Oceanside and the New Media

Considering Digital Art…is it real Art?

“I would like to see the hand of the Artist” one of the Alliance members so stated when viewing a Digital Painting I had brought to the quarterly meeting of the group’s critique.

The General consensus was that the originality, content, and value of the art work itself I had brought to be shared was not considered, but the discussion was what was it? Could computer art be thought of as “real” art. This was rather disconcerting to me as I have a history of many different media in my production of work which includes Bronze Sculpture, Oils on canvas, water color, and Graphite. Having my work in collections by private collectors nationally and internationally, this seemed to me to be rather lacking in the awareness of what is actually going on not only at our Oceanside Museum of Art, but in Galleries and Museums all over the world.

The making of a digital painting in my work usually consists of a pencil drawing scanned into the computer then enhanced with a Wacom pad and Stylus. I use the stylus the same way as I use a pen or paint brush with the flexibility of being able to instantly correct my work as I progress through the evolution of an idea. My images may incorporate photos which I have taken and stored in a digital file.

We were fortunate to have James Enos at the Museum for the past months for his works are unique and complex in their structure. In his statement he mentioned that he used digital and laser technology to fabricate his housing sculptures. This technology has been in use for about 20 years, and it was demonstrated to me at my foundry in LA when they were involved in making a model for an Arabian Prince who was building a new palace.  These new technologies, * the Inkjet printer, the laser printer and the 3D printers are slowly becoming the lexicon of our 21^st Century Art World.

I would like to share with you my process and the many wondrous advantages of the Digital World which gives me in my advancing years of existence a way of creating work without the physical angst. Aging is not fun, but with the new media I can be creative and productive. Everyday is exciting as I contemplate the possibilities of the “what ifs”.

The image in the lower left hand corner has one of my photos from Moonstone Beach near Eureka CA. In my work, the photos are always my own and I use them extensively taking elements from them for new work. 

“The imperfections of hand built art may not be seen in the making of a Digital Creative Work, but the heart and soul of the Artist shines through clear and true”.  R. Jameson

         The Many Manifestations of the "Eve Tree"

From a Pencil Drawing...

scroll down and view the various models built by this process...

Exhibition Space

As Artists we need space to exhibit our work. Tempting offers come everyday through our email connections to the Art World promising you the best deal for your work. Most of these are never opened and I would take them with the same questioning of purpose as I do with those wondrous offers coming from South Africa.

Back in the Day when I was exhibiting with Galleries, I had an experience which I will share with you.

The Gallery an Internationally known name in the Art World had two of my bronze sculptures on Commission. The Contract which I had with them had the provision that I would be reimbursed the full retail price of the sculptures if they were damaged or stolen.

My work was on display during the Christmas Season, and I felt that the timing was right for my commitment to this Gallery.

The Day after Christmas I received a phone call from the Director of the Gallery and was told that my sculptures had been stolen. They were both Artist Proofs and were very valuable for that reason. To make a long story short, it took my attorney several hours of time, but ultimately when he sent a letter of pending legal action they paid off. Contracts Matter.       

Exhibiting your work is putting a light on your talent, your original visions and most of all your integrity as an Artist. The many hours spent, the framing, the travel are all expenses which when added up there is no way you that can combine these factors into a realistic pricing for the Gallery you wish to commit your works to. The best we can hope for is for a price structure that will be fair to the potential client, the gallery, and you as an Artist.

Putting aside your time, talent, and the originality of your work, perhaps the cost of producing your work is a better way to go when you are in the starting phases of your career. Even in the mid range sometimes negotiations are necessary to bring the sale to a close. Selling your work is an emotional experience. Especially if the work is a unique piece and there are no expectations of producing an edition.

