I am endlessly fascinated and enthralled as I use the camera to observe, preserve and express what moves me, that which I find beautiful and life affirming, and which describes or embodies my sense of grace. I explore my own humanity, by examining the mysterious internal beauty, struggle, humor and irony, strength and vulnerability of others and our environment. I look to capture the ephemeral nuance, the gesture, the moment when light and form and time coalesce to reveal an expression of wonder. Even the banal or horrific can be beautiful and informative, sometimes even inspiring. Visit Russ's website

Simone Adair
My favorite subjects to paint are portraits and nudes. The human body fascinates me. I constantly search for the divine in all my subjects and try to breathe life into them. I also try to unlock the secrets hidden behind people's faces. I'm fascinated by the emotions drawn on the face visible in the lines that describe a person's experiences. Words are not necessary to demonstrate all the ways we are similar. Hopefully, that can be a bridge between our differences. Visit Adair Studios website

 

 

Stacy Alexander
Alexander's art work concerns itself with an approach that encompasses current events and emerging society aided by the fields of physical science, psychology, philosophy, religion, music, sexual politics, color theory, myth, emotion, compassion and how these things enable it to weave meaningful images out of the individual strands of knowledge from other, more restrictively focused disciplines. Visit Stacy's website

 

Leslie Swift Bernal
Beautiful hand made jewelry by Leslie Swift Bernal at The Cheshire Moon

 

 

Graham Bird - Brearley Photo
I first held a camera (127, square format, twin lens reflex, I think!) on my father's knee. I got his love of photography and he passed on the fascination of seeing an image appear from nowhere in the darkroom. I got into digital photography in the '90s and have not looked back. Visit the Brearley Photo website

 

Jill Gibson
Jill Gibson's artistic pursuits have led from a career in music, to painting, and sculpture. She has studied art at UCLA, The Art Student's League in New York under a Ford Foundation scholarship and the Simi Scuola d'Arte in Florence, Italy. Visit Jill's website, Gibson Arts

 

 

 

Kim Larson
Kim Larson is an illustrator, mosaic artists and wood worker Visit Kim's website

 

 

 

Jill McLennan
Through direct observation of the infrastructure of Oakland, I describe the obstacles and challenges that life in the city evokes. Bridges are a path leading to a new level of understanding and fences are a battle waiting to be overcome. I am determined to change a part of our world through art. Artists are messengers who educate generations of people about their time and place. My art shows the persistence of nature to sustain our human society throughout the development of industry and technology. Visit Jill's website

 

Russ Osterweil
I am endlessly fascinated and enthralled as I use the camera to observe, preserve and express what moves me, that which I find beautiful and life affirming, and which describes or embodies my sense of grace. I explore my own humanity, by examining the mysterious internal beauty, struggle, humor and irony, strength and vulnerability of others and our environment. I look to capture the ephemeral nuance, the gesture, the moment when light and form and time coalesce to reveal an expression of wonder. Even the banal or horrific can be beautiful and informative, sometimes even inspiring. Visit Russ's website

 

Stan Peterson
Stan Peterson is an amazing wood carver and printmaker living in the Ford Street Studios. His work has shown in more than 50 exhibitions over the last 25 years. His art is also in more than 15 private collections, and several galleries Visit Stan's website

 

Darwin Price
Religious symbols, figures and parables, both Eastern and Western, as well their secular opposites, are used freely, open to interpretation and questioned from all angles. Yet all of it used reverently to counterbalance his palate, which threatens to sweep the contents off the canvas. In this mix, he adds texture to bring the interplay of the elements back to a human level. Visit Darwin's website

 

Fernando Reyes
Fernando has produced a large and diverse portfolio of artwork. His work is primarily representational and includes oil paintings, charcoal/conte drawings, and printmaking. Subjects include figurative nudes, landscapes, floral work, and still life. His primary interest is in depicting the human figure. These works have captured the attention of collectors throughout the region, nationally and internationally. Visit Fernando's website

 

John Sheridan
My work belongs to the future because I include the future in my work. Art made not for empire but about empire, not for class but about class, and art made as though there was a culture for which to make art. Visit John's website

 

Kyle Siler
Kyle Siler was born to make art. While he dabbled in the creative arts for many years, he began to devote himself more fully to the pursuit in 2000. In that year he created a character "Polo Boy" which would populate many of his works of that time acting as an emotional outlet. Gradually, his work evolved to incorporate more thought provoking text inspired mainly from life experiences and presumably his subconcious. Since 2001, Kyle has been making a home for himself in Jingletown and goes under the pseudonym "Carlos Amigos." Visit Kyle's website

 

Bill Silveira - Automania

A resident of Jingletown since the early 1990's, slightly curmudgeonly, a bit on the eccentric side, with a maniacal enthusiasm for the automobile since his early youth; Bill Silveira enjoys making art out of discarded auto parts, rusty scrap metal, and other unique items that seem to find their way into his vast collection of interesting and eclectic junk. On other occasions you may also find him with a paintbrush in hand creating something usually inspired by the automobile with acrylic paints. Additionally, this semi-retired used car dealer is also well known in the filming industry as the guy who can provide you with just about anything you need from classic cars to caskets for your shoot. Think Sanford and Son-ish with a slightly twisted bent.

It's also been rumored that he's worked for wine and cheese in his not-so-distant past, but that fact hasn't been wholly substantiated just yet.

 

Mark Sonner
I grew up and have lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for the majority of my life. I currently live and work in the Jingletown part of Oakland, CA. I studied and worked as a graphic designer for over a decade. Now, I currently work in the mediums of painting (mixed media), screenprinting and drawings. I have been told my work is a cross between Agitprop and Pop art. Visit Mark's website, or email mark@mysonner.com

 

Rob Stiles
Rob Stiles' architecture provides an integrated approach to design, fabrication, furniture and construction. Our focus is on natural and industrial materials such as concrete, steel, and wood, and we attempt to combine them to create a new modern vernacular aesthetic. Visit Robert Stiles Architecture

 

 

Styrous
On a photographic level, my earliest influences were painters rather than photographers. Photographer awareness came to me later. As artists of the past have done, I took the name, Styrous, as my "pen name" over 10 years ago. When I photograph something or someone, I see a complete picture or painting through my viewfinder. I compose and structure at the moment of the shot. I do not crop or alter my images after the shoot. The printed photograph is what I saw at the time the image was taken, always with the light available at that moment. Sometimes I have failures but often the result is more like a painting rather than a photograph; those are the successes and are wonderful to me. Visit Styrous's website

 

Laurel True
In 2001 True formed a relationship with a non-profit in Ghana, West Africa and travels there frequently to work on large- scale community mosaic projects that involve local community. Much of True's artwork reflects her love of travel, world cultures, the decorative arts and the urban landscape. She currently resides in Oakland, California where she has a studio, True Mosaic Studio, as well as a retail shop, Mosaic Studio Supply and opened the first formal mosaic institute in the U.S.- Institute of Mosaic Arts in late 2005. Visit True Mosaics

 

Saundra Warren
In addition to greenmen, leafmen, pears, dishes, wall decor, wind chimes and birdseed feeders, she creates mosaics of tiles she has made by hand. The mosaics are on plant tables, birdbath basins, fountains. Saundra makes each tile carefully by hand. Visit In Saundra's Garden

 

 

Heather Whitehead
Heather is an artist and activist, and has lived and worked in the Jingletown Junction neighborhood in east Oakland since 2000. Her works focus primarily on politics, war, poverty, the human condition, and urban landscape. She received her BS from the School of Hard Knocks. Visit the Still House Art website