We welcome to the gallery:
Calvin Lai
Artist bio: Calvin Lai would describe his relationship to art as the “monkey on my back” which climbed on during a self portrait in kindergarten. It was in drawing the shoelaces that day that got the “monkey” to climb on, and he remembered the care and feeling he had while attempting to make the loops of the laces just right. This fascination with representing things accurately drove him towards rendering realistic images, and he began teaching himself the basics of value and perspective at a very young age. Growing up in Los Angeles, his addiction to art progressed, and people became his main and his favorite subject. His passion for art eventually led Calvin to San Francisco in order to pursue his studies at San Francisco State University, in addition to The Academy of Art. But it wasn't until 2008, at the Academy, that Calvin began to really study painting. Now, oils are his main medium. Since taking classes, he has been pursuing a non-stop development of his painting skills, showing in galleries, group shows and juried exhibitions. He also was featured in the January 2013 edition of Southwest Art magazine. Though Calvin mainly focuses on figurative and portrait painting, he is driven to capture all that he finds compelling through his paints, brushes, and determination.
Oil paintings:
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Deborah Bays
Artist Statement: I have been blessed with a life in the Arts. I was born in Nashville, Tennessee in 1951 and spent my early years in the formal study of music, playing both violin and viola. In college my focus shifted to making visual art. I earned a Bachelor of Arts in Costume Design for the Theatre at the University of Texas at Austin then went on to complete a Master of Arts in Scenography at Purdue University. I worked for two and one half decades designing costumes and sets for the theatre and television.
After many years of making art as a member of a team I longed for a more personal expression. This led to studying drawing and painting with many fine artists and teachers at the Art Student's League of Denver. While I still have a passion for both theatre and music, nothing has proved as profound a challenge or as rewarding as painting.
My work has been featured in Southwest Art, The Pastel Journal and The Artist's Magazine. One of my paintings is included in Pure Color: the Best of Pastel published by North Light Books and I have contributed a pastel painting demonstration to Painting with Pastels written by Maggie Price. Most recently my work is featured in Les Maitre du Pastel, le Livre 2011 published by Diverti Editions, the publisher of the French artist's magazine, Pratique de Arts. I am honored to have been given Master Pastelist status by the Pastel Society of America and to have exhibited paintings and won awards at the Pastel Society of America Annual Pastel Exhibitions in New York as well as to have had paintings selected to represent the PSA at The Butler Institute of American Art. I have also exhibited with the International Association of Pastel Societies where in 2010 my painting won the First Place Award at the 17th Juried Exhibition, the Web Show.
Pastel paintings:
Susan Beaupre
All of Susan Beaupre’s jewelry work is handmade and created from start to finish by the artist. She uses the traditional lost wax process and additional hand-crafted fabrication. In her Colorado studio, she works primarily in silver and embellishes her work with semi-precious stones. She is attracted to the natural world around her, which is clearly displayed in her organic-looking pieces. Susan enjoys the process of creating and the surprises that are at every turn when working with metal.
Jewelry:
