emotion; This is how the creative journey begins. with the passion to
create. "Still Life's"- capturing moments of life and transforming them
with my touch of digitally painted colors, as oils on canvas, but
printed on aluminum, capturing depth, evoking feeling and creating a
visual melding which the viewer sees as natural. Every piece is its own
inspiration, an infusion of the touched and the natural photograph,
light and dark shades with dynamic colors speaking to the viewer in
today's digital language . Each aluminum print should be explored from
all vantage points to observe how light and metal emphasize and
highlight the whole. or in close, with a matrix of dots and pixels that
comprise the image." -Jerry Solomon
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Jerry's featured works can be viewed and purchased online at
LagunaART.com/Jerry-Solomon
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Nicky Alice
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Nicky Alice.
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"Look in a mirror and one thing is sure; what we see is not who we are.
What do you think about when you gaze into a mirror? I see a canvas, a
place for creation and an opportunity to have my expressed dreams
reflected upon anyone who looks. Not many artists' work stares back at
you and when I show, the muse get more than they bargained for when they
see not only an original creation but themselves.
I discovered this
weird talent in 2007 and have gotten such a positive reaction from
anyone who sees my work I was motivated to continue it as a profession,
which goes along smoothly with my childhood dream of being an artist.
Although having such a unique canvas has brought lots of attention, it
handicaps me when it comes to capturing a piece. As we all know, a
mirror captures everything it sees, it leaves the simple task of taking a
picture of a piece the most challenging part, so I encourage
appreciators to see my work in person.
When viewers look into my
mirrors, I'd like for them to feel the way Alice did looking down the
rabbit hole. Hope you find your way out..." -Nicky Alice
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Nicky's featured works can be viewed and purchased online at
LagunaART.com/Nicky-Alice
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Sculptor Tony Reynolds
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Sculptor Tony Reynolds.
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"I make things. objects. Mostly landscapes or things somehow related. I
spend much of my studio hours pursuing form and perspective, scale,
texture and all the other things that make objects, objects. You could
say that the landscape is the vehicle and "object-ness" is the
destination. I want the viewer to see this thing, this perspective. I
want it to be walked around, touched, experienced in a person's space.
The landscape makes it familiar; clay and wood make it approachable. At
times I'm just trying to point things out along the way. In the meantime
I want to challenge my own notions of space and form by applying old
materials and simple craft to make new experiences.-Tony Reynolds
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Tony's featured works can be viewed and purchased online at
LagunaART.com/Tony-Reynolds
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Saeed Ghassemlou
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Saeed Ghassemlou.
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that what makes us unique is to compare us to other creatures in a
power of imagination. I am fortunate to use my imagination on canvas. we
are all responsible to take advantage of this gift and share it with
others." -Saeed Ghassemlou
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Saeed's featured works can be viewed and purchased online at
LagunaART.com/Saeed-Ghassemlou
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Photographer Don Leiblein
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Photographer Don Leiblein.
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at life and the world. Being able to share that moment in time through my images with
family, friends and others visiting my website has been very rewarding." -Don Leiblein
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Don's featured works can be viewed and purchased online at
LagunaART.com/Don-Leiblein
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Aimee Bonham
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Aimee Bonham.
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| " I am interested in seeds, their
evolution, and their symbolic correlation to the phases of personal
development. Our personal progress, similar to that of a seed, once set
in motion begins quite small and matures. The growth of a seed is
analogous to growth of a person, in that, a seed's development is
determined not only according to size but also according to the change
that took place during the growth. My work explores the organic nature
of life.' This body of work can be read as abstracted landscapes that
generalize locations and show movement in a larger context. Carefully
considered color palettes and blind line drawings create organic
pod-like shapes in motion. The use of color, the employment of paint and
pencil and the ambiguity of organic forms allow meditation and
contemplation in each viewer. A viewer's experience with my work is an
exercise in introspection and exploration." -Aimee Bonham
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LagunaART.com/Aimee-Bonham
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Toni Waggoner
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Toni Waggoner.
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Landscapes and mountains remind me of California and Colorado, so
gorgeous and evocative. I also love painting trees, especially in
autumn, reminding me of my deep roots planted in the state of Ohio." -Toni Waggoner
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LagunaART.com/Toni-Waggoner
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Toni Waggoner paints with oils in a free, Impressionistic style. Toni studied at California Art Institute in Westlake, CA, with instructors Glen Orbik, Dottie Knight, David Jonas, Neil Boyle and others. She also studied at the Brentwood Art Center in Brentwood, CA. She has participated in workshops with many notable oil artists including Joyce Pike from the Art League, Joe Mendez, Corinne Hartley, watercolorist George Labordie, and the late Jake Lee. After years of studying many different techniques, Toni honed her style to express her own individuality. She sees art as an individual creation and understands that we all perceive the same subject differently. Toni thinks her paintings instill a feeling of actually having been there or they invoke a personal memory. She doesn't like to over-complicate all the theories of painting but rather just realize the basics.
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The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Jacek Lazuka
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Jacek Lazuka.
