#LAGUNA BEACH LIVING ART FULL#

Now, where’s our diamond-studded Gucci sunnies? Meet the artists and browse their one-of-a-kind artwork. Arrived in secure box with not punctures and I was able to hang it immediately on the wall as the hanging. If Mona Lisa is ready for a great and whimsical day in Laguna, so are we. July 5 - SeptemMEET OUR ARTISTS Over 100 artists from Orange County make up the Festival of Arts Fine Art Show. We love our new canvas print in the living room. Li in the OC” staring at me from above my dining room table, I feel that smug smile so very deeply. I believe in surrounding yourself with people and things that make you feel good… and that includes art!”Īnd I can attest to that statement - every morning when I see “M. But I had to disagree… I want my people to look happy. She said it wasn't traditional portraiture. It is also one of the most Instagrammable places in Laguna Beach because it is so different from any other lifeguard tower that you’ll find it is painted white and has a unique hexagonal shape. “A few years ago a woman running a website for commissioned portraits told me to quit painting people smiling. The iconic Laguna Beach lifeguard tower is one of the city’s most beloved landmarks it sits on Main Beach, but it is visible from the Pacific Coast Highway. The Olympics were being held that summer in Los Angeles, 50 miles. So when a viewer looks at my art, my wish is, for that moment, they will be focused on the good in the world,” Evans explains, before sharing a story that’s stuck with her throughout her career. Laguna Beach this tiny idyllic art colony on the edge of civilization was looking to brand itself to the outside world. “In life it's easier to focus on the bad than the good. Today, the accomplished painter is known for her variety of techniques - from Modern Masterpieces to California Cool Abstracts to commissioned portraits - and hopes her pieces will bring smiles to people’s faces. Inspired by Pageant of the Masters in Laguna Beach.

#LAGUNA BEACH LIVING ART FULL#

Evans served as a fashion designer for Ocean Pacific in Los Angeles during the 1992 LA riots, and the following year, when her daughter Camille was born, decided it was time to leave the fashion industry behind and pursue her passion full time. and make its debut in spring 2023 as Living Art Experience at Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center. That early introduction to the art world was the start of a career that led her to various locales from California to the East Coast, before finally settling in SoCal. When I finished, another relative commissioned the same set! I'll have to check with my mom to see what I got paid,” she laughs. “I drew each character on a sheet of large white construction paper, colored them in with markers, and cut them out. “They were Disney characters for my cousin’s baby nursery,” she remembers fondly. Having always garnered a passion for the craft, she sold her first paintings to family members when she was just in elementary school. Evans grew up in Southern Indiana in a town with only 1,500 people which instilled in her a great imagination, a love for exploration, and a sense of belonging which she has found once again in art-centered Laguna.

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