When choosing a Gallery some things to consider should be:

1. Does your work have a complimentary fit with what other art works being exhibited?
2. How many works can you have exhibited?
3. What kind of frames is expected on the Art Works?
4. Is there a good potential of foot traffic in the area?
5. Does the Gallery have a time frame of how long you can exhibit?
6. How many other Artists does the Gallery have on the exhibition roster?
7. What is the percentage that the Gallery will collect on the sale of your Work?
8. Does the Gallery have insurance to cover your work in its entirety? (retail price)
9. How many days does the Gallery take to payout your Commission?
10. You should sign a contract, with the owner of the Gallery to protect your art.  Handshakes do no Work.
11. Do you have an understanding in your contract that you retain all of your Artists Rights under the VARA act? http://www.artuntitled.com/pgextra/al_vara.html

12. What is the History of the Exhibition Space? How long has it been there?
13. Does the Owner of the Exhibition Space want money to show your work?
1. This usually does not work out for the Artist very well, but is great for the Owner of the Gallery Space.
14. What kind of promotion does the Gallery offer? Are there openings on a regular basis? Do they have a legitimate web site? Do they protect your images on the Site with a water mark? Are the jpg images small enough that they cannot be reproduced and downloaded by the entire world? 

We Do need Spaces to show our Work, we do need the sharing experience of having our works “out there”, and we do need to make at least our expenses. Remember that your work is your truest self, and that self is not for the giving away. We should always be aware that our visions are unique and that the worth is not in the monetary reward and fame, but in the true quest of a having the home of your work a place where it will be protected, revered, and loved.    

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A FINE ARTS EVENT!

Last Night, in Artists Alley the vibe was sweet, the food great, and the Art Works were all prevailing. It was a Night of Celebration for all who have spent their time, sweat equity, and monetary equity to bring back to our Community one of the most fun venues in Oceanside for the Arts.  

The Inside Alley was brightly lit with not only with lights of celebration, the brightness emanated from the Crowds of People from our Business Community and the up and coming young artists of our North Coast.

Working Artists with paint brushes created art on the spot. Imagine this happening in our Downtown. Well get used to it. This kind of event will happen in our near future once a month in the North Coast District of Theater and Arts.  

Looking forward to these Visual Artist based Art Walks we hope the lights which lit up just one venue last night planted the seeds of Possibilities for our regional artists, the economic benefits for our Restaurants and shops, and most of all shine the “good life” on our City’s residents and Visitors.

"MindWalk"

The Oceanside Pier wrapped in the Imagination of a Sculptor 

AT LAST 

ARTISTS ALLEY IS ALIVE! 

The Incredible Excitement of a new Gallery opening in Artists Alley has been long awaited. This venue marks a new beginning of the Arts being shown in Downtown Oceanside. Welcome! The Torch is passed form the old guard to the new and innovative Hill Street Country Club Gallery.  

Michael Rosenblatt wins a "Live Painting" competition this last week at the Belly Up Tavern. He did represent Artist Alley in this competition. Congratulations .. Michael...onward and thrive! 

This Beautiful Mural is located on the South side of the Arkley Center. It is also a Venue for many
Arts Alive! Events. The scaffolding for his endeavors is seen above on the red truck.

Art Walk Eureka

From 2004 until 2009 I lived in Eureka CA. Here in this small town on the North Coast of California, there are more artists per capita than any where in the State of California.

During this time, I was the owner of a small Fine Art Gallery “Kronos” and was a participant in this incredible happening of “Arts Alive” every month. The town has had hard luck since the closing of the Paper Mill which was the main source of employment and the logging industry that was the source of its wealth.

The Arts have somewhat filled the void of “belonging” in this small City on the Humboldt Bay. The Murals are without peer, and the artist of many of them, Duane Flatmo is world renown. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zli8PGuxpL4

I was living in Eureka when the mural for the Arkley Center for the Performing Arts was created. It was amazing, I stood in awe of this man so small in relation to the mural he was painting, and wondered if it could be completed in reality to the small scale of  his drawing. So it was, more so than we could have ever imagined. In a word, Perfect, for the Venue.    

Here in Oceanside as we contemplate our own Arts Walk, the ideas, the energy, and the talent will have to combine to make our Monthly Event unique and memorable. There is much to be done in the search for our own place in the Art Walk World, as it will be a challenge to engage our many venues to become the place where Artists want to be seen.

I know from personal experience what a successful Arts Alive can be to the Merchants, shopkeepers, and the building of an Art Voice for a Town. It has taken many years for Eureka’s Arts Alive! to become an incredible draw from all over the County, and it will take patience for our own efforts to succeed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq75f1sVRME  (“soul of Eureka”.)