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surrender myself to my canvas and brush entering a world where I set
myself free and release my inner passion. When I am in the midst of
letting my inspiration flow, colors emerge as I begin. Each day, each
canvas perspective is a value of its present experience. I explore
painting as a history of art form, contained, and I release it as a
visual presence. From one experience to the next, that too, evokes an
emotional connection to the work, to the now. I love oils for their
versatility and flow. Oils flow in a direct proportion to center a
connection between intention and surrender. My last application of high
gloss contains freshness, the next-step toward completion. I want the
viewer to appreciate that we are visually gifted, see multiple
perspectives, and that we enter the scene that we are viewing. This is
how I set out to begin each art piece. Entering a world where I let go.
My current work involves the point of view of our inner strength of
wisdom and of nature's beauty through the eyes of our subconscious.
Nature and any surrounding environments are of a continuing exploration
as I commit myself further into my work. It's a gift ....it's part of me
..I am fulfilled by it."-Jacek Lazuka
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LagunaART.com/Jacek-Lazuka
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Leah Devora
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Leah Devora.
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biggest strength is the ability to visualize something from beginning
to completion conceptually and then create my painting with a very
honest vision. I'm a colorist and I really understand how to use color
in my work as well as composition." "Some of my work comprises of
imagery that I call the "Ghosts" of Los Angeles. Whether it be the
abandoned shopping carts left on the sidewalks of Hollywood or cars
deserted on the street or in the desert, these objects are part of our
throw away culture . "My landscapes are paintings that are the
personification of these motifs, some of them I combine with the
silhouettes of Old Hollywood movie stars , abandoned cars and school
buses and freeways. I create the artwork using digital as well as
traditional painting media such as painting programs in the computer,
oil and acrylic paint, photography as well as news and magazine articles
depicting a narrative, visual time capsule." -Leah Devora
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George's featured works can be viewed and purchased online at
LagunaART.com/Leah-Devora
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist George Ayers
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist George Ayers.
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am a self taught artist working exclusively in oils. Typically my work
falls in the realism genre, although I do occasionally venture outside
that box and create something with a bit more freedom." -George Ayers
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George's featured works can be viewed and purchased online at
LagunaART.com/George-Ayers
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Photographer David Clavadetscher
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Photographer David Clavadetscher.
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| "I am a local artist and photographer and am trying to share my art
with the world. The very distinctive process that I have developed
renders actual photographs in an extremely beautiful, interesting and
fascinating way. The technique makes for very rich textures, colors and
details in clothing, faces, architecture, almost anything. Combining the
visual intrigue with humorous and compelling captioning, brings these
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LagunaART.com/David-Clavadetscher
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Zainab Mahdi
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Zainab Mahdi.
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| "The love of art grew with me since my
wake of life. i would describe it as a reflection of my spontaneous self
being indulged in a world of fantasy and happy dreams. The harmony, the
contrast and my passion for creating a painting of unusual blend of
colours is an ultimate joy." -Zainab Mahdi
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LagunaART.com/Zainab-Mahdi
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Lina Cuartas
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Lina Cuartas.
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aqua-green eyes of the blue and yellow macaw are watching us, the
bright red orbs of the poison frogs stare, the all-knowing playful gems
hidden among the spider monkey's fur challenge me in the images that I
dream about until I gather my paintbrushes and the rivers of color to
transfer them to paper and canvas, they want you to see, to marvel at
the magnificent places where they thrive, the towering ceibas invite us
to aim higher, to fully inhabit our power to be stirred to action and
make our daily lives testimonies of our passions, pathways to open a
legacy of hope and future so that our children and grandchildren can
also hold their breaths when the blue morpho butterflies hover right by
them as they explore the thickness of the web of life woven by the will
to thrive and survive in the Rainforest. I am simply the agent who
transfers what pulses and breathes into my creation so that you might
better understand what is truly at stake, the marvels that might be lost
forever unless we act, NOW!" -Lina Cuartas
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LagunaART.com/Lina-Cuartas
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Eugene Kuperman
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professional artist, who started drawing and painting since he was 7
years old, now he is living in Los Angeles. During the last 17 years he
followed the classical traditions of the artists of the past. He was a
student of Anne Marie Karlsen (a well known American designer), studied
with Alexander Antonyuk, a Russian master artist from Ukraine, took
lessons from a famous Russian artist Leonid Steele, whose works are in
Tretakov Gallery, and studied with many more known artists. He had also
studied art in Paris and in the Louvre, under Michael Shrier, also a
well known American artist. Eugene works in different styles sych as :
Expressionism, Realism, Impressionism, Surrealism. He paints still life,
scenery, portraits, and he is also a proficient landscape artist. He
exhibits his art works in museums of Moscow, St.Petersburg, Vorkuta in
Russia and the Russian Museum of Contemporary Art in New Jersey (C.A.S.E
Museum). This Fall from September 26, 2010 until November 1, 2010 he
had his personal exhibit on 5th Ave New York- Manhatten, two articles
and a television debut was produced during his exhibit in Manhatten,
about him and his work. He is also a member of the international club of
artists and photographers under the name of "Art of Inspiration".
