The Coast Highway Art Collective's New Exhibit Featuring Wesley Luster and Deborah Caperton
The members of the Coast Highway Art Collective are excited to invite the community to a live opening reception for an exhibit by Wesley Luster, painting and Deborah Caperton, assemblage and jewelry. A reception is scheduled for Saturday, August 1 from noon to 6:00pm. By extending the hours of the opening, guests, the artists and the staff can better adhere to social distancing guidelines. Under the current guidelines, 2 guests at a time will be allowed inside to view the exhibit. Guests will be encouraged to social distance on the open-air patio until space opens inside the building. Please note, facemasks are required.
Deborah Caperton grew up in the Northeast and studied at The Rhode Island School of Design, majoring in jewelry and light metals with a minor in sculpture. In 1989 she moved to San Francisco, then Point Arena, then back to the Bay Area, finally settling in the Bernal Heights neighborhood of San Francisco in 1994. She now lives with her husband, 2 daughters and 2 dogs. Caperton works with metal, glass, ceramics and wood as a designer and artisan. The mixed media series has been one of her most enjoyable and challenging endeavors.
Deborah Caperton exhibits her jewelry in stores, galleries and online. She especially enjoys collaborating on custom projects. Please visit her website at deborahcapertonjewelry.com. “My Mixed Media narratives combine original elements that I create along with objects from my collection. I truly enjoy the process of creating metaphors and sharing ideas with a vocabulary of objects,” Caperton says. She had accumulated a diverse assortment of objects, resulting from trolling flea markets, yard sales, discovering flora and fauna as well as receiving oddities from family and friends. Caperton says she likes to image the past lives and histories of these treasures and giving new life to something overlooked and forgotten. She fabricates by hand many of the components in her pieces and designs them to fill in blanks when needed to drive a concept. She also uses text in her pieces. “The signage provides the observer with instructive hints and directions making the viewer a collaborator, she notes. My hope is that this active participation beckons the viewer to be affected by what they see and feel, thus making these stories their own.”
Born in Oklahoma City, Wesley Luster is a multi-ethnic artist whose creative work - much like his ethnic background - is extremely varied in shape, scope, nature, taste, form and function. Luster says his work “is created out of that which also fuels his inspiration...the potential for limitless creation and possibility.” When in his creative process, there are no bounds or limits, though he tends to focus on portraits in a variety of styles.
His materials may include pencil, charcoal, paint (acrylics; oils), mosaic tiling, decoupage, objects and/or any number of mediums that inspire working concepts. Luster says “his mind has more in common with a hot wire, sparking to establish a fresh connection with new ideas.” Wesley’s art is also a service, under @RazeYourVibes. He can schedule initial consults for commissions, murals, signs for store; restaurant, etc.; graphic design such as logos; and wall art.
The Coast Highway Art Collective is now open two shopping days a week, Fridays and Saturdays from 11:00am to 2:00pm. Selected artwork by Collective members and guest artists are on display in the gallery's front courtyard. In July, whimsical and practical face masks by Lauren Sinnott are often available, as well as clothing from the collection of July 5, including short sleeve and long sleeve shirts, sundresses and scarves.
The Coast Highway Art Collective gallery is located at 284 Main Street, Point Arena, the little red building next door to the Redwood Credit Union. More information is available at www.coast-highway-artists.com.
