Shannon Belardi Artist Statement My recent work has been an exploration across three mediums — drawing, painting, and printmaking. In my paintings, the surface is developed by pouring puddles of solvent and pigment on the canvas and later going back into the work with opaque marks. In my drawings and...
Posts tagged: first friday
Artist Spotlight: Aaron Becker
Even at his day job as an engineer for the City of Santa Cruz, artist Aaron Becker finds creative inspiration in his natural surroundings and brings that creative light to his work and play. We caught up with Aaron and asked him about his background and evolution as an artist....
Artist Spotlight Featuring Sonia Calderon
This week we got a chance to sit down with our February First Friday artist, Sonia Calderon, to find out more about her inspiration and challenges in her artistic process. Sonia, an abstract painter living in Santa Cruz, will be featured this February at Stripe with an art...
First Friday September: Paintings by Dana Rader
I believe that outside all of our windows is the vast beauty in the world, which often ends up being my sole inspiration for many paintings. I am continually working with the transparent separation between the walls of nature, really focused on how textures (both mediums and various materials)...
Paintings by Brian Rounds and Music by Frankie Simone This Friday August 1st
We're getting ready for a great event this Friday with gorgeous landscape paintings by Brian Rounds and live music by our very own Frank Simone! Come on down, have a cocktail, and enjoy a wonderful evening of art and music. "Field of Vision" Paintings by Brian Rounds Music by Frankie Simone...