LOCAL ARTWORK + EXHIBITS
Featured Artists
November 26, 2023 - February 24, 2024
Dana Ellis
Alyssa Marquez
“I am a visual mixed media artist. I make surrealistic, nature-inspired work that encourages people to be curious about the world around them, and enables a sense of connection and access to dreamlike and other worldly places. I’m educated as a wildlife biologist and I am a self-taught artist. I utilize my multi-disciplinary background to make mixed media art that helps people create connections between science and art.
The work currently on display at Mountain Rambler Brewery is an amalgamation of art I’ve made since I moved to the Eastern Sierra in 2020.”
Lori Michelon
“I am a printmaker. I draw, carve and print. I love the laboriousness of printmaking, the sculptural feel of the final blocks. I love the reproducible nature of the craft - being able to make multiples means many more people can afford and appreciate my work.
I am following a long line of printmaking history as part of popular culture. Printmaking has a long history of being used for communication, often political - to disseminate information through posters, flyers, handouts, etc. It’s inexpensive and effective.
My latest works, carved on linoleum and rubber, are of hybrids: human bodies in haute couture or athletic wear sporting the heads of local creatures. My printed friends are often accompanied by text, scraps of poems, songs, quotations, and memes from social media. Because I primarily print in black and white I usually embellish the images with watercolor, marker, colored pencil, googly eyes, or glitter. Glitter adds just the right element of popular culture community I am hoping to engage in my work.
I seek connection with the viewer through humor - glitter, text, John Fluevog shoes and party hats on ravens and black bears. I believe humor can unite us. I find connection with community, as well, by showing my work in local restaurants and coffeehouses because that is where a diverse group of locals and tourists gather here in the Eastern Sierra where I live.”
Past Art Exhibits
Tenaya Holton
Go follow Tenaya on Instagram to keep up with her new work.
Jordan Rae Artistry
Go follow Jordan on Instagram to keep up with her new work.