Meet Joe Adams in this working studio & gallery. Unique ocean/land-inspired abstract/surrealist drawings & paintings. Also, emotive/realistic dog portraits. Call for appointment.

Visual Arts • Murals • Public Art • Illustration

I have worked with hundreds of children and young adults teaching illustration, painting and sculpture. I am a muralist with an emphasis on culture, history, lessons on tolerance, teamwork and diversity.

Former Visual Art Director for Alisal Center for the Fine Arts, Jose has unique knowledge of the need art in schools. He is the founder of the Hijos del Sol muralist movement. Jose received the Benefactor of the Arts Award from the Cultural Council of Monterey County in 1995 and has been the curator for Mi Casa es Tu Casa, Day of the Dead art exhibit for the Pajaro Valley Arts Gallery since 1994. He was a Distinguished Fellow at California State University Monterey Bay for the year 2000.

Visual Arts • Murals • Public Art
JC Gonzalez is a visual Interdisciplinary and community-based artist. His work includes acrylic, oils, watercolor painting, drawing, murals, installations, and creative happenings using nature, social justice, and human rights as themes; Gonzalez infuses his own abstract painting with a celebration of mother nature, integrating important elements as using whole live organic vegetables and flower plants.
Gonzalez grew up in Salinas, California where he develops, teaches K - 12, mentors; JC is currently the Artistic Director the Urban Arts Collaborative (UAC), a multi-disciplinary, socially conscious arts organization, weaving interconnected issues of critical importance for the community, such as creative expression, food justice, equitable land use policies, and youth leadership.
Gonzalez received his Master in Fine Arts in Creative Inquiry Interdisciplinary Arts in 2014 from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, CA. He attended San Diego State University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences Art with an emphasis in Studio Arts in 2008.

Karen often paints en plein air in an effort to capture the essence of the landscape in Northern California, where she lives. Karen moved to the San Francisco Bay Area from Atlanta, Georgia in 1989.  She states: “I feel very fortunate to live in California surrounded by the magnificent landscape with its endless variety. Painting allows me to closely examine nature and I now notice everyday things that otherwise would have passed me by. Time slows down when you paint or sketch. It’s magical.”

A warm and welcoming gallery located in the courtyard behind Em Le's Restaurant. Featuring works and classes by Carmel artist Kathy Sharpe.