Eddie Ramirez is an artist and teacher who has lived in San Jose, CA his entire life.  Showing his talents at an early age, he excelled in the arts in both high school and college.  Never wanting to be confined to one style, his art explores a wide range of styles and mediums.  His main area of expertise is acrylic painting and his focus is on urban landscapes.

Francisco Ramirez is a Mexican born artist residing in San Jose, CA.  He began drawing at the age of seven and is fully self taught.  He's worked with watercolor, photography, sculpting and fashion but his main focus is painting with acrylics.  Francisco is a full time artist, working mostly on commissions and murals.  You can see his colorful murals throughout San Jose.

San Jose based artist Sylvia De La Garza has been painting since 2017.  Her work is either bright and colorful or dark and moody, as illustrated by her "Seasons" and "Pieces" series.  Recently, Sylvia shifted her focus to include digital art after spending a few weeks away from her studio.

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The mixed media paintings that emerge onto Carlos' canvases come from a visceral place.  His artistic process is an elated ritual that brings to the surface stories of his life experiences.  His images are influenced by artists of the Mexican, Chicano, and Indigenous art movements, such as, Rufino Tamayo, Rupert Garcia, and Edgar Heap of Birds.  His works possess an innate force of passion that speaks to us in an expressive and spontaneous way.

Gianfranco's life started in San Pietro Avellana, Italy, a small town in the mountains of Central Italy.  During the '60's and '70's he participated in exhibitions and art contests in the region.  In early '74 he moved to California following his girlfriend.  From the mid '70's to date Gianfranco has exhibited in the entire Bay Area.  These days his studio is at the Citadel complex in San Jose, which houses more than 30 local artists.

