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Renata Abma
Studio Number: 38a
Renata Carettoni Abma is a brazilian artist and architect living and working in Carmel, California. Her exposure to two very different natural environments and creative fields have led her to explore her place in the world by painting her surroundings through the careful observation and documentation of the areas she finds herself in. Her latest body of work depicts the forests, mountains, and valleys of California. Special attention is given to bold color, light and composition. “My paintings are inspired by my hikes and camping trips through local beaches, parks, and nature reserves. I work primarily with acrylic on canvas or paper. My goal is to continually engage with the landscape around me and translate my experiences onto canvas. I find joy, reflection, and gratitude through this process, and my ultimate hope is to inspire others to venture into their own natural surroundings, forging a connection with their environment and fostering a commitment to preserve the natural world in which they live and work.”
Linda Amoruso
Studio Number: 35a
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Christina Beilby
Studio Number: 34
- Phone:1730 Soto St, Seaside
- Email:Both Weekends
Brian Blood
Studio Number: 3
- Phone:2806 Congress Rd, Pebble Beach
- Email:October 11 + 12, 2025
Mark Bollwinkel
Studio Number: 17a
- Phone:101 Fernwood Ave, Monterey
- Email:Both weekends
Paul Bollwinkel
Studio Number: 17b
- Phone:101 Fernwood Ave, Monterey
- Email:Both weekends
Cyndra Bradford
Studio Number: 4
Growing up in Big Sur, inspired me to paint what I love. With both Parents as professional Artists, and my five sibling. We were free to explore our incredible surroundings. It was only natural I would become an Artist. I paint with oils and palette knifes.Painting all prima “Painting without Fear” I like to capture the immediacy of the moment. In my experience of painting, the most truth and artistry lies in its inherent spontaneity. My art is essentially an attempt to communicate the beauty and joy of nature through the use of color and texture. My joy comes from the creative process of painting. Opened Galerie Plein Aire 1998 Close - 2025 Artist Member at the Carmel Art Association 1976 - current
- Phone:1114 Piedmont Ave, Pacific Grove
- Email:Both weekends
Bobbie Brainerd
Studio Number: 16a
Capturing the light is my inspiration, whether painting still life, seascapes, landscape or California missions. Light is fleeting outdoors and one must capture it in minutes, whereas in a still life, the artist has more time to watch the light caress and glance over each object, flowing into and out of shadow while also capturing the vitality of light defining shape and color. Light transforms and its essence is life. Using light, paint and canvas, I desire to paint beauty that transcends, transforms, and inspires others to see the beauty in our surroundings.
- Phone:110 Forest Ridge Rd, Monterey
- Email:Both weekends
Trudi Burney
Studio Number: 9a
After retiring from teaching ceramics in Silicon Valley, we answered the call of the ocean and have settled nicely on the coast where the sights, smells and sounds of the environment dictate my creative actions. The outcome is filled with marine focused garden works, tableware ladened with images of jelly fish, octopuses, fish and squid, and pieces glazed in the various colors of the sea. I also find much inspiration during my weekly shift at the Monterey Bay Aquarium where I study both the anatomy and behavior of several species. Such joy entering my studio with a mind full of ideas and a shelf full of clay.
- Phone:1313 Pico Ave, Pacific Grove
- Email:Both weekends
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Susann Cate Lynn
Studio Number: 12a
I simply love to create scenes of beauty and calm with my paintings. It's my own, focused world that connects me to All That Is; and I am very happy there! Painting - plein air, or in my studio ... feeds my Soul. When I paint - I feel connected and detached at the same time. It's so exciting to attempt to create and translate experience, vision and interpretation onto canvas. I don't "slog on" when it’s not flowing - that's when I go back to basics by painting still lifes, or, I go outside and refresh with Nature. I was born and raised in Carmel-by-the-Sea, where the culture of artistic expression and extraordinary natural beauty was an everyday part of my youth, and helped foster my desire to express and create artistically. My early art training consisted of elementary, high school and college art classes with local artists, who were gifted and supportive instructors. I received a good foundation in color, design, composition, and life drawing. I continue to take workshops with local artists and practice being a beginner because every day I feel that way, standing in front of a blank canvas or with a painting that's wanting to go somewhere I can't see, yet. How truly wonderful.
Alexan Cerna
Studio Number: 9b
I am a jewelry artist working in gold, silver, and platinum, creating pieces that celebrate the sensual, the whimsical, and the sophisticated. I’m endlessly inspired by the natural beauty of pearls and the vibrant allure of colorful gemstones, weaving them into designs that feel both timeless and personal. Every piece I craft is a balance of elegance and playfulness, meant to capture a moment, a memory, or a mood. My work is about more than adornment - it’s about creating intimate, wearable art that makes people feel seen, beautiful and connected to something a little magical.
- Phone:1313 Pico Ave, Pacific Grove
- Email:Both weekends
Annette Corcoran
Studio Number: 10
Ceramic art has been my chosen medium for the last 50 years, and when I’ no longer having fun creating - I’ll quit!
