UPCOMING & ONGOING EVENTS
FAY WYLES: Featured Artist
Over a dozen of the finest international surf films vie for top honors with eager filmmakers and film stars descending upon San Diego Thursday, May 9th to Saturday, May 11th for the much anticipated annual San Diego Surf Film Festival.
Highlights of the San Diego Surf Film Festival 2019 include an Opening Night at the Belly Up Tavern featuring films. live art, silent auction and live music from Chris Cote, The Montalban Quintet and The Voices. An incredible Farm to Table seven-course, organic dinner at Cyclops Farms in Oceanside.
In addition, Featured Artist Fay Wyles assembled a team of incredible artists to create live art at all the major SDSFF events this year in what has become one of the most sought after aspects of the festival.
Opening Night of the San Diego Surf Film Festival
SDSFF 2019 OPENING NIGHT
Thursday, May 9th
6- late
Belly Up Tavern
312 S. Cedros Ave. Suite 130
Solana Beach, CA 92075
6pm – Doors
6pm – VIP Meet and Greet /Live Art featuring Fay Wyles and Invited Guests
7pm – Surf Films
8pm – Live Music from Chris Cote (Solo)
Surf Films
– Montalban Quintet http://www.montalbanquintet.com/
Surf Films
9pm – The Voices https://thevoicesmusic.com/
$25 Pre-Sale
$27 Door
$44 VIP
General Admission and VIP Tickets available at https://www.bellyup.com/
San Diego Surf Film Festival 2019
Friday, May 10th
8-10pm
$15
with Live Painting by Fay Wyles and friends
Culture Brewing Co.
111 S. Cedros
Solana Beach, CA
92075
San Diego Surf Film Festival 2019
Saturday, May 11th
with Live Painting by Fay Wyles and friends
5:30 - 9:30 pm
$15
Ticket Prices:
Dinner with Alcoholic Beverages – $125
Dinner without Alcoholic beverages – $100
No Dinner/Grant Ellis Slideshow and SDSFF Films – $25
TICKETS FOR MEAL AVAILABLE AT http://www.cyclopsfarms.com/
TICKETS FOR ONLY SLIDESHOW AND FILMS (Limited to 30) – $25
Cyclops Farms
1448 Avocado Rd
Oceanside, Ca . 92054
PAST EVENTS
Opening Night of the San Diego Surf Film Festival
SDSFF 2018 OPENING NIGHT
Wednesday, May 9th
6-10pm
Ocean Art by Koniakowsky
312 S. Cedros Ave. Suite 130
Solana Beach, CA 92075
This will be a heck of a night! Come join us at the Ocean Art Gallery in Solana Beach next Wednesday for the San Diego Surf Film Festival Opening Night — lined up so far are a wood-fired pizza truck, plus beer, wine, and Kombucha sponsors and more! Live paint-offs by some of the best surf artists around, and a special film screening. Click on the link above to buy tickets online.
'Expression Session': Plein Air painting & surf event
in conjunction with the San Diego Surf Film Festival
Saturday May 12, 2018
8am-2pm
Carlsbad State Beach
For the last few years I've been invited to participate along wish a handful of artists who work in ocean/surf related themes to get together on the beach, go for a surf, and make some art right there in the sand afterwards. Open to the public. See us paint, surf and eat donuts on the sand.
'Expression Session': Plein Air painting & surf event
in conjunction with the San Diego Surf Film Festival
Saturday May 12, 2018
8am-2pm
Carlsbad State Beach (north of Cardiff Reef)
''La Jolla Plein Air Series'
Artist Reception:
Saturday March 4, 2017
6-10pm
Exhibit: March 4- April 29th
Join us for an evening celebrating art, great people, and La Jolla's most spectacular scenery- caught on canvas! Myself and many other artists have been busy painting on-location all over La Jolla for the past several months. The 'La Jolla Plein Air Series' is an ongoing plein air exhibit that will continue to grow as we continue painting.
MISFIT GALLERY
565 PEARL STREET #100
LA JOLLA, CA. 92037
(858) 291-8553
GALLERY HOURS
WEDNESDAY – SATURDAY 12 – 6pm
SUNDAY 11 – 3pm
EVENTS until 10pm
'KEYS BY THE SEA'
Join us for a fun paint collaboration with kids on Saturday Feb. 25th at the beautiful, historic Casa Romantica in San Clemente... Come enjoy a delicious coffee from Bear Coast Coffee, enjoy the best ocean view in town, grab a paintbrush and let's make beautiful art together, painting pianos!
