I have been promoting artists and their works since 2007 when I retired from the private sector, a law firm in San Francisco.  I worked there for the last 17 years of my administration career.  I had already started working with artists even before I retired, my first client was Native American painter, Rabbett Strickland, a childhood friend whose works I admired and I pretty much taught myself how to market his work and  working with Non profit organizations promoting his work.  Today, he enjoys a very successful career, has had major Museum exhibits, write up and even a PBS program about his career and life.

That started me on a great adventure and I began to represent more artists, mostly Indigenous artists, doing exhibits in my community and beyond.

In this exhibit I have the pleasure and great honor to represent six wonderful artists who I have worked with for many years.  Francisco Franco, Emily Costello, Pamela Enriquez, Pinchi Michi (Michelle Taylor), Shawn Griggs and Heather Calderon.

If you would like any information on these artists, please contact me at 415-577-4649, I am happy to answer any questions or email you a bio on any of them.

Thank you for coming to our exhibit, always grateful for the support!!

Regards,

Bird Levy

Casey is a lifelong, Half Moon Bay local. She created Layers Of Intention during the beginning of her Master’s degree program in Mind-Body Medicine nearly three years ago as a grounding tool, through the creation of jewelry and her Reiki practice. Now as she enters her Ph.D. program in Mind-Body Medicine at Saybrook University, she still finds comfort in creating pieces of jewelry that are layered with intention through the metaphysical properties of crystals.

David Ebner has designed and created memorable art for Television and Cinema since he was 18 years of age. Listed by Wired Magazine as one of Hollywood’s most creative individuals, Ebner has contributed to over 70 teature films and has worked with notable auteurs such as Steven Spielberg, Guillermo Del Toro, Martin Scorsese, Tim Burton, Stephen Sommers Francis Ford Coppola, Taylor Hacktord, David Fincher, John Woo, Frank Darabont, among others

While only 22 years of age, Dateline NBC and Entertainment Tonight, the two leading cable programs were branded with title graphics created by Ebner and his team. On top of that, Ebner oversaw the graphics for HBO, Nat Geo Channel, ESPN,

skybox, among others, winning bUA and Fromaxx awards.

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Eleven years ago we moved to Half Moon Bay. I love this beautiful place where green fields end at the bluffs above the Pacific Ocean.  We made our home in an old train station.  One day Coastside Land Trust brought a herd of goats and sheep to graze the coastal meadows. I owe those animals a debt of gratitude; their connection to the land, sea, and air shifted something in me.  After years of putting my creativity last, I moved it to the front of my to-do list.  I draw, paint and weave – finding inspiration from and incorporating elements of the natural world into the things I make. Often working in collaboration with my husband Steve we find delight in the creatures and elements in our garden and beyond.

Erika Adkins creates two-dimensional works in both acrylic and encaustic. Her pieces rely on layering colors, textures, and meanings, often the result of multiple paintings on a single canvas. As a third-generation artist, Erika grew up assuming everything can be viewed for its aesthetic merit. Recently her work has explored conflict: between humans and the environment, between her dogs, or between history and individuals. Her current subject matter explores borders, barriers, and bridges. Born in Pittsburgh, PA and now based in Half Moon Bay, Erika holds a degree in Fine Art from Yale University and an MBA from the Leavey School of Business. She has spent the last 20 years working in Tech, while keeping her “Batman” art life alive and well.

I started learning painting since middle school, The first painting I had ever painted was at the age of 16.

I enjoy painting realism, impressionism, landscapes, flowers and animals. all my paintings are high quality and 100% handmade oil paintings on canvas.

I studied studio art and art education at Hampshire College and, since graduating in 2015 I’ve spent my time teaching children and creating art in various forms. I became interested in stained glass after finding my father’s old glass and tools in the garage  during the pandemic. When I was younger, I had watched him cut  glass,  and he had shown me how to hold it without cutting myself. I thought it would be fun to try it out and taught myself how to make small sun catchers to hang in windows.  As my nostalgic experiment grew into a passion, I began creating full stained glass windows and working at Aanraku Glass Studios in San Mateo. In 2021 I was the recipient of Made on the Coast’s Emerging Artist Grant which further pushed me towards continuing my art career.

Nature has been a continuous theme in my everyday life and continues to come forth in my artwork. I have spent my whole life exploring the coastal beaches and forests along the peninsula and the inspiration I find here is present in many of my pieces. Often on my hikes and bike rides I will stop and take pictures of the plants, animals and landscape to incorporate into my artwork later. As I gain more knowledge and skills as a stained glass artist, I hope to incorporate my other artistic skills such as drawing and painting into my glass work.

