Our ambiance is ever-changing at OSWALD
because we are honored to feature local artists in bi-monthly solo exhibitions.
Our 2024 September/October artist is our very own Janet Silverglate.
Janet is an Assemblage/Mixed Media artist. She uses found, recycled, reuse materials to create sculptural pieces that are abstract or whimsical.
Please visit https://janetsilverglate.com/about
Please join us for Janet’s Reception on September 14th, 5-7
Our current artist for July/August 2024 is Joao de Brito
Please visit https://www.joaodebrito.com/
Our current artist for May/June 2024 is Karen Potter
Please visit https://www.kgpotter.com/
Our current artist for March/April 2024 is Margitta Welsh
Please visit https://www.margittadietrickwelsh.com/home
Our current artist for Jan/Feb 2024 is Michele Giulvezan-Tanner
Please Visit http://giulvezan.com/
Our current artist for Nov/Dec 2023 is Randie Silverstein
Please visit https://www.randiesilverstein.com/
Instagram @randiesilversteinglass
Our current artist for Sept/Oct 2023 is MICHA KAUERT
Please Visit
https://www.michakauertphotography.com/
Barbara Lawrence Shown July 5th-September 1st, 2023
Please visit http://www.bl4art.com/
Ed Penniman Shown July 5th-September 1st, 2023
Please Visit https://edpenniman.faso.com/
Mandy Spitzer
Shown May 3rd-July 1st, 2023
Please visit https://mandyspitzer.com/
Rachel Barnes.
Shown March 1st-April 29th, 2023
Please visit https://www.humanshapedanimal.com/
Beth Shields
Shown January 4th-February 25th, 2023.
Please visit https://www.bethshields.com/
Beth Purcell.Shown November 1st-December 31st, 2022.
Please visit http://bethpurcellmosaics.com/
Eileen Murray. Shown September 7th-October 29th, 2022.
Please Visit http://www.eileenmurrayarts.squarespace.com/
Johanna Atkinson. Shown July 5th-September 3rd, 2022
FJ Anderson. Shown May 5-July 2nd, 2022
Please visit www.fjaertwork.com
Burt Levitsky. Shown March 2nd-April 30th, 2022. Please visit www.burtlevitsky.com
Current artist Jan/Feb, 2022 is Micha Kauert.
Please visit https://www.michakauertphotography.com
Ed Penniman shown Nov/Dec, 2021
Visit https://edpenniman.faso.com/
Richard Rossi shown Aug/Sept, 2021
Miriam Hitchcock. Shown May 12th-July 6th, 2021.
We currently have a joint exhibit….. Husband and wife , our very own Janet Silverglate and Micha Kauert. May 2020-April 2021
Our March artist is Jeanne Rosen Sofen. Please visit http://www.jeannerosensofen.com
The artist’s reception will be rescheduled due to the Santa Cruz Shelter in Place order.
“I am fascinated with the details of our visual world, noticing everything from the delicate lichen in the tundra to the pattern of the wind on the lake’s surface…” -Jeanne Rosen Sofen
Our February artist is Cher Roberts. Please visit http://www.cherrobertsart.com
“My abstract work explores the possibilities of color, surface and form. Covering my canvas or panel with many layers of paint or mixed media, I am presented an assortment of possibilities for conveying an idea.” -Cher Roberts Contact Cher at cherrobertsart@gmail.com
Our January artist is Sarah Bianco. “ Abstract painting is a meditative practice for me. It is an invitation to enter the unknown and trust. Similar to abstract expressionism, it provides an opportunity to witness creation in progress in the absence of control and structure.” Sarah lives at the Tannery Arts Center and works out of her studio there, Apricity Gallery. Please visit her at http://www.sarahbianco.com/ This artist’s reception is Sunday, January 26th from 5-7pm.
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Randie Silverstein is our December artist. Please visit www.randiesilverstein.com
Randie “draws inspiration from the shapes and colors of nature and it’s infinite beauty.” Come see these beauties anytime we are open or closed as they are hanging in our front windows! Artist’s reception will be from 5-7pm on December 15th.
Janet Trenchard is our November artist. Please join us for the artist’s reception from 5-7 pm on November 24th. “I have morphed through different media and finally landed in painting. I have a love affair with sculpture and metal smithing that now shows up in my texture. …For many years now the paintings have been expressing the earthy, the geological, a digging, or an inner excavating.” -Janet Trenchard Please visit www.janettrenchardart.weebly.com
Our October artist is Ralph Steinberg, also known as Ralph Joachim. Visit his website at http://www.ralphjoachimartist.com/. Please join us for this artist’s reception from 5-7pm on October 13th.
