Art Show this weekend, April 1st

Please join me this sunday at Avila Wine and Roasting in Avila Beach for my spring art show. My latest surfboard (pictured above) is titled, “Ulysses’ Ruin” and will be on display as well as newly released giclée prints of “The Kiss” with a kelp forest background. There will be live music, wine tasting and appetizers.

Show is from 1 to 4pm at 53 San Miguel st. (behind the Custom House). (805) 627-1918

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Art Exhibit: “Divers and Sirens” April 1, 2012

I will be having an art show April 1 at Avila Wine And Roasting in Avila Beach. The show is titled, ” Divers and Sirens.”  I will be showing my latest works of surf, siren and vintage diving-inspired artwork, as well as a hand painted surfboard, titled “Ulysses’ Ruin.”  The new owner of “Avila Wine and Roasting” is my cousin Manny, and both of our grandfathers were brothers and deep sea divers for Abalone out of Avila Beach; it’s a family affair, all connected by our love and history with the ocean.
1 to 4pm at: 53 San Miguel Street Avila Beach, CA 93424
(805) 627-1918
There will be wine tasting, appetizers and live music.

Mural project this summer in Woodland, CA

I feel this concept illustrates the human connection to the soil in Woodland. The inspiration comes from the early morning drives I would do with my father (a farmer in Dixon) when I was a child. He would get out of the truck and dip his hand into the dirt and smell it.  I wondered what he could determine from the smell and texture of the soil, was it lacking nitrogen? Only a farmer would know. This mural will be about 45 by 30 feet, but I’ll be on a lift about 45 feet in the air most of the time (the building is 60 feet tall)!

Public Art Project

In late September Colleen was one of 12 artists that were commissioned to beautify the city of San Luis Obispo, by painting the utlility boxes in the downtown area. Colleen’s design was a tribute to the 15 foot Pacific Octopus that her grandpa killed back in 1946. It guards a Spanish treasure chest, coins from a sunken galleon, and a deep sea diving helmet. You can see it in person next to the courthouse, at the corner of Palm and Santa Rosa streets.