Clarence Towers has been making images of the west for the past sixteen years. His travels in the Northwest, the West and the Southwest have produced images of the western lifestyle and landscape and beyond. The black & white and color images of locations from Montana to Hawaii to Texas reflect a passion for the history and life of the West and the abstract landscapes found in these regions.

Colour coupler print 16”x16”

I do Art to stay alive.
For me it is very important to work everyday and continue the chain of thoughts produced by working constantly. I enjoy the process of doing Art, the thinking and execution, the creative aspect and the labor, sometimes can be a fraction of a second and sometimes can be weeks of work, of change, and struggle. I like to paint and to print, each media has its own charm and challenges.

“Calaveras”, 2003 Oil on canvas 20”x24”

Photographs, photogravures and polymer gravures with images from Spain, Morocco, New Mexico and California will be exhibited at Project Artaud’s Open Studios. Spontaneous experiences have been a theme in my images for many years. Black and white provides the simple, complicated, mysterious and beautiful at the same time- the essential elements of spontaneity. Current work: A portfolio of dancer and choreographer Eleanor King, a collection of solarized and toned photographs, etchings, and a forthcoming artist’s book.

“Horses”, Polymer photogravure 11”x14”

Exploring new forms through layout and juxtaposition Luis Delgado produces a new dialogue in terms of scale as well as content.

“Enigma 12B”, 2003 Pigmented ink jet print. 75”x 24”

Carrie Nardello’s work has a rich and varied vocabulary derived from her imagination and the language of the chatty unconscious.

Her universal imagery, choice of bold color and childlike rendering elicit response and an emotional connection in the viewer.

Nardello has been painting professionally for ten years.

“I love you in the mourning”, Oil on canvas 48”x36”

“My work is an honest assessment of the moment,
clouded by outbursts of fantastic delusions”

Influenced by watery beginnings in Hawaii and recent wanderings in Latin America, Roll’s work takes viewers on a journey to a surreal destinations with images imbedded in his original and stylized reality. His paintings are made with oils and acrylics on canvas, wood and found objects.

“The Visitation”, 2002 Oil on canvas 70”x36”

Golds are splendor, aspiration to transcend, a higher conscience. Reds are the stream of blood which is nature, man manifests it. Blacks are the profoundness of mystery, it is the background of all. Whites come in all shades, they want to be pure. Whites hold a solemn beauty. My paintings and graphic work possess the colors mentioned.

Though at times the themes vary from mundane to spiritual I treat them the same. The same palette the same figuration.

“Nace la flor”, 2002 Monoprint 11”x8”

An exploration with Icons found in her surroundings and personal life, revealing the symbols and images that can influence the form in which we develop. This series of images, in color and black& white, are taken in Mexico, Cuba, Spain and San Francisco with a documentary style.

“Guadalupe Icon”, 2002 Siver gelatin print 16”x20”

My desire and intention is to pursue poetry, meaning and enjoyment in my art.

“And grandpa too”, Acrylic on canvas 30”x40”

My paintings express my feelings about my everyday environment.

“Peppers”, Oil on canvas 20”x34”

My work explores the relationships between subject, the vocabulary of paint, and the visual dynamics of composition light and color.

Improvisation and direct observation share equal importance in my painting process and conception.

“Restaurant” 2002, Oil on canvas 40”x55”

I have been documenting myriad aspects of the human condition for more than 40 years, the social and political, the funny and the sad, and have not lost my curiosity for what awaits me around the next corner.

“Farmworker, Sonoma, CA 1971”, Silver gelatin print 11”x14”

Oil Paintings telling non-linear stories, trying to solve the dark mysteries, walking the tight rope between the familiar and the strange.

“The Legend”, Oil on canvas 16”x20”