(Brooklyn, New York). Eugene wants more people to pay attention to
nature so that they would see how essential and important natural
habitats are to our environment as well as to Earth itself. He wants
there to be more preservation and less destruction of forests and
natural habitats around the world, which supply us with an essential
element for life which is oxygen. He portrays the beauty of nature
through different mood that are caused by it, and he treats it as an
expressive subject matter in his art. He visits natural parks regularly
for inspiration, he has been in Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Yosemite,
Sequoia, Denali, Bryce, Zion, and other natural habitats. -Renea Menzies
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The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Patrick Nguyen
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Patrick Nguyen.
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describe myself as a graphic designer influenced from my background and
love for the fine arts and Frankenstein movies. I felt there was a
strange correlation between fine artist and graphic design even though
they both share a lot of the same rules and theories. Graphic designers
can't draw and paint while fine artist makes the worst business cards
and fliers. I consider myself flourishing and learning in both areas. As
I grew up drawing and immersing in art, I discovered graphic design as
soon as I discovered computers. It was an obvious choice being an artist
and computer literate at a young age." -Patrick Nguyen
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The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Ione Citrin
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Ione Citrin.
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"I dream, therefore, I am" I create art
because I must. It is a necessary extension of my life. It identifies
and substantiates my existence. It is my profile and my legacy. I want
to intrigue and entertain. I want to initiate wonder and questions. I
want to communicate my thoughts, dreams and desires. most of all, I want
to be! -Ione Citrin
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Ione's featured works can be viewed and purchased online at
LagunaART.com/Ione-Citrin
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Don Nowell
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Don Nowell.
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"Sometimes in life you have a idea and
when you get it made it comes out better than you had thought. These
gold sculptures far surpassed my dreams and I am very pleased with the
outcome. The next step is to pass this new art beauty on to the public
so they can enjoy it too." -Don Nowell
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Don's featured works can be viewed and purchased online at
LagunaART.com/Don-Nowell
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Frances Lai Wang
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Frances Lai Wang.
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"My work is profoundly influenced by Cubism as I do not merely paint the surface
of the objects, rather, search for the innerness and the essence of the matter.
Fragmentation of the objects into their essential volumes, planes and patterns creating
dynamism and rhythm in space is the ultimate challenge for me. I believe what
Mondrian said, “the surface of things gives enjoyment, the inferiority gives life”.
I am also drawn to paint in broad brush, intense color and lyric lines—a passionate
disciple of Abstract Expressionism- to invite the viewers into my own emotional
world.—passion vs. reasoning; possibility vs. limitation; optimism vs. despair
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Growing up in the Chinese culture, my work is naturally influenced by the affinity I feel
for the Eastern spirituality—the Noguchi’s Zen-like quality --seeking order from chaos,
clarity from complexity ; depicting “chi” – the flow of life energy that articulates the
tension, balance and grace in nature. Let the spirit of forms flow, the “chi” will emerge
and be embodied in the work." -Frances Lai Wang
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LagunaART.com/Frances-Lai-Wang
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Lee Munsell
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Lee Munsell.
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my painting I am seeking to express the fact of Creation. That there is
a design to the world and cosmos around us. There are lessons in
everything created, which tell us about who this designer is, what He is
like and that we can personally know and communicate with Him." -Lee Munsell
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The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Carla Goldberg
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Carla Goldberg.
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"As an abstract mixed media artist, the
fluidity of line meandering through deep layers of watery, pooling resin
is my visual language. I paint about bodies of water using a cross
section of folklore, culture, and science. I enjoy using new and
unlikely materials and combining them with traditional art mediums,
pushing those materials constantly into new forms." -Carla Goldberg
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LagunaART.com/Carla-Goldberg
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Nancy Belle
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Nancy Belle.
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| "My paintings are abstract, ethereally dramatic and characterized by an interest in
what is felt, rather than by what is only seen; therefore my intent while painting is
to eliminate linear thought and image to experience what is called by some
scientists, "the molecule of love," for it is while I am in the 'suspension of love'
or 'the artist zone', that I fully expect an artistic miracle to happen.
My desire is to provide viewers through my paintings, answers to unknown
questions by way of a mood or an 'essence' within my paintings." |
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LagunaART.com/Nancy-Belle
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Sant Godinez
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Sant Godinez.
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| ""My name is SANT, and I am an artist out
of Southern California. I am also an artist that has captured the
patriotism and pride of WWII through replica aircraft nose art. My work
is unique in the fact that I fabricate my canvas's out of aluminum
metal. The metal is 3ft X 4ft machine contoured, hand riveted with 150
aircraft rivets and weigh about 20 lbs. The pieces have the appearance
as if they were pulled directly right off of bombers and fighters. The
images are done in acrylic (please see attached photos) and must be seen
in person to see the detail that I put in each one of these original
unique pieces. My work has been on display at the Palm Springs Air
Museum, the Latino Art Museum of Pomona and the Long Beach Museum of
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LagunaART.com/Sant-Godinez
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Zachary Crawford
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Zachary Crawford.
