ArtWalls, Oside Opening Artist Reception January 28

Oceanside CA - The Oceanside Cultural Arts Foundation and Art Walls O'side invites the public to an Opening Artist Reception at Blade 1936 on Tuesday, January 28 from 1:00 - 3:00 PM. This third exhibition at Blade 1936 will feature local nature artist Dawn Tappan. Enjoy tasty treats, an open bar, opportunity drawings and music by keyboardist, Robert Parker. Ms Tappen will be on hand to meet, greet and discuss her colorful art.

The Oceanside Cultural Arts Foundation (OCAF) is proud to support arts in Oceanside and the surrounding communities. From the Oceanside Days of Art to annual festivals celebrating music and film, it is here to bring quality artistic, visual, performance and musical arts to our community for you to enjoy. OCAF has focused on nurturing and showcasing the rich and diverse talent from our community.

Dawn Tappen is an abstract painter who lives and works in Oceanside, CA. She received her B.A. at California State University of Northridge. Initially planning to pursue illustration, she spontaneously took an abstract painting class and became captivated with the freeing process of discovering the unknown, by layering and excavating paint to allow her creations to unearth and emerge in an organic process. With no expectation of the outcome, Dawn makes marks and layers, choosing colors intuitively as she allows her paintings to come to life. Her choices of mark and color are made in the moment, and even if not a completely evident part of the finished result, are part of the beautiful end creation in all of her work.

Ms Tappan has always been fascinated with nature. Taking adventures into the woods, turning over stones and collecting the creatures that were underneath are some of early childhood memories. Dawn reflects, “I picked up and analyzed everything. The endless shapes and sizes never ceased to amaze me, but it was the color, the endless color that drew me in”.

Through many transparent layers of paint she creates the translucent colors found in nature. Then like an archaeologist excavating a new site, she sands into my painting to reveal the layers of color built up through time. Creating a window through which the viewer can enter into the history of the painting. “It’s like being a child all over again, the excitement of unearthing something new and beautiful.”

For more info about the Oceanside Cultural Arts Foundation (OCAF), visit: https://www.ocaf.info/

For more info about Dawn Tappen, visit: https://www.dawntappen.com/