Coast Highway Art Collective—New Exhibit Opens August 6 "Dreamscapes – works of creativity and vision"
The community is invited to an opening reception for "Dreamscapes—works of creativity and vision" at the Coast Highway Art Collective in Point Arena on Saturday, August 6 from noon to 5:00pm. Local artists Elizabeth Beronich Solomon, custom clothing and fabric sculptures and Linda Green, painting and ceramics, will be exhibiting new and exciting works. The show will be open to the public from August 5 through August 29.
Beronich Solomon comes from a technical theatre background. She worked in major regional theatres throughout the country for 25 years in costume design. She brings those technical skills to her work in making unusual one-of-a-kind sculptural books, illustrations, fiber-based art objects, and wearable art.
Taking inspiration from her insatiable interest in science, science fiction, and alternate histories/worlds/realities, most of her works are visually based. Preferring that the observer brings his/her own story/perception to the work, the viewer is invited to create a new interpretation, based upon the relationship created by the individual’s interaction with the artist via the work. Beronich Solomon hopes her works draw the observer into the various worlds she has created.
Green considers herself a process artist working in both non-traditional oil painting and ceramics. Her work leans toward the abstract. “Although I begin my work with something in mind, I am open to exploration throughout the development of my art,” Green says. “The plan will often change in response to opportunities that arise during the creative process.” She begins by preparing her canvas with a textured surface. “Although it is applied randomly it plays a strong role in the finished art as it becomes a dialog between the textures and the subject which inspires the work. I work in oil applied in thin washes to slowly build up. In paint or in clay it is a process of building and taking away until I find the balance in motion,” she explains.
Her subjects are often inspired by organics; where she spends time looking at things under a microscope or gathering inspiration from the ocean, pieces of shell and other found materials. She is keenly interested in counterbalances; in nature, in people, in relationships.
The Coast Highway Art Collective in Pt. Arena, has created a GoFundMe campaign to reach out to everyone in our art world and beyond. Our beautiful, but very old, building desperately needs a new roof. The current roof is over 25 years old and starting to create problems for all the beautiful, but delicate, artwork it should be protecting. Visit the campaign at https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-point-arena-gallery-with-new-roof
The show runs through the end of the month during regular gallery hours, Friday through Sunday, 11:00am to 4:00pm. The gallery is located at 284 Main St., Point Arena, the little red building with the big yellow sun, next door to Redwood Credit Union.