Our September artist is Cheryl Moreno. “What inspires my work is largely driven by everyday observations. I’m fascinated with cause and effect, infrastructure, adaptation, survival, and best intentions.”
Our July artist is Ed Smiley. “I aim for a paradox of the intricate and the broadly gestural; the flat and the infinite.” Please visit edsmileysart.com. Join us for the artist’s reception on Sunday, July 14th from 5-7pm.
Our May art show is called “The Feminine.” This is a shared exhibition including artwork from Carrie Clayden, Dee Hooker, Christianna Hunnicutt, Emerson Murray, and our very own Janet Silverlgate. Please join us for the artist’s reception on Sunday, May 19th from 5-7pm.
Our April artist is Mandy Spitzer. She has been making art since the early 70’s. A recent trip to the Grand Canyon has inspired her to convey it’s majesty in her steel landscapes. “I love commissions, working in tandem with you to create site and person specific works.” The artist’s reception for Mandy is Sunday, April 28th from 5-7pm. Please visit www.mandyspitzer.com
Our March artist is Caryn Owen. Caryn has devoted her life to studying both marine biology and artistic expression. She blends both of these passions to create abstract art while simultaneously balancing motherhood and her career as a marine biology professor. Her paintings are modern, bold, feminine and colorful. The artist’s reception for Caryn Owen is Sunday, March 16 th from 5 to 7-pm. Please visit www.houseofboysart.com
Our February artist is Rachel Barnes. Rachel is inspired by geometric shapes and naturalistic world, specifically, the contrast and balance of the two. The artist’s reception for Rachel is from 5 to 7pm on February 24th. Please visit www.humanshapedanimal.com.
Our January art show is shared by 3 photographers. Please join us for the artist’s reception on January 27th from 5:30pm to 7pm.
Mary Anne Carson’s photography “ represents spiritual and everyday moments from my travels near and far. I often find my self with camera in hand, blissfully at peace in the present moment, capturing beauty in the simplest of objects.” Mary Anne Carson can be reached at mini06@comcast.net
Micha Kauert’s photography “has given me a way of looking at the world that is inspiring-to see a story unfolding in a landscape, on a street corner, in a flower petal, or a child at play. To capture the play of light and shadow that can create a feeling or a mood gives me great satisfaction. Please visit www.michakauertphotography.com
Michael Singer is a full time furniture designer/maker. “ Photography gives me a more spontaneous creative outlet as a way to balance all of the left-brain structure. “ His photographs range from the documentary to the interpretive. “ I frequently strive to illuminate the inherent line, tonality, and rhythm of a scene through the use of black and white presentation.” Please visit www.msfinephoto.com
Our December artist is Danielle Peters. Her two and three dimensional work and performances examine micro and macro cosmic relationships, turning inward and outward, highlighting symbiosis between all things, including the physical and metaphysical realms. She finds influences from music, dance, meditation and nature. The artist’s reception for Danielle Peters is December 16th from 5:30 to 7pm. Please visit www.daniellepeters.com/sculpture
Our October artist is Diana Viacheslavovna Walsworth. Diana’s inspiration comes from her love of the wild outdoors, where she frequently has unique encounters with animals. She has been chased by sea lions, circled by a great white shark, gobbled with turkeys, and strolled in the forest next to a rattlesnake. Join us for the artist’s reception Sunday October 7th from 5:30 pm to 7 pm. Please visit www.studiodvw.com
Our September artist is Barbara Lawrence. Join us for the artist's reception September 9th from 5:30-7pm. In her words " It is not my intention to illustrate but rather to use nature as a catalyst to express a private process." Please visit www.barbaralawrenceart.com
Our August 2018 artist is Robert Blitzer. Join us for the artist's reception August 12th from 5:30-7pm. In his words "In terms of importance, first food, then art. Come to the finest gallery the central coast has ever seen and buy local art."
Visit R. Blitzer Gallery
2801 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA
831-458-1217 Tuesday -Saturday Noon-5pm
Our July artist is Eduardo Izquierdo. An emotional quality along with color is what he is after.
Our June artist is Su Evers. She draws from her love of surfing and photography. The artist reception for Su Evers is July 1st, 5:30 to 7pm.
For May we are hosting a group exhibit, Sefla Joseph's Community of Painters. This includes Aethia Danforth, Suzanne Flanders, Sefla Joseph, Connie Kleinjans, Diane Levin, Ernesto Munoz, Ronit Reznichky, Sanda Spiegel, Nancy Tefler, and Steve Tripp. The Artist's reception for this month is May 6th, 5:30 to 7pm.
