SAN LUIS OBISPO ART CENTER
BUSINESS ART EXHIBIT

PAST ARTISTS:  
(scroll down to see all the artists)

Doris Goodill - 805.595.2202
bestfriendsart@aolcom

Throughout her life, Doris has been interested in all types of arts and crafts.  Her frustrating challenge to draw and paint has been realized in the medium of photography.  Photographing the beauty she saw around her in nature and humanity has been a passion for over 30 years.  She has been entering various photo exhibits throughout the years and has received recognition at these events.  Most recently she received honorable mention at the juried 2003 Visions photography exhibit at the San Luis Obispo Art Center for her photo "It's the Hat".  Expressing creativity in all its forms and encouraging creativity in others is her current passion.  

"Black Eyed Susan"

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Page Graeber - 805.239.7337
pagegraeber@tcsn.net

Page Graeber grew up in Southern California and has been involved with art all her life.  She won a four-year scholarship to the renowned Chouinard Art Institute where she majored in Motion Picture and Television Arts.  Ms. Graeber started her professional career as an art director at KLAS-TV in  Las Vegas.  Since then, her path has taken her from television art director, advertising agency owner, college painting instructor, newspaper advertising director to guest lecturer at USC.  While living in Laguna Beach, Graeber was juried into the Laguna Beach Art Association, and her "free-time" fine art painting started to develop.  Moving to Paso Robles in 1990, she became more involved in the local art scene and is now doing architectural ink drawings and paintings.  According to Ms. Graeber, "I am a California artist who enjoys working in several mediums, painting everything from the abstract to mission architecture.  My work is a projection of my personality."

"Toro Creek Road"

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Judy Chapel - 805.773.2865
jchapelesq@aol.com

After teaching elementary school for many years, Judy Chapel left that field and plunged into a new career.  She's covered a lot of artistic ground, exploring watercolor, acrylics, pastels, collage, and Chinese brush paining.  She has also studied with some of the best artists in these fields, too - Pat Deadman, Skip Lawrence, Bob Burridge.  "I loved to color, paint and draw as a child.  What I loved to do then has come back to fill my life with excitement and passion today."  This excitement and passion has caused Judy to win Best of Show in the San Luis Obispo Art Center's "Brushstrokes 2000" Show.  She has been juried into numerous prestigious shows and received many awards for her work.

"Sheer Tranquility"

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Loretta Ramseyer - 805.594.1582
lramseyer@charter.net

After suffering a disabling stroke, Loretta Ramseyer retired from the active practice of law and reconnected with her childhood love of creating art.  Her new focus has been on the process of creating art and maturing as an artist.  

According to Loretta, "The change in orientation has enabled me to recognize the creative process as a fundamental value.  I believe these changes are reflected in my life and my art."  

"Independence"

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Dotty Hawthorne - 805.595.7054
dmhawthorne@aol.com

Dotty Hawthorne works primarily in pastel and watercolor.  Her paintings have been displayed and won numerous awards in local, regional and national juried shows.  Ms. Hawthorne graduated from Wheaton College with a BA in Art, earned a Certificate of Completion from the North Light Art School, and has taken workshops from leading painters.  She is represented by L'Artiste Gallery in the historic Creamery in San Luis Obispo and participates in the Open Studio Tours sponsored by the SLO Arts Council.  Focusing on environmental concerns, Dotty is active in SLOPE (San Luis Outdoor Painters Enterprise) and in ARTCENCO, a monthly critique group.  She is also a member of the Central Coast Watercolor Society of which she is a Signature Member and has served as President.  Dotty has illustrated several books written by her daughters on Latin American village life.   

"Whether I am standing outside at my easel painting a landscape or in my studio working on a still life of cut fruit or a portrait of a unique individual, I am drawn to praise the Creator of all things.  The beauty and complexity of created forms, the interaction of light, shadow and atmosphere, the subtleties of color - these are evidence of the One who creates and loves us.  It is a privilege to be an artist and to closely observe these gifts."

"Guidetti Ranch Hills"

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Miss Lindy - 805.238.0272
samhill@tcsn.net

Miss Lindy began taking pictures with her Brownie camera when she was one.  As time went on, she graduated to a Minolta, Pentax, and finally to her Canon.  Later, she graduated from Cal Poly with a B.S. and M.S.  Miss Lindy sees the world in framed images which are reflected in an extensive and diverse portfolio.  A sampling may be viewed by appointment at Sam Hill Photography and Gallery, which is located in Paso Robles.  She believes the gift is in the moment and moments are meant to be savored. 

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Glynis Chaffin-Tinglof - 805.528.0547
gtinglof@earthlink.com

"Glynis Chaffin-Tinglof began painting as a way of finding a connection with her father who died suddenly when she was 16 years old.  With the help of artist Andy Bretthauer and encouragement from her mother, a musician and sculptor, Glynis began the exciting and often frustrating journey of teaching herself oil painting.  

