Virtual Exhibits

Getting High on Nature

Featuring Karl Dempwolf

September 6, 2024 - October 27, 2024
Tuesday-Sunday from noon until 4 p.m
Cambria Center for the Arts

Coming soon to the Cambria Center for the Arts Gallery is an exciting new exhibit, Getting High on Nature. The show will open on Friday, September 6 and will run for seven weeks, through Sunday, October 27. There will be an Artist Reception on Saturday September 7 from 4:30-6:00 in the evening, with live music, sweet and savory treats, wine available for purchase, and of course, an abundance of inspiring art reflecting nature.

The featured artist for this event will be the celebrated Karl Dempwolf. Karl specializes in plein air painting and was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the National Plein Air Convention in April of 2017. His work has been shown in various Southern California exhibitions, including The Museum of Science and Industry, Pepperdine University, and the Carnegie Art Museum. He has also been featured in various publications and is included in the permanent collections of several large corporations, including McGraw-Hill Publishers and the National Park Foundation. One of his paintings recently found its way back to his home country, when President Obama presented Karl’s work, "Cypress Veil," to Chancellor Angela Merkel as a diplomatic gift when she visited the White House Rose Garden.





Art & Liz / Father & Daughter

Artworks Inspired by Cambria

Art and Liz Sherwyn, father and daughter artists, are exhibiting a series of new works. The art exhibit will be on view September 4th-October 31st. An opening reception will be held September 4th, 4:30-6:30, followed by a reception and lecture September 25th, 4:30-6:30. Reservations are required for each of these events (see link below).  

Just off of a sold-out exhibition at BMOA, Art Sherwyn’s works are uniquely designed and colored urban and coastal compositions using a diverse interplay of lines, shapes, patterns and spaces. His use of color is uncommon and eye-catching. The architectural compositions are inspired and driven by the wide variety of shapes and patterns embedded in the buildings. His extraordinary handling and use of the line expose many smaller works of art within the whole.

Liz Sherwyn will exhibit her delicate paper cuts, combined with abstracted watercolor backgrounds. The works are inspired by the creatures of the coastal beaches - fish, birds, and 4de pool dwellers. Combining cut paper with watercolor creates a delightful interplay between the positive and negative shapes, and hard lines and soft edges. Her rhythmic and delicate cuts connect to the intrigue of most everyone who views them. There is a common thread which runs through their works; the use of cutting tools to produce line work which in their own unique way tell their own stories. Liz, cutting into paper and Art cutting into tape, the results are exciting.