2/25/2017
10:00 am - noon
3/5/2017
12 pm Piano Performance by local piano students
PAST EVENTS
'URBAN & ABSTRACT LANDSCAPES'
The edgier side of LPAPA
Artist Reception:
Saturday February 11, 2017
5-8pm
Awards presentation: 6:30pm
Exhibition & Sale Hours
January 31, 2017 – February 22, 2017
Gallery Hours: Tues – Fri & Sun 11am – 5pm; Sat 9am – 6pm; Closed Mondays
Location:
Forest & Ocean Gallery
480 Ocean Avenue
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
'COAST WALK SERIES: LA JOLLA'
---a collection of plein air paintings---
in tandem with Misfit Gallery & the Action International Film Fest
Opening:
Thursday Oct.20, 2016
MISFIT GALLERY
565 Pearl St.
La Jolla, Ca 92037
'WELCOME TO SPRING'
Laguna Plein Air Painter's Association
J U R I E D S H O W
April 9 – May 2, 2016
Awards Reception: April 9, 2016, 5:00 – 8:00 pm
Awards: 6:30 pm
Exhibition & Sale Hours
March 7, 2016 – April 3, 2016
Gallery Hours: Tues – Fri & Sun 11am – 5pm; Sat 9am – 6pm; Closed Mondays
Location:
Forest & Ocean Gallery
480 Ocean Avenue
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
I am teaching a series of free 'Creative Kids' Workshops at the Hortense Miller Garden in Laguna Beach! Please contact me for more information. The next workshop is coming up on April 16th from 10am - 1pm! I will teach kids the basics of Decoupage (the art of collaging decorative paper onto a surface). Using small Garden Pots as our surface, students will create their own unique decoupage pot, and fill it with soil and a small succulent. Parents are welcome! Space is limited, so enroll your child today for a special creative adventure at the breath-taking Historic Hortense Miller Garden.
10th Annual 'LESS IS MORE'
J U R I E D S H O W
March 7 – April 3, 2016
Awards Reception: March 19, 2016, 5:00 – 8:00 pm
Awards: 6:30 pm
Exhibition & Sale Hours
March 7, 2016 – April 3, 2016
Gallery Hours: Tues – Fri & Sun 11am – 5pm; Sat 9am – 6pm; Closed Mondays
Location:
Forest & Ocean Gallery
480 Ocean Avenue
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
'DECK THE WALLS' - New Paintings and Prints:
November 28, 2015
at Reclamation: 105 Del Mar
San Clemente, Ca 92672
Celebrating San Clemente's annual 'Puttin on the Glitz' Holiday Event!
Come to downtown San Clemente to join us at Reclamation in celebration, shopping and supporting local businesses! Come shop at Reclamation where you can also indulge in their 'Endless Summer Holiday Sale'!
Surfrider Foundation 'Boards & Art' Benefit
December 3, 2015
at Waterman's Harbor, Dana Point
Join us for an evening of Holiday celebration, live music and a silent auction featuring fine art and surfboards! I am helping to coordinate the fine art auction, and have been succussful in getting many local, renowned artists to participate, including Rick Delanty, Jeff Sewell, Joe Vickers, Fernando Micheli, Robert Waxman just to name a few. I will also have an original oil painting up for auction. Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to preserving the worlds oceans and beaches. It's sure to be a dynamic event, so hope to see you there!
SOLO ART SHOW at RECLAMATION, San Clemente: OCTOBER 3, 2015
HOTEL NOMADS- GRAND OPENING: April 21 3pm-9pm
Nomads Restaurant & Bar in San Clemente, Ca will be kicking off the Grand Opening of their new 'Nomads Hotel' with a Celebration/Art Walk on Tuesday April 21, 2015. Come on out and celebrate! I'll be showcasing some of my paintings along with several other local artists and organizations. Surfrider Foundation will also be there to share important information on how you can get involved in important issues affecting our oceans & environment. It's bound to be a fun and exciting day of good food, good causes, good people and good art. (Did I mention a live band?) :) The Hotel will be open to take a tour and even book a reservation! I've already taken a tour~ You WILL be pleasantly surprised!!
Find out more about the Nomads Hotel HERE!
DANA POINT SYMPHONY ART EXHIBIT: APRIL 18, 2015
I'm excited to be invited to be the exhibiting artist for the Dana Point Symphony following their performance on April 18! I have been very busy lately painting many new large-scale works that will be exhibited on this special evening. If you live in the area, I would love to see you there! Enjoy a wonderful evening of world-class music, then walk across to Knight Hall to say hello, view some of my never-before-seen paintings, and enjoy some hors d'oeuvres.
For Symphony & Art Show Schedule: CLICK HERE
To purchase Tickets or Season Passes: CLICK HERE!