It will happen! Look what has been accomplished in the past 10 years, and this is only a prelude to what will become a full blown Concert! When we returned to my City by the Sea, after 10 years, the transformation had begun. Ginny Tompkins and I used to dream of a downtown where there were fine Hotels, great Restaurants, and an Art Museum which would be the catalyst for a Renaissance of Oceanside. It has more than begun, it is transforming before our very eyes…

  

Introducing The Hill Street Country Club’s inaugural Supper Club Artist Project; a three-part series providing community education & involvement in the Arts. EDUCATE • APPRECIATE • CELEBRATE Join The HSCC, artist Johnny Nguyen of Songs of the Green Bird and our sponsor MainStreet Oceanside, for a Pop-up ART Workshop inside the Oceanside Farmers Market & Sunset Market on January 2, 2014 for Part I: EDUCATE of the Supper Club Artist Project. ... Learn alongside your community as Nguyen shows how to approach photography with a journalistic eye inside the market, then explore and take photographs of your own. Instant-use cameras provided. The workshop will involve direct communication with local buyers and members of the Oceanside community. Using Nguyen as a guide and inspiration, participants will be invited to use their own cameras (mobile phone, ipad etc) or one of several disposable film cameras available at HSCC booth located in Downtown Oceanside Farmers Market. Participants will then be prompted to spend some time exploring and photographing their own local market. Guests will be given instructions on how to use the camera as well as a few tips and tricks from the artist himself on how to photograph using a street photography/photojournalism technique. The intention of this workshop is to provide a unique experience for our Oceanside community, access to local art and introduce a new or perhaps unfamiliar technique. The HSCC will encourage an appreciation and understanding of the dying art form of print photography. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: FREE & FOR ALL AGES. Workshop Times on Thursday, January 2, 2014: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM inside the Farmers Market 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM inside the Sunset Market The Hill Street Country Club thanks MainStreet Oceanside for sponsoring this Pop-up ART Workshop. RSVP on facebook for the Opening Reception of Songs of the Green Bird; Part II: APPRECIATE of the Supper Club Artist Project happening January 18th for an opportunity to see your photos in addition to artist Johnny Nguyen’s work inside the Hill Street Country Club Gallery inside Artists Alley. See More Part II Jan. 18th, 2014 ...6:00 ~ 10:00 212 D Coast Highway (Artists Alley), Oceanside, CA Introducing The Hill Street Country Club’s inaugural Supper Club Artist Project; a three-part series providing community education & involvement in the Arts. EDUCATE • APPRECIATE • CELEBRATE Take in art at the Opening Reception for Songs of the Green Bird by Johnny Nguyen, PART II: APPRECIATE of the Supper Club Artist Project, on Saturday, January 18, 2014 from 6:00 pm-10:00 pm at The Hill Street Country Club Gallery inside Artists Alley. Songs of the Green Bird features a collection of photojournalistic ...works taken by Nguyen inside a marketplace in Vietnam. Nguyen’s photographic work stems from an interest in photojournalism and meshes with fine art through the use of film and darkroom processes. In Songs of the Green Bird, Nguyen exhibits a photographic series documenting a small, open-air marketplace supported by its surrounding community. This market named “Cho Chim Xanh,” (translated to English as The Green Bird Market) and other markets such as this, are prevalent throughout the country of Vietnam. Not only do these markets supply the local population with fresh meats, fruits and vegetables, this communal environment provides a framework of stability for their respective neighborhoods by offering a central venue for its citizens to converge and dialogue. Nguyen embedded himself within the community circles of The Green Bird Market to photograph these intimate, photojournalistic, street-style portraits of the lives that give the market its heartbeat. He hopes that this series of 16 classical, black and white gelatin silver prints encourages the audience to appreciate the human value of local markets, and to compare and contrast between the market culture observed here in America and elsewhere throughout the world. Alongside the Opening Reception of Songs of the Green Bird by Johnny Nguyen, photographs taken by the Oceanside community from the Jan. 2nd Pop-up ART Workshop inside the Oceanside Farmers & Sunset Market will be on display. Food provided by Wrench and Rodent Seabasstropub. Beer served by Booze Bros Brewery. FREE EVENT: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. The Hill Street Country Club would like to thank our generous sponsors for helping make PART II: APPRECIATE of the Supper Club Artist Project happen: Booze Bros Brewery of Vista, CA and Wrench & Rodent Seabasstropub in Oceanside, CA. Stay Social! Follow us on instragram: @thehillstreetcountryclub @thecameracollective @wrenchandrodent @boozebros

Lewis ~  Taking awesome Care of the OMA Gallery....

