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.
Archive | Painting
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 […]
Video : Lots of Tape
Featured Artist: Nora Sarkissian
Nora Sarkissian is a local artist working and living in Aptos. Sarkissian is a painter and sculptor who has been teaching art in various locations (including assisting at UCSC) for 30 years. Although she has years of artistic experience, and has had formal exhibitions and showings, Nora presumes proudly that she is “still learning.” “The sculptures […]
“Autumn” Painting
“Autumn” This piece was inspired by and for the Chi Center in Santa Cruz. It is owned by Lee Holden and displayed at the Chi Center on Pacific Avenue in Santa Cruz. Acrylic on canvas 30″x30″
“Ai-Love” Painting
“Ai-Love” I did a series of calligraphic style pieces with various symbols and colored backgrounds. This one shows the Japanese character “Ai” translated as Love. Acrylic on canvas 16″x2″
Big Blue
Big Blue Acrylic on Canvas 69″x60″ (pretty big!)
Shugyo- “To Study”
Shugyo is a Japanese word that loosely translates to “study.” More over, it includes to use hardship as a point of study, reflection, purpose to overcome difficulty as a method of learning. This piece is acrylic on canvas. This photo of the work is an “art shot” of the art.
Coffee Strawberry
Coffee Strawberry Acrylic on canvas 18″x24″ There are two of these paintings, both displayed at different residences in the Bay Area. The original was shown at an installation at Dharma’s in Capitola and was sold. While displayed, a client commissioned to have another painted like it in a slightly larger format. A fun and tasty […]