- Phone:227 Asilomar Ave, Pacific Grove
- Email:October 11 + 12, 2025
Noelle Correia
Studio Number: 26a
Noelle Correia (1977). Born under a full moon in Scorpio in Fresno, California, After spending time tinkering around at her father's auto repair/welding shop as a child, Noelle began to create an imaginary world out of carpenters chalk drawings of discarded car parts. This world turned the industrial environment of downtown Fresno into a delusional paradise. Noelle left Fresno at eighteen but took her imaginary world with her and continues to process the nuance and grit of everyday cultural collision through fluvial imagery. Her creative process begins with color. Noelle is inspired by how the color schemes pop in biodiversity, such as a poisonous dart frog's epidermal layers resting on a muted green leaf. The biodiverse thread within her creative practice is that of Botanical Surrealism. She begins her work by thinking about the relationship between emotions and color and allows color theory to drive the outcome. Symbols that represent the feminine mystique and practical magic are a reoccurring thematic backdrop. The process has become a life metaphor in which she works through obstacles, obtains epiphanies, and understands herself as a tiny part of a much larger whole. She conveys the beauty and complexities of human nature using texture, pattern, and narrative elements throughout her work. Her work has been exhibited in California Galleries and collectives exhibitions, including Radius Gallery, The Art Cave, The Art League of Santa Cruz County, Pajaro Valley Arts Gallery, and Arte Americas. Noelle's work further explores the botanical world through watercolor painting, paper-cut collage practices, and encaustic medium. Through wax, water, and human narratives of all kinds, Noelle creates a vibrant play on color and form.
Jeff Corrigan
Studio Number: 33a
As an artist I find myself dancing between abstraction and the natural world. I am inspired by the natural environment, including plants, agriculture, and the ocean. I also surround myself with books of all types and pull inspiration from them, and sometimes parts of the books end up in some of my pieces. I purposefully bounce back and forth between a few different mediums (watercolor, acrylic, printmaking, collage, and oil) so that I can allow myself to continuously explore, be playful, and see how my ideas will translate differently through these mediums and evoke different feelings.
- Phone:1677 Vallejo St, Seaside
- Email:Both weekends
Lee Cox
Studio Number: 44
I paint memories in abstract form. I always start without a plan, spontaneously applying many layers of acrylic paint and pencil to create shapes, colors, value differences and texture. I play music while I work which triggers memory fomation. I recall people, places, events, living creatures, feelings and emotions. It's like a slikeshow in my mind. I add and subtract elements until I've captured the essence of my memoory. Finally, I create a title that communicates the meanting of my painting.
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Kati D’Amore
Studio Number: 51
Kati D'Amore has been painting full time since 2008. She paints primarily from life in weekly sessions with fellow plein air painters and does portrait and figure studies from live models at the Pacific Grove Art Center. In her studios she works on large landscapes and portrait commissions. She has participated in the Monterey County Open Studios Art Tour for many years and was Monterey Co. Champion for the Arts, District 2 in 2022. She only sells originals.
- Phone:3345 Conant Ln, Royal Oaks
- Email:Both weekends
Helene Daniels
Studio Number: 11a
Jewelry is an expression of my creative muse. I work in many design fields, but the fabrication of jewelry includes elements of design with elemental forces of fire and metal. This is a dynamic, exciting combination. By exploring classical forms of the Golden Section and Fibonacci sequence (Phi) I use these elements to convey a sense of harmony. and balance in my work.
- Phone:1188 Jewell Ave, Pacific Grove
- Email:Both weekends
Cyndy Davis
Studio Number: 23a
Cyndy Davis is a Monterey artist who has had a passion for art since she was 13 years old. She is a retired public school art teacher. Her joy is painting and experimenting to tell her stories, but her constant is a pen or brush in one hand and a passport in the other. She shows regularly in local shows. Her website is cynddavis.com.
- Phone:114 Don Dahvee Ln, Monterey
- Email:Both Weekends
Kathleen Deviaene
Studio Number: 47
Kathleen Deviaene is a Belgian American artist. Living bhy the Californian shores, she finds it easy to find beauty in every little thing. As much as California trained her eye, she carries with her a deep connection to European contemporary forms, shapes, colors, and styles. She also loves to offer up the authenticity of the clay medium by showing it in its raw and pure state with unglazed surfaces. "Clay has taught me it is ok to make many mistakes in life. Like any mistake in creating with clay, we take back control and mold them into newer more exciting creations. Clay molds our mindset that anything is truly possible!"
- Phone:35 Encina Dr, Carmel Valley
- Email:Both Weekends
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Suzanne Elliott
Studio Number: 23b
I paint in oils on the "plein air" tradition of painting out doors in the landscape. Most plein air paintings are completed in one session using rich color, loose brush strokes and emphasis on capturing the effet of light and shadow. I am in love with the honesty and immediacy of the plein air painting process. Plein Air painting is a personal growth path for me and helps me navigate life - the process is healing to the soul and body.
- Phone:114 Don Dahvee Ln, Monterey
- Email:October 11 + 12, 2025
Alan Estrada
Studio Number: 37
Estrada’s artwork has been collected in England, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Japan and America. His foremost work is abstract expressionism using mixed media. He is an award winning political cartoonist, illustrator and layout-designer, who was honored at Buckingham Palace in 2011.
- Phone:4th Ave 4 NE Lobos St , Carmel
- Email:Both weekends
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Claudette Gamach
Studio Number: 7
I am drawn to the essence of nature and nurtured by the many faces of natures' changing scenes, the power and calm of the ocean, the changing colors of the marshes, the sense of mystery and ever changing beauty of the coast. Sometimes, either before, during or after certain paintings, I have the urge to further express myself in writing whether it be creative words or a poem. For me, this gives me a deeper understanding of my creative journey which I begin to see after the passsing of time and reflection. I am able to see the unplanned message that comes forth when in creative process connecting with the mysterious source.
