Our Artists

My paintings at the moment reflect my interest in horizon lines, muted pallets and the subtle changes of light and time on waterscapes and farming areas. Even though my work quite often mimics the coast line and fields of California, it is primarily through my months spent each summer on Lake Michigan and frequents visits to Telluride, Colorado, that inspire the layouts and palette. The many lakes and orchards in the areas I choose to paint are constantly changing with the erratic weather patterns. I try to document these changes; the serenity of an abandoned beach, pounding waves on the shore line after a thunderstorm, dark, cruel rushing water and snowy orchards. My Telluride pieces are usually quite simple and filled with light because that that is what I experience each time I go. I want to capture the drama of sky vs endless fields and the sharp hike of mountain. Each site that I have chosen to paint is lovingly detailed, solitary and actually exists.
My work begins with quick watercolor sketches and the use of multiple photos taken of each area. As I love the twilight time, I must be quick to get my subject laid out or the light will be gone. The aim is to capture the shimmer just before sundown, the wild cloud formations and colorful sky. All work is begun on site then completed in the studio using a combination of both acrylic and water based oils. I like pieces that are part of a series, because they are able to tell a more complete story. These are just a few pieces of the many that I have recorded while in Michigan and Colorado.

"Often in my paintings, I aim to illuminate the human connection with nature, especially a surfers call to the water. I want to capture the coastal creature in their element; playful, contemplative and immersed in the great beauty of the Pacific Ocean.  The subject matter can be described as esoteric, but I think it can speak to that place of joy we all feel inside when we know, in that moment, we are grateful to be here."

 My process starts with up-cycling vintage figurines, antique china, buttons and found objects.  The juxtaposition of the materials showcase a whimsical and unique design.

Janessa Bookout never really does the same thing twice. She began as a painter and explored her way into mixed media sculpture, digital illustration, web design, product design and fabrication. Whatever medium, tools or technology she may use, Janessa’s fine art is created by hand with great care, as an outward expression of love and respect, celebrating skilled craftsmanship and the act of creation as a sacred and powerful activity. Janessa believes artwork can be used as a tool for manifesting one’s greatest desires while also celebrating the intrinsic beauty of nature and a creative power much greater than ourselves.By surrounding yourself with beautiful images and authentic handmade fine art, Janessa believes you can create an environment that will uplift and empower you on a daily basis.  Janessa creates her art as an act of service, made in gratitude for the mystery and magic of our infinite universe. Art is much more than just a product or decoration to match your couch.   Art is a therapeutic process for the maker and the observer to connect through the ethereal energy of love and respect for one another.  Janessa's fine art truly is a labor of love.

Having been raised on the Monterey Peninsula and spending her teenage years living in Carmel, California, instilled in Jessica a great love of the natural world and a compelling need to record the beauty of the California landscape. After graduating from high school, Jessica relocated to San Francisco and enrolled in San Francisco State University to study painting. She graduated from the university in 2001, earning a Bachelor of Arts Degree with an emphasis in painting.

Jessica's great love of the natural world provides her with an endless amount of inspiration for her artwork. Almost everywhere she looks, she sees a painting. She finds great joy in the process of painting, sometimes leaving thick areas of paint in certain places on the canvas which creates texture in her work. Jessica mostly paints in oil paint, but also enjoys painting small works in watercolor, often using these smaller works as studies for her larger paintings. Jessica enjoys the immediacy of watercolor, how it can be taken out and worked with in a very short amount of time and how it dries quickly. "Every painting is evoked by a memory or a place that has touched my heart. I love how the viewer then looks at my artwork and it invokes a feeling in them of a time or place. This is a shared connection that I enjoy very much."

In 2004, Jessica moved to Southern California to enjoy the sunshine and the beaches of this beautiful region. Since 2005, she has been working at the breathtaking Getty Villa Museum in Malibu, where she is a museum operations manager. This has allowed her to be in daily contact with some of the most impressive artwork ever created. Being able to peruse the galleries daily and appreciate the great works of art on a closeup and personal level has made her own work richer and more varied. Being able to contribute to arts awareness and arts education through her work at the Getty has enriched Jessica's life greatly.

Jessica is drawn to painting the California landscape, especially the ocean and all things involving water. Next to light, water is the most beloved subject of hers to paint. Jessica has been featured in multiple publications, including most recently in the September, 2018 issue of Victoria magazine, where her artwork was featured in their "Favorite Things" column. Jessica became a member of the Malibu Art Association in 2021. She has been selling her artwork online for several years, being collected in private collections throughout the United States and France.

"Be who you are

And say what you feel

Because those who mind don't matter

And those who matter, don't mind" --Dr. Seuss

"After writing about art for American Artist magazine for 20 years, and then teaching visual arts to students for another 20 years, I  am   RE-tired, but never too tired to stop enjoying and painting the natural beauty that surrounds us  here in Malibu and the Santa Monica mountains where I am so fortunate to live

Coming Soon!

Lanna Duncan is an artist who enjoys her life in both west Texas and southern California.  Her oil and pastel painting is inspired by God's gift of beauty in both of these places. 

Jessica is drawn to painting the California landscape, especially the ocean and all things involving water. Next to light, water is the most beloved subject of hers to paint. She loves that light is not that by which we see, but rather, that by which we see everything else. And the flow of water is both meditative and hypnotic in its form, or lack thereof. She loves the way that water is both representational and abstract in its form.

Jessica has been featured in multiple publications, including most recently in the September, 2018 issue of Victoria magazine, where her artwork was featured in their "Favorite Things" column. Jessica has been selling her artwork online for several years, being collected in private collections throughout the United States and France.

I paint scenes depicting the beautiful environment and the ways in which we enjoy it.  I donate a portion of sales proceeds to wildlife and domestic animal rescue and local environmental conservation groups.  

During the day, Tim is a Social Worker- Child Abuse Investigator. There he sees and takes photos of the ugliness society has to offer. He also teaches Forensic Photography basics to the new Social Workers. 
Off duty however, he cleanses his soul by soaking up the beauty around him. Based in Malibu, Tim  has been smitten with the photographer’s curse; seeing the world through a lens. He can no longer walk down the street without noticing a colorful rusty hinge, a weathered window fame, or the way the sun shines through a leaf… or the shadow that same leaf casts on the wall.  But his first photography loves are the seascapes and sunsets of Malibu, as well as the surprising abundant nature in the Malibu Lagoon.

Impressionist Artist, working with mosaic, stained glass, acrylic, and presently making lots of masks

I am a fine artist based in Los Angeles, working mainly in oils on canvas.

I began painting later in life after a career as an actress.  

My early work is in a very realistic style in which I executed 22 murals in the Los Angeles area in public schools and private residences.  While my style has remained realistic, it has grown more selective, focusing on particular objects or aspects of the world around me, trying to convey an essence that speaks to me, a kind of personalized realism.

"I love working in still life, being able to focus on the detail and the beauty of an object in order to convey that beauty to the viewer."

Ms. Meade has studied at Otis College of Art with Richard Shelton, Laddie Jon Dill, Linda Jacobson and others.  Her work can be found in private residences across the US and in Australia.

I have experimented with various materials, casting in bronze, which requires many steps to complete the arduous process. I then moved into carving in stone, a very different kind of sculpting. Both my bronze and stone sculptures feel simultaneously contemporary and ancient.  Stone, my current passion, has been part of the earliest human artistic communication. It is seen in prehistoric cave paintings incorporating the shape of the rock to evoke a three dimensional animal, as well as the ancient Egyptian tomb paintings, often incised directly into the stone of the pyramids. Its’ fascinating history for me is part of its’ allure.