Website: Hannahandersonart.com

As an artist captivated by the endless beauty of the ocean. I find inspiration in the rhythmic dance of waves, the vibrant colors of underwater life, and the boundless expanse of the sea. Without any formal training or art education, I have cultivated a deep love for translating the wonders of the ocean onto canvas, as I interpret them. Creating art is self-care for me and allows me to nurture my mind and soul.

When I am not painting you can find me spending time with my family, or with my soul dog Lola, the best art and work assistant ever! I enjoy volunteering with animals (something I am VERY passionate about). I am also passionate about sustainability and work full-time with a local energy efficiency consulting firm, Resource Innovations. I am married with a 19-year-old son and our family has lived in this beautiful coastal town for 20+ years.

I am so honored to be included in the Ocean Blue Vault Collective with so many talented artists and I hope you enjoy your visit to the gallery.

XO,
Heather Prince
HMBheatherart

Owner and Artist Fierce Siren Studios

fiercesirenstudios@gmail.com

An avid beachcomber and history geek, I am an artist who incorporates beach finds into my work and writes about them.  Always drawing as a child, I won a competition to create my high school’s logo. I studied art and architectural history at the University of London as a teen, then graduated with Honors from San Jose State University with a Bachelor of Science in Interior Design. Life kept me away from creating for decades, until the sea rekindled my spark. I founded Fierce Siren Studios in 2021 and think of myself as an artist whose inspiration is the waste of the past.

Shows and Exhibits 

City of Sunnyvale public art display April–May 2024

Women’s View 2024 Group Exhibit for Women’s History Month, Caldwell Gallery, Redwood City 

Coastal Arts League, “Anything Goes” juried show May/June 2024, “A Moment in Time’ juried show March/April 2024, “Textures and Contrasts” juried show Summer 2023 

Ocean Blue Vault – Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Winter 2024, Spring/Summer/Fall 2023 

Art Guild of Pacifica – “Myth and Magic” May – June 2024, “The Four Seasons” Feb-March 2024, “Light and Shadow” January-February 2024

San Mateo County Office of Arts and Culture – Redwood City public art display July-August 2023 

Mohr Gallery, Menlo Park March-April 2023 

Los Altos Library public art display April-May 2023

2023 Festivals and Speaking Engagements 

Winter Art Faire 2023, Art Guild of Pacifica 

Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival – Main Festival (juried) 2024, 2023, Local’s block (juried) 2022 

Santa Cruz Sea Glass and Ocean Arts Festival – Vendor (juried) and Presenter 2023, Vendor (juried) 2022 

Santa Barbara Sea Glass and Ocean Arts Festival – Vendor (juried) and Presenter 204, 2023

Sunnyvale Art and Wine Festival – Vendor (juried) 2023 

Half Moon Bay History Association, Speaker “The History of Miramar” August 2023 

Published Articles and Art 

“You Say Potato” Article, Half Moon Bay History Assoc. website, April 2024

“The Amesport Pier: Lifeline to the World” Article, Half Moon Bay History Assoc. website, February 2024 

“Three Masts and a Ghost” Short story, Beachcombing Magazine, volume 38 September-October 2023

“Spirit of the Sea” Painting, Beachcombing Magazine, volume 38 September – October 2023

“Small Town, Big History” Article, Half Moon Bay History Association website, August 2023 

“Half Moon Bay History Reveled Through Glass” Article, Half Moon Bay History Assoc. website, Dec 2021 

“Basic Guild to Bottle Identification” -Article, Half Moon Bay History Association website, Dec 2021 

Affiliations 

Coastal Arts League 

Colony of Coastside Artists (CoCA) 

South Coast Artists Alliance 

Art Guild of Pacifica 

Silicon Valley Open Studios

Joni is a native of Half Moon Bay, and with so much natural beauty, I wanted to capture it in my watercolor art.

And since retiring, I’m able to devote more time, to what I love, painting.

Thank you for checking out my artwork at The Ocean Blue Vault.

Larry Salveson is a Software Developer in the San Mateo, CA area. He has enjoyed a lifelong passion for photography, which has evolved to include creating digital paintings. Larry’s images span a broad range of interests including people, abstracts, nature, and landscapes. 

Custom sizes are available for most images. Contact me directly for signed prints that I make myself. Other prints can be ordered from my website. 

