 Hold the dates of October 9th and 10th to visit me at my studio as part of the Open Studios Tour
2011
1254 2nd Street, in Baywood
10am - 5pm each day
Send email Jayne with any questions, ideas, and your calender of events to Jayne Behman.
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A professional artist for over 42 years, Jayne earned her BFA at UCLA and is completing her MFA at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Her artwork is represented by galleries in the United States, including three locations along California's Central Coast.
A lecturer and educator, she is active in the local art community and writes for various publications. Her published book, "Art Matters," is a visual art education tool being used in public and private elementary schools throughout the United States as well as by many Children's Art Museums.
I've MOVED my studio to 1254 2nd Street in Baywood. Please come visit!
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Cows, Hillsides, and Barns—Oh My!
by Jayne Behman
It is uncommon to see paintings of Palm Trees or Cacti in coastal galleries. Not so strange a sight in Palm Springs, California or Hawaii art galleries. Gallery walls in Wyoming show off Cowboys and portraits of American Indians are a standard fair in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is quite befitting that our local galleries tout our familiar scenery; cows, hillsides, barns, the ocean, and sea life.
Here, gallery visitors are delighted by various narratives that depict San Luis’ Coastal towns as very picturesque. Local street scenes offer buildings, quaint, and colorful. Atypical shaped cypress trees dot the sea clifts. Cows roaming the rolling hillsides appear well fed and friendly. Species of local birds nesting in the Estuary make for interesting subjects. Fishing and sailing boats, old and new, tell the story of future quests and historical conquests.
Having to choose a subject from these vast choices is difficult for the artist. Morro Rock has been presented in hundreds of different color tones and lighted settings. This rock, the iconic image of Morro Bay, has been a focal subject in photographs, oil/acrylic/pastel paintings, pencil drawings, and in collage.
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By Patti Robbins |
Sunflower
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Patti Robbins paints in doors with a passion for color. Her subjects are in her backyard, literally. Part of Open Studios 2010, visitors will be able to experience her personal environment and enjoy her interpretation of what surrounds her.
Barns line our highways and country winding roads. Their doors are never fully opened. The older and more dilapidated its structure, the better subject for a painting. Ansel Adams presented some of the most dramatic barn-themed visuals in black and white.
 Ansel Adams
American (San Francisco, California, 1902 - 1984, Carmel, California)
Barn, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, ca. 1937, printed ca. 1970
Photograph | gelatin silver print
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Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984) was an American photographer and environmentalist, best known for his black-and-white photographs of the American West, especially in Yosemite National Park. One of his most famous photographs was Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California.
With Fred Archer, Adams developed the Zone System as a way to determine proper exposure and adjust the contrast of the final print. The resulting clarity and depth characterized his photographs and the work of those to whom he taught the system. Adams primarily used large-format cameras, despite their size, weight, setup time, and film cost, because their high resolution helped ensure sharpness in his images. (Wikpedia)
Art awakens the soul. The colors of spring are as vibrant as our area’s color narrative in this coming fall. Traveling down Los Osos Valley Road to and from the coast, we see fields of cadmium yellow dark alongside light wheat tones but framed in deep hunter greens. These bands of color lend themselves to simple landscape abstractions.
Painting outdoors, in the open, is a popular pastime of budding to seasoned landscape artists. Referred to as “plein aire” painting, artists set up their tools outside to paint what they see, quickly, to capture the feeling of the vista within 2 hours. Its that sense of free spirit that helps to create abstract impressions.
Sunlight Patterns by Laurel Sherri
Laurel Sherri is a celebrated plein aire painter. Featured in local galleries, her works depicting our grape growing areas are widely collected. Also a part of Open Studios 2011, her home studio will be open to all visitors.
Artists have long painted outdoors, but in the mid-19th century working in natural light became particularly important that defines the Impressionistic movement. It takes a portable box easel with telescopic legs and a built in paint box to make treks into the hillsides less onerous.
September 28th through October 3rd marks the 10th annual Plein Aire Art Festival in San Luis Obispo. This juried performance showcase features 51 California and Arizona artists. These artists will paint throughout San Luis Obispo county the entire week. Highlights will include a Collector’s Party and the collective exhibition. Marcia Burtt, Santa Barbara, will preside as juror and present awards at 7pm on October 1st at the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art 1010 Broad Street, in San Luis Obispo. Visit the website for more information: www.sloartcenter.org
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