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"In my work I find color to be one of the
most expressive tools at my disposal. I often like to dance around the
line of what is realistic and what is slightly exaggerated in terms of
color. My work can tend to be on the eclectic side, as I am interested
in several different genres. Much of my work is inspired by the beauty
of the world around me. I have always had a deep love for the ocean and I
continually find myself wanting to paint it. I am very interested in
symbolism, therefore in most of my work each element has symbolic
significance. Some of the work can be experienced better with some
explanation, but I hesitate to explain too much in order to leave room
for the viewer's perspective to color their experience with the work. " -Zachary Crawford |
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Zachary's featured works can be viewed and purchased online at
LagunaART.com/Zachary-Crawford
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Joni Pakes
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Joni Pakes.
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"The preparation of my art work is as
essential as the act of painting the piece. I construct shapes and
texture almost like a bas relief from ancient civilizations; fossilized
relics encased in boxes; collections; juxtaposing hard-edge geometric
structures against free-flowing organic forms. Sometimes my pieces are
like an etching plate that I can rub ink on and print from. I build up
and then sand off, build up again and sand off even more, eroding,
unearthing, discovering interesting surfaces. My work can be linear,
graphite detailing the piece, integrating layers, defining. Metallic
tone on tone and earth hues are prominent. Nature-inspired imagery is
consistent, using the tree as a symbol of the essence of Life. " -Joni Pakes |
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LagunaART.com/Joni-Pakes
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist C. J. Sage
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist C. J. Sage.
"Much as I want beauty, I find I don’t
want to let myself be tempted to seek only it, or to stop at it. With
each work in progress, I find myself in an internal debate about why I
shouldn’t leave it as it is after the first layer or two simply because
it is pretty or “looks good.” What I want is more than just “looks
good”; I want “looks good, is intriguing, unique, complex, confounding,
and ultimately beautiful.” I also want the painting to embody a certain
sense of movement that transcends the stasis of its materials. This is
why I layer the way I do. I am looking for a certain inner shimmer, a
hum, a subtle vibratory quality that comes from the right mixing of
similarity and opposition." - C. J. Sage
C.J's featured works can be viewed and purchased online at
LagunaART.com/C-J-Sage
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Sinclair Stratton
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Sinclair Stratton.
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strong and unique use of color, the latter of which I have always had a
strong relationship with. Color has energized and intrigued me for as
long as I can remember. Twenty years of self-taught painting experience
has led me to a very saturated, bold, and recognizable watercolor style.
This style continues to deepen. Each painting keeps a little bit of me
and I have an emotional connection to each one I create. Along with the
many dogs and cats I paint, I am working on a wildlife series, a human
portrait series. Painting Animals is my Specialty. My first painting was
of my cat at the time, Sid. Although I worked on different subjects
over the years I developed as a painter, I always received the most
response from animal painitngs. This includes awards and a mention in
Forbes.com in 2002. Based on so much positive feedback, I made the
decision to pursue animal portraiture as a niche. I have found this to
be a very fulfilling endeavor, on many levels. My style of watercolor
style involves layering many coats of different colored paint and water
to get both the depth and level of saturation I want. I often feel the
animal chooses the colors thru me, and that I am merely describing them
energetically The fact that I am able to contribute to various animal
non-profit organizations that do such important work by doing the work I
love is incredible to me. I aspire to do it as long as I live.." -Sinclair Stratton |
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LagunaART.com/Sinclair-Stratton
Welcome to Artist Sharon Feingold from the Laguna ART Group
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Sharon Feigold.
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As an award winning artist, Sharon has garnered respect from both peers
and mentors as a creative voice to pay close attention to. Her unique
point of view is echoed by a confident style of interpretation, one that
is highly recognizable by its full range of values and intensity. Her
ultimate goal as an artist is to expressively capture that moment in
time, that glimpse, that glance or that slight gesture ~ to lure the
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LagunaART.com/Sharon-Feingold
Laguna ART Group Welcomes Artist Davyd Whaley
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Artist Davyd Whaley .
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from my dreams and the subconscious, with a basis in spiritual beliefs
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LagunaART.com/Davyd-Whaley
Laguna ART Group Welcomes Photographer Ellen Seefeldt
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Photographer Ellen Seefeldt.
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"Missing the creative aspect of
the darkroom, I've turned to photoshop to fill that void, more recently
with creating a black and white image from color. Pulling the color from
an image brings a depth not always visible when distracted by the
brilliance of an autumn scene or busy street scene. Contrasts emphasize
subjects, and the shapes and textures we sometimes miss are more
prominent in these black and white impressions." -Ellen Seefeldt |
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Laguna ART Group Welcomes Painter MarianneB van der Haar
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes painter MarianneB van der Haar.
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"I picked up the paints and my future just came to
me and exploded," explains MarianneB about her vivid, bold artwork.
Over the years, her supply cabinet has expanded to include other
materials such as ink, sand, copper powder, marble powder, firewood
ashes and textiles. By bringing layers on layers of acrylic paint and
these variable materials together, each piece of art becomes its own
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Laguna ART Group Welcomes Painter Jon Prudhomme
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes painter Jon Prudhomme.