Larry Salveson 

Larry@LarrySalveson.com 

LarrySalveson.com

I currently live on the beautiful coast, but I grew up in Pennsylvania where my love of art began as a child.  I am a creative person who is  inspired by nature and the world around me.  A lot of things I see in nature show themselves as something else in my mind’s eye. A rock looks like a face, a piece of wood with a hole is an owl’s eye, a spikey tree nut on the ground is a hedgehog.  I like to collect these items and use them in my nature inspired collages.  I have been collecting bits and pieces from nature since I can remember.  I incorporate these pieces of nature into mixed media collages that represent landscape scenery, people, animals or just about anything that is relevant in my life.  My most recent work is a collage of an angel that represents a teenage girl who was taken from the Earth too soon.  The flowers from her funeral are in her wings and dress, there is sheet music and cats and crystals, and nature, and so many things that she loved incorporated into the piece.

I love to teach art classes for my two kids and their friends and classmates.  This enables me to share my love of creativity and hopefully inspire others to create along with me.  I’m always being introduced to various forms of art and I love to experiment and see what transpires.

Recently, I have been included in the following themed juried exhibits:

San Francisco Women Artists Gallery- 647 Irving Street, San Francisco, CA 94122

Mistlin Gallery, Central Ca Art Association- 1015 J Street Modesto CA 95354

SIY Gallery- 1026 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA 94103

Art is an expression of soul.  It is a blend of real and fantasy, the subject matter depicts places, people, objects and events from life.

Marilyn’s early art: sketches, paintings, and prints and her more recent art expression through fabric and glass are glimpses of life events and are driven by a need to express self.  Current glass , as seen in The Vault is a dynamic medium of light interacting with the art object.  It serves to enhance and move focus bringing a life to the art itself.

Marilyn has worked for the art department of Mira Costa Junior College and the Art and Lectures Department at University of California, Santa Cruz on work study grants.  She has been a member of art communities in Venice Beach CA, Santa Cruz CA , the Inland Valley, Riverside area, and in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Marilyn is a member of the Sanchez art community, Cradle of the Sun stain glass studio, and a community arts program at the Pacifica Senior Center.  She is a resident of Pacifica CA. and works as an Occupational Therapist at an acute hospital setting.

Awards:

Window Scape artist, Riverside CA

Artist Recognition, Sanchez Arts, Member Show

Shows:

Mountain Ranch Resource Center, CA

Cabrillo College, Santa Cruz, CA

Mira Costa Junior College, Oceanside, CA

Art Displays:

Ocean Yoga, Pacifica CA.

I was born & raised in the Bay Area & feel so blessed to be able to call The Coastside my home for the last 18 years. My love of this area and the ocean began on trips to Fitzgerald Preserve as a child and continued throughout my college years at UCSC. My practical scientific mind & love of animals led me to a degree in Biology and my first job as an educator at a nonprofit teaching science & natural history. The bonus for me were the animal educators I was privileged to work with.   While I’ve had many jobs over the years, none of these exactly prepared me to become an artist.

My first real art class was an art history course in college that allowed me to explore the museums in San Francisco as well as learn about the masters. The opportunity to create my own art wouldn’t come until much later. Years later, I was able to participate in my children’s Art in Action lessons as a docent & the spark was rekindled. Creating examples of the lessons for the students forced me to confront my insecurities regarding creating art. It also allowed me to remind students as well as myself that everyone is an artist in their own way and the only person who needs to like your art is you.

When I began to contemplate a return to the outside workforce, the practical scientist in me began taking classes at my community college including a career exploration class. Now if I had only read those evaluation results a little more thoroughly…. I went back to my roots in science and was able to gain an acceptance into a Dietetic Program when the Universe threw me a curveball. After some health challenges forced a suspension of my carefully laid plans, the Universe nudged me again. A chance video in my YouTube feed introduced me to my current art form & life has been much messier & much fuller as a result.

During my exploration of this art form, my use of painting surfaces has expanded from river rocks to canvases, to jewelry. I’m currently delving into the recycling and upcycling of items that can be redesigned through my painting. I find myself drawn to everyday items such as wooden bowls and boxes that seem to cry out for a makeover. Oh, and that evaluation test result… the one that listed possible careers… the number one profession, ahead of all my scientific career choices…craft artist.

NOEMI’s JOURNEY 

Noemi’s origin traces back to Barcelona, Spain, where she spent her formative years captivated by the city’s rich tapestry of art, architecture, and culture. Immersed in the vibrant environment, she delved into the study of art history, drawing inspiration from iconic figures such as Picasso, Matisse, Van Gogh, Monet, Salvador Dali, and others of that era.

