Art Hop Merced

hey whats up ive been interested in art since i child i do as much of it as i can and here are a few pieces and ive been interested in exhibiting around town and volunteering also i have done a few arthops in the past but now i think its time to exhibit as an artist rather than volunteer ...

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Adrian Mendoza

Stories are often interpreted through artistic creations; some that are made up, and some that are true. With all these fragments that come into my mind, and exit through my wounds, I thought I'd tell you a short story. It's entirely up to the viewer to determine what is real, and what is false. ...

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Alanna Lujan

I hand-make whimsical, vintage-inspired headbands. My headbands are adorned with all original hand-sewn flowers of all shapes and sizes. I take time to search for all of the materials, beads, buttons, jewels, feathers and lace to use for my mini masterpieces. ...

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Andrew Cain

My work deals with the human condition, emotions and narratives. I find comfort in the figure, as it represents emotions through its movement and shape that explain stories words cannot tell. Each movement and line becomes something abstract, expressive and beautiful. Through my own anxieties in social situations, I turn stories into pieces. I narrate these tales using lines, colour ...

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Angela Holmes

Any time I am using my spirit, soul or body in relation to creativity, it seems to me a wonderful release chemically. Using media as an expression of my thought, circumstances or experiences give examples of my persoanlity in ways I overcome, see the current world, fears and hopes in my life. I was created by a Beautiful ...

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April Wright

ever since i was a young girl i have been going to car shows, and it all started with my mom. she would always give me a disposable camera and i would have a ball walking around with her and my dad at the show taking snapshots of the beautiful cars and trucks. ever since then i have developed a ...

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Aric Salazar

You can accomplish amazing things when you put your mind to it... ...

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Becky

Art can never be wrong, art is beautiful. Art is me, art is you, art is all around you! ...

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Becky Wilson

My work is representational, often with odd pairings of symbols, landscapes, portraits, caricatures, cartoons, found objects, and iconic imagery of the 40s and 50s. Sometimes I put a whimsical face on serious subjects of common human experience like anxiety, sorrow and joy. The work is personal and expressive in ways that may invoke emotional responses. ...

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Bernie Estrada

"Be original, think out of the box, after all, its your ideas your putting on canvas!" ...

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Carita Simon

I feel that art is therapy. I love to heal. I love photography and enjoy getting angles. I like letting the natural light capture the image. I don't like using a flash unless 100% needed. I create watercolors, oils, photos and mixed media. ...

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caroilina jimenez

My name is misspelled :D it's carolina jimenez. I art all the things. ...

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charles bolin

I am a photography student at merced college, most of my art was done for the class and some of it I did on my own. I am a outgoing person with an pleasant personality. ...

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charles erskine

I am the showman. I try to show what is beneath the surface of my subjects, and above the normal conception of their creation. I provide a picture for every thought and a thought for every picture. I do not plan or arrange things in my pictures, I capture them as they are. Then I mutilate their ...

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Chavella Dobbins

Since I could remember I have had a deep passionate love for art. Art gives me a way to express my most inner thought, point of view and what type of mood I'm in. My images displayed on canvas for the world to see what's inside of me. ...

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Chloe Peterson

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Chris Cook

I am an artist of constant development and determination to express what the face hides but soul shows. Believer in all things impossible, romanticizing in photographs, my images come to life with the emotion I breathe into them. In moments of clarity and sense of self acceptance I give my concepts wings to fly, seizing the essence of that moment ...

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Christie Asai

I thoroughly enjoy the process of being creative. You can also visit my web site at: christieasai.com ...

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Dan Brunger

I am a local travel and landscape photographer. I grew up in Merced served in the Navy for 22 years and returned ...

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Danetta Cox Cordova

I love to concentrate on a drawing until my head hurts, or just mess around with color for hours. Playing around with color feels like being 5 years old again. I like to do botanical studies, children’s story illustrations and drawings of Native American photos from 100 years ago. But it is always good to try new ...

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Dawn Trook

Trained first as a poet, my visual art comes from deep experience that words fall short or act as subterfuge. Image--line/form/color--say for us what we cannot say with words. I work in water-soluble oil pastels, collage and found objects as well as image-based performance art. My process is to ask certain parts within my body to reveal secrets that I ...

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delaney faith

"I love my pictures very, very much!" -Delaney Faith Delaney is only five years old! She's been stealing mom and dad's camera since she was two. We noticed Delaney's knack for photography the Fall of 2009 when we let her loose at the pumpkin patch with the camera. Her favorite subjects are her pets. Her curiosity for life truly comes through ...

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Della Salas

Showing at Merced Antique Mall, watercolor and pastel. ...

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Desirre Flores Herrera

My name is Desirré Flores Herrera and I'm an artist who grew up in Planada, a small town 10 miles east of Merced. I am very passionate about creating art that is connected to my culture and my experience as a womyn. I enjoy connecting images or symbols from the ...

