Visual Artists
Trinidad Bay Art & Music Festival wouldn't be the same without the ART part! We strive each year to include local practitioners of the visual arts, and we allow them to sell their works directly to the public as part of the TBAM festivities. We choose our artists yearly based on availability, interest, and artistic tone, then the artists are given a place to showcase their work.
The TBAM Gallery will be open for viewing
FREE TO THE PUBLIC
Trinidad Town Hall
Thursday August 7th from 2:00 pm to 4:00pm
Thursday August 14th from 2:00 pm to 4:00pm
Refreshments sold by Trinidad Civic Club
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Joyce Jonté, painter
Joyce Jonte, painter, was born in Berkeley, California in 1957, and moved to Arcata from the Bay Area in 1974 to study art at HSU, graduating in 1979 with emphases in representational drawing, landscape painting, and life drawing, working primarily in watercolor. She has continued taking watercolor classes over the years, developing as an artist and creating a large body of work. Her paintings have always been inspired by the exquisite world we live in. The subject matter varies, but her response to form, contour, light and shadow remains constant.
In the summer months she paints wildflowers on mountain hikes; in winter she works from her photographs of plants, landscapes and daily life. She is a dedicated member of a life drawing group which meets for four hours each week. She has studied the human figure since she was sixteen, intent in her pursuit to express the vitality and mood of every gesture.
She is available for commission and has an open studio by appointment.
Mira Eagle
Mira Eagle has been creating since she was a flower child traipsing through the woods and traversing the beaches of her beautiful hometown. Watercolor has enticed her from a young age and is her favorite way to capture the stunning nature from her travels, fantastical illustrations, loving pet portraits and special wedding portraits. She has had the pleasure of illustrating a variety of books and enjoys painting adorable pet portrait commissions and diverse illustrations. She is currently writing a fantasy novel that she is going to turn into a hand painted graphic novel, using the skills and inspiration garnered from her years of watercolor and the beautiful nature she has been lucky to experience. She hopes that her paintings express the beauty that has enchanted her throughout her life, and others see them as little windows to the magic that imagination and nature has to offer.
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Social media:
Instagram: @miraeaglecreations
Website: miraeaglecreations.com
Sierra Rose
Sierra Rose grew up in the foggy gullies of Westhaven, soaking in Humboldt County's natural beauty as well as its funky culture. Compelled to paint from a young age, she shifts from studying and capturing the subtleties of reflections in water and atmospheric landscapes to full on dreamscapes and visualizations of music. She works with transparent watercolor as well as acrylic and casein, an ancient milk based paint. Her work attempts to invoke senses beyond sight, those of rhythm and atmosphere, a meditation on all things that she loves.
Susan Mayclin Stephenson
For many years my oil paintings were serious commissions, often of children because I found that subject the most challenging and rewarding. But I always had a painting in progres, an ever-changing creation coming from my subconscious, to end a serious painting session joyfully.
Having carried out Montessori work in over 30 countries I often paint after returning home to process and solidify the wonderful memories.
During Covid I discovered acrylics, fast, quick drying, and supportive of many unexpected changes, because all of my paintings these days of colors and images combined with free rein subconscious guidance.
My most inspiring painting composers at the moment are Grazyna Bacewicz and Sophia Gubaidulina. Because I feel they were doing the same thing.
Website: www.susanart.net
Facebook: the Art of Susan Mayclin Stephenson
Instagram: susanmayclinstephenson
Reuben T. Mayes
Reuben T. Mayes, Artist
In the style of Abstract Expressionism
the spontaneity of the artist's approach to his work draws from
and releases the creativity of his unconscious mind
“Hello All My Friends:
My name is Reuben Mayes. I live in McKinleyville. I
am an artist and my style is named Abstract
Expressionism. I feel excited and happy and proud and
silly and crazy when I am painting.”
-Reuben T. Mayes, Artist
Reuben uses acrylic on canvas because it dries faster than oils and acrylic is easy for him to apply with his high-energy brush strokes on any size canvas, representative of Abstract Expressionism, a painting style in which an artist applies paint rapidly and with force onto a small to huge canvas in an effort to show feelings and emotions, painting gestural, non-geometrically, sometimes applying paint with large brushes, sometimes dripping or even throwing it onto canvas. Abstract Expressionism is characterized by a strong dependence on what appears to be accident and chance but which may be highly planned. Sometimes an Abstract Expressionist is concerned with adopting a peaceful and mystical approach to a purely abstract image. Usually there is no effort to represent subject matter. All of Reuben’s work is abstract and expressive with the spontaneity of Reuben’s approach to his work drawing from and releasing the creativity of his unconscious mind. The expressive method of his painting is considered as important as the painting itself. Reuben insists on painting in his work boots so he named his website "art in my work boots". World-famous Abstract Expressionist Artist Jackson Pollack also insisted on wearing heavy leather boots when he painted commenting it made him feel grounded and connected to the earth.
Member Redwood Art Association, Humboldt Art Council, Ink People, with shows at Arts Alive! Arts! Eureka and at venues from Eureka to Trinidad.
Acrylics & Mixed Media Paintings, Greeting Cards,
T-shirts, Prints, Ceramics, Magnets
Phone (707)633-5048 or (707)677-9310
Art Store: www.artinmyworkboots.com & Facebook.com/reubentmayes
Anna Oneglia
Anna Oneglia is a figurative painter & printmaker. She grew up in a family of musicians & got a lot of drawing time at rehearsals over the years.
Her studio is in Arcata & more of her work can be seen at Arcata Artisans on the Plaza or at her website annaoneglia.com
Madelyn Shanahan
"As a 19-year-old college student and lifelong lover of art, I find inspiration in the natural beauty that surrounds me. My work ranges from plein air watercolors—inspired by the lovely Joyce Jonte—to scenic oil landscapes. Growing up in Humboldt, I was surrounded by redwoods, fog ridden fields, and rough ocean waters, all of which shaped my artistic eye. Now living in Santa Barbara, my palette has brightened with golden cliffs, the blues off the Channel Islands, and vivid sunsets. Though I’m majoring in Biological Sciences at UCSB, I hope to pursue a minor in Art to refine my technique and creative voice. I see painting as a way to pause, observe, and celebrate the details of nature that often go unnoticed."