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emotional response to a moment in your life,
but effects you so that can't get it out of your mind. Clients have told
me years after creating a piece of art for their taste 'I still love
looking at that painting because I was part of the process'." -Jon Prudhomme |
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Laguna ART Group Welcomes Painter Gene Siegrist
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes painter Gene Siegrist. 
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example. They each have their own distinct story. Capturing that energy
before it’s gone forever. I love sharing my interpretations of this work
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Laguna ART Group Welcomes Painter Nick Albee
The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes painter Nick Albee.  Nick Albee is a Southern Californian native. He enjoys surfing, snowboarding and hiking. Living in a state that offered all these events year round allowed Nick
to capture beautiful views of sunsets, beaches, mountain views and
more.Nick's featured seascape works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Nick-Albee
Laguna ART Group Welcomes Sculptor Belle Tuckerman
 The Laguna ART Group is very pleased to welcome sculptor Belle Tuckerman. "I grew up in a poor coal mining town in eastern Pennsylvania. Times were
tough for everyone in the post-Depression era. My siblings and I had
very few toys to play with, and even the four-room, eight-grade
schoolhouse I attended was devoid of any spark of design or art. So we
invented our own fantasy play world. Playhouses were made from
cardboard boxes and stocked with empty food containers. We created
fashion out of old clothing and made paper dolls. We learned to be
clever and find an imaginative use for everything. We invented, and
from those years of invention, creativity was naturally born in me. As I
think back to those years, I am amazed at what I learned about life
from the scarcity of my existence.
Later, as an adult, I took classes in oil painting and collage. I
learned to sew and made original and unique garments, costumes, dolls,
and decoration. After marriage and the birth of my two children, I
settled into a combined career of yoga teacher, massage therapist, and
esthetician. During those years I created a rejuvenating treatment for
the face that was nationally and internationally successful. I wrote a
book about it and developed it into a course that I taught to thousands
of professional massage therapists and estheticians. The years of
working on faces and bodies in a clinical setting contributed greatly to
my easy transition to sculpting the human body. My artistic intent is to express metamorphosis, a subject which
deeply provokes creation in me. I study faces intently and search for
the anima, the evolution, and the intrigue of life that has been
inscribed upon them. As an esthetician, I am fascinated by every face I
encounter. " -Belle TuckermanBelle's featured sculptures can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Belle-Tuckerman
Laguna ART Group Welcomes Photographer Paul Marto
 The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes photographer Paul Marto. "Through my photography, I
am trying to bring awareness to the abundant collection of wildlife that
cohabit the Orange County area. The more we know about them and their
requirements, the better prepared we will be to live a peaceful
coexistence with them. After all, they were here first. Seems people
are so busy these days that we often never see the tremendous beauty and
grace that surrounds us. I strive to present brilliant photographs of
these amazing animals, large and small, in a way that will make people
say, "Wow, I have never seen this in Orange County? I had no idea." -Paul MartoPaul's featured photography on canvas can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Paul-Marto
Welcoming Artist Jill Mollenhauer to the Laguna ART Group
 We are very pleased to welcome artist Jill Mollenhauer to the Laguna ART Group. "As visionaries, artists
move us forward as a species into new realms of creation and expression,
further opening us to our true divine expressions. We look visually and
viscerally into the oneness of the universe - capturing for a moment
the truth of ourselves, as we are best able to perceive through our
perspectives. I have found dimensions of untold beauty and love,
vibrant, alive and open, not limited by the human condition, yet
celebrating it and beyond with color, line, form and clarity. Where the
inherent purity of ourselves is explored and exalted. It is my honor to
offer this invitation to you to join me in explorations of divinity, our
own selves." -Jill MollenhauerJill's featured works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Jill-Mollenhauer
Welcoming Artist Esul to the Laguna ART Group
 We are very pleased to welcome artist Esul to the Laguna ART Group. "My
work has an ever-increasing fascination with political and historical
themes that define my own abstract expressionism and have everything to
do with the union of concepts. A passionate conviction concerning the
significance of space, not as void but as something charged with energy,
where forces invisible to the eye are infinitely important to the total
art expression and experience." -EsulEsul's featured digital works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Esul
Laguna ART Group Welcomes Jens Schnabel
 The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes artist Jens Schnabel. "Art is the search for
the inner space, to connect with it, draw it to the surface and lay it
out in a clear way, for people to see, so they may be able to connect
with you and you with them." -Jens SchnabelJens' featured limited edition "Blue Series" giclee's can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Jens-Schnabel
Welcoming Arlon Rosenoff to the Laguna ART Group
 We are very pleased to welcome artist Arlon Rosenoff to the Laguna ART Group. "I paint with a palette knife because it gives me the opportunity to
interact with paint in a very tactile, expressionistic way. Each viewer
of my art is able to gain a strong sense my physical interaction with
the paint, with each stroke and manipulation visible forever." -Arlon RosenoffArlon's featured oil works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Arlon-Rosenoff
Laguna ART Group Welcomes AnneKarin Glass
 The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome our newest member, artist AnneKarin Glass. "I find the source and
inspiration for my art through my senses. I respond creatively to the
things I see and remember. I like best to paint the reality before me;
a model, a still life, a landscape, an interior. Visual reality
doesn't bind me." -AnneKarin GlassAnneKarin's featured figurative works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/AnneKarin-Glass
Laguna ART Group Welcomes Tom Veiga
 The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes our newest member artist Tom Veiga. "Each wave has a shape, color, temperature, speed and feature a
unique, and it all inspired me to reflect the beauty of the sea and the
waves through design." -Tom VeigaTom's featured digital seascapes can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Tom-Veiga
Welcoming Barbara Austin to the Laguna ART Group
 We are very pleased to welcome Barbara Austin to the Laguna ART Group. " Rarely are things quite what they first appear to be. We see what we
expect, are conditioned, to see and that expectation/conditioning, can
and does obliterate what is actually there." -Barbara AustinBarbara's featured photographic collages can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Barbara-Austin
Welcoming Priscilla Nelson to the Laguna ART Group
 We are very pleased to welcome artist Priscilla Nelson to the Laguna ART Group. " My
focus is to capture and convey the moods and attitudes that people
exude---whether it is sensuality, playfulness, style or power.
