Flow
When I surf and paint I lose track of space and time, I enter a flow state. Inspired by the challenges of surfing, the admiration of the craftsmanship of shaping surfboards and the quest for happiness, FLOW is a series of work that savors my experiences of painting and surfing.
The murals transform the white walls of the gallery into an organic ocean environment. The minimal style panels depicting surfboards distill the craft of shaping into its essence as a painting. The resin treatment of each birch panel represents the process of fabricating a surfboard.
FLOW is the merging of action and awareness, the organic form of mural art merging with the hard lines of minimalism, and an intense and focused concentration on the present moment. “When you think about it, the present moment is all we are really guaranteed.” (Sonja Lyubomirsky).
Diana DeAugustine
(Waves and Sun wall murals and minimalist surfboard paintings)
Diana DeAugustine lives and works in San Diego, California. Her artistic practice focuses on the hybrid art form of tattooing and painting with the intent to move fluidly between both mediums. Her intent is to create an interesting dialogue about the birch panel as skin. Currently she is interested in exploring the minimal essence of the surfboard and metaphorical images about the ephemeral experiences in life.
@diana_deaug
Beth Emmerich
(Ocean Goddess mall mural)
Beth Emmerich is a San Diego based tattoo and mural artist. Her professional practice is characterized by a desire to create a language between nature and empowered women. She is a self taught mural artist who joined the Few and Far crew, “an assemblage of women who beautify the street.” Beth strongly aligns with their goal to contribute to social betterment by enlivening neighborhoods and by contributing to the global project of women in art.
Her paintings have been shown at Art Basel (2014) and in a solo exhibition at Loomis Arts in 2015. Beth has been invited to show at the newly established Kaaboo Festival in Del Mar (est. 2015) for two consecutive years (2016, 2017). Her murals can be seen locally in City Heights and La Mesa as well as Los Angeles, Oakland, Berkely, Sacramento, San Francisco, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Nicaragua and Mexico.
@bethemmerich