“Winter Wonderland”

  an Installation by

Armando de la Torre

As our Holiday Season rushes to its finale, we have the privilege to visit an enchanted place from the Heart of Armando de la Torre.

This is a place we will all recognize in our hearts of  remembering our sweet experiences of Childhood and Parenthood of our younger days. It will bring to us the once a year experiences of the “woods” when we found the perfect tree in the forest. The warm feelings of the hearth and of home resonate with the songs of remembrance of Years gone by. The togetherness of Family and loved ones create the Magic of the Season.

The Gift of Family, Our Place on this planet Earth, and the unending Universe of Being is what our Holiday Season is all about. This is the space you will enter into at OMA’s satellite venue in the Westfield Mall and given to us by an Artist of great accomplishment, Armando de la Torre.

Creating an Arts District…

Participating in the forthcoming discussions led by our Oceanside Museum of Art, I will post various examples and opinions on the Creation of Art Colonies and Art Districts, and the implications which arise in the process. Is Gentrification to be desired? What happens when the long time residents and business owners confront the success of an Artist Colony or Arts District? What about Culture Clash? What about the Money Clash? What about when the Success of the Colony becomes the antithesis of what it started out to be? Please feel free to comment where ever you live and if you have had experiences to share. 

Article taken from Pomona College Magazine • 550 N. College Ave, Claremont, CA 91711

Downtown TurnaroundEd Tessier ’91 turned dying downtown Pomona into a vibrant Arts Colony with some help from family and the skills he learned at the College.

By Mark Kendall
Ed Tessier ’91 grew up watching downtown Pomona die. The sporting goods store where he got his first baseball glove closed. So did the department store where he bought his Cub Scout uniform. So did the lunch counter where his grandpa used to buy him root beer floats.

Shortly after graduating from the College, Tessier set about bringing downtown Pomona back to life.

While in school, Tessier majored in urban sociology and used Pomona’s downtown for case studies. Still, he never planned to undertake a crusade to save it. He expected to wind up behind a desk in some city planning department, “playing with colored pencils the rest of my life.”

But his father, Victor, a prominent Pomona attorney, had suffered multiple heart attacks and in 1992 asked his children (Ed, Jerry and Vicki) to take over six buildings he owned downtown. They could have unloaded the properties, but felt too much of a connection with the community.

”It was an emotional decision,” says Tessier.

Tessier remembered the words of one of his mentors, Pomona sociology professor Robert Herman. “He had a mantra,” says Tessier. “That even in the most distressed neighborhoods there’s always something that works. The goal should be to find it and nurture it.”

After months of research, Tessier’s first plan was to turn the area into a Latino-oriented businesses district. Latinos now were the majority in Pomona, and such retail efforts had been successful elsewhere in the Los Angeles area. But it turned out another developer had proposed doing the same thing elsewhere in Pomona, and the city told Tessier to come up with something else for downtown.

The downtown already was home to an underground arts scene, with “guerilla artists” occupying empty buildings, hosting exhibitions and poetry slams. Tessier decided to tap into the existing vibe and proposed turning the area into an arts district centered along Second Street, west of Garey Avenue.

By 1993, Tessier had opened (with a business partner) The Haven, a combination gallery and coffee house. Downtown artists came out of the woodwork and connected there. But the place wasn’t just drawing crowds on weekend nights. It was drawing scrutiny from the city, as Tessier tells it, with visits from code enforcement and other agencies. He saw this as part of the longstanding tension between downtown artists and the city.Read More: http://pomona.edu/magazine/pcmfl04/OOtessier.shtml

Traveling out of the Downtown of Oceanside to one of our most cherished historical Churches.
The Arts of the Past... 

Images of the Hands who built.

As I sat in the lovely restored interior of the San Luis Rey Mission for a Requiem Mass listening to the songs of beauty and love, I could see all around me the quiet hands which built this magnificent Mission. The walls of plaster painted with the designs and embellishments of the yesteryear, and the Paintings of ancient heritage were all encompassing.

Can you feel history in your inner core…yes it is possible. The very air seemed to vibrate with these hands of history and the sounds of feet treading along the Central Isle of the Church of hundreds of years resonated within me as an overlay to the music of the Now.