Inspired by nature and her love of the outdoors, Glynis first concentrated on landscape paintings and floral still lifes.  Within a short time, she began showing her work around Bay Area restaurants and cafes.  Her work turned toward a more abstract style after an epiphany moment.  "Standing in front of a series of Diebenkorn paintings at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, I realized I needed to experiment with abstract images.  I've always loved landscapes, so I paired the two, focusing on aerial perspectives.  That's when I really began to have fun painting."

"Genoa Harbor"

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Trude Kyle - 805.544.5721

Trude Kyle began painting as a hobby in 1978.  With no formal training or even a lesson, her inspiration came from her mentor, Gertrude Owens, whose encouragement led Trude to discover her passion for painting.  Trude's travels to Greece, Switzerland, New Zealand, and Cuba quickly became her palette for beautiful landscapes to paint.  

When Trude started playing golf ten years ago, she realized that some of the most beautiful and tranquil scenery was on the golf course.  She began painting pictures of her favorite courses.  According to Trude, "The Central Coast is a remarkable and breathtaking abundance of scenery."  

"Avila Beach Golf Course Hole #18"

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Gregory C. Simmons - 805.556.0370

Not realizing at any early age how he was viewing his surroundings perhaps a little differently than others around him, Gregory Simmons soon began to understand that this was his creative side starting to take form.  With an interest in drawing and painting to follow, Greg began his career as an artist.

Several master artists from the past have influenced Greg's direction.  Those include Andrew Wyeth, with his egg tempera technique of applying very small transparent strokes of paint, to Maxfield Parrish with his illuminating layers of color.  Now after many years of painting with acrylics, Greg feels that he has established his own technique that will separate his work from others.

According to Greg, "For the viewer of my work now, it's important to have fun with color and seeing objects that I see but with a twist on reality.  Maybe you too will look at the world in a different way." 

"Tahoe Snow"

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Judy Schuster - 805.927.1976
judysarts@earthlink.net

Judy Schuster has been creating and exhibiting tapestries in group and solo exhibitions for over 25 years.  She has been honored to have work included in juried international exhibitions in France, Germany, Australia and Canada.  Schuster's education includes a Master's Degree in Fine Arts from California State University, Long Beach, a Bachelor's Degree in Textiles from Cornell University, post-graduate studies in computer graphics at the University of California Los Angeles, and intensive study at the San Francisco Tapestry Workshop.

"The subject of my work is duality - the mysteries and ambiguities, and the conflicts and complements arising from opposites, within one person or between people.  I'm exploring various ways of presenting duality.  Recent tapestries have images on separate planes.  Depending on where you stand to look at each piece, you can see different combinations of the faces.  The images are physically distinct and separate, yet mix or fuse or blur as you move, suggesting dynamic relationships."

"Wired"

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Deborah Day Veldkamp - 805.541.8094
artmom5@juno.com

Deborah Day Veldkamp, a landscape, portrait and figure painter, studied with German expatriate Peter Blos in the San Francisco Bay area from 1967 to 1973.  At age 19, she traveled and painted extensively throughout Europe.  In 1973, she won a California State Scholarship and attended the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles.  In 1974, she was again the recipient of a California State Scholarship and attended the California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland.

Mrs. Veldkamp maintains a working studio in San Luis Obispo.  She paints the Morros' unique volcanic geological formations of the Central Coast.  Using bold composition, color and large brushwork, with immediate impact of plein aire, her paintings are distinct.  An avid life-long student, she cites painters Theresa Bernstein, Maynard Dixon, George Bellows, Isabel Bishop, and Rockwell Kent, in addition to the Tonalists and the Canadian Seven, as strong influences on her work.  Her works are represented in private collections in California, Alaska, Washington, Arizona, France, Germany, The Netherlands, England, New Zealand, and Austrailia.  Mrs. Veldkamp's work can be viewed at Sullivan Gross Books & Prints, LTD, in Santa Barbara, California.  

"Spring Storm"

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Jamie Hodoian - 805.704.8544
pantherpaw@charter.net

"Though not born on the Central Coast, my heart has always belonged here.  A few years ago, my husband and I followed our hearts' dream, and we now live in Morro Bay, surrounded by nature Herself.  We couldn't feel more content and fortunate to be here.  The art of photography caught my interest many years ago, probably because through this medium, real moments of time can be isolated and immortalized.  Taking the individual parts of certain subjects and seeing how they contribute to the whole, has always been a fascination for me.  Photography has helped open my eyes to the overflowing beauty in our world, and this is what I hope to pass on through my pictures.  Capturing, preserving and even honoring the individual components that add up to that wondrous concept we call life."

"Natural Elegance"

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Gerda Culwell - 805.543.9605

Gerda Culwell began exhibiting paintings in 1958 while living in Hollister.  Her paintings have been exhibited in nine Central Coastal California counties from Santa Barbara to the Bay Area, where she lived for three years.  Her studies never cease in all areas she has lived - she has enrolled in college classes and workshops every year at home and abroad in France and Mexico.  She has participated in thirty-five juried shows and has won numerous awards.  