I capture these snapshots with oil on canvas, at times taking as many as
30 layers of thin paint to capture the depth of texture, richness and
movement." -Priscilla NelsonPriscilla's featured oil works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Priscilla-Nelson
Laguna ART Group Welcomes Artist Peta Carley
 The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist Peta Carley. "My ability to paint feeds my soul. My prayer is that it will touch yours.
Thank you for viewing and choose to make each day a work of art." -Peta CarleyPeta's featured seascape oil enhanced giclee prints on canvas can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Peta-Carley
Laguna ART Group Welcomes Mixed Media Artist Barbara Van Rooyan
 The Laguna ART Group is pleased to welcome mixed media artist Barbara Van Rooyan. "Most of the art that I
create comes from a voice within me that I cannot describe with words. I
create art to give that voice a life. Before painting my work was with
textiles. I loved the textures and bright hues. The sometimes
sculptural effect of my paintings begs the viewer to touch as well as
see, therefore delighting more than one sense. How viewers see my art
opens new vistas for me and that is a feeling of freedom and
spirituality that I only feel through my artwork and wish to share with
others." -Barbara Van RooyanBarbara's featured mixed media works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Barbara-Van-Rooyan
Welcoming Artist Frank Hartley to the Laguna ART Group
 We are very pleased to welcome artist Frank Hartley to the Laguna ART Group. Hartley
has applied his artistic bent to interpreting images from our orbiting
"time machines," deep-space telescopes. His portfolio of cosmic art
interprets an inspirational, gigantic, magnificent universe, seemingly
floating benignly in space belying the tumultuous alchemy of matter.Hartley's featured works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Frank-Hartley
Welcoming Mixed Media Artist Lynden St. Victor
 We are very proud to welcome mixed media artist Lynden St. Victor to the Laguna ART Group. "I feel more of a messenger than artist. An inspiration through
experience or study hits me and I feel an impulse to express it and
painting seems to be the evolving form of that expression." -Lynden St. VictorLynden's featured mixed media surrealism works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Lynden-St-Victor
Welcoming David Gev to the Laguna ART Group
 We are very pleased to welcome mixed media artist David Gev to the Laguna ART Group. "Each segment of glass I shape
and draw is a line, both in form and as instance in time.
The line plays a significant and reoccurring role in my work. In each
line of tiles an imagined view of the landscape is mapped, a moment in
time, ever moving and changing. This work acts as a kind of mapping or
indexical record, a rendered visualization of traveling through a
particular geography." -David GevDavid's featured works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/David-Gev
Laguna ART Group Welcomes Artist John Frazee
 The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome artist John Frazee.
"I consider myself
an abstract expressionist in that I am trying to express my ideas, my
inner most thoughts, my deepest feelings about myself and the world I
have found myself in. I have visions and then set out to express these
visions by nurturing them, working them over and over again,
scrutinizing them and finally bringing them to fruition I leave it up
to the viewer whether I have succeeded or not." -John FrazeeJohn's featured acrylic abstract works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/John-Frazee
Laguna ART Group Welcomes Evan Roy Dahlke
 The Laguna ART Group is very proud to welcome mixed media artist Evan Roy Dahlke. "Although deeply conscious of the confusion and
disillusion of our world, I look for ways to reflect and magnify the
stunning beauty of order and simplicity which often escapes us in our
fragmented, broken lives." -Evan Roy DahlkeEvan's featured mixed media works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Evan-Roy-Dahlke as well as in-person at TOWNLEY gallery starting April 1, 2011.
