Author Archive for Kay Colvin
Imagination at play in printmaker’s illustrations
What do Olive Oyl, a fox and the rainforest have in common?
Art is a lifesaver
Carlsbad artist Andrea Team knows that art is a lifesaver. Not in a literal sense, but creating art has always come to her rescue through life’s darkest times.
Banners announce the arts are alive in Encinitas
The 2013 Arts Alive Banner event is well under way with its long-awaited Live Auction scheduled for May 26 in the Cardiff Town Center Courtyard.
Banner depicts essence of spiritual community
Encinitas has long been known as a spiritual center. Legend has it that in the 1930’s an energy vortex was detected in the area and thus Paramahansa Yogananda located his Self Realization Fellowship monastic ashram in Encinitas.
Finding Grace in gourds
Leucadia artist Grace Swanson has once again created an exceptional banner for the Arts Alive exhibit, currently on display in front of St. Germain’s Bistro and Café in Encinitas. A masterful painter of botanical themes, her stunning banner portrays the patterns of light and shadow of a single elegant palm leaf.
Eclectic artist pays tribute to Shankar
Leucadia artist Garit Imhoff has memorialized world-renowned musician Ravi Shankar in his Arts Alive banner titled “Letting Go — A Tribute,” currently on exhibit at the southwest corner of Leucadia Boulevard and the 101 in Leucadia.
Painter continues the tradition of California Impressionism
The Encinitas Arts Alive banner project, now in its 14th year, has again attracted outstanding participants in its annual outdoor exhibit along Coast Highway 101. A notable banner painted by Solana Beach plein air painter Toni Williams is on display through mid-May at the corner of South Coast Highway 101 and G Street in Encinitas.
Banner artist captures the spirit of Aloha
Now in its 14th year, the Arts Alive banner exhibit has again brought 101 original banners painted by local artists to the light poles spanning the miles between Cardiff-by-the-Sea and La Costa Avenue in Leucadia.
