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Monika Gerianna Páez (born 1996, Tracy, CA) is a mixed media greeting card designer residing in Lodi. Her motivation for working in this medium is that greeting cards are perfect for conveying feelings to someone or for conveying a message to them. Music, emotions, horticulture, and her interests inspire her creations, and she enjoys expressing them through her cards. During her art-making process, she listens to music while sketching or collaging on a blank card as well as taking inspiration from what she sees around her. Furthermore, she may choose to focus on a subject or idea that is of particular interest to her at the moment. To understand her work, it is essential to understand that she sometimes creates multiple versions. This is until she feels she has successfully presented every detail of the subject using multiple mediums.

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To experience the beauty and joy of our existence here on earth is the path to achieve great happiness. My intention as an artist is to share some of this beauty from my perspective. My paintings attempt to explore the nuance of nature, inspired by working outside, en plein air. When not painting on location, I enjoy returning to my studio to work on commissions and in-depth studies.

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Mina Bizzarre is a contemporary artist currently residing in Northern California. Her work consists of multiple ranges of art styles from abstract artwork to self portraits and watercolor pieces as well as landscape and plein air paintings. She uses painting and art as a form of self identity and expression and it has helped her discover a lot of aspects of her life.

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Description goes hereI make art from unique vantage points. I like to look at the world and people from my own eyes and bring a new outlook to viewers. I am mostly inspired by the people and “pintores de la historia del arte “. Graphite pencil and oil painting are my favorite art-making tools.

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You will find me among the flowers. Literally. I have always been drawn to the intricate detail and beauty of flowers and have been pressing them for as long as I can remember. This seemingly random hobby blossomed into an artistic adventure as I began using these pressed botanicals as a medium for artwork. With a passion for exploration and learning, I often find myself reflecting on local flora, fauna, ecological interactions, and cartography, all of which are infused into my pieces. I invite you to draw closer and linger for a moment in fascination and wonder at the natural world around us and realize that we are also intricately and beautifully created.

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Natasha experienced the therapeutic benefits of art through teaching her students. As a self-taught artist, Natasha was determined to find her own way, her own voice. "Mistakes" and "happy accidents" were part of that journey. Now she wants to guide others to help them boost their confidence, take pleasure and heal through painting. As the founder of H-ART Therapy, Natasha believes that "creativity takes courage" and that everyone is an artist and has something to share. Chat with her to discover the creative passion in you.

H-ART Therapy was founded on the belief that everyone is an artist and has something beautiful to share with the world. We believe that art is the therapy your heart needs. We bring the art party to you online or in person. Whether you have never painted before, or have been painting for years, you can experience the exhilaration of nurturing and sharing your creative talents.

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My name is Omid; I was born on December 16, 2006. My primary art medium is oil, but I also work in watercolor and acrylic paints. I convey stories with my art and hidden details you must search for. I compliment colors and am not afraid to do bold strokes.

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My artworks consist of creating vibrant realistic and surrealism paintings that takes my imagination to a different dimension and atmosphere. I am influenced by the beauty of nature. To create these pieces, I use different mediums of vibrant tones to make color stand out, smooth shading and different textures. My pantings start with an idea and begin adding more elements as I paint. I want my painting to transport to a different dimension and to connect with nature to see the beauty in everything that surrounds us.

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I love the feel of the clay moving through my hands. Centering the clay is a spiritual, meditative process. I can always tell when I’m not quite centered myself when it takes too long to center my clay. Creating a pleasing vessel or functional piece knowing that it started as just a lump of clay is very satisfying. Deciding on color once a piece is ready for glazing can be so much fun. I also enjoy alternative firing; raku, saggar, wood or soda, these are all fun options with unpredictable results. I’ve always loved horses and they play a big part in my life. I love to do horsehair raku and if I’m going to sculpt anything, it’s going to be a horse.

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My current series draws inspiration from vintage discarded photographs of women and families. I find the source images in antique stores, garage sales, old family albums, local history books and archives. The scenes are edited and altered to suggest dream and nostalgia, with compositions that allow for an open narrative. Rather than remain a discarded or forgotten photograph, the highlighted female figures and their settings are transformed to explore traditional gender roles and power dynamics. Using pre-digital reference images as a starting point, I seek to create an open narrative driven by memory activation. Working in a painterly style, I use drawing and paint media to create ambiguity, allowing marks and brushstrokes to form veils and layers of perception.

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I am a Stockton native artist/photographer. I seek out and love to take part in many artistic endeavors. I have participated in several art shows around Northern California and the greater Kansas City Area. I love doing digital art and currently am using an Ipad Pro and the Pro-Create App. I have designed logos for local businesses and have a passion for invitation designs. I have always thought my true calling was behind a tattoo machine, at one point taking on an apprenticeship however the timing wasn't right and my shop ended up closing. My true love lies in doing charcoal and pencil drawings. I love trying new mediums!

I have quite the love for photography and currently am working with a Sony Alpha a7 III and several different Polaroid cameras.

I am currently taking clients and I am open to ALL your creative ideas.

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Description goes hereAmelia Lewis is a mixed media artist currently located in Northern California. She works in various media, collage and painting, her work employs a subtle narrative with underlying themes such as feminism, death and rebirth. An avid lover of the library, historical and image research, she sites image samples from history, creating a visual reality of their own.

Lewis is an art activist, community organizer and designer. Her recent art practice includes street art and collective organization.

Art Education Projects include co-curation for 'El Barrio Del Chivo' Mexican Heritage Center, Stockton, CA., ArtREbuild : Reykjavik, Iceland and Art Education Researcher, Creative Action Institute, Boston, MS.

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Description goes hereThe Small Dinosaurs is a strange band dedicated to the little things that matter. They play rock and roll music with toes dipped in several adjacent genres.

Paul Smaldino (lead)
Brian Gogineni (bass)
Jimmy Qaqundah (drums)
Trent Scheiner (keys)

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Tony Segale’s artistic endeavors started in childhood, doodling ideas and images both fitting and unsuitable, and cartooning for the school newspaper. Primarily self taught, he began hand lettering signs and pictorials as a side gig during his first career in the retail meat trade. Switching to a new endeavor as a full time commercial artist, Tony specializes in reverse glass gold leaf and large format murals, with watercolors being utilized in the creation of maquettes and design. Soon, he found himself expressing his own observations with a twist of what ought to be.

Tony considers himself an abstract realism painter, original interpretations created in his graphic bravado style. "Every creative action risks failure. If the risks are little, the reward is little"

Tony likes to paint plein air, or work from sketches on location then re-imagined in the studio. He teaches workshops in the study of watercolor, drawing, brush lettering and reverse glass gold leaf.

Catch Tony painting Plein Air and showing new work at Double Dip Gallery during the Art Hop!

Follow Tony on Instagram: @tonysegale