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Diane Conn

I started my love with photography at the age of 7 when my father bought me a used camera for $7 at the Goodwill. The love of photography turned into a career as a photographic portrait artist after the birth of my first child. I love to use light and composition to capture the beauty in every subject I photograph. ...

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Donny Clark

Art can take you to a different dimension, a world unlike any, a way to express oneself that is profound and emotion reaching. A world that is created and shared with the rest of the world. ...

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Edward P Samaniego

I feel my way through it. ...

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Elaine Sachs

Hi, I am in Australia from 2/12/11 to 2/1/12. I'm sorry, but I am not available for the Art Hop in 2011. ...

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Ernesto Mora-Lua

I love taking the engineering approach to art. I enjoy making and building things. Even though I'm an engineer, I really am an artist at heart. I don't have many works. Mosts of the projects I take on are always half finished, then I move on to another project or life just gets in the way. Eh, I'm young, I ...

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Eulalia Gamez

I put emotion into all my artwork, some may seem cheerful, others angry and/or sad. Everything I create is full of passion. ...

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FishBowl Photography

Is Your fishbowl half full, or half empty? Perceptions on life are indeed subjective by nature and thats why art is an endless web of ideas, stuggles, and creations. Yum.. ...

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Francisco Gonzalez

Finger Paint! ...

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Frank Hassett

Photography with my imagination ...

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Glen C

I have been taking photographs since 1994 and I have been involved with graphic design since 1998. I don't really think I have a "style" or a "form" because I like to change what I do so much that there never really is a "constant style" to describe what I do. ...

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Grace Gordon

I have issues uploading pictures to this website, but if you'd like to check out my photography feel free to add me at http://www.facebook.com/GraceNoelGordon :) ...

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Guy Robison III

Would like wall space to hang frames. I would like to negotiate measurement according to the store accommodation ...

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jeff gwartney

I use photography as a means of self‐expression – I make pictures for myself, to identify with hidden qualities of my character, to better understand my reality, and to express my interpretation of the world around me. A clearer understanding of myself and of my world allows me to explore fragments of life as an ...

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Jennifer Kimbro

Expressing my creative side isn't optional or born of conscious thought. It's more than a hobby and slightly less than an obsession. ...

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Jeremy Ploog

im just here to paint and be happy ...

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Jewelene Rezendes

I could write something philosophical about baring my soul through the lens of my camera with every photo I take....but that's not the truth. The truth is, I just love finding ways to present the things and people we may see everyday in a new light. The truth is that I just like to capture memories and moments in time. ...

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JM ArtWork

I am a 25 year old Artist based out of Merced. I am constantly evolving my painting style and photography. ...

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Joe and Melody Catalano

Family of artists creating a wide spectrum of artistic pieces from every day life to the surreal ...

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jose

creativity comes from the heart not from the mind ...

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Jose Caudillo

Photography is my new found passion! Iv always taken photos but its only been recent that i got in to the advanced, technical, and dynamic aspects of the feild. With this new found insperation i plan to deliver photos of great quality. :D I have more photos here at this link. http://www.facebook.com/VindicatorMythx?v=photos ...

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Kandice Soraya Grote

I'm a doctoral student at UC Merced who has always loved to paint and draw. Although I haven't had any classical training, it hasn't stopped me from making time for my passion of art. ...

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Karen LeCocq and David Medley

We work in steel, wood and found objects using assemblage or fabrication techniques to create sculpture that is either in the round (floor or pedestal) or hangs on the wall (three dimensional). ...

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karina lozano

"I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process." Vincent Van Gogh ...

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Ken the ElvisTrooper

I take pictures, photographic pictures. ...

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leesa

I have a variety of photos I have been working on from pin up portraits to childrens portraits, landscapes and sunsets.. which ever theme seeks someones interest I have much to chose from. ...

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Lilly Diaz

I feel painting is therapeutic. It's my way to escape. ...

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Llecenia Almanza

I love working with oils and water colors. I feel that i still need to find my style, but its been fun working at it. ...

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Mariah

Vibrant bright colors and texture are what my art is about. I love urban culture! My art is a blend of both urban and vintage. I love doing random fun pieces and I also do personalized self collages for people. Art is a personal expression. For those who are more shall I say...left brain thinkers I love taking there passions ...

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Marina

I try to be a well rounded kind of artist, but I can't seem to drop the pencils and markers. I dilly dally around with paint every once in a while, but I mostly do pencil work and ink drawings. The style of drawings varies a bit. Sometimes I draw characters, sometimes I do some tribal designs. ...

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Mark Padron

I find that the ability to strike an emotional chord in a stranger with a photograph is a unique and raw experience. Absorbing the physical reaction to visual stimulation; happiness, sorrow, embarrassment, pride or enchantment....take your pick. ...

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Marty Delgado

I try and do whatever i can with however much time I have. I dislike labels and titles. Thanks for looking. And I hope not to offend anyone. Not my intentions. ...

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MattShu

I am a part of all that I have met. ~Alfred Lord Tennyson To label “what I do” would be to put myself in a box, a shubox maybe- ok that was cheesy. I’m an artist, writer, director, musician – in no particular order. My wife Liz, son Cavin and I call California home, yet we have left huge chunks of ...