"Avignon"

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Gale Lipton - 805.772.9247

Gale Lipton was a philosophy major at UCLA and remains interested in metaphysics and the study of "the validity of man's perception of the universe as reality."  An abstract artist, the "variety of ways parts can make up the whole" is what inspires her paintings.  Ms. Lipton has paintings in collections throughout Southern California, Phoenix, and New York.  In 1992, she won a merit award for her painting, "Old Woman and a Priest."  Gale was a nationally ranked tennis player, holding a national title.  She has taught the game for twenty years.  Gale now lives on the Central Coast, exhibiting her work in Cambria, California.  She works as a psychiatric technician at a state hospital and continues to pursue both her tennis and art careers.

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James A. Crawford - 805.544.1601
crawf@charter.net

Although James A. Crawford has been photographing since 1966, his work has only recently become available.  Crawford believes there is more to photography than looking through the camera and pressing the shutter.  He says, "The camera is only part of the process.  It's where your creativity leads in the darkroom, or the computer.  It is not a mere image, it is an extension of your whole self.  I take little pieces from everything and everyone and melt it into my own vision and truth, whether that's from architecture, sculpture, painting, music, photography or literature."  Crawford is the recipient of first place ribbons and Best of Show awards in several photograph shows and publications and has been displayed at Cal Poly, Johnson Gallery, The Photoshop, San Luis Artists' Gallery and San Luis Obispo County Art Center.  James has been a winner in all five years of the New Times Photography Contest, including five winning images in 1999. 

"Morro Rock #7"

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Paulette Perlman - 805.528.7666

"I'm an illustrator by trade.  I paint acrylics and pastel pictures for the relaxation and to be able to add color to my illustrations.  I paint landscapes because of my wanting to be one with nature.  San Luis Obispo is such a beautiful place to paint.  There's always new and different landscapes to discover."

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Marcie Hawthorne - 805.544.0896

Marcie Hawthorne is a well-known, published nature artist.  She has received numerous awards, and her work includes private and corporate collections.  She received her B.A. from Duke University in Biology, and a B.F.A. from California College of Arts and Crafts.  Marci resides and works on a hilltop ranch near the Cuesta Grade and enjoys painting the world around her.  

"Rainbow Seedbox"

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Rosi Lusardi - 805.481.0638

"Although I work in a number of mediums, what I have displayed here is collage and weaving of several different images.  The pieces include acrylic on canvas, watercolor, handmade paper and various other materials often cut into strips and woven together to create a variety of textures and colors, patterns and layers".

"Tiger Textile"

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Dorothy Riggs - 805.595.7460
artstudio@dorothyriggs.com

"The creative process of painting serves several profound purposes for me. It's an open-eyed meditation, a playground for the inner child of my psyche: a time and place for ultimate freedom and imagination to come alive. I choose to work in oils because I find it more sensual and luxurious than other media. I love the explosion of color, texture, abstraction and curvilinear forms. These anesthetic principles are incorporated into my work. I paint in a direct mode, without preplanning. This keeps the imagery fresh and brings forth icons of the subconscious realm, executed boldly and with passion.  Aligning myself with these "innerscapes" facilitates personal growth and self-healing. Art becomes the essential tool, which allows the expression and integration of feelings and ideas."

"The Gathering"

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Peg Grady - 805.438.3912 
peggrady5250@yahool.com

"I refuse to paint the same painting for the rest of my life.  Every piece is something new.  My work is constantly changing.  I paint primarily in acrylics, but use collage, pencil, gels, paste, sand and found objects.  Experimentation is the key.

My paintings are built up in many layers, forms are obliterated, restructured and reinforced several times during the course of painting until a composition emerges.  I weave symbols, realistic and abstract elements, rich layered textures together to create an environment where these elements live in the layers of paint and collage, where the effects of time can be discovered.  I experiment with colors; sometimes my work is flooded with light, at other times dark and mysterious.  I want people to be moved emotionally when they see my work.  

I can only hope that people enjoy looking at my work as much as I enjoy creating it."  

"Orange Chair"

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Mary MENG Wade - 805.543.7666

Mary MENG Wade ... or simply MENG, her abbreviated signature, is a California artist with a very special viewpoint.  Her works show a deep involvement with the expressive impact of color as a state of being.  "For me, color creates both form and line.  Color dictates the direction in which a painting will go.  I work with oils because the medium makes possible a subtle meditative process while painting.  There is an organic quality in the growth of a painting, the need for time to elapse so that a direction that was not there yesterday becomes apparent today.  Each day is a different place in time that has never been before and will never be again.  So the layers of paint are a capturing of these moments in the personal psyche."

"Gathering"

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Gene Elsdon  - 805.466.0356 
 ejent@tcsn.net

Gene Elsdon lives in Atascadero, California and is a member of the Central Coast Watercolor Society and Art Associations in Atascadero, Paso Robles, and Cambria.  He retired from teaching biology at Atascadero High School in 1996.  He received his formal art training at Cuesta College.  "Watercolor is my media," Elsdon says.  "It's a natural extension of my fascination with forests, creeks, lakes, and tide pools."  His works have been displayed in the Aquarius 22 (Honorable Mention) and Galaxy 99 art exhibits in San Luis Obispo County, and in the Lady Bird Gallery in Bishop, California.  His interests include wildlife, landscape, and still life painting

"Morning Shave", 1998, watercolor

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