Artist Directory

Emet Martinez

Visual Artist

Emet Martinez is a self- taught photographer with great compositional skills and creative vision. His move to California with it's varied landscape and seascape and extremely rich natural resources invigorated his artist's desire to become a commercial fine arts photographer in 2003. With easy access to world class gardens, historic... More

Angi Martinez

Graphic Designer - Musician - Visual Artist

I have been an Orange County resident for 9 years. I am a Graphic and Product designer full time and some freelance, and when I can try to get some free time in, I like to paint with pastels. My favorite subjects are flowers (roses mostly), classic cars and cats.... More

Jerry Muller

Visual Artist

Photographer, editor, art director, teacher and collector, Jerry Muller now celebrates his 60-year involvement in communications and the arts. His career began in midtown Manhattan, where he worked as assistant to several outstanding photo-illustrators. Outside the studios, he wandered the city streets with his Rolleiflex (1950-55), and those very early... More

Amparo J. Ochoa

Visual Artist

Amparo J. Ochoa is an Orange County native and graduate of California State University, Long Beach. Not to be confused with the folklorist and vocal artist Amparo Ochoa (but most people do...), Amparo is an emerging artist with two BFA's in painting and 3D Media, metals. Her work explores Mexican... More

maxine orange

Graphic Designer - Visual Artist

orange county CA huntington beach artist and designer specializing in graphics, brightly colored energetic paintings and wearable art. originally from montgomery, alabama. More

Emilee Reed

Visual Artist

Emilee has been fascinated by color and light from a very early age, probably due to the beautiful sunsets in Corona del Mar, where she lived as a child.
Through Emilee's art education, she studied every medium, leaving the reputedly 'difficult' watercolor to the very last. You'll be able... More

Marjorie Sanders

Visual Artist

"I am interested in pushing the boundaries of what digital technology can do to create truly unique imagery. In the last five years, I have transitioned from the camera to the computer as my primary means of creative expression. While there are elements in my art that suggest photorealism, I... More

Karen Shaw

Musician - Visual Artist

Growing up as an Air Force brat, Karen lived in Japan, Turkey, Germany, and many of the 50 United States. Karen made friends quickly with people of diverse cultures, and as a vocal music teacher in Colorado, taught students of many nationalities for thirty years. She studied figure painting at... More

Grace Songolo

Visual Artist

Ceramic Artist Grace Songolo has been a studio artist since her graduate work days at the University of Iowa.
Throughout her many years in Laguna Beach she was represented at various times by Vorpal Galleries, Diane Nelson Gallery and the Stary-Sheets Gallery in addition to A Gallery in Palm... More

Alison Bly Stein

Visual Artist

Alison Stein is an accomplished textile artist, handweaver, illustrator and surface pattern designer whose work ranges from one-of-a-kind fine art creations to commercial designs licensed to appear on mass produced fabrics used in apparel, quiltmaking and home decor (Styletown Fabrics, MMFab, South Sea Imports), paper products (Georgia-Pacific's "Sparkle" paper towels)... More

John Stewart

Visual Artist

An avid scuba diver and naturalist, John’s love for photography began as a child with a Brownie camera. A stint in the Navy took him to many exotic ports of call where, with camera in hand, he was able to hone his unique vision.
His love of animal and... More

Renee Stewart Jackson

Visual Artist

An award winning artist, Ms. Jackson's work is expressed by a unique perspective on a variety of subjects. "Shadow and light play on objects have always touched a part of me. That in turn, has prompted me to look at things from a different perspective. I enjoy sharing my visions... More

Casey Sullivan

Visual Artist

Casey Sullivan is an award winning artist. Her use of big bold brush strokes and bright vibrant colors would consider her to be an impressionist painter. Casey began painting in the early '90's. Her study began with Marilyn Poliquin of the Cannery Painters, on Lido Isle. Working primarily in acrylics. Several years later,... More

Karen Talbot

Visual Artist

Karen is a Laguna Beach, California-based artist who works in a variety of media, including pen and ink, watercolors and pastels. Her work has been published in books, national print publications and online. Karen exhibits her work during the summer at the Sawdust Arts Festival in Laguna Beach. She also... More

Leah Vasquez

Visual Artist

Visual artist for public and private sites; under Leah Vasquez Fine Art services: www.leahsart.com *Prior arts administrator and adjunct professor- UCI Studio Art & assistant Director of the Fine Arts Gallery *Arts Commissioner and chair developing Arts in Public Places(AIPP),Arts in Motion and other ongoing public art venues *UCI Dean's... More

Ralph Velasco

Visual Artist

Ralph Velasco has been photographing his travels throughout the world for over 30 years. His photographic strengths lie in capturing unique images of landscapes, architecture and everyday life in the places to which he travels.

Ralph teaches a series of Travel Photography courses throughout Orange County. His classes are designed... More

E Walker

Visual Artist

EWalker Bio Poet / Artist / Programmer/Computer Scientist/ Historian (avocation) Artistic Medium: Digital Fine Art exhibitions USA, London, Europe Born in America, raised around the World, Esul Walker traveled with his military Father and Artistic Mother collecting a lifetime of artistic influence, visual study and a visceral experience of art,... More

Lynn Welker

Visual Artist

As a life-long artist I continue to explore and discover new ways for personal art expression. Working exclusively in my studio, I paint abstract narrative landscapes that suggest a time from the past, of generations that have come before. Using texture mediums, acrylic and oil on paper or canvas offers... More

Nicholas Wilde

Visual Artist

I received my Bachelors of Arts in architecture from Iowa State University in 1978 and my Masters degree in engineering in 1980. I then began my professional career in California as an engineer working on numerous architectural projects in the State. My interest in photography and painting began early in... More

Wendy Wirth

Visual Artist - Acrylic Landscapes

Although originally from Montreal, Canada, I spent my childhood falling in love with California's golden landscapes. The elusive light of nature is a constant inspiration! That’s what keeps me out and about, trundling through the countryside – paints in tow. My "Intimate" paintings have a lot to say in a... More

Darlyn Susan Yee

Visual Artist

Darlyn creates sculptural artwork using traditional fiber methods such as knotting, knitting, weaving and coiling. She uses techniques that were once considered women's work or home arts to create pieces of museum quality fine art.

Darlyn's consuming passion is the aspect of each tiny detail interacting... More

Jacqueline Zimbalist

Visual Artist

Award-Winning Laguna Beach Artist and Teacher Jacqueline Zimbalist’s talents embrace a Renaissance sensibility, drawing upon her experience in areas as diverse as writing, music, photography, painting, and drawing, to create unique glass art. Kiln-formed glass is the latest step in the evolution of her craft--a return to the medium that... More

Lynda Zimmer

Visual Artist

Lynda Zimmer paints with a bold, colorful and expressive style. Her career began in the exciting make-up and hair industry where she learned the basics of color and design. Working with “living canvasesâ€