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Melanie Meik

More work can be seen at Melaniemeikphotography.blogspot.com Diaryofapoorcollegestudent.blogspot.com ...

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Melissa Raposa

I am a recent UC Merced graduate with a B.S. in Biology. However, rather than applying to grad schools I have decided to pursue a career in Medical Illustration. I am currently attending Merced Community College for a Visual Arts degree, and plan to apply to graduate programs for Medical Illustration next year. ...

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Melissa Rocha

I'm not very outgoing so many of the things I think and feel go unsaid. I open up with my art and express things that I couldn't any other way. ...

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Michael Miller

My images are taken over several hours sometimes over several nights. I print my own images on a Canon professional printer. Most subjects are awe inspiring and the general public has never seen nor even know they exsisted. I am always adding new images as the seasons change and different objects are available to image. ...

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Monika Solis

"If I am not creating, I will die!" ~Alex Pardee Art is not meant for just canvas and paper, or only created using a pencil or brush. It has many forms and I choose to explore all kinds. I may not throw paint on everything I see, but I am artistically creative in my own way. Besides painting ...

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Myra Gonzalez

Crafting with my hands is what i do whether it be drawing, painting, collages, knitting or crocheting. ...

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Nancy Kissack

I express my life's adventures through the lens of my camera. I want viewers of my work to transport themselves to another place, if only for an instant, where they can escape their current state and experience what I felt when the shutter opened and closed. When people are encouraged to make the same journey to adventure, my photographic ...

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Nic Echevarria

I believe that I am trying to evolve my style, and grow as an artist. I have taken a strong influence from art nouveau and street art, and trying to create something beautiful. I’m not out to make a statement or make complicated themes. 3 pieces similar to profile pic, and "Belen". ...

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Oscar

"An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it." Paul Valery ...

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Patricia Pratt

I paint so that i can have some time to myself to be completely free with my thoughts and let my mind roam. ...

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Patrick Reilly

I am an Artist and student at CSU Stanislaus. For me Art is an extension of feelings, point of view and everything around us. I am a person who likes to share what I see in the world around me through art. I use art mediums to transfer my ideas with color rather than words. Oil painting, sketches, photography ...

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Rick Morrison

I do art to satisfy my creative side. I particularly like to sculpt but without a handily available foundry for bronzes or a kiln for ceramic pieces, I mostly paint. My training allows me to be willing to try anything.. I believe " if I can see it, i can paint it" at least my rendition of it. Art, like ...

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Rob

Art should be fun, not a cause of stress....so I don't know why I always stress over my art.... ...

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Robbie Rhead

Unambitious 20-something. Likes to scribble. Wears more paint when painting than the painting. ...

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Rose Seaborn

I have found painting to be somewhat of a treatment. I suffer from Lupus but when I am painting, I am free of all that my body and mind is going through. ...

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Sam Clendenin

I work with both digital and film cameras. I've worked with small, medium, and large format film cameras. I've also recently been using a variety of pinhole cameras. I have a lot of black and white prints but more recently have been printing with tintypes. I would like to show my pinhole work. ...

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samantha payne

Painting is how i express my feelings, if i dont paint for awhile my feeling become bottle up i get this urge thats similar to the need to breath. Painting is how i cope with all the bad things in the world and it helps me appreciate all the good too. ...

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Sandee Smith

I paint because, for me, it is an imperative. I have to create, it's like breathing for me. Painting takes me to another place, where it is peaceful and I can think and wind down from day to day stresses. I couldn't live and not create. I paint in several mediums. I usually use oils, it was the medium I ...

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Sarah Zia

Being an amature artist, taking part in this art hop would be a huge deal for me. To showcase my work by all these other fantastic artists would be amazing, being new to Merced it would also let me get to know the city and the people better. It seems like such a great experience that I want to contribute. ...

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Sharron Alexander

I have always had a passion for creative arts. For me sculpting real life and fantasy figures is something that I enjoy whole heartedly and I hope that comes across in my work. ...

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Sherry Newingtno

"Art is the only way to run away without leaving home". Twyla Tharp ...

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Sophia Arias

I paint for my sanity. In the end I can only hope it stirs and evokes the imagination of others ...

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Steve Mashburn

Living life to it's fullest, and being grateful for all that I have. When I'm working on my art, I'm at piece and enjoying the moment. ...

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Timothy Alan Grimes Sr.

i consider myself to be an abstract artist / multi-media/ photographer. i like to create images that envoke responses like "what is that?", "wow! " and my favorite response, "how did he do that,?" my art has various components combined in camera to acheive my desired results. i limit my use of post production editing with photoshop to none, or ...

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Ursula Trancitio Vasquez.

I started off when I was in 3rd grade with disposable cameras and Polaroid films by the time I was in 6th grade my uncle gave me my first camera. I enjoy taking snapshots. Photographs are to me a way to still a moment in time and even bring what no one else sees inside of something out. I got ...

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