Our April artist is Ralph Joachim, also known as Ralph Joachim Steinberg. Please visit www.ralphjoachimartist.com . The artist's reception for Ralph is April 15th, 5:30 to 7pm.
Our February artist is Carrie Clayden. Please visit http://www.carrieclayden.com
Our December artist is Carolyn Cassidy.
Our December artist is Krista Pollock. Please visit http://www.kptapestries.com
The artist's reception is December 17th, 5:30 to 7pm.
Krista Pollock creates hand painted tapestries. The inspiration for her designs are gathered from symbolic patterns in various vintage and modern textiles from all around the world.
Our November artist is Lisa Stark. Please visit http://www.starkpaintings.com/
The artist's reception is November 19th, 5:30 to 7pm.
Lisa is donating 100% of sales from this show to her son's South Asia flood relief. http://www.gofundme.com/south-asia-flood-relief
Lisa Stark creates fine art and lives her life on the beaches of Santa Cruz. She also writes software. Because of her passion for both escaping outdoors and coding complex computer systems, Lisa explores the world through two lenses, both analog and digital. Her acrylic and multimedia works fluidly blend her vision for the aesthetic and analytical, fusing organic and geometric elements.
Our September artist is our very own Janet Silverglate. Please visit https://janetsilverglate.com/about
The artist's reception for Janet Silverglate is September 10th, 5:30 to 7pm.
Refuse Lyre
Janet was a dancer in her earlier life. She has a B.A. in Art History/Dance from the University of California Riverside and a M.F.A. in Dance from Mills College, Oakland, California. She performed in the Bay Area for many years until moving to beautiful Santa Cruz, California. As an avid treasure hunter she finally found her art form in Assemblage and Mixed Media. In using salvaged, found, recycled materials to create work she has come to love the process of design and construction. She is a Santa Cruz Open Studios artist and has been showing her work at various venues throughout Santa Cruz County. Janet takes what would end up in landfill and reshapes it into art. Each piece is one of a kind; unique in the relationship of the elements to each other and to the vision she creates. Janet holds one-day workshops at her home. She calls them creative spa days.
Our August artist is Leslie Morgan. Please visit http://www.lesliemorganart.com/
The artist's reception for Leslie Morgan is August 13th, 5:30 to 7pm.
My artwork has come from memories of summers spent leaping and diving, doing cannonballs and back flips, participating in breath holding contests and looking up through chlorine filtered sunlight daydreaming. In water, we become weightless, buoyant and free both in mind and body. As a competitive swimmer and Psychologist for most of my life, these are elements I consciously integrate into my work. Using found objects, paint and photographs, I create nostalgic paintings of the past I carry with me into the present.
Our July artist is Adrienne Momi. Please visit http://www.adriennemomi.com/
The artist's reception for Adrienne Momi is July 9th, 5:30 to 7pm.
Our June artist is Ed Penniman. Please visit http://edpenniman.fineartstudioonline.com
The artist's reception for Ed Penniman is June 11th, 5:30 to 7pm.
In most artists’ lives, there will be one family member who inspired them. For California artist Ed Penniman, it was his grandmother. Leonora N. Penniman was a well-known plein air watercolorist who taught him at an early age how to use a brush to interpret the world. Eventually, it would save his life.
Our May artist is Lisa Sheridan. Please visit www.lisasheridanphotography.com
Our April artist is Danny Quijano. The artist's reception for Danny will be April 23rd, 5:30 to 7pm. Please visit DANNY@DANNYQUIJANO.NET
Gallery-Door
Our March artist is Mark Yanowsky. Please visit www.markyanowsky.com
MARK YANOWSKY'S ARTIST RECEPTION:TBA
Our February artist is Carrie Clayden. Please visit www.carrieclayden.com
CARRIE CLAYDEN'S ARTIST RECEPTION: MARCH 5th, 5:30 to 7PM.
Due to maintenance issues, Carrie's reception has been postponed until next Sunday.
Please note the new date. Sorry for any inconvenience.
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Our December Artist is Sonia Calderon. Please view more of her work at http://www.soniacalderon.design
Tuileries
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Our November 2016 artist is photographer Micha Kauert.
Please visit www.michakauertphotography.com
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Our October 2016 artist is painter Anika Canton.
Please visit http://www.betaever.com to learn more.
ANIKA CANTON'S ARTIST RECEPTION: Sunday, October 9th, 5:30-7:00PM.
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Our September 2016 artist is digital designer, photographer and painter Roberta Lee Woods.
Please visit http://www.robertaleewoods.com to learn more.