Old Buildings do this to me. I see the inhabitants of the past going about their earthly chores and giving of themselves to the building of the Mission, the Cathedral, or Civic projects of the Times gone by. Touching the oldness of such a place is one of communion with the hands of time. I feel the vibrations of intent and accomplishment of the Hands. It is the same when visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art …the Egyptian sculptures are born again with me, within my heart of knowing.

The San Luis Rey is within my sightline every day I drive down the hill of Rancho del Oro. The gleaming whiteness of the wall, the sublime curves of the colonnade, and most of all the Blue Dome blending into the sky above.  I do no often go inside the Mission Church, but when I do, it is with the anticipation of my intense interaction of sight, of hearing the whispers of time, but most of all, the vibrations of my heart connecting to the Hands of the past and their commitment to a task well done. 

First Tuesday: Art + Community Series

7:00 - 8:30pm 
Free for OMA members 
$10 for nonmembers

OMA is launching a new educational program, Art + Community Series, moderated by OMA Executive Director, Daniel Foster. These regular panels and lectures will discuss the power of art to transform the economic prosperity, quality of life and identity of a community. Joining the discussion on December 3 will be James Enos, Urban Arts Developer; Naomi Nussbaum, Public Art/Sculpture Curator/Arts Professional; George Buell, Director of Development Services, City of Oceanside; Stew Mayer, Urban/Mixed-Use Developer; and Dinah Poellnitz, with the Hill Street Country Club, Oceanside. For reservations please call (760) 435-3721.

LIVE

The studio, the gallery, the store

The Fantasy of the Magical Gift...Search and you will find it Here!

The Newest Studio in Artists Alley...we welcome You!

Come and See the Lighting of the Oceanside Christmas Tree ...

December 5th from 6:00 ~  6:30 

Downtown at the Regal Center Plaza

THE SUNSHINE BROOKS THEATRE PRESENTS FOR YOUR  HOLIDAY ENTERTAINMENT IN THE 

OCEANSIDE THEATRE  &  ARTS DISTRICT

THE FROG AND THE TOAD

Justin Jorgensen -- Frog

Devin Collins -- Toad

Ashley Jenks – Ensemble (Rear, Left)

Shauna Riisoe – Ensemble (Rear, Right)Bryan Taylor -- Ensemble (Center)

The Star Theatre of Oceanside

Presents "The Nutcracker"

Nov. 30 – Dec. 1    The Nutcracker         Performing Arts Workshop

and

December 7            The Nutcracker        To The Point

The Nutcracker Appears This Weekend!

This production is by “The Performing Arts Workshop” in Encinitas CA

Mother Ginger (Chris goldsmith) and Bon Bons, taken by Chad Sorlie

The Season of Fantasy and Wonderment comes forth with the production of the Ballet “The Nutcracker”.

The Star Theatre in Oceanside proudly presents for Children of all ages to become a time traveler with “Clara” in this favorite Holiday production.

Guest Artist Peter Kurta daning our Snow King
 and Cavalier this year, taken by VAM Productions

Who has not been enthralled with the “growing” Christmas Tree? We all have cheered for the Nutcracker Prince when battling with the Mouse King…

Evie Roemer and other Bon Bons, taken by Carolyn Swayze

 Jessie Fendler as Marzipan, taken by Ken Fendler

Come and support the Dancers of our region who make our Holidays special and timeless. We are All the Dancers in our minds memories…

In Oceanside, we are so very fortunate to have real performing Theatre. This year at the “Star” Theatre, there will be two Dance Troops performing The Nutcracker Ballet. The pictures below are from the “To the Point” Group . Photographs by Jakrel Photography.

"The Magic of the Nutcracker"
Our Dreams are filled with memories of Christmas past and those memories seem more real as the Years go by.

 Did we Imagine our selves watching Clara's Tree grow bigger and bigger, or were we really there? 




Did we hiss at the Mouse King and when he looked at us did we cringe or was it just a dream? 

This then is the Magic of the Nutcracker Ballet. When danced by Children and Young Folks it seems so much more real, for They do "Believe", and they do "Live" this wonderful incredibly beautiful Story in Dance.

As the Nutcracker Prince takes Clara on her journey through the worlds of exotic dancers and strange lands, we travel with her and live in the moment of our own Childhood again...

The Best part of this experience is that we can travel with Clara into this story of enchantment every year and take own Children into this magical place if only just for one precious evening...

