Springtide is Surging Save the Date

Springtide is Surging Save the Date – Genie Davis

Opening March 14th at the brand new Diversions Fine Arts Gallery in Manhattan Beach, Springtide is a verdant collection of spring, sea, and seasonally sweet dreams bursting with beauty and energy.

This inclusive new gallery space opens with a group exhibition featuring a wide range of local, national, and international artists working in oil, acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, neon, sculpture, and photography.

The beautifully immersive waters of Springtide include artists:

Linda Sue Price * Dave Clark * Jeffrey Sklan * Kaye Freeman * Danielle Eubank *  Scott Trimble * Bernard Fallon * Karen Doyle * Jennifer Chan * Rebecca Hamm * Glenn Waggner * Michael Stearns * Karen Hochman Brown * Stephanie Sydney *   Judy Herman * Nurit Avesar * Dellis Frank * Nancy Mooslin * Skye Amber Sweet * Esperanza Deese * Linda Stelling * Annie Marini-Genzon *  Beth Elliott * Caron G Rand * Lydia Nakashima Degarrod * Christina Shurts 

 The exhibition explores each artist’s vision of spring, its colors, its flora and fauna, its textures, and the promise of resilience and rebirth this season carries from sea to shore, from perfect petals to wild wind.

                                     Maybe it is the springtide. I am so happy I am afraid.

                                    The sense of living fills me with exultation. I want to sing,

                                    to dance; I am dithyrambic with delight.

— Robert William Service

 

Danielle Eubank brings a vibrant painting of calm, aqua Santa Barbara waters to gallery, while Scott Trimble exhibits a wildly surging green sea.

Jeffrey Sklan’s photographic flowers dance besides Glenn Waggner’s painted blooms.

A dark blue pool surrounds ecstatically floating flowers from Annie Marini – Genzon; a dazzlingly abstracted blue “Bloom” unfolds from Linda Stelling, and an electrifying bouquet shimmers from Skye Amber Sweet.

 

Sculptural works include delicate orbs from Lydia Nakashima Degarood…

Intensely alive and motion-filled forms arrive from Dave Clark, while neon dances from Linda Sue Price’s glowing abstract.

 

There is a jubilant image recalling a Greek spring from Christina Shurts, vibrant and edgily floral work from Kaye Freeman, and enchanted swirls of emerald from Jennifer Chan.

Karen Doyle takes viewers to a fecund purple and blue landscape while Bernard Fallon directs us to a serene seaside coffee shop.

Rebecca Hamm and Michael Stearns each offer unique, lustrous abstract depths filled with watery wonder.

Karen Hochman Brown takes viewers on the wings of a lush butterfly, while Nancy Mooslin leads us in the sunlit Irish woods.

Esperanza Deese playfully expores the Palos Verdes shoreline, and Judy Herman dreamily takes us on a starlit train ride.

Dellis Frank and Nurit Avesar each bring viewers into very different abstract worlds that pulse with color.

Stephanie Sydney creates an entirely new dimension in her glowy mixed media work, while Caron G Rand offers a circular twinned image that dazzles with complexity.

To truly experience all these unique images, each explosive with the energy and passion of spring, be sure to join us for the arrival of Springtide. Isn’t it time to explore the beauty of art that grows and gives joy all year long?

The exhibition opens Saturday, March 14th from 4-7 p.m. (pies for pi day not forgotten!) at Diversions Fine Arts Gallery, 1069 N. Aviation Blvd. just off the 405 in Manahttan Beach. Disclaimer, I had the pleasure of curating this gorgeous show.

• Genie Davis; photos provided by the artists