- Phone:636 Spazier Ave, Pacific Grove
- Email:Both Weekends
Yader Garcia
Studio Number: 15
I’m Yader Garcia, and I seek to reclaim the timeless language of classicism, illuminating the raw splendor of beauty and the quiet power of faith, as I journey through the far edges of the human soul with bold, visceral compositions. As a classically trained figurative artist and professional Civil Engineer, I combine precision with profound feeling in my oil paintings. Inspired by masters like William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Diego Velázquez, Peter Paul Rubens and others. I am deeply committed to studying human anatomy, light, and composition. My meticulous technique, rooted in charcoal and pencil studies, captures striking contrasts—from vulnerability to strength, and devotion to sensuality—revealing the intense visual spectrum of the human condition. My paintings have been featured in open exhibitions and galleries, and I continue to develop new works that bring classical traditions into powerful contemporary relevance.
- Phone:241 Laurel Ave, Apt 4, Pacific Grove
- Email:Both Weekends
Val Giancola
Studio Number: 42
Why I paint: A memory, a mood, a sentence in a book, or a photograph in a newspaper may trigger the beginning of a new painting. Shapes, lines, shadows, reflections and colors are all part of the puzzle I put together. I am a slow painter and may partially repaint a painting several times until I am satisfied it is the best I can do. I paint because I love doing it. I have been an artist (in a variety of media) all my life..I have an MFA in Jewelry Metalsmithing and a Masters in Studio Art. I hope that never changes.
- Phone:26213 Mesa Dr, Carmel
- Email:October 11 + 12, 2025
Sandie Glazier-Srigley
Studio Number: 1a
Sandie is a multi-medium artist. She doessketching, drawing, and painting in acrylics and oil. Her technique has broadened and matured as a consequence of studying under a wide range of talented Monterey Peninsula professionals, including Warren Chang and Mark Farina. Sandie’s subjects are varied, including animals, landscapes, seascapes, portraiture and florals. She has done several commissioned pieces and her work hangs in several corporate office buildings and private collections. Recently, Sandie hung a series of eleven paintings in the Pebble Beach Post Office after which they went to Poppy Hills for a fund-raiser for youth golf. She is entered in several juried shows including the Mother Lode Art Festival in Placerville and the Scenic Roadways of Monterey County exhibit in the Transportation Agency for Monterey County Offices in Salinas.
- Phone:3170 Del Ciervo Rd, Pebble Beach
- Email:Both weekends
Megan Gnekow
Studio Number: 26b
Megan Gnekow's watercolor and ink works focus on the connections between organisms in their ecosystems, with a special focus on threatened or endangered species in California. All organisms exist in relation to each other - a kaleidoscope of connections across species, habitat, and time. When we recognize the interconnected needs of all species - including our own - we can make decisions that benefit us all.
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Adam Hansen
Studio Number: 41a
As a veteran turned fine artist, I draw from travels across 5 continents and 17 countries, crafting soul-spun watercolors that whisper nostalgia and whimsy. My rustic-impressionist style, influenced by Art Deco, Modern Farmhouse and Japandi calm brings train travel, regional landscapes, and urban architecture to life, reflecting our shared human experiences. Using mineral-infused watercolors, wax, walnut ink, indigo, and 22k gold leaf, I craft unique layered watercolor fine art that tells stories. Minerals Include Big Sur Jade, Turquoise, Sodalite and more. Infused with tea rituals and bagpipe melodies, each piece invites connection. Own a print or original —commission a memory!
Mary Hill
Studio Number: 39
Hill was born in Texas, moving to Carmel in 1988. She is a travel agent with Carmel-Monterey Travel has had the opportunity to travel to some of the most beautiful places in the world. She believes that she lives in the most beatiful of them all. Her photography is about the silence in details and quiet places, as well as the appreciation of the world around her. Since 2001, she has had several solo exhibitions. Among them were exhibits at the Pacific Grove Art Center, the Carmel Mission and two at the Sea Ranch Lodge on the Sonoma Coast. Since 2011 twenty-one of her images have been selected for display in the facilities of the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula. Her photography can be seen annually in the Monterey County Open Studios Art Tour, the Bach Festival Art Raffle and the Miniature Show at the Monterey Museum of Art. Until 2010 she used three cameras, all film. In 2010 she went digital. Her story continued into 2016, when ten more images went to CHOmP and fou to the Triton Museum in Santa Clara. With encouragement, she began drawing again. In 2017 seven of her drawings went to CHOMP and three of her photographs went to the Monterey Museum of Art. In 2019 two images went to the Crocker Museum , five images to the Triton Museum and five additional to CHOMP.
Rob Holt
Studio Number: 18
Rob Holt has been a lifelong resident of the Monterey Peninsula. He’s been working in bronze and mixed media for over fifty years. His one-of-a-kind, direct welded, cypress trees have been sold all over the world. You can see the passion in his creations, and at the ripe age of 80 he works daily in his studio.