Welcoming Marianne van der Veer to the Laguna ART Group
 We are very proud to welcome painter Marianne van der Veer to the Laguna ART Group. "My paintings of the
figure make an intimacy through expressive line and thin glazes of color
that barely mask under layers of paint. These are contrasted with
areas of saturated pigment and subtle brushwork." -Marianne van der VeerMarianne's featured oil figurative/portrait works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Marianne-van-der-Veer
Laguna ART Group Welcomes Sculptor James Mortimer Wills V
 The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes sculptor James Mortimer Wills V. "I design my sculpture in
the abstract because it allows me to capture a deeper implication of
emotions and meanings. Through my work I strive to portray the emotions
of interactions. They are intended to represent experiences and to
explore what is captivating about an experience." -James Mortimer Wills VJames' featured sculptures can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/James-Mortimer-Wills-V
Welcoming Diane Olsen to the Laguna ART Group
 We are very pleased to welcome painter Diane Olsen to the Laguna ART Group. "We live in a magnificent
natural world, where color, shape, movement are special inspirations
for me, as well as the personality of animals that can be expressed in
their portraits. I enjoy sharing my interpretations of these things as
expressed in my sailboat paintings and horse portraits." -Diane OlsenDiane's featured oil works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Diane-Olsen
Laguna ART Group Welcomes Painter Aron Ortega
 The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes painter Aron Ortega. "By adding, highlighting, removing or
substituting relevant components within images, I try to create new ways
to approach what appears to be set patterns of everyday human behavior." -Aron OrtegaAron's featured floral works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Aron-Ortega
Welcoming Susan Frazier to the Laguna ART Group
 We are very pleased to welcome painter Susan Frazier to the Laguna ART Group. "Art has always been me,
my hands the talent, my mind the creator whether with paint, sculpting
or assemblage. I never metaphor I didn't like, so my art became the
surrealistic relief to my humor and juxtaposition in life as a unique
woman and artist. My technical career plays into the realistic style of
painting on canvas very perfectionistic and careless at the same time,
but the subject matter, well, I explained that already. Just enjoy the
experience and ask for more please! " -Susan FrazierSusan's featured works can viewed and purchase online at LagunaART.com/Susan-Frazier
Laguna ART Group Welcomes Artist Jason Giacopelli
 The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes artist Jason Giacopelli. "I am an art photographer who strives to create something unique in every work I produce. I create images that are meant to invoke an emotional response. Something that appeals to the individual who finds something special in each work that resonates with them. My goals are simple. Create something that means something." -Jason GiacopelliJason's featured artwork can be viewed as well as purchased online at LagunaART.com/Jason-Giacopelli
Welcoming Sallie-Anne Swift to the Laguna ART Group
 We are very pleased to welcome artist Sallie-Anne Swift to the Laguna ART Group.
"If a painting can create
a feeling within you then it is unique. I aim to create a feeling from
my paintings... a unique feeling to each individual viewing it." -Sallie-Anne SwiftSallie-Anne's featured abstract works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Sallie-Anne-Swift. She also has many current and upcoming exhibitions in Southern California where you can view her work in person.
Welcoming Enzo Fontana to the Laguna ART Group.
 We are very pleased to welcome Enzo Fontana to the Laguna ART Group. " I am interested in light
and how the eye creates a dimensionality to a painting when cued by the
colors it sees. I am drawn to the natural world and driven to find the
magic beneath the surface."Enzo's featured work can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Enzo-Fontana
Laguna ART Group Welcomes Sculptor Peter Mitten
 The Laguna ART Group is very proud to welcome sculptor Peter Mitten. "My work has been
inspired by the hard surfaces, landscape and water drainage patterns in
the southwest United States. Canyons, valleys, rock outcroppings and
distinctive areas along wilderness trails have been subject to
interpretation through small, medium and large scale cast and fabricated
metal pieces, in bronze, aluminum, and iron, as well as granite and
painted steel and wood."Peter's featured cast bronze sculptures can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Peter-Mitten
Welcoming Jon Smith to the Laguna ART Group
 We are very pleased to welcome Jon Smith to the Laguna ART Group. "I study a person or
object as an integral part of its environment. I use color and light
exclusively to define the interplay of forms. I draw with the paint. My
primary concern is to balance the abstract elements of color and
composition before I hint at the details. My work is a loose realism
with a hint of Impressionism." Jon's featured original oil and limited edition giclee's can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Jon-Smith
Laguna ART Group Welcomes Elle Schroeder
 The Laguna ART Group is pleased to welcome jeweler Elle Schroeder. " Originating from my
passion for the earthy splendor of ancient cultures, history, travel
& the natural world, my one-of-a-kind pieces are the light-hearted
result of happy energy, superb gems, spectacular color combinations
& the warm yellow richness of 18K gold."Elle's featured jewelry can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Elle-Schroeder
Welcoming Gloria Muriel to the Laguna ART Group
 We are very pleased to welcome Gloria Muriel to the Laguna ART Group. "Art is a state of being and I lose myself in the
beautiful chaos that I depict in my paintings. Those feelings develop at
the precise moment when my brush hits the canvas."Gloria's featured work can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Gloria-Muriel
Welcoming Eric Schreffler to the Laguna ART Group
 We are very pleased to welcome Eric Schreffler to the Laguna ART Group. "
I have always described my art as the feeling you get when you hear a
song you love. I always try to convey my energy into my paintings by
Improvising to the power of the music."Eric's featured abstract works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Eric-Schreffler
Laguna ART Group Welcomes Artist Dudi
 The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes artist Dudi. " My work creates mood, a sense of emotional
representation of the figure through expressive use of color."Dudi's featured oil figurative works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Dudi
Laguna ART Group Welcomes Don Romero
 The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Festival of Arts photographer Don Romero. Don is an international award winning photographer
and an 18 year exhibitor at the Festival of Arts. His works are in collections around the world.Don's featured photography can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Don-Romero
Laguna ART Group Welcomes Phill Evans
 The Laguna ART Group is proud to welcome sculptor Phill Evans. " Developing sculptural
design concepts has been a life's work and dream. People, places and
things spark my interest on many levels."Phill's featured sculptures can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Phill-Evans
Laguna ART Group Welcomes Yoram Gal
 The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Yoram Gal. " Experimenting in dangerous non-comfort zones, striving to
go beyond my previous piece into something I did not know before.
