Carol Aust I work with acrylics on canvas and wood panels. Through my figurative paintings I endeavor to express the human need for connection and belonging, and the difficulty of achieving either. Each subject in my paintings is at some critical juncture of a spiritual/psychological journey. My figurative paintings...
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Vincent Waring for First Friday at Stripe Men
Vincent Waring Artist Statement Through this series, I explore the complex interrelationship between nature and ourselves. The present ways in which we share and connect to one another has been radically changed. The instantaneous ability to communicate, and what we thus absorb from the various information sources around us,...
Stephanie Martin for First Friday at Stripe
Stephanie Martin Artist Statement Ephemeral/Eternal Etchings by Stephanie Martin I've been described as obsessed with nature, and will not argue with that label. For the past ten years I have been dedicated to portraying some of the ephemeral treasures of our California coast, especially our birds and plants. With...
Anna Fletcher at Stripe Men First Friday Santa Cruz
Anna Fletcher Artist Statement At four years old, I determined that the illustrated yellow sun with lines stretching outwards wasn’t the way the real sun looked. To figure this out, I attempted to stare at the sun and draw what I saw. After that, all my drawings of suns...
Jason Cowan at Stripe First Friday Santa Cruz
Jason Cowan Artist Statement The work selected for this show was made between 2010 and 2017. Most of the pieces, (the panel series), were made between Winter 2015 and Summer 2017. The physicality of the work stems from the first integral steps of the creative process. The selecting of material...