- Phone:70 Via Del Pinar, Monterey
- Email:Both weekends
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Teressa Jackson
Studio Number: 45a
Teressa Jackson’s highly-detailed paintings invite the viewer to appreciate the fascinating intricacies of the natural world. Working in both miniature and more traditional scale, she primarily creates with vibrant, highly-pigmented gouache paint (opaque watercolor) on black cotton watercolor paper. Teressa’s award-winning miniature paintings – most of which measure just 2x3” – have been featured in exhibitions across the U.S. Working in a compressed scale and incorporating minute details, she seeks to encourage both artist and viewer to slow down and wonder in the same way they would on an excursion to the wild and beautiful places she portrays.
Don Jensen
Studio Number: 53a
Creative work is all milled from local woods. Incorporation of metals, glass, stone, shells and other quality materials is common in my work. One-of-a-kind, cabinetry and custom work is available.
- Phone:190 Linde Cir, Marina
- Email:Both weekends
Monica Johnson
Studio Number: 43
Monica Johnson’s abstract paintings explore connection—between past and present, emotion and form, and the layered nature of personal experience. Her process begins with written words on the surface, then evolves through layering, revealing, and reimagining. Using acrylic paint, hand-painted papers, pastes, and gold leaf, she builds textured, symbolic compositions that reflect both structure and spontaneity. Elements like birdsong spectrograms, music notations, and chemistry formulas occasionally appear, linking her art to daily life. Each piece unfolds organically, mirroring life’s constant transformation. Monica invites viewers to pause, reflect, and find their own meaning within the layers.
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Kiran Kamath
Studio Number: 41b
“I love the interplay of color and texture, and the creative freedom that abstract painting offers” says Kiran Kamath. She is inspired by nature, emotions, and things around her as she continues to hone her skills. She enjoys the process of exploration, evolution, and creation in expressive abstract painting. Kiran began painting in 2019 after a career in academia and in the travel industry. After she retired, she wanted to do things she had never done before. Since her career demanded mostly left-brain-oriented work, she was eager to explore right-brain-oriented avocations. She took classes in ceramics and painting and knew “this was it!” when she began painting. She is transported to another world and blisses out when she has her “flow moments” while painting. Her home studio is her “happy place” where she loves to explore new ideas, textures, and unconventional tools. She enjoys the process of layering and creating depth in her paintings with vibrant colors, texture, and collage on canvas and on board.
Cheryl Kampe
Studio Number: 12b
I have always been inspired by the bold designs and bright colors of Georgia O’Keefe and also by the strong brushstrokes of Van Gogh. I use color, design, and texture to create atmosphere and feelings. It has been exciting to learn how to use techniques as a language to express emotions. I want to see what the paint can do, how the colors mix to create different textures to show atmosphere and feeling. It has been exciting to learn what is possible using color techniques as a language to express feelings and atmosphere. From the vast rocky coast to the tiny treasures like small seashells and local wildlife, it has been wonderful painting my surroundings. I love how the weather affects everything we see here on the Central Coast. The fog rolling in and out of the landscape provides challenges to capture a moment in time. Windswept cypress trees and the Monterey pines complement the dramatic skies. I also love to paint the historic beach cottages that reflect our colorful community. Pacific Grove and the surrounding area has opened so many opportunities to create ever-exciting work
Tamara Keiper
Studio Number: 16b
Painting is like breathing. It is a n important form of communication and expression that is inspirational, honest or contemplative. I’m inspired by Sargent, for the master he was, Goya and Honore’ Daumier for their honesty, NC Wyeth for his story telling, and oriental art for its poetic beauty and simplicity. Like a master craftsman, I combine these unique facets of art to my paintings hoping to capture a distinct moment in time that rings true wi th the viewer.
- Phone:110 Forest Ridge Rd, Monterey
- Email:Both weekends
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Stephanie Langley
Studio Number: 31a
My paintings are works that involve different media, objects, art styles, patterns, shapes and color that create compositions which give the viewer a sense of narration, a sense of experience. I intend for my work to generate multiple internal conversations (reflection) between the pictorial elements and the viewer. Each image should trigger a cluster of associations (resonance) with the visual observation of the piece and art history. Because my images are separated from their expected context the whole of the images are remade (deconstructed then reconstructed) into the possibility of new content.
- Phone:171 Littlefield Rd, Monterey
- Email:Both weekends
Debbie Leifried
Studio Number: 14
- Phone:351 Laurel Ave, Pacific Grove
- Email:October 11 + 12, 2025
Nick Leonoff
Studio Number: 49
The glass pumpkin patch embraces the autumn season and celebrates the abundance in our lives. Our hand blown glass pumpkins are sculpted from 2200 degree molten glass using traditional glass blowing techniques to create intricate pieces in a vast array of colors and styles, from the realistic to the ethereal. These autumnal treasures range from adorable miniatures to jumbo centerpiece sizes to create a bountiful pumpkin patch of your own. Come pick your perfect pumpkin and create your own glass harvest tradition.
David Lett
Studio Number: 26c
I am very interested in mandalas. My work utilizes physical objects such as eyes, hands, and feet. Using multi layering and distortion in a variety of ways, they are reconstructed and reconstituted into repeating images. The finished piece is geometric and expressionistic at the same time. The work serves as a window or portal into another reality.
