Art and the Ocean at the Faulkner in January
'Big Beautiful Blue' is an Exhibition Focused on the Sea
What is it about the ocean that brings out the artist within us? At the beach, children instinctively become sculptors of sand castles. Artists paint with pastels, watercolors, oils, and acrylics to explore the oceans beauty and light. Within the sea, marine life inspires artists with their forms and movement. Some artists look at boats, piers, and wharfs, capturing man’s relationship to the shoreline.
Southern California Artists Painting for the Environment (SCAPE) will be showing their ocean artwork at the Faulkner Gallery, 40 E Anapamu Street in the Santa Barbara Library, from January 4-30, 2011. SCAPE’s Gala Reception for the Art Exhibit is January 6, from 5-8p.m. during the “First Thursday” Art Walk, with refreshments and finger-style guitar music by John Twyman.
The show is called Big Beautiful Blue. and is a benefit show, with 40% of all sales going directly to Heal the Ocean. Heal the Ocean is a Santa Barbara non-profit whose philosophy is that the ocean can no longer be used as a dump, and whose mission focuses on waste water infrastructure – sewers and septic systems – as well as ocean dumping practices that have contributed to ocean pollution. They are focused on Santa Barbara County, but their methods are now serving as a model for other coastal communities across the country.
