Years: 2016

Up-cycle Artist- creates art and functional items out of discarded materials.
Examples Of Items Made: String Art, Lightbulb Planter, Jar Lid Magnet, Collage, Fish Caves, Refinish Furniture, Lamp, Designed Key Holder

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Photographer, mixed media artist, organizer, promoter, event planner, energy connoisseur, universe thanker, life enthusiast. Originally from New York City, I’ve been living in Petaluma for about 3 years and I love it. Getting to know so many members of the community, I’m surprised that there arent more art centers or creative communal spaces, besides the back of the Phoenix. I’d love to bring more of that to Petaluma. “I like art, and by art I mean music, poetry, sex, paintings, the human body, literature. All of this is art to me.” — Hunter Reveu

www.mercurysoapbox.com

I have always been interested in wildness and wild things, and the ways people live with the natural world. Natural history and human history are strong influences in my creative process. Since completing my degree in Environmental Writing from Scripps College in 2012, I’ve found myself painting on sheep farms, cattle ranches, old boats and beached ice bergs. Along the way, I’ve picked up stories from people who work the land and sea, including rhubarb farmers in Poland, seal hunters in Greenland, ranchers in Norway, sheep farmers in Iceland and boat builders in the Canadian Maritimes. Much of my work is inspired by these stories. I also find myself inspired by the flora, fauna, and farms of California, where I’m from. Watercolors, acrylics, and printmaking are my primary mediums. My work has appeared in educational material, on school walls, and in publications such as the Inverness Almanac and the West Marin Review. I enjoy painting on large walls, dusty old book pages, and trash I find lying around the desert.

www.juliaedithrigby.com

Jonny Hirschmugl investigates new ways to “force paint”. With mostly figurative work, he often applies techniques similar to the abstract expressionists, such as Jackson Pollock, who happens to be a great inspiration. Jonny paints like a tree exploding through all of its seasons, in the blink of a camera shutter. If you’ve ever burped and whistled at the same time, you may begin to understand a bit of his personality. Nostalgic, a romantic, and delusional. Jonny’s work encompasses all of these qualities and more.

theartofjonny.com

Isis is influenced by the wind and the salt and the craggy shores of her native Northern California coast, while being inspired too by the urban angles of the cities in which she has lived. Isis studied visual arts and creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College, NY and printmaking at Fondazione Il Bisonte in Florence, Italy.

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Story is our medium. Through novels and films to journalism and conceptual art, we trawl the space between truth and fact, both personal and public, to create parallel possibilities that edify and entertain.