Diana Losch
Studio Number: 31b
I make painterly digital art about states of flux, continuum, and the friction between humanity’s tracings and nature. My work shifts between representa on and abstrac on, informed by habitats, environmental forces, and biospheres. Embracing digital tools has allowed me to experiment and think more fluidly. I paint loose frameworks of organic forms layered with photo and map fragments that leave translucent impressions upon each other. I deconstruct and reimagine this convergence into a visual language shaped by dissonance, transition, and harmony. My work seeks collec ve cohesion amid a disrup ve, rapidly evolving, and inherently unstable world.
- Phone:171 Littlefield Rd, Monterey
- Email:October 11 + 12, 2025
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Marie Massey
Studio Number: 1b
Sometimes the idea for a painting spontaneously presents itself as in plein air painting. I am inspired by the quiet meandering of a river, the vastness of a desert gorge, or the way afternoon sun lights the curve of an arch. Sometimes my paintings are inspired by many impressions and feelings of a place. I use technique to express relationships and create a sense of atmosphere, time and space. I use a Painting in Layers method which combines the value, shadow and shape ideas of chiaroscuro with color ideas from the impressionist painters. This method creates color interest and harmony as well as a structural foundation for the final layers in oil. I continue to sketch and resketch, using a sensitive line so that the image achieves an organic quality with the impression of movement, depth and dimension as well as subtle light effects such as transparency of water and sky.
Edi Matsumoto
Studio Number: 40
As a painter of multiple interests, I navigate the artistic boundaries, from photographic portraits to majestic landscapes and intimate still life. My latest series, a whimsical fusion of sea otter portraits against iconic masterpieces—Mona Lisa, Van Gogh's self -portrait, Frida Kahlo, and the Girl with the Pearl Earring—is a harmoious blend of technical prowess and endearing subject matter. This collection, inspired by the allure of renowned art, captivates both residents and toursits on the enchanting Monterey Peninsula. Embracing the delightful challenge, I invite viewers to dive into a world where the adorable meets the timeless.
Gordon Mayfield
Studio Number: 12c
I paint the natural beauty that surrounds me. I like the freshness and movement of watercolor, the way the colors and water interact. Whether painting on the cliffs, or next to a stream, I let my senses react to the scene. The energy of Plein air painting lives also in my studio work.
Marie Mcgowan
Studio Number: 46
Marie is an accomplished artist in many formats, painting, quilting, needlepoint to name a few. I began painting in high school when I attended the Boston Museum of Fine Arts Art program. I paused my art education and aspirations to pursue a Nursing Career. I continued to paint, while married and raising children. Watercolor was and is my first passion, and after moving to California I returned to Art school at College of San Mateo. I love using the vivid colors of watercolor paints, my subject matter is wide and varied, with attention to detail. I have occasionally taught Watercolor painting to private groups. While living in Carmel Valley, I became an accomplished quilter, I design the patterns, piece together the fabric and freehand machine quilt the finished product. My quilts are designed for function, my specialty is Christmas Tree Skirts. I have sold and donated many of my custom designed quilts to benefit Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation as well as several local charities. My latest artistic endeavor is pursuing Acrylic Fluid Art techniques, which challenges my focus on detail, I have learned to let the process evolve and emerge into something beautiful
- Phone:22 Miramonte Rd, Carmel Valley
- Email:Both weekends
Stasia Merritt
Studio Number: 54
I recently discovered that I’m genetically predisposed to wood working thanks to my father. After 40 years of jewelry making and lapidary work, it was kind of nice to discover another medium to work with. So not only do I have my silver and copper reposse, and my lapidary artistry, I now have Damascus steel knives with custom wood and stone handles. I love ALL of my mediums and hope that you will, too. For the Wizard of Oz it was “Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh my!” For me, it’s “Metal and Wood and Stone, Oh my!”
- Phone:187 Linde Cir, Marina
- Email:Both weekends
Gretchen Miller
Studio Number: 54
Drop, dangle, hang, cascade, radiate. I create wearable and hangable sculptures from precious and semi-precious metals and gemstones. I love the tactile experience of a sculpture or 3-dimentional artwork. They are designed to be touched and felt much more so than 2D works. And experiencing the art through touch is an important part of creating the piece for me. Originally from Santa Cruz, I came to Monterey in 2000 to study communication design and fine art at CSUMB. I’ve designed and worked with the Monterey County Weekly, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey Bay Aquarium and Braga Fresh. For the last eight years, I've been working directly with amazing clients as a branding and packaging designer.
Elizabeth Murray
Studio Number: 20
As an artist, gardener, author, & spiritual seeker I have an intimate connection to light. A ultidisciplinary artist I am best known for my color-saturated paintings of trees; my writing about beauty; my books and photography that grew from a 40-year relationship with Monet's gardens in Giverny, France; & approaching creativity as a spiritual practice. My forest paintings depict the power & whimsy of trees & capture my intimacy & commitment to them as sentient beings. My intention is that my paintings bring you closer to the vitality of Natue to befriend & recommit to our mutual wellbeing.
- Phone:62 Ave Maria Rd, Monterey
- Email:October 11 + 12, 2025
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Polly Osborne
Studio Number: 97
“I work in ceramics, watercolor, and bronze. The thematic content of my work is environmental and sometimes topical. Although I enjoy the ordinary as depicted with everyday forms, I like a twist that gives away recognition of bigger issues. “When I’m lucky, the playful dimensions of daydreaming lead to something worth pursuing. I use a ceramics palette of ordinary objects to give context to my reflections on issues of our time and the more abstract exploration of form.”
