We found local Doug Bragdon on Westcliff one afternoon, painting a live seascape onto a 100 x 60 feet sheet of canvas. He was kind enough to share some more of his art with us here at Local Santa Cruz! Doug Bragdon has over one hundred paintings mounted in one of the UCSC Provost Houses for […]
Archive | Art
Video : Velociraptor
Featured Artist: Janice Serilla
Pet portraitist, Janice Serilla is our Featured Artist for today! Here’s what the Janice has to say about their art: “My art is to show how beautiful and how much personality an animal can have. I love animals and will do what I can to help them. I donate a percentage of my art sales to […]
Featured Artist: John C Flores
John C Flores has lived in Santa Cruz for 17 years, and is a self-taught artist. He creates fiercely vivid landscapes in watercolor: “I paint to feed my soul.” -John C Flores You can see more of his work here.
Video : Time Lapse Fantasy Map
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Happy Accidents
Good morning, everyone! This morning I finished my latest illustration for the Somewhere in Santa Cruz series. I call this one “Happy Accidents,” because the ink smeared under my hand as I was drawing. At first I was going to start over, but I kept going, and it kept smearing, resembling watercolor. I’ve been inspired […]
Open Studios Featured Artist: Mezza9 Beecomb
Featured Artist, Mezza9 Beecomb’s art offers a glimpse of a phantasmagorical world where the usual rules just don’t apply. The curious characters that populate her paintings can morph into sea creatures, float in midair and ride tandem bicycles underwater. Based in oil and acrylic paints and mixed-media, Beecomb’s work is a synthesis of visionary and […]
Tracy Oliver : Featured Artist
Recently moving to Santa Cruz, Tracy Oliver brings a creativity that blooms within its own reality. In Tracy Oliver’s own words: My art is a way for me to try to understand and balance the mystical or inexplicable against the seemingly fixed laws of nature. Often times, a painting will appear in my mind and […]
Process Shot: Waterworks
I drew pictures at the beach for a few hours today in my own secret cave on the coast, til the water caught up with me, that is! Unfortunately, the sea smudged this drawing, but it’s a small price to pay to be making art in a low-key paradise. Luckily, I have plenty of ink […]
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Big Sur
Good morning, Santa Cruz! Wake up and see the drawings. Today’s “Saturday Morning Cartoon” was going to be the premiere of a special project that I’m working on, but I still need to tweak a few things to perfection. Instead, I’d like to share the views that I had the pleasure of experiencing in real […]
