Each person experiences the world in their own way, making truth subjective. My artwork is a visual representation of my truth, through my eyes and experiences. The pieces all start off with an initial idea but always grow into whatever they were meant to be. I don't attempt to depict the world as we see it. My work is about letting my little intrigues tempt you into my world of lies.

All of my work is one of a kind and emerges from my original photographs, taken close to home or during my travels around the world. The mix media process I use takes the photograph printed on paper as a basis over which I use collage assembly on canvas or wood as a means to bring to the fore one aspect: The feeling I had when I took it. The special detail that made me focus on the object. The beauty beneath. And most importantly the shapes and lines within each other that created that stoppable moment for me. Once the collage is complete I paint in and over objects to either enhance the subject of my focus or subdue and manipulate other surrounding images. It takes getting really close to my work to see all the details that go into creating one piece.

Martha Rodriguez is a Chicana artist, living in San Francisco. From childhood to adulthood, Martha has been intrigued by color, cultures, creativity, lifestyles., Using that curiosity she creates artwork rich in color, shapes, styles. With her 2011 Leukemia diagnosis and remission, Martha lives each day enriched by daily life.

Miranda Caroligne represents the work of Miranda C. Burns. While Miranda’s talents range from performance art to philosophy, and installation art to authorship, her primary focus is the creation of wearable art from salvaged textiles. She was raised in the nature of woodlands and oceans, nestled among a pile of scrap fabric with a needle in one hand and a magnifying glass in the other. Formally trained and licensed as a Physical Therapist (MSPT), Miranda has her own unique way of tailoring garments to enhance body form and mechanics. Miranda’s creations are based on much more than aesthetics. Her work is infused with concepts of individual self-expression, DIY practices, realistic body image, diminishing waste, supporting local economies and sustainable living. This ethos is masterfully woven together to recall the forms of yesteryear and the function of today with an otherworldly edge -- a heartfelt core philosophy she calls “neoarchaic.”

Miranda’s designs have been available to the public since August 2001, and are proudly adorned by performers and fascinating individuals for their playfully dramatic qualities. Her fashion performances and stunning one-of-a-kind creations have established her as a bright star in San Francisco's constellation of provocative artist-designers. She gives a fun peek inside this world in her book, “Reconstructing Clothing for Dummies." After 5 years of running her namesake boutique in the Mission, and just over 3 years behind the Haight Street cooperative, Trunk; Miranda has relocated to the artist live-work community, Developing Environments. It is here that she is able to refocus her energies towards her private commission clientele, expand her designs into a growing number of new cities and let her busy hands explore a variety of new media.

Drawing is the "Lucy" of art.  It is the source of all two dimensional expression.  Drawing is the precursor of all written language. If you want to see how an artist thinks look at her drawings.

I believe in the craft and trust the ingenious expression that only drawing can convey. Fascination with the human condition as shown in the everyday movement, weight, tension, ease and torque of the body is my constant and continuing inspiration. All the art I make, drawing, painting or collage, is an exploration of how the spirit inhabits the body.  What does it mean to be human? Can I portray it with a few strokes in only a few minutes? The exploration is lifelong, endlessly fascinating, always challenging.

Jeff Klarin lives and works in Los Angeles as part of BUGHOUSE, an art and design studio creating limited edition artwork and furniture. Exploring and pushing the boundaries of conventional
fabrication and visual representation is what drives his creations.

Many of his mixed-media pieces utilize photography, painting, illustration and transfer techniques that create organic 'accidents' that unexpectedly alter and transform the creative process. Using recycled wood and found materials is a recurring methodology in his work.

Jeff has shown in both solo and group exhibitions in Japan and the US.
and has received extensive coverage in British and European publications. He is in the collections of numerous film and music industry professionals.

"The collective iconography of our modern culture can be used in visual representation to unite people to question how we interrelate and thus create commonality and compassion."

Nature is my palette; a bird on the feeder, the profile of a mountain and the flowers, animals, lights and shadows that surround me -- all conspire to inspire.