ARTISTS ALLEY WELCOMES 
"LIVE, THE STUDIO, THE GALLERY, THE STORE"

A NEW PLACE FOR THE ARTS IN OCEANSIDE...

GRAND OPENING THE 21ST...NOVEMBER,

ARTISTS ALLEY 

"The Frog Prince" 

From time to time we will be sharing the Art Venues in and Around the Sphere of Influence of Artists Alley.

One of the visually enchanting venues and gourmet delights in uptown Oceanside is Petite Madeline across Coast Hwy from Artists Alley.

This "soft sculpture" the Frog Prince may be viewed at this delightful and morning sunlit eatery. We love to go there and have our visual senses fulfilled as well as our hunger pangs more than surfeited...

OMA Mega Exhibition Reception
Saturday, November 16
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Oceanside Museum of Art and San Diego History Center (SDHC) have collaborated with local art scholars to produce a joint exhibition that offers visitors a unique and diverse perspective from which to view our region’s landscape. Nature Improved: San Diego Artists Interpret Our Landscape, will open at SDHC on September 19 and at OMA on October 26 and will continue through January 26, 2014 at SDHC and February 23, 2014 at OMA.

This Painting of Michael Roenblatt is on View at OMA with the opening reception, "Nature Improved", this Saturday Evening. Come and have a wonderful time with our fellow Artists of  North County and become a Member today.

Michael Rosenblatt

A Young Artist of unbridled passion. Congratulations Michael on your upcoming shows at two prestigious Art Museums in San Diego County.

Michael will be showing at both OMA and the San Diego History Center this fall.  SDHC Members Only Reception is Sept. 19 (Sept. 19 – Jan. 26, 2014) and OMA’s Public Reception is Nov. 16 (Oct. 26 – Feb. 23, 2014).

I have known Michael Rosenblatt since 1993. We met in Artists Alley in Oceanside while we were both working day and night in our world of the hidden artists of Oceanside. In those days he could be seen walking up the alley in the early dawn, paint on clothes and hands with the eyes of the painter who was still in the thrall of “seeing” the vision becoming reality.

He was after coffee and I was just arriving at the Alley with my eyes half open … 5:30 being too early at my age.

“Another all-nighter” was all he said…I knew what he meant and gave him a hug. 

One of my most precious possessions is a self portrait of Michael. He was younger then, with hair and a beard. Now he is a man of great strength with the heavy brows of knowing his own vision of truth. Onward Dear Michael, keep the path of your truth and Thrive…  

Oceanside Museum of Art: OMA 

Launches Public Artist-In-Residency Programs w...: GREAT NEWS! Oceanside Museum of Art (OMA) just received a $150,000 Exploring Engagement Grant from The James Irvine Foundation  ...

A World of Beauty…Seaside Flowers…

You enter into this beautiful small world created by Sherry Shelton and marvel at the wonderful change in the Promenade of Artists Alley. Here in Oceanside where the unexpected has become the now expected we find a Shop which is graced by the fragrance and enchantment of the Flora.

I remember when this Studio Space had another Artist from another Time. The years have given this Venue for the Arts a patina of use, it has had a struggle to find the fulfillment of our Dream for Artist Alley. Sherry has changed much of this aura for the Energy of Flower Power is visceral.

Looking down the Alley now you will see the welcoming yellow Sunflowers with their funny faces smiling at you and beckoning your presence to be part of a stroll to find new adventures in Artists Alley.

The Sunflowers will have a permanent presence here for the South Entrance is graced with an image of Vincent Van Gogh and his enigmatic smile of his Art World…

Sherry is a Colorado Girl. She is adventurous, courageous, engaging and most of all full of creative energy. She has been in the Floral Trade here in Oceanside for 20 years and is a confirmed supporter for all of the Arts here in Oceanside.

“The greatest joy I have is helping my customers create a custom made arrangement that will carry their message, as they are telling me about the situation and/or their loved one. They share with me their lives, and the flowers express their feelings”

As I gaze around the blue flowered interior of Sherry’s Studio I remember the yesteryear of when our Artists Alley was in full bloom. With Seaside Flowers, we now have “The Bloom” and are on our Way to find the luster which just awaits quiet now, inside the Studios along the Artists Alley of Oceanside CA.