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Featured Local ArtisT
The walls at OWW are honored to host local artists on a rotating basis. The main workshop space is open and welcoming with high ceilings and gallery style track lighting. Each new show is thrown an opening gala, pending artist and calendar availability, and promoted on all of our social media channels. Featured artist's bio with direct links to their sites and socials are posted here in our ART section on the site for the duration of the show. Shows run 30 days. Single and Group shows welcome. CONTACT the workshop if you're interested in featuring your works.
Featured Artist Jillian Dawn Jan 15th- Feb 14th
Abstract Geode and resin works
featured artist al scholl
february 15th - march 15th. 2020
Al Scholl
Rita Spiegel March 15- April 15 2020
chakra watercolors
Rita is a watercolor artist and an art teacher based in oceanside, CA. she earned her ba in arts and sciences from san diego state university. as a yogi, rita uses meditation and chakras in her paintings and teaching style.
“the natural outside world is my studio, my happy place… it’s where i connect with the universe”~Rita
inspired by the chakras, energy “wheels” or “disks” throughout our body, rita resonates with them as she paints, sees them through animals, flowers and the ocean. her paintings use the chakras as the main elements in her pallet. each piece has an element of meditation and the chakras within it.
cami Napoli
April 17 - May 17 . 2020
Cami was mentored by a co-worker, who is a great artist, 16 years ago to do oil painting. She dabbled in oil and acrylic over 15 years, never fully satisfied that she would create great art. Then she was encouraged to try drawing and started with charcoal and discovered she had a talent for it This evolved into using pastels, which now she has found to be her favorite way to express herself. She has been participating with entries at a co-op gallery called COAL Gallery in Carlsbad over the past year and has won ribbons which has further encouraged her. This passion for drawing came at the age of 70 and She encourages anyone to believe it is never too late to discover your talents.
June 2nd-July 31st 2019 Trevor Ansell.
Born and raised in north San Diego County, Trevor Ansell is a true Oceanside local artist. He was introduced to paint by his cousin Mateo at the age of 17. A few years later, after experimenting on his own, Ansell took an art class at Mira Costa College where he learned the finer points of color and their compliments. Clearly inspired by primaries, his body of work is full of color and vibrancies. All of Ansell’s paintings are created with shades and hues made from scratch by the artist himself.
Choosing to predominately create on wood as his surface of choice, Ansell works with any surface that speaks to him including surfboards and canvas.
At the age of 23 he painted his first fish. Now, years later, Ansell continues to create many different pieces all including his signature fish designs. Each character embodies an undeniable sense of self and the observer can’t help but anthropomorphize the images. Complete with their own names, relatable expressions and body language, this collection is guaranteed to make you smile.
“Trevor’s pieces are unique, full of imagination and evoke pure joy!” -JM
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March 24-may 28 2018. Gretchen Koch.
Since 2011. I have displayed through-out North county san diego, ca at various venues including p.l.a.y yoga studio, allie cat salon, progressive surf shop, hill street cafe, spa samurai and the san marcos monthly artwalk.
'Koch's oil Paintings frequently inflect her photographic images with texture, color and brush strokes she could not realize in one medium alone. they are a way of processing her emotions: capturing a color and ferocity felt in her soul and realized on her canvas. Koch's use of paint to manipulate, personalize, minimize and exaggerate her subject matter, leaves the viewer enveloped in a secondary experience, that of the image and that of koch's interpretation.' -diana carey, curator
Figure Drawing Group for Artists
2018 THURSDAYS:
June 14 & 21
July 19 & 26
August 9 & 23
September 13 &27
October 11 & 25
November
December
$10-20 sliding scale, drop-in
Sharpen your figure drawing skills with two-hour, live model sessions offered twice a month. This group is designed for practicing/experienced artists and does not include any formal instruction.
Artists are expected to provide their own materials, preferred mediums, easels and personal preferences for comfort ie: seating, cushions, additional lighting. Folding chairs and tables will be provided. Lighting is warm gallery style with direct lighting on the model. Each session will focus on various pose durations with suggestions welcomed!
All proceeds, after model and utility costs, grow and sustain Oside Wellness Workshop.