The Ecological Fine Art Gallery at Topanga Earth Day Features Fine Art of recycled materials, sculpture, collage, photography, painting and film
Curated byAlex Kube
Vicki Banks
Originally trained as a sculpture, Vicki spent many years in animated films working with companies such as Disney, Dream Works, Warner Bros. and Jay Ward. More recently she returned to her first love, sculpture, and now
exhibits in art shows and galleries throughout California, Arizona and Idaho www.vulturesculpture.com
Chuck U. Farley
Chuck U. Farley paints sociographic retrofitted pseudo-political type stuff and in all honesty is one of those artists who has been painting longer than he probably should. His work has been featured here and there. Chuck works, hunts and forages in and around Venice. www.thechuckufarley.com
Megan Gilligan
An Interior designer with a background in architecture, Megan Gilligan has built this piece of functional art entirely out of recycled plotting paper tubes. This is the first public viewing of her innovative design. gilligan.meg@gmail.com
Sarah Hage
The basic materials are ready at hand, many of them recycled. Everything that ends up in the blue barrel is fair game for forming the armatures of her sculptures: plastic Ajax bottles, water bottles soda bottles, mayo-naise jars, honey jars, as well as many other items and all forms of paper. “I like to think of my art as the best kind of upcycling: the transformation of disposable items
into durable fine art. My patio is my studio, the LA Times my clay, and the Southern California sun my kiln- life doesn’t get any better than this!” www.sarahhage.com
Tiffany Davis-Rustam
The Lush Light Within showcases flowers, plants and natural elements, which through the vividly saturated hues appear to glow, illuminating the radiance of life’s energy. This collection employs repurposed salvaged frames, painted and matched to individual photographic prints. Tiffany is a photographer and a painter, with a background in graphic design and a strong commitment to eco-savvy art. She has been influenced by her desire to improve the ecological through reuse or repurpose, by reducing the flow to landfils. TLUXdesign.com/art.html
Charlene Maguire
My paintings, both representational and abstract, are fueled by emotion. What I feel plays a big part in how and what I paint. Some people remember facts, things and words. I am drawn into an idea based on how it makes me feel. My art is an expression of my romantic, playful, whimsical, bright, goofy and sometimes moody self. www.incommonvisions.com
Brian Nieman
There is no better time than Earth Day to display this collection of assemblages. Constructed of found metal, wood and glass. the repurposing of discarded items into artwork will engage the viewer into reassessing when a ‘useless’ item still has purpose. “teach us to walk the soft earth as relatives of all that live.” Sioux prayer www.thewhole9.com/briannieman
Alexandra Kube
With a background in animation and a love of nature, Alexandra paints landscapes and mindscapes with daring colors and expressive lines. She has been exhibiting in and around the Los Angeles area. www.alexkube.com
James & Lynn
Both currently reside in the Topanga Canyon area just outside of Los Angeles, CA. with daily influences of wildlife and nature at their doorsteps and can be seen in their collages with human subjects sporting the ears of a fox or the head of an owl...”Our goal was to recycle found objects and most importantly, remember where we all came from in the process... because the process is
our art!” www.organicvampire.com
