Laurie Close’s work investigates notions of depth and space on the painted surface. There is a dependency on opposing positions finding the right balance, a struggle between order and chaos. Hard edges and flat space is met with atmospheric illusion. By challenging the visual structure tension is created. Uncertainty is…
Read More Comments Off on 2015 East Bay Open Studios Artist: Laurie CloseMikey Kelly received his Master of Fine Arts from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2003. He lived in New York for six years where he worked as a fabricator for various artists and created retail displays for Urban Outfitters, Barney’s and Bergdorf Goodman and interiors for The Ace and Standard…
Read More Comments Off on East Bay Open Studios Artist: Mikey KellyFrank Ramsay fascinated by the intricacies of Chinese joinery and enjoy working on projects that show the beauty of real wood while at the same time incorporating shapes that are pleasing to the eye.
Most of his furniture works are one-of-a-kind pieces whose designs are influenced by traditional Chinese and Japanese work. He…
Read More Comments Off on 2015 East Bay Open Studios Guest Artist: Frank RamsaySean Kim’s paintings are a record of impulses that reflect the continually evolving moment. Each canvas displays an act of faith and committment to particular feelings as they arise, either through images, memories, or gestures, and that are slowly built up in layers over a period of time. Like diary…
Read More Comments Off on 2015 Open Studios Guest Artist: Sean KimBorn in New Zealand, Linda Yao is a long-time Bay Area resident inspired by California’s cultural and geographical diversity. The San Francisco Bay is her home port; she observes and sketches the bay’s daily ship traffic, infrastructure, celestial patterns and aquatic residents. She distills her experiences into paintings and objects…
Read More Comments Off on 2015 Open Studios Guest Artist: Linda YaoGuest Artists Sarah Granett makes hands-on, tactile paintings which explore material build up, layering, emergent forms and color as lyric.
See more of Sarah’s beautiful work on her website, sarahgra.net, and in-person during East Bay Open Studios on Saturday and Sunday, June 6th and 7th and 13th and 14th. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.
Mary Burger is a poet and environmental designer as well as a visual artist. Drawing on these practices, she is interested in perceptions of space, light, and time in the natural environment, and relationships between natural and cultural adaptations. In her Optical Occlusions series, Mary starts with the simple concept of the horizon,…
Read More Comments Off on Open Studios 2015 Artist: Mary BurgerAliza Cohen grew up in the Bay Area and received a BA in Art from UC Santa Cruz and an MFA in Painting from Boston University where she studied with English painter John Walker. A relentless observer, she is captivated by contrast, whether visual, philosophical or conceptual. Her work includes…
Read More Comments Off on Open Studios 2015 Artist: Aliza CohenDuring East Bay Open Studios 2015, Norton Factory is pleased to exhibit the work of 10 guest artists in addition to our resident artists.
Joining Norton Factory this year is Tali Grinshpan, a glass artist from Walnut Creek, CA. For Tali, working with glass is an ever lasting source for challenge and interest. Her…
Read More Comments Off on Open Studios 2015 Artist: Tali GrinshpanJennifer Linderman is a mixed media artist whose current work focuses on the use of photographed tree bark and 3-dimensional paper art. View her work and learn about her process at jenniferlinderman.tumblr.com and this weekend at Norton Factory Studios in Oakland, CA.