ROBERTA LEE WOODS'S ARTIST RECEPTION: TBD, 5:30-7:00PM.
"Reef" mixed media on canvas
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Our August 2016 artist is encaustic and plein air painter Susanna Waddell.
Please visit http://www.susannawaddell.com to learn more.
Behind the Tree, 2010
Our July 2016 artist is photographer and mixed-media artist Mark Gottlieb.
Please visit http://www.markgottliebart.com to learn more.
MARK GOTTLIEB'S ARTIST RECEPTION: SUNDAY, JULY 17th, 5:30-7:00PM.
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Our June 2016 artist is oil painter João de Brito.
Please visit http://joaodebrito.com to learn more.
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Our May 2016 artist is oil painter Ron Reeves Meadow.
Please visit http://www.ronmeadow.com to learn more.
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Our April 2016 artist is metal sculptor Mandy Spitzer. Please visit http://mandyspitzer.com to learn more.
MANDY SPITZER'S ARTIST RECEPTION: SUNDAY, APRIL 17th, 5:30-7:00PM.
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Our March 2016 artist is encaustic painter & sculptor Terry Dowell. Please visit http://www.rocketencaustic.com to learn more.
TERRY DOWELL'S ARTIST RECEPTION: SUNDAY, MARCH 20th, 5:30-7:00PM.
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Our ambience is ever-changing at OSWALD
because we are honored to feature local artists in monthly solo exhibitions.
Our February 2016 artist is painter Suzanne McCourt.
Please visit http://suzannemccourt.com to learn more.
SUZANNE YOST MCCOURT'S ARTIST RECEPTION: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21st, 5:30-7:00PM.
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Our January 2016 artist is painter Sheryl Barabba.
Please visit http://sherylbarabba.com to learn more.
SHERYL BARABBA'S ARTIST RECEPTION: SUNDAY, JANUARY 10th, 5:30-7:00PM.
The Last Train Home Tonight
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Our December 2015 artist is mosaicist Beth Purcell.
Please visit http://bethpurcellmosaics.com to learn more.
BETH PURCELL'S ARTIST RECEPTION: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13th, 5:30-7:00PM.
Bird Lady
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Our November 2015 artist is photographer Micha Kauert.
Please visit www.michakauertphotography.com to learn more.
MICHA KAUERT'S ARTIST RECEPTION: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29th, 5:30-7:00PM.
Highlands
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Our October 2015 artist is painter Susan Leone Howe.
Please visit http://susanhowe.com/ to learn more.
SUSAN HOWE'S ARTIST RECEPTION: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, from 5:30 until 7pm.
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Our September 2015 artist is acrylic-mixed media painter Stacey Pollard.
Please visit www.slhpollard.com to learn more.
Visit Stacey's studio during Santa Cruz Open Studios in October.
October 3,4 & October 17, 18
2593 Mission Street Extension (off Swift St.)
WHORL
24 x36
acrylic on board
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Our August 2015 artist is painter Dianne Bollentini.
DIANNE BOLLENTINI'S ARTIST RECEPTION: SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, from 5:30 until 7pm.
BUTTERFLIES
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Our July 2015 artist is figurative painter Emerson Murray.
Please visit emersonmurray.com to learn more.
EMERSON MURRAY'S ARTIST RECEPTION: SUNDAY, JULY 26, from 5:30 until 7pm.
I Hadn't Saved a Human Being
Oil on Canvas
36" x 36"
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Our June 2015 artist is mixed media painter D. Hooker.
Please visit dhooker.com to learn more.
Professional Daughter, 45 x 30
SOLD
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Our May 2015 artist is painter F. J. Anderson. Please visit www.fjartwork.com to learn more.
F.J. ANDERSON'S ARTIST RECEPTION: SUNDAY, MAY 17 5:30-7PM
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Our April 2015 artist is painter Maia Negre.
Please visit www.maianegre.com to learn more.
MAIA NEGRE'S ARTIST RECEPTION: Sunday, April 12 from 5:30-7pm
Big Sur Mist
OIL ON CANVAS
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Our March 2015 artist is painter Charles Prentiss.
Please visit www.charlesprentiss.com to learn more.
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Our February 2015 artist is painter Beth Shields.
Please visit www.bethshields.com to learn more.
What Lies Beneath 36” x 48” Oil, wax and graphite on canvas
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Our January 2015 artist is painter Dan McFadden. Visit www.dandoesart.com to learn more.
DAN MCFADDEN'S ART RECEPTION: SUNDAY, JANUARY 11, 2015 FROM 5:30-7PM.
BLACK LEMON
22" by 30" WATERCOLOR
