- Location: Pine Avenue Community Center, Carlsbad 3209 Harding Street, Carlsbad CA 92008 (unless specified)
- Time: NOTE) 2025 Class time change to 1:45pm to 3:15pm
- For more information on the facility, hours call (442) 339-5022
- For more information on the program contact the Demo Coordinator, Scott Bruckner at (805) 404-1069
- Email: Scott Bruckner @ [email protected].
- All Demonstration Classes, RSVP to secure your seat here please: REGISTER
- All Paint Along Classes , APPLY and secure your set here please: SIGN UP
- Remember, after classes to complete our Demo Survey, your opinion matters: Easy Survey,
- Seeking a Demo Assist for reception table the day of (3hr shift) Contact Scott Bruckner.
Demonstration and In-House Schedules
Thank you to our Sponsors, the City of Carlsbad Cultural Arts, The North Coastal Art Gallery staff, and to all our Judges! We are always seeking Instructors that enjoy interacting with the audience. Email to [email protected] if interested for details.
Read more: Meet Charcee Colosia.
Charcee is a well known artist that designs with an expressive, and very free style of water-media and oil. She believe the intuitiveness of a painter celebrates the spirit of the soul, and is shows in her works. As a dedicated, life long learner, she appreciates teaching, demonstrating techniques and sharing her visual perception and creativity, with all levels of artists.
You can find her artwork in various location in San Diego, as well as a vast amount of commissioned works. She is a celebrates San Diego Water Color Society member with numerous accolades. She wants you to see and feel the freedom and joy in painting and is a delightful and very interesting professional.
Read more: Meet Scott Prior.
“Scott W. Prior relishes the immediate, take-it-as-it-is, gritty reality
of contemporary genre. There is a muscular directness to his work, an honesty
worthy of analogy to the turn-of-the-century Ash Can painters of New York
such as George Luks, John Sloan and Robert Henri.”, Jean Stern, Executive Director, The Irvine Museum.
Scott is an award winning oil painter and Southern California native. He received his BFA from The Academy of Art University in San Francisco, CA where he studied under the exceptional artists Craig Nelson, Bill Maughan and Hui Han Lui. During his time at the Academy of Art Scott established his skills in design, drawing and painting, giving him a solid foundation with which to develop his own unique, artistic style. Scott draws inspiration from the beauty in ordinary, everyday scenes.
Scott is Signature Member of the California Art Club and a Signature Member of the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association. He has exhibited in national shows, juried competitions and invitational events across the country, including the California Art Club’s Annual Gold medal show at the Pasadena Museum of California Art, exhibitions at the Frederick Weisman Museum of Art, the Academy Art Museum in Easton, MD, and in the prestigious Oil Painters of America National Show. Recently, his painting “Market Street Hustle’ was acquired by the Hilbert Museum in Orange, CA.
Other awards and recognition’s from Oil Painters of America, Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, Carmel Art Festival and The Bower’s Museum Plein Air Show, among many others. During the 13th Annual Carmel Art Festival Plein Air Competition, he was honored with the “Emerging Artist Award” by Art & Antique Magazine. In addition, Scott has been featured in Fine Art Connoisseur, Plein Air Magazine, American Artist Magazine and Southwest Art Magazine.
Read more: Meet Nancy-Jo Klaphaak
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Read more: Meet Lucas Smith.
Art is healing… art stimulates receptors in the brain, creating new neurons while expanding the mind. The process for me is transformative; it is deeply restorative.
My paintings reflect my view. They’re an interpretation of a moment or memory- powerful pieces that indulge edginess and emotion.
Through brushstrokes and use of texture my work is meant not only to inspire but to soothe the mind and tell a story.
What inspires you? What ties your work together?
“These are questions people ask me often. I tell them that my artwork is inspired by the beauty I explore in nature every day. It is the energy I feel, translated on canvas for everyone to see. My work reflects my continued discovery & growth as an artist.”
“Inspiration can manifest from a simple leaf, or a destination. My palette choices are bold & vibrant; I draw or sketch my ideas. The process must naturally flow and have movement on its own. My work is a series of layers- each with their own unique significance.”
Lucas Smith is an emerging artist creating his vibrant and colorful paintings in San Diego. Relocating from the Midwest in 2021, he brings a fresh vision to abstractionism inspired by exploration of his new community.
This contemporary artist is not afraid to use color and showcase his personality through his imagination and creativity. Working with raw and often organic materials that are combined with professional tools and skilled techniques. Smith invites his viewers in, taking them on a journey through his artwork.
An award-winning artist, Smith displays paintings at several galleries across San Diego County. He is also a resident artist in Studio 12 at Ashton Art Gallery at Art on 30th in North Park.
Read More: Dana McCullough
Dana McCullough is committed to carrying on the strategies, ambiance, and techniques that Lynn Forbes has instilled in this studio for over 15 years.
Dana worked as a classroom teacher for over 25 years. She has a BA in English with an AA in Liberal Arts and a master’s degree in Teaching Adolescents and Young Adults.
Dana has practiced many art forms throughout her life: writing, poetry, dramatic performance, vocal performance, directing, painting, and drawing. She previously studied sculpture under Lynn Forbes for many years as well as Bobbie Postman in SD and the Florence Academy of Art in Italy. *The ability to focus for 2.5 hours is required. Children must be at least 9 years old. .[email protected].
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Read more: Join us with Jayne Spencer, watercolor techniques and tips.
A San Diego native and graduate of San Diego State University, Jayne Spencer has been painting for more than 30 years and exhibiting throughout Southern California. Her father’s paintings and her graphic design degree strongly influence her work, which focuses on bold lines, shapes, and color.
Well-known for her representational works, and more recently for her portraits, Jayne ran her own gallery in Encinitas, and has exhibited in the Coal Gallery, San Dieguito Off Track Gallery, and Del Mar Art Center, as well as with the San Diego Watercolor Society, where she’s a member. She’s won several awards and has been in San Diego Watercolor Society’s International Show and the California Watercolor Association national show twice.
Jayne has combined her passion for art and her skills in teaching to develop a uniquely blended style in the classroom. Her methods enable students at all levels to better grasp the concepts of watercolor, while also feeling at ease in the learning and creative process. One of her greatest joys is helping her students embark on their creative journeys.
Jayne built her own garden cottage studio in beautiful Encinitas, CA, where she offers beginner, intermediate and advanced watercolor classes in a supportive, small class environment. She also offers weekend workshops for skill development, and is launching her new beginner watercolor classes online this fall.
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“As a painter and multimedia artist, I often explore how the human persona connects with our California landscape, considering its development and destruction along the way. I am equally happy working on small works or large-scale, as long as a message and intrigue can be conveyed within each one.”
Instagram : @katejoinerart or @Sunny_Creek_Studios
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