Santa Cruz Design+Innovation Center

The mission of the Santa Cruz Design + Innovation Center is to promote Santa Cruz as a globally-recognized design destination. Why Santa Cruz? Because we have a unique collective vision of design, inspired by the beauty of our beaches and mountains, Inspired by our youthful iconoclastic culture, and inspired by our commitment to innovation and sustainability.

It all comes together in Santa Cruz.
February 3, 2012
Creative Busy! February 3, 2012

January started out with a book idea: A collection of paintings used as a guide book to scenic places in Santa Cruz. I am currently working on it with my landscape oil paintings and oil studies.

December 29, 2011
2011 An Interesting Year, December 29, 2011

I finally finished my two paintings "The Rotation of Pluto" and "The Rotation of Charon". Is it ok to admit that they were really difficult to paint?

November 27, 2011
Getting the Work Out There, November 27, 2011

I am now selling note cards of my oil paintings at Scotts Valley Artisans in Scotts Valley, CA. I also sell them at the Museum of Art and History in downtown Santa Cruz This part of art isn't easy.

October 21, 2011
Get to Work: October 21, 2011

I am convinced I am not crazy. People liked my more experimental work when I displayed it at Open Studos Santa Cruz. My paintings are actually pretty conservative.

October 4, 2011
Open Studios: Weekend 1, October 4, 2011

Summary: I showed, I talked, I sold some things. The interactive display on immigration went very well. Two people got tears in their eyes just thinking about their family. Pretty cool.

September 11, 2011
Setting Up the Studio, September 12, 2011

These past few weeks I have been preparing my studio for the Santa Cruz County Open Studios event in October. I have hung work high, I have hung work low.

August 29, 2011
Audience Participation Please, August 29, 2011

I decided it would be a fun idea to have an interactive exhibit at my Open Studios. The theme is immigration. I have a grouping of paintings called "A Boat to America".

August 14, 2011
Art exhibits and time vortexes August 14, 2011

The summer is almost over. All of that lovely time and what have I done? I've hung a new exhibit at the Seabright Storefront Gallery at 533 Seabright Avenue.

July 7, 2011
Painting Space and other Oddities July 7, 2011

Books from the Junior section of the library provide fantastic reference photographs. I found a book about Pluto that had some really nice illustrations of the planet and surrounding space.

June 27, 2011
Pluto Declassified, June 27, 2011

So how does one create the sensation of rotation? Substitute the human figure for a planet? Paint stars? How do you shade things in outer space anyway?