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Karen & Tony Barone

Architectural; Visual Arts: Murals, New Media / Technology, Painting, Sculpture

Karen & Tony possess a formidable wit. They create mind-boggling works of art that challenge our sense of scale and spatial reality. Their larger-than-life sculpture and their over-the-top public art ensemble installations, place us in an Alice-In-Wonderland state of disbelief and visual adventure. They believe art can be a powerful force for good and human enrichment and that’s their M.O. and they support many causes to that goal. PRESENTLY – The Barone’s continue bringing joy & happiness to art lovers and are immersed in multi-disciplined high-level Crypto Art projects which have become vehicles for Karen’s VIDEO EXPERIMENTALIST PERFORMANCE ART and Tony’s PAINTINGS, which are derivative of Karen’s videos. … the future has arrived! Videos and paintings are viewable in the virtual museum at BaroneArt.com

Lynn Basa

Visual Arts: Mosaics, Other, Sculpture

With public art, the people, history, and purpose of a place become my materials. Every public art commission starts with the aspirations of its community, whether it’s about commemoration or commerce; reparation or reclamation, it all forms the symbolic meaning of my work. This human effort and constant innovation fueled by the necessity for survival is what I celebrate in my public work.

Dana Hogan

Visual Arts: Murals, Sculpture

BFA,MFA, 45 year Working ceramic artist in Idyllwild,CA

Kersey Ceramics LLC

Visual Arts: Mosaics, Murals, Sculpture

When Diana Kersey was a kid growing up in Lubbock, Texas, her parents let her dig a mud pit in their backyard. Thirteen inches down, she hit clay, and she’s been working with it ever since. Kersey is a visual artist working exclusively in clay, from small studio pieces to large architectural installations. Her work has become instantly identifiable, due to the muscular, spontaneous qualities of the material enhances with her colorful, translucent glazes. Her public works have been commissioned by the City of San Antonio, VIA Metropolitan Transit, The San Antonio River Authority, and the City of Harlingen. In 2021 she completed her largest private commissions to date (over 650 square feet) for a new office tower in San Antonio, Texas. Kersey earned an MFA in ceramics from Washington State University in 1997, and a BFA in drawing from Texas Tech University in 1994. She serves on the faculty at Northwest Vista College and owns and operates Kersey Ceramics LLC.

Lisa Reinertson

Visual Arts: Sculpture

Lisa Reinertson is known for both life size figurative ceramic sculptures and large-scale public sculptures cast in bronze. Her work ranges in content from semi-autobiographical female figures with animals in clay to historic bronze monumental portraits of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Cesar Chavez, immersed in narrative bas-relief imagery. In viewing her work, we are witness to concerns of feminism, peace and social justice as they intertwine with nature and our relationship to creatures with which we share the earth. Her work combines a realism rooted in figurative art traditions with a contemporary expression of social and psychological content. Reinertson has taught at several universities, primarily across California. Her ceramic work has been exhibited at museums both nationally and internationally, and she has completed over 20 public commissions in bronze, including the Mother and Child Sculpture Garden in Palm Desert. Featured image: Mother and Child Sculpture Garden, Palm Desert City Park, Bronze and Terrazzo

Showcase Mosaics

Visual Arts: Mosaics, Murals

For me, mosaic is a form of magic. The process of breaking down large sheets of glass, finding that perfect glass for each small piece, that just right hue, level of transparency and surface texture that will speak to what I’m trying to say with this glass “brush stroke.” The medium is always a joy and a challenge, cutting the perfect shape and size tesserae to create that feeling. The overall theme of my artwork is a resolute celebration of this life; of our world, both our own creations and of natural things. Mosaic carries a message of wonder, not only in the monuments and architecture of our surroundings, but also of the hope intrinsic in this celebration.

Mike Tauber

Architectural; Furniture; Visual Arts: Fountains, Mosaics, Murals, Other, Woodcraft

A professional artist, Mike Tauber earned his bachelor’s degree in art at San Diego State, and completed indoor and outdoor murals internationally. Tile commissions are at City of Tustin, Crab Cooker Newport Beach, and Taco Stand Laguna Beach. Painted mural commissions are at Wilshire Grand Center Los Angeles, and Geppetto’s Toy Stores throughout San Diego. His travel postcard was recreated on stage at the 2022 Pageant of the Masters in Laguna Beach where he was name Artist of the Year in 2018.

Jenni Ward

Visual Arts: Installation, Mixed Media, Sculpture; ceramics

Jenni Ward is originally from West Orange, New Jersey but has been based in Santa Cruz, California for over 20 years. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Hartford Art School in West Hartford, Connecticut in 1998. Her work has been shown nationally and internationally since then including the de Saisset Museum, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History and the Grants Pass Museum of Art. She has been invited to residencies around the world, and most recently spent 3 months at the Yingge Ceramics Museum in Taiwan. She has created public art projects in Sweden, Florida, Washington, Taiwan and California. From 2005 – 2018, she owned and operated Earth Art Studio which offered community clay classes for all ages and she continues to share her creativity through philanthropic art projects, which have involved working with local organizations as well as artists and communities in post-earthquake Haiti. Ward has a passion for adventure and travel often finding inspiration through her exploration of the natural world. She currently leads a semi-nomadic lifestyle in her van with her husband and dog, and they spend a great deal of time on their desert property in Baja Sur.

Kelly Witmer

Architectural; Furniture; Visual Arts: Bas-relief, Fences / Gates, Fountains, Glasswork / Neons, Installation, Mixed Media, Mosaics, Murals, Painting, Sculpture, Site-specific

I work out of my Joshua Tree studio to create paintings and sculptures in ceramic, glass and steel. Public art has been an exciting field to explore, since I love working in different mediums and relish a challenge. I have worked with many interior designers and art consultants for specific installations, and enjoy collaborating towards an envisioned environment. I received my BFA from University of the Arts in Philadelphia,PA, with additional studies at Parsons School of Design in Paris. I have attended residencies at Atlantic Center for the Arts in Florida, Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts in Maine, ArtVallarta in Mexico and Can Serrat in Spain. My public art installations can be found in Los Angeles, Santa Rosa, CA and Las Vegas, NV.

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