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This Labor Day weekend, 2017, we celebrate the end of an era with “Begonias Take a Bow” – the 65th and final Begonia Festival. The four-day flower and water Festival comes to a close this year, marking the last time thousands of people will flock to Capitola Village for the beloved Nautical Parade. It has […]
This pendant evolved over time. Its unique because I created the wire wrap and the central resin piece. The resin piece in the center was created using flowers, a magazine clipping, and a liquid epoxy resin. I selected a group of small stones to compliment the central piece and wrapped them together in a cluster. […]
Today I’m sharing a sneak preview of the line of school supplies that I’m personalizing for my friends and peers at UCSC and Cabrillo College. I like to make each one different (something about it makes me feel like they’re good luck) and add a little inspirational message at the bottom to keep its owner […]
This week’s illustration, Autopilot, represents moments when I feel most like myself. Namely, I’m referring to walks home, usually from running errands. I believe religiously in stopping and smelling the roses, and if the roses do not require stopping, then I put myself on autopilot, completely encapsulated in the scent of the flowers. With the […]
My family members often ask me why I don’t use rulers when I draw things with a straight edge, such as buildings and windows. The reason for that is not simply because I don’t have one, or because I’m lazy. The reason is all about perspective. Perspective is something that I consider to be […]
Good morning, Santa Cruz! Right now, I’m working on some Mother Nature-inspired illustrations with my new black Le Pen from Palace Art & Office Supply on Pacific (my favorite place in town for drawing supplies; I get my painting supplies at Lenz Arts). I think it might be my new favorite pen, but I’ll still have to keep […]
As an artist, I hope for my viewers to know as much of me as they can through my work, and have always taken an interest in rare representations of bedrooms and private spaces of artists whom I admire. In terms of gathering more information about the artist, I feel that drawing or painting one’s own […]
This birthday morning, I’ve decided to start on an illustrative series of my favorite things, as a gift to both myself and those who admire my work. One of my favorite things is those bunches of white and pink jasmine flowers that cling onto the fences of my neighbors. If anyone finds out about […]
In between the Santa Cruz Farmer’s Market (Every Wednesday from 1:30-5:30 pm on the corner of Cedar & Lincoln) and the fresh-squeezed lemonade comes the Santa Cruz-inspired, playful felt-tip pen illustrations in the kitchen. Artist- Julianna Chavez
The Local Comparisons series is a mixed media project featuring two months worth of various pressed flowers picked from Santa Cruz sidewalks, paired with buildings and homes that are near them. This photo series explores exterior combinations which are already related to each other, and uses separate perspectives of time and space in order to recombine the images into even more branches […]
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