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San Francisco is always a great place to go to art shows, see bands, dance to the latest djs, buy fancy chocolate and have expensive drinks. Thursday and Friday (April 21, 21 2016) they had everything under one big roof at the SOMArts Cultural Center and I even knew someone in the show! Luis Marroquin…

There is a beautiful new display in the window of Florey’s Books for the month of April. Darcy Rowley has a collection of photographs and paintings on display with vibrant sunsets and ocean scenes of Pacifica, CA. All the art if for sale along with a 20 page picture book called Scenes of Pacifica by…

There is a thing called Sound-In that I like to participate in on Fridays when I get a chance. This week they have a really great selection of improvisations and I decided to give my new (used) Alvarez Parlor guitar a try. It has a built in pickup so it made it really easy to plug…

I’ve been reading about working through distractions and cutting a stencil and turned around and pressed the blade right into my index finger. Of course, that would be the ultimate distraction, but I just bandaged up my finger, grabbed a different tool and finished the job. I’m planning to use these stencils in a new…

Last night was a fun night at J7 Studios painting with Luis Marroquin and listening to people play original music. Thanks to Josh Armstrong and Mark Weisbarth of J7 for hosting the event. Josh shared some great tracks of him singing with different bands. I met a couple new people. Anthony, another local artist and Carol,…

It’s been cool and rainy this weekend and I’ve been piling up the blankets to keep warm. One thing I used to do when I was a kid on those cold snowy days outside was to sit and pretend I was warming my hands by a fire. Mmmmmmmm, I can feel the warmth already. Yesterday…

The new show at the Quarry Cove Art Gallery is a group show called Waves and Darcy Rowley really brings the Heavy Surf! The group show by the Pacifica Art Connection really captures the feeling of the ocean in Pacifica this winter. Darcy has four pieces of art in this show. The Jetty is a 12″x12″…

The latest show at the Quarry Cove Art Gallery in Pacifica, CA is themed “My Favorite Artwork”, featuring 35 works of art by painters, photographers, sculptors and glass workers. This is a unique collection of art pulled from the favorite works of the members of the Pacifica Art Connection. Each artist was also asked to…

I had a great time last night at the 3rd Annual Reflection at J7 Studios. They had 6 turntables and 3 Dj’s going with a wicked light show spinning 80’s and 90’s hip hop. DJ Bumper, DJ HHH, DJ Craig G, DJ Mike P, DJ Mario D Mixing and Scratching with art by Luis Marroquin…

I started a new series of marker drawings on paper. I am cutting  them down to 8×10 and putting them in plastic with a backing board. They will be all different styles and a good way for me to experiment this year. The new Tombow markers I got for this project have been fun to…

I’ve been filling up sketchbooks for the last few years and it is time to start a new one for 2016. I picked up some fancy little Fabriano sketchbooks from Italy. Can you believe this company has been around since 1264? I’m using my Pentel Pocket Brush Pen on it right now. Darcy and I…

This Friday I will be representing the Create! Art Collective at a super special event called ODDVILLE!, put on by Ezra Croft in Oakland at American Steel. Here is a write up about it I took from their post.   Oddville! A show all about bizarre art and photography. We have amassed a huge amount…

I lived in San Francisco on Haight Street for 5 years and got plenty of art and music up and around the area but for some reason never did any shows. Well now that I live in Pacifica I guess it is time to come back to the city. I recently set up at the…

Mark Bray will be entering a painted skateboard in the Skate This Art show that opens this Friday in San Francisco. Skate This Art is a really cool show with lots of artist painting on skateboards and making other skateboard inspired art. This is the board I will be putting in the show. It is…