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ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE
Don Baldwin & Jo Fry
June 7th - Aug 23rd
ARTIST STATEMENT
Don Baldwin
Don Baldwin has been inspired by the energy, color, and mood of California’s coast for decades. This Half Moon Bay, CA artist has been producing oil paintings and watercolor sketches of the Coastside since 2000. Scenes of the coastal mountains, bluffs and beaches are my favorite subjects to paint. And, fortunately for me, my studio is at Princeton harbor, so I can walk to some of the bluffs and the beaches and the harbor — where there is always a new subject for painting. I rely on a camera to capture some aspects of a particular scene but it’s the oil painting that covers the canvas from beginning to finish in my studio.
Painting with oils allows me to try to capture the quiet and peaceful atmosphere of a coastal scene with subtle and harmonious colors. I like to think that my paintings provide viewers with a few fresh moments of tranquility in our highly energized world.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Jo Fry
An avid beachcomber and self-proclaimed history geek, I am the Bottle Curator for the Half Moon Bay History Museum and an artist who incorporates local beach-found treasures into my work while researching, writing, and educating about them. I am inspired by the beauty of our coast and deeply feel the seasonal changes to native animals and plants as I wander and explore.
I was a commissioned oil painter as a teen, but life kept me away from creating for decades until the sea rekindled my spark. I like to think of myself as an artist whose inspiration is the waste of the past.
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