FLAX Canvas

Date of event: October 8, 2011, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Rick Kitagawa is a multi-disciplinary artist who paints in acrylic, gouache, and watercolor, illustrates in photoshop, and prints with silkscreen, linocuts, and letterpress. Rick moved from Stockton, CA to the Bay Area to pursue his Bachelor’s in Integrative Biology with a minor in Asian American Studies from UC Berkeley. After obtaining his degree, and realizing that only art could make him happy, Rick moved to San Francisco and …

Date of event: September 24, 2011, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Begonia Blossom Herbert is a painter from Santa Cruz, although she now calls herself a Modern San Franciscan. She is best known for her acrylic abstract works, and the stencils Begonia designs herself. She prides herself in being mostly self taught. Begonia began to study art in high school and fell in love with the darkroom. She intended on pursing photography, dabbled in graphic design and finally found her calling with painting. Alth …

Date of event: September 17, 2011, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm “In my works, I invite a dialog between the painting and the viewer that I hope will awaken a response as individual as each person viewing the canvas.” Paul Morin paints in a traditional beaux-arts style, and by stripping context from his figures; his works are decidedly modern with images that meet the viewer and a sense of scale that is very individual. “In my exploration of the human figure, I try to bring movement, expression, …

Date of event: April 16, 2011, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Angela Cross is a skilled craftswomen, artist, educational advocate and poet. She is a strong advocate for “hands on education”-she accredits her fine eye for detail and composition to the several years she worked as an apprentice. Among her achievements is an award for Intuitve Design and Construction; this was for a twelve and a half foot working replica of a paper canoe. These canoes commonly were used along the Hud …

Date of event: January 28, 2012, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pmRenee Yoch began writing and drawing comics in 2006 and has refined her style over the past five years blending a version of Western cartooning with Eastern manga styles.Renee has found great inspiration throughout her life from strong female characters in film and comic books. When asked about this, she replied..”Fashion. Not today’s gimmicky Gaga inspired tripe, but designs rooted in trends from the late 1800′s. I love the mentality of that e …