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Kathleen Ossiander
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Ivy Hall
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Don Pallia
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Melissa Nabulsi
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Jeffrey Jenney
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Kathleen Ossiander

Kathleen Ossiander

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Local Artist.

Oceanside Friends of the Arts - Board Member, VP of Scholarships & Grants

Kathleen Ossiander’s love of art began during her 17 years of service with the US Army. An Army-trained Graphics Illustrator, she produced military-themed comic strips and later became an instructor for the Graphics Course on Lowry AFB where she spent 4 years teaching and inspiring fellow artists in training.

Following her service Kathleen joined the civilian work force and focused on raising a family. An eventual move to scenic Oceanside reignited her artistic pursuits. Seeking new mediums, she studied under talented local watercolor artists, William Dunn and Charlotte Colosia.

She still works in watercolors and acrylics today, blending bold color palettes and realism-meets-impressionism to capture Oceanside’s natural beauty and vibrant beach culture. Her love for community, sea, and surfing is apparent in her paintings.

Her subjects often include curling waves, seaside scenes, sunsets, landmarks, and coastal flora and fauna.

“As I observe the inspiring landscapes around me, I challenge myself to recreate those images in a way that that evokes a similar emotion”.

A volunteer with Oceanside Friends of the Arts committee, Kathleen assists with production and promotion of Oceanside’s First Friday Art Walk. You can view her artworks there and at various pop up shows in San Diego county

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Ivy Hall

Ivy Hall

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Local Artist

Photography and Digital fine Art

Favorite quote: “Problems cannot be solved in the same level of awareness that created them.” - Einstein

A native Southern California beach girl, Ivy moved to Oceanside to be closer to family and to explore new vocational interests.

Ivy’s background is in Print Production, Photography, Graphic Design, and Web Development. Ivy is a Photoshop expert and a Content Creator.

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Contact information: ivy@oceansideartwalk.org

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Don Pallia

Don Pallia

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Local Artist.

Oceanside Friends of the Arts board member

“Live Through Your Eyes”

Donald Pallia is an artist with many facets. Always interested in creative expression, he pulled from his experiences in engineering and art training for his inspirations’.  You will find him using metal, ceramics, wood and canvas for his paintings.  Each media inspires a different subject matter.  His current Fine Art media is acrylics on canvas for its drying time and flexibility over Oil.  

 “My paintings always have a sense of whimsy either in the subject matter or the title”.  Don paints Wine Art; Decorative Art; Garden Art and Figurative subjects in a minimalist style.  He has studied under Susan Sprigg, Lorenzo, and Heather Roddy.

 In 2010 Don, joined the Sergeant Art Group; he has exhibited and sold his art in over 26 Southern California venues such as the San Diego Museum Artist League; Carlsbad/Oceanside art gallery; Oceanside Museum Artist Alliance and the Redlands Art Association. Don is currently represented by the Del Mar Art Center Gallery.  

As a founder of the Oceanside Art Walk he started the monthly tradition of artist exhibiting in Artist Alley which has grown to monthly exhibits in Downtown Oceanside.

Prior to his Fine Arts, he produced and directed several Television shows about Space Exploration aired on the Discovery Channel. “Space Station-The Next Step” was purchased by the Department-Of-State for viewing in Embassies World Wide.  These shows have been shown in the Science Museum of Charlotte, North Carolina, the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Giengen/Brenz Germany and at the Eugenides Planetarium, Athens Greece to name a few.   

Don has produced Planetarium shows for the University of Redlands, Redlands California, the Hansen Planetarium, Salt Lake City, Utah and several Musical concerts for the Redlands Bowl.  

Don next exhibits at the Brooks Theater in Oceanside starting May 3 and at the Festival of the Sea in the Maritime Museum, San Diego Harbor over Memorial Day Holiday Week-end.

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Melissa Nabulsi

Melissa Nabulsi

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Local Artist.

Melissa’s love for the arts was inevitable as she was born to a family of artists; her father, a commercial/traditional artist, a novelist and musician, and her mother, a Southwestern artist who had many solo exhibitions.

Melissa studied jazz piano from the age of 8.  After raising four children and a career as a medical transcriptionist, she retired at which time she tried her hand at watercolor.  She left Orange County for our beautiful Oceanside where she took an acrylic class at Studio Ace in early 2020.  Melissa says that acrylics have opened up a whole new world of bold color with a never ending potential to express herself.

Her fondness for gardening and our beautiful sunsets have definitely influenced her paintings.  Melissa uses watercolors, acrylics and oils to translate her soul into paintings. Every painting is a journal of the day’s emotions.   

As Melissa will tell you, reality is for photographs and the canvas is to translate the vivid colors of  her imagination. 

 

 

      

                                          

Jeffrey Jenney

Jeffrey Jenney

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Local Artist.

Jeffrey Jenny began his dream of becoming a professional artist in middle school when he took a field trip to Hanna-Barbera Studios where he realized his passion for art could also be his career. After graduating from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena Jeffrey was picked up by Disney Worldwide Publishing. He’s illustrated over a hundred different titles for Disney and Pixar, and has done some freelance work for other companies like Dreamworks and Matel. His true passion is wildlife art. His most recent publication, “Drawing at the Zoo: A Collection of Animal Drawings from Life” is a self published book of his own drawings.  

As a wildlife artist Jeffrey travels around the country painting and gathering reference material. From zoos, national parks, to all sorts of great local hiking locations. Although most of the painting he does takes place in his home studio, he also enjoys plein air painting outdoors. Living in Oceanside gives him access to some of the most beautiful landscape painting spots.

 

Jeffrey enjoys selling his work alongside other talented Oceanside artists at each First Friday Art Walk. His work is also available at Afishinados Gallery on Catalina Island, at the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, on his Etsy Shop, as well as his website. You can purchase “Drawing at the Zoo” at the Art Walk for a locals only price, but it is also available for purchase on Amazon. Jeffrey does commissioned work as well, like the giant Pacific octopus the state of California commissioned for a tower at Carpinteria State Beach.

 

Come on out to the First Friday Art Walk each month to meet Jeffrey and see some of his work. There are lots of other artists and crafters selling their creations. Hope to see you there!

 

 

      

                                          

Scott Sandgren

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Local Artist.

I began taking photographs in the late 1970’s.  Shooting and developing black and white film taught me a lot.  Scott learned how to bring out the fine details, lines, shadows, and contrast to enhance my pictures.                                                                                       

Moving to North San Diego County in 1980, I continued to pursue my hobby, and started to bring color into my photographs.  Shooting digitally, I taught myself how to bring out the incredible beauty, and show the wide range of color that our coastline has to offer.

I feel energized when I get down by the ocean.  I start setting up well before the “Golden Hour”, and continue working my camera long after the “Blue Hour” bringing out all the incredible colors of the ocean and sky as they change by the minute.

I want pictures to inspire, excite, and lift people’s moods.  I hope my photos will bring creativity, motivation, and joy to others!

Photography is my passion, and I am honored to share it with all of you!

All of my work is available in various sizes and formats.

You may contact me at (760) 390-1610        

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Karina Roberts

Karina Roberts

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Local Artist.

I am the Artist behind The Sea A Dream.

I am a military wife and mother to 3 children. I have been painting since I was a teenager, I learned to work with different mediums, however watercolors are my favorite. I love books and being outdoors, I can always find inspiration in nature.

As an artist I look to find wonder in everything ,my passion reflects in painting.

I am thankful to get the opportunity to share my work.

I am an Artist it is who I am!

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Jen Burns

Jen Burns

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Local Artist.

Jen Burns is originally from the Bay Area and a true city girl.  She adapted to the SoCal life willingly and loves Oceanside! 

Jen has been in Oceanside 18 years now raising 3 amazing kids with her husband Rich.

She comes from a Wedding and Party planner background which started her love of crafting for the sake of her events

“I found such a sense of peace and quiet when I crafted and one day began painting with acrylics”.  Using her hands only, she enjoyed the healing aspects of blending the colors on a canvas.  She then felt like her pieces were not truly representative of who she was or what she was feeling, then she found Resin!!!  Now she enjoys making all types of resin/liquid acrylic creations.  Geodes, beach sea life wall art, even furniture.  Her favorite thing of all is to be invited into someone’s home and create a piece that reflects what she feels in each home with paint, resin, crystals, glitter!!!!!

 

Jen’s Instagram:  @HealingArtbyJen

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Jim McAdory

Jim McAdory

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Local Artist from Vista.

My interest in photography began just after high school when I entered college as a Radio-Television-Film major however that direction was interrupted by a few years of military service.  My time in the military led to a change of interest as I was exposed to the magic of early mainframe computers which led to a career as a financial systems consultant/contractor designing, developing and implementing software systems for Fortune 100 size and smaller firms.

Much of my early career was spent on travel to client locations in major U.S. cities and a few not-so-major locations.  The opportunity to visit so many places and taste the beauty and uniqueness of each spurred my desire to travel even more. During this time I still had an interest in photography but found that film work to be frustratingly time-consuming for my hectic work schedule.  The digital revolution changed everything for me and I found myself quickly drawn to the emerging world digital cameras and PC based photo and video editing software. As my interest grew I immersed myself in not only learning the technical aspects of photography but also the artistic side and the immediate feedback offered by a digital camera was what I had missed in the days of film.

 

Today I am often asked how much of my travel is primarily for photography to which my answer is “none”.  All of my photographs are from trips where my primary reason for being there had little to do with what images I could capture, the photos are simply a way to share beautiful or interesting sights with others.

Check out more on the artist website.

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Kristin Dana

Kristin Dana

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Local Artist.

Born and raised in New England, Kristin has called San Diego her home since 2013. She is married to a USNA grad, Philip Dana, and is a fur mom to pitbull Cash and cat Zoey.  Kristin volunteers for a local pitbull rescue.

 

Kristin has always been a crafter, and has also designed jewelry in the past.  She started designing lighted bottles in 2017, after creating one for her own home and then gifts for family and friends.  Her love of the beach has inspired many of her designs.

 

Bottles and jars have battery powered LED lights inside.  Custom orders welcome!

 

Check out more on Facebook facebook.com/bottlesbythebeach and follow her on Instagram @bottlesbythebeach.

 

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Mark Argerake

Mark Argerake

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Local Artist.

Born and raised in New England, Mark has called Southern California his home since 1990. Mark is a husband, father of 4 kids & 2 nutty dogs.

His father gave him first camera in the mid 70s when he was no more than 10 years old. They would spend their weekends traveling around New England taking pictures of the beautiful landscapes, seasonal changes, colorful foliage, historic locations, and varying beaches along the coast. Mark wants to share the world as he sees it through his photography.

 Mark is a fine art outdoor photographer shooting from the mountains to the beaches of Southern California. Mark is a creative, hard working professional who loves sharing how he experiences the outdoors with others. He captures simple moments of beauty.

 Mark is a firm supporter of large print wall art, and that is what he only sells through his website. But, if you find Mark at any art show, he can be found selling his prints in smaller sizes, matted and ready to be framed.

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