- Phone:580 W Carmel Valley Rd, Carmel Valley
- Email:October 19 & 20
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Rachel Pasculli
Studio Number: 45b
Iris Lunars art is inspired by God. I draw from a place of hope and love - channeling the greatest source of love of all. I strive to help people with my art. My art is mystical and ethereal and I do not limit myself to a certain standard. I just let my hand guide my every brush stroke while praising the Lord. My art also comes from a place of transformative hope. It features people with disabilities in loving light- favoring the process rather than the end result. My message of art is "To exist is to be loved."
Irene Patton
Studio Number: 11b
I have been a designer goldsmith for 50 years, recently retiring from a long career in design/retail in our own shop in the Virgin Islands. The natural world of gemstones and plants, sea creatures, shells are my inspiration for making silver and gold jewelry. I have an MS in education from Florida State University and have studied with Gemological Institute, Revere Academy and Florida Society of Goldsmiths. I am a member of the Monterey Bay Metal Arts Guild and an alumna of the jewelry department at MPC. Designs include Venetian glass and historic beads, gemstone jewelry and hand-crafted tableware.
- Phone:1188 Jewell Ave, Pacific Grove
- Email:Both weekends
Annette Pellinat
Studio Number: 28a
I’m a mixed media artist drawn to the beauty of nature, the mystery of history, and the magic in vintage and found objects. I create handmade “curiosity books” using bookbinding, old handwritten letters, vintage papers, and other one-of-a-kind materials, alongside boxes that showcase forgotten treasures in new ways. I have a restless creative spirit—if I see something intriguing, I want to try it. No medium is safe! Creative flow keeps me curious and constantly experimenting. Each piece is an adventure—an invitation to pause, look closer, and discover something unexpected.
- Phone:1281 Fourth St, Monterey
- Email:Both weekends
Celine Picus
Studio Number: 26d
I explore a range of techniques and resist confining myself to any one style. I let imagination lead the way, often surprising myself with what takes shape through spontaneous creative impulses. One piece might emerge from a burst of energetic movement, while another unfolds through layers of joyful, focused concentration. Each painting is its own conversation, unplanned, intuitive, and deeply personal. My paintings have been collected by private collectors in Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, Canada, and the United States. They can also be viewed at my home studio/gallery in Carmel, by appointment.
Maria Poroy
Studio Number: 12d
Maria Poroy is an abstract expressionist and colorist who focuses on exploring mood and emotion through the dynamic use of rich, dramatic color and texture. Working primarily in acrylic and mixed media, she builds multiple layers to create depth and complexity that invites closer inspection and evokes a visceral response. Through layering and texture, she creates pieces that transcend the original forms and allow viewers to experience the emotion and energy embedded within the composition. Her art is an invitation to see beyond the surface, to engage with the subtle shifts in color and structure that define our perception of the world. A California Artist, her work has found its way to international collectors and has been leased to the motion picture industry as well. She was an Artsy Shark featured artist in March 2023 and exhibited in 2024 at the San Francisco Art Fair.
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Lynda Reed
Studio Number: 6
I have loved clay since first touch; I feel connected to all of the elements (earth, air, fire, water) plus the mineral world. I love the transformation by fire with Raku, pit fire and salt techniques. My passion for figure sculpture emerged out of ceramics work over 30 years ago and I continue to find tremendous beauty & emotion in figurative work. Recently I started experimenting with Crystalized side firing, surface coloring and textured finishes, as well as more expressive and narrative work.
- Phone:1067 Morse Dr, Pacific Grove
- Email:October 11 + 12, 2025
Branham Rendlen
Studio Number: 30
My artwork deals with seeing, feeling , marking, listening and observing. Nature as a living being and it's life force is my inspiration. My personal engagement with nature is the content in all my work. My intention is that this primal life force in wild nature be embedded in the work using brushstrokes, marks, gesture, ensised line, invented color and movement. Each piece is an attempt to be in the present moment and bring peace and healing energy to myself and the viewer.
- Phone:308 Del Robles Ave, Monterey
- Email:October 11 + 12, 2025
Deborah Rich
Studio Number: 28b
My paintings often begin on a dirt road alongside a strawberry field, in the sand dunes, or under a California Live Oak, and evolve, if I can be observant enough, into oil paintings that make conscious the light and forms of the landscape. The hours that I paint outside flow past unnoticed as I work to translate a slice of the fullness around me onto canvas. And when I pack up my easel and palette to head home, I, myself, feel filled with light, and shapes, and horizons.
- Phone:1281 Fourth St, Monterey
- Email:Both weekends
France Ruhnke
Studio Number: 47
France Ruhnke is a French American contemporary mixed media artist. Her artwork encompasses contour drawings, still life, landscape, abstract and sculptural 3D oil paintings, wire sculptures and modern shadow boxes. Paper, canvas, fabric, gold leaf, paint, ink, natural flowers, feathers, egg shells, French literature, map fragments and wire are used to preciously explore the delicate essence and elegance of nature’s colors, light, flow, movement and transparency. Her work is said to be ethereal, bringing joy and touching emotions. She welcomes the public in her countryside studio in Carmel Valley all year round and accepts commissions
- Phone:35 Encina Dr, Carmel Valley
- Email:Both weekends
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Marie Schaefer
Studio Number: 21
In my artitic exploration, I've embraced soft pastels as my preferred medium. Their vivid intensity and immediate responsiveness offer a unique language, allowing me to express the profound beauty I discover in nature.