In her twenties, she embarked on a new chapter by relocating to the United States, specifically the San Francisco Bay Area. Despite the change in surroundings, her unwavering passion for art remained constant, manifesting itself through her daily commitment to painting. Today, her works grace public and private collections across Europe and California, renowned for their dynamic movement, vibrant color palette, and the profound expression of emotion.

Noemi draws inspiration from her travels and finds particular joy in depicting Urban Landscapes, though her love for the Impressionist style endures and continues to be a focal point of study in her home studio. Over the past eight years, her pieces have found homes with both local and international collectors, earning her finalist accolades in competitions held in San Francisco, Barcelona, and Italy. Notable showcases include exhibitions in Silicon Valley art shows and esteemed Barcelona Art Galleries, along with various private exhibitions.

Beyond artistic pursuits, Noemi is driven by a mission to contribute to her community, dedicating a portion of her proceeds to causes close to her heart.

Her academic background includes a Bachelor’s Degree in International Business and Tourism from the University of Barcelona. Early in her professional journey, she navigated the realm of consumer marketing, making significant contributions at companies like Virgin Airlines, GAP, and Visa.

For commission inquiries and updates on her latest creations, Noemi can be reached via email at noe_manero@yahoo.com. Stay informed about her upcoming events and art exhibitions by following her on Instagram at #noemaneroart or visiting www.noemimanero.com.

Robyn Drake grew up on an Iowa farm amid cattle, horses, and expansive landscapes. Robyn moved to Chicago after attending Drake University.  In 2013, she moved to California, and currently resides in Half Moon Bay.

Using oils, oil pastels, charcoal, and more recently, acrylics, she explores the interplay of awe and endurance, vulnerability and resilience, through representational subjects.

Robyn’s work has been exhibited in group and solo exhibitions primarily in Chicago and California. Her evolving horse series marked a significant return to her roots on the ranch in Iowa. Robyn’s drawings and paintings are in private collections in the USA, Europe, and Asia, and have won awards in juried competitions.

Drake was awarded scholarships and earned degrees in studio art and art history at Drake University, with further development through post-graduate classes at the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. 

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

Inspired by the interplay of vulnerability, strength, and power, my art employs representational imagery to navigate themes of agency through contemporary expressionism.  I engage with and question the complexities of our current existential predicament while acknowledging and elevating primal facets of ourselves in a social landscape which grows increasingly illusionistic.

Through the equine and animal subjects, I delve into resilience and fragility, using an anthropomorphic perspective as a chronicle of unfiltered emotional landscapes in my life. The horses never wear any tack or offer narrative cues to assign historical era, or culture which would distract from the purity of the emotional statement.  In contrast, my human figures are often dreamy and introspective, others are blatantly symbolic in dreamlike environments, both less outwardly emotive than the animals, and contain visual clues to culture, era, and social strata.

The seascapes switch the narrative to engage the viewer with uncontrollable external powers.  With the drama of the waves, both beautiful and dangerous, there is a reminder of powerlessness and resilience in the face of larger forces, which also serve as metaphors of sociopolitical forces overwhelming personal agency through social constructs.

My selection of charcoal, acrylics, and oils pays tribute to the craft legacy of traditional painting and dedication to hone my skill as a painter.  The choice of media becomes a crucial element of my practice.

Currently I’m preparing for upcoming group and solo exhibitions and new gallery representation.  I’m investigating the use of AI as a tool for creating complex compositions as an addition to working from life and manipulated photographs.  A personal symbolic language is emerging as my subjects grow.  I will always return to commissioned horse paintings and portraits as a grounding device for my work.

Through many decades I have longed to find my own personal style. I discovered the freeing and challenging medium of Alcohol Inks several years ago. Alcohol Inks are a vibrant, fluid medium that I yearn to contain to create my inner vision.

Placing the ink on the porcelain tile always leads to new discoveries of what is possible. Oscillating between letting the ink and coastal humidity control the outcome of its path, or controlling the placement of each fine detail.California’s stunning flora and fauna are my inspiration and place of solitude. They flow into life through the interaction of coastal landscapes, churning seas, unique plants and animals, and sweet ocean air.

I am grateful to live in this beautiful place where on my daily walks (and sometimes in our own backyard) I see a spectacular variety of life. I’ve fallen in love with our local birds, and sharing photos of them has delighted me and my friends. I marvel at the diversity, so I’ve produced high-quality metal prints of our local Owls and Hummingbirds in new, more affordable sizes.