Starting from scratch, daily, working at re-inventing my painting like a
child."Yoram's featured works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Yoram-Gal
Welcoming Carol Lyon to the Laguna ART Group
 We are very pleased to welcome Carol Lyon to the Laguna ART Group. " I have always had a
knack for pulling the simple from the complex. Both this clarity and delight in the natural
world is what I try to distill into my photography. It has opened opportunities to see anew, to
combine feathers and my immediate surroundings and go within my
imagination to create what I call "magical realism" landscapes."Carol's featured photography can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Carol-Lyon
Laguna ART Group Welcomes Mark Smith
 The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Mark Smith. "Mark has created a
world of architectural images that balance between realism and
surrealism. The paintings, with their walk right in credibility and well
executed buildings, are set in a realm of playful distortions and
unique color combinations."Mark's featured work can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Mark-Smith
Welcoming Mike Segura to the Laguna ART Group
 We are very pleased to welcome Mike Segura to the Laguna ART Group. " My artwork is constantly evolving. I strive to improve my technique and
ability with each painting, which leads me to exploring new styles and
mediums."Mike's featured oil works can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Mike-Segura
Laguna ART Group Welcomes Robin Przybysz
 The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Robin Przybysz. " My work transcends its
own history of form and function and begins to reflect the meditative
process I go through in creating my work. The results are an experience
of quiet ceremony." Robins' featured fiber and mixed media work can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Robin-Przybysz
Laguna ART Group Welcomes Deborah Valiquet-Myers
 The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes our newest member Deborah Valiquet-Myers.
"I believe that the power of art lies not within the artist alone but in a deeper collective vision where the world itself is viewed as a work of art."
Welcoming Jacqueline Shaw to the Laguna ART Group
 We are very pleased to welcome our newest member artist, Jacqueline Shaw, to the Laguna ART Group.
" My purpose is to provoke thespectators’ feelings, surrounding them withthe mysticism of my painting and their imagination."
Laguna ART Group Welcomes Diane O'Connor
 The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes our newest member, Diane O'Connor.
"For me the purpose of painting is to evoke an emotion, no matter what emotion it may be."
Laguna ART Group Welcomes Lisa Ross
 The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes Lisa Ross. "I set about to make photographic images feel like paintings, taking
inspiration from the great modern artists."Lisa's featured photography on canvas can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Lisa-Ross
Welcoming Marv Poulson to the Laguna ART Group
 Welcoming sculptor Marv Poulson to the Laguna ART Group. Marv's featured stone sculptures can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Marv-PoulsonUpcoming Events- Join Stone Sculptor, Marv Poulson at the Southwest Fine Art Festival January 28, 29 & 30 at the Empire Polo
Club, 81800 Avenue 51, Indio, California, 10 am to 5 pm, Friday,
Saturday & Sunday
Laguna ART Group Welcomes David Seacord
 The Laguna ART Group proudly welcomes our newest Member Artist, David Seacord. David's featured gallery wrapped giclee reproductions can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/David-SeacordFollowing his highly successful (October/November 2010) one-man
Exhibition of 208 original paintings at the Yuma Art Center Museum in
Yuma AZ, David Seacord was invited by the museum to continue being a
presence in the facility. Currently, he is presenting 28 of his recent
images at the museum, located at 254 S. Main St, Yuma, AZ.
Welcoming Jerry Kermode to the Laguna ART Group
 We are very pleased to welcome Jerry Kermode to the Laguna ART Group. Jerry's featured hand-turned wood pieces can be viewed and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Jerry-KermodeUpcoming Events: KPFA Crafts Fair, San Francisco December 11 & 12, 2010
Family Tree Woodworking in Northern California
January 21 through March 13, 2011
Welcoming Ron Burkhardt to the Laguna ART Group
 We are very pleased to welcome our newest member, Ron Burkhardt, to the Laguna ART Group. Ron's Earth Art and Notism works can be found and purchased online at LagunaART.com/Ron-BurkhardtRon will be featured in the upcoming book, 'International Contemporary Artists', being published in Athens, Greece,
and released this coming March.
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We are pleased to welcome Christina Dunzinger to the Laguna ART Group.
We are very pleased to welcome Lia Kondilis to the Laguna ART Group.
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