- Phone:409 San Bernabe Dr, Monterey
- Email:Both weekends
Mark Schlegel
Studio Number: 50
Mark Schlegel is a trained artisan with a degree in sculpture from San Jose State University. His many hand crafted tables and wall hangings are all created from his personal collection of redwood ripple wood; a rare occurrence that causes a curly grain effect in the wood. He is passionate about the natural world, especially trees and forests.His 50 years as a professional landscaper has taught him many aspects of mankind’s relationship with trees and the natural environment. He uses hand split ripple wood rays from the curly grain redwood that are one of a kind. Done in a sculptural way it has its own liveliness and luminosity. He looks forward to sharing his unique pieces with those who appreciate natural beauty.
- Phone:287 Esquiline Rd, Carmel Valley
- Email:Both weekends
Svea Scholten
Studio Number: 19a
I am a metalsmith in Capitola by the Sea on the Monterey Bay. I have been making one of a kind handcrafted jewelry in my home studio for over 9 years. I work with sterling, fine silver and gold. My designs are often ocean and nature inspired. I use precious and semi-precious gems, ocean tumbled sea glass, fossils that I find on my local beaches and from around the world, turquoise, along with other natural stones.
- Phone:35 Via Del Pinar, Monterey
- Email:October 11 + 12, 2025
Al Shamble
Studio Number: 52
Al Shamble is a contemporary California landscape and seascape painter. Painting in Oils and Watercolors, he is drawn to the light and majesty of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the magnificence of the great Pacific Ocean. As an environmentalist, he hopes that his Plein Air and studio pieces convey the need to recognize and preserve our beautiful natural resources. Al earned a BA at UCSD with a Major in Molecular Biology and a Minor in Visual Arts. Al works in California at his new home studio in East Garrison, near Monterey; and at his many outdoor plein air “offices” along the Pacific Coast.
- Phone:18135 Porter St, East Garrison
- Email:October 18 + 19, 2025
Gloria Shaw
Studio Number: 38b
My goal as an artist is to affect my viewers on as many levels as possible - emotional, intellectual and spiritual. I spent many years as a teacher of dance and drama before creating my visual art full time. I have always found that my experiences in choreographing and directing have been very compatible with my work in painting and printmaking. The paper or canvas I work on is like a stage. The forms and shapes I create are the dancers or actors, the colors are their costumes. And the same use of space, line, and rhythm I used to move performers around the stage, now move the eye of the viewer around the work of art
Gloria Shaw
Studio Number: 35d
My goal as an artist is to affect my viewers on as many levels as possible - emotional, intellectual and spiritual. I spent many years as a teacher of dance and drama before creating my visual art full time. I have always found that my experiences in choreographing and directing have been very compatible with my work in painting and printmaking. The paper or canvas I work on is like a stage. The forms and shapes I create are the dancers or actors, the colors are their costumes. And the same use of space, line, and rhythm I used to move performers around the stage, now move the eye of the viewer around the work of art
Willamina Strupat
Studio Number: 33b
I am fascinated by nature and especially enjoy the work of the early California Plein Air painters, including Edgar Payne. I look to art to escape reality at times. As many artists I believe plein air artists are the historians of our environment, specifically the coastline as it is constantly changing. I enjoy capturing the beauty of our land with the stroke of a brush and often including figures in my work. Some might say I romanticize the environment, I feel we need to be inspired and feel peace when we experience landscape painting. My love for art came out of my belief that art can be the cushion that helps heal us and relieve pain in life. In the past two years since Covid, I have been painting still life paintings in the old world style and have fallen in love with it. I also started enjoying painting the figure and my focus has changed as I am working to integrate the figure in my work.
- Phone:1677 Vallejo St, Seaside
- Email:Both weekends
Gregory Swenson
Studio Number: 53b
Wood is a material with natural beauty, warmth, color, and textural characteristics that I find fascinating and inspiring. Using traditional and modern woodworking techniques, with a strong emphasis on craftsmanship, I strive to create functional and decorative wooden art pieces that can brighten a home and become a cherished part of someone’s life. Through my work, I hope to inspire a greater appreciation for the beauty and significance of responsibly sourced materials, and perhaps, inspire a few to take up this wonderful craft.
- Phone:190 Linde Cir, Marina
- Email:Both weekends
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Usana Weaver
Studio Number: 16c
Over the past many years, I have been painting exclusively in the medium of oil on canvas. I create alla prima and classical oil paintings. I have travelled extensively to some of the world’s most inspiring places. This has enabled me to spend time in nature and to experience and paint great architecture. Art has brought great joy into my life. The natural course for me as an artist is to share my work with others
- Phone:110 Forest Ridge Rd, Monterey
- Email:Both weekends
Patti Wells
Studio Number: 11c
I take inspiration from the Japanese esthetic of form and function, and particularly from the wabi-sabi concept of the beauty of the imperfect. My jewelry has a certain primitive quality that acknowledges the quiet, worn esthetic of imperfection. It is intentional. My jewelry is made of sterling silver, red brass, copper and enamel, as well as occasionally some images from Japanese art. I feature many patterns from Japanese border prints, which I roll-print on to the sterling pieces.
- Phone:1188 Jewell Ave, Pacific Grove
- Email:Both weekends
Penny Whent
Studio Number: 22a
I currently paint abstract expressionist landscapes inspired by the water and forests of the Monterey Peninsula and surrounding areas. I was first influenced by my father, an architect and photographer, who moved the family to Pacific Grove where I graduated high school and later took art classes at Monterey Peninsula College. I am primarily self-taught. I have painted part-time all my life and now paint full-time in my Monterey home studio alongside my artist husband, Thomas Whent. I work predominantly in acrylics on canvas. My daily endeavor is to make beautiful art.
- Phone:115 Mar Vista Dr, Monterey
- Email:October 11 + 12, 2025
Thomas Whent
Studio Number: 22b
Thomas paints splatter abstract paintings incorporating heavily textured backgrounds overlaid with vibrant, multi-faceted layers of color and works primarily in acrylics and mixed media on stretched canvas. He also works in a folk art style featuring vivid colors, flattened perspective, strong forms in simple arrangements, immediacy of meaning and incorporating pointillistic detail. Tom currently paints daily at his home studio in Monterey, CA alongside his artist wife, Penny.
- Phone:115 Mar Vista Dr, Monterey
- Email:October 11 + 12, 2025
Janet Whitchurch
Studio Number: 29
As an artist I have recently been exploring combinations of three art styles or media that I have utilized separately for a number of years. Photographs have provided a basis for composition and lighting for my watercolors and drawings. Now I am using them as a foundation for drawings and collage. This is done by working on top of a scan of the photograph. this new approach has open new channels of expression for me
- Phone:29 Encina Ave, Monterey
- Email:October 11 + 12, 2025
Ellen Willis
Studio Number: 2
Ellen Wheelock Willis is an artist who has studios in Austin, Texas, and in Pebble beach California. Growing up in a ranching family in Corsicana, Texas, she developed a deep appreciation for the natural world. Her philosophy centers around the pursuit of truth, goodness, and beauty. As a full time professional artist, Ellen’s unique style emerges from her study of art history, careful observation, and guidance from master teachers. Ellen’s art has been featured in gallery and museum shows in Texas and California. For more information and to explore Ellen Wheelock Willis’s portfolio you can visit her website at: EllenWillis.com.
Elizabeth Wrightman
Studio Number: 45d
I have worked full time in the studio for 15 years focused on Irish literature. To my surprise the James Joyce Center of Dublin, Ireland contacted me during the first year of Covid and asked to use my painting of Molly Bloom for their Bloomsday Celebration, as to their dismay, their historic festival had needed to be done digitally. This led to 3 paintings over the years being sold to a Joyce scholar, for his books, the first of which was on the book Ulysses. In 1922 I went to Dublin to present images from James Joyce’s works at the 100th anniversary of the publication of Ulysses. I am presently using more fibre arts in my work, having taught tapestry weaving and hand spinning in Oregon several decades ago. I had raised my own sheep from lambs, on the baby bottle, and sheared them to spin my own yarn in those days. This is a time for me to try tp push even farther, in blending several mediums. A large tapestry weaving of a fish, which will include painting, bells, and collage will be my main work this summer, June and July, followed by two more; August and September. (This ‘mood’ is greatly influenced by stuffed animals and other ‘toys’ I have created for grandchildren, and adult family members as well.) I majored in Fine Arts, with a studio emphasis, in obtaining my Bachelor’s Degree, which I completed at UCSB. I show at all times in various venues and also sell work via my website wouldgodmilkagoat.com
Elizabeth Wrightman
Studio Number: 45d
I have worked full time in the studio for 15 years focused on Irish literature. To my surprise the James Joyce Center of Dublin, Ireland contacted me during the first year of Covid and asked to use my painting of Molly Bloom for their Bloomsday Celebration, as to their dismay, their historic festival had needed to be done digitally. This led to 3 paintings over the years being sold to a Joyce scholar, for his books, the first of which was on the book Ulysses. In 1922 I went to Dublin to present images from James Joyce’s works at the 100th anniversary of the publication of Ulysses. I am presently using more fibre arts in my work, having taught tapestry weaving and hand spinning in Oregon several decades ago. I had raised my own sheep from lambs, on the baby bottle, and sheared them to spin my own yarn in those days. This is a time for me to try tp push even farther, in blending several mediums. A large tapestry weaving of a fish, which will include painting, bells, and collage will be my main work this summer, June and July, followed by two more; August and September. (This ‘mood’ is greatly influenced by stuffed animals and other ‘toys’ I have created for grandchildren, and adult family members as well.) I majored in Fine Arts, with a studio emphasis, in obtaining my Bachelor’s Degree, which I completed at UCSB. I show at all times in various venues and also sell work via my website wouldgodmilkagoat.com
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David Zappacosta
Studio Number: 19b
I began working with Stained Glass in 1977, and produced seven pieces in homes that I designed and built in Los Gatos and Saratoga, California as a General Contractor. I graduate from San Jose State in 1973 with a B.A. in Art Painting and Art History. After graduation I studied Art History in Greece, and Art Painting in Italy. Recently, I have returned to Stained Glass designs producing over twenty new pieces. Some of these are modern, abstract, and original designs, and others are portrait and small versions of church windows from an ancient chapel outside of Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Phone:35 Via Del Pinar, Monterey
- Email:October 11 + 12, 2025