Stephen De Staebler is an artistic pack rat. He keeps EVERYTHING, from a painting done when he was eight-years-old, to his first sculpture done at about the same age, to a hard cover copy of …

The big cat sits quietly in a kind of artistic purgatory, but clearly closer to damnation than salvation. His paws have been severed and dried epoxy oozes from the crack around neck. The artificial glue …

If you want to know what’s on Alison Saar’s mind, take a look at her latest work.  Her art has always been personal, or at least it starts that way. From race to gender to …

“Every move we make is about art,” Kirk Slaughter says. And he is not exaggerating. He and Elisabett Gudmann have a unique collaborative relationship. They live, love and work together 24/7. Even when they get frustrated or annoyed, the solution is a walk in the woods – together. They are quick to tell you it is not the perfect symbiotic relationship, but it is clear that they are puzzle pieces that fit together – one does not work without the other. However, they both have independent artistic visions and have developed distinct bodies of work.

Elis is a down-to-earth, what-you-see-is-what-you-get kind of woman. She, no doubt, got her blonde hair and blue eyes from her mom and dad, Norwegian and Australian, respectively. Her parents met in San Francisco – that’s where they stayed and raised a family. Elis is self-taught and self-educated in the fine arts. She grew up in a home full of fine art and antiques, took several trips to Europe and fell in love with the culture of art. However, she had relatives who were struggling artists, so she wasn’t always encouraged to follow in those footsteps. But Elis has always chosen her own path. She is fun loving and even a bit of a ham sometimes. When it comes to her art, though, she is dedicated, disciplined and tough. She has a unique artistic vision, and has developed her technique over many, many years and is widely recognized for her wall pieces. The hand fabricated metal panels are laboriously etched leaving detailed surface textures and imagery in relief. Beautiful patinas are achieved by working with a variety of chemicals and a blowtorch.

Paleys2: A Creative Equation

Albert Paley thinks big and builds big. A strong man with razor sharp perception and stoic resolve, Paley is a living, eating, breathing, metal-bending machine. He constantly has form and structure …

Thirty feet of yellow neon stretch toward the rising moon. Each changing shade of dark brings a unique magic and mystery to San Francisco’s de Young Museum. Lights from Dale Chihuly’s Saffron Tower dance with …

Johnny Swing lives on a farm in Vermont with his wife, two kids, and several animals, including goats and cows. Despite his love of animals and the rural lifestyle, he’s never aspired to be a …

Guy Dill’s bronze sculptures are sexy – sleek, strong and very masculine. The push and pull of smooth metal forms arranged together and often, metaphorically speaking, held together with a strong metallic embrace. They are …

Oliver Jackson blindsided me. Setting up our interview on the phone, he was polite and seemingly mild-mannered. Driving up to Oakland, I somehow avoided the infamous traffic on Interstate 880. I located Oliver’s place – …

Sculptor and printmaker John Buck is the St. Nick of the art world, without the beard or the belly. Buck takes childhood things and elevates them. Each piece of his intricate and complicated wood blocks …

Locked in layers of plaster is a story of endless love. She represents a tension so thick it can only be cut by a machete. Yet she must be carefully crafted because their deep affection …

It’s a crisp early autumn morning in Montana. Three inches of snow fell overnight coating the mountains and making the not-yet-frozen ground wet and mushy – so much so that Deborah Butterfield’s clogs cling to …