Tamar Assaf

Tamar Assaf, an emerging artist, resides in California’s Bay Area since early 2000.  Tamar was born in Israel, where she earned her Bachelor’s degree in Natural Science. Since her move to California, Tamar is devoting her time to create art.  In her work she combines her travel experience with her observation and fascination with animal concepts, investigating our acquired perception of animals in comparison to reality.  Tamar uses thick pain and pallet knives in a way that captures the realistic essence of the animal while maintaining an unstructured abstract painting approach
For more information regarding Tamar Assaf’s work please visit www.tamarassaf.com

Wendy Brayton

Wendy Brayton was born in Ashland, Oregon and raised in the small town of Penngrove in Sonoma County. Her passion for art was evident at a young age as she filled her time making eclectic collages and paper mache sculptures. Brayton went on to live in both France and New York where she continued to study art.  She returned to Sonoma County to earn her Fine Arts degree. Brayton has developed into an accomplished plein-air painter and now spends her time painting on location throughout Northern California. In addition to painting, she commits herself to community projects and recently completed a Schultz piece that is being sent to Korea. Brayton’s paintings focus on unique compositions, brilliant color and light. Her plein-air style is strong compositionally and contemporarily. Additional works with upcoming show information can be found on Brayton’s website www.braytonart.com.

Leah Chappell

Leah Chappell was born in Spokane, Washington, in 1979. When she was 8, the family returned to California to stay, settling in Oakland. Leah’s artistic talent and political awareness were nurtured and guided by her mom and her older sisters, all of whom are artists and musicians as well. Her extended family, which is extremely multicultural, provided a rich background from which she was able to draw inspiration. The cultural and political heritage of Oakland, as personified by the Black Panther Party and Tony Toni Tone has also been a powerful influence in Leah’s artistic life. Leah’s younger brother (who is also an artist and musician), introduced her to the music of Bob Marley several years ago. The lyrics, the music and their spiritual power changed her life. Then she began to explore the music of the Marley children. Their level of consciousness affected her deeply, and she began to express how the music impacted her in portraits of Bob and his sons. After completing these pieces, she went on to paint and draw others who she found to be instrumental in her growth as an artist and a person, including Marvin Gaye, her sisters and The Buddha.
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Florian Charreard
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Florian Charreard  is an upcoming photographer residing in Berkeley, California. Born in dense and urban Paris, Florian was (self-)trained in photography and audio-visual technology in Lycee Saint-Genes, Bordeaux before pursuing a freelance career in Tahiti, French Polynesia. He has chosen the San Francisco Bay Area to continue his ruminations on the oddities of the urban environment.

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His latest collection is entitled Multiplication + Reflection. Drawing from the repeated patterns of both hard-edged urbanity – bridges, rising skyscrapers and street grids – as well as soft-lush tropical tranquility – endless oceans, dramatic cliffs, and virgin forests, Florian developed a multi-reflective collage and decoupage technique to depict the San Francisco urban fabric in surrealistic comic.

As an Official Artist of the 2006 San Francisco Marathon, Florian’s photos were chosen as mile markers at Pier 39 and the Golden Gate Bridge.  Contact Flo at floriancharreard@yahoo.fr for more Multiplication + Reflection pieces.

Kimiko Sakuma

Kimiko Sakuma holds a B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles in World Arts and Cultures and a M.A. in Instructional Design from San Francisco State University. She is currently the Artist and Founder of Work Art World (www.workartworld.com), a program incorporating Art within the office and cubicle space. Her work is currently in various office buildings, Cafes, and restaurants within the Bay Area.
Her Artwork is currently on exhibit at the Artist Exchange in San Francisco and Expressions Gallery in Berkeley California. Kimiko has been an Art Editor for Tea Party an Arts and Culture Magazine and a promoter of Mastertee.com, a website which supports Japanese Art and Folklore.
For more information about integrating Art within your space and to view Kimiko’s Artwork go to www.workartworld.com and contact her at kimiko@workartworld.com

Abby Wong

Abby Wong studied oil painting at the School of Museum of Fine Arts in Boston under the guidance of Joel Babb.  She also studied pastel painting from David Wenstrom in Boston.  Color is the essence of Abby’s paintings.  She loves to use rich and vibrant colors in her paintings.  She currently resides in California and is a member of the Marin Society of Artists.  She has done several large scale street paintings in Northern California.  Her art work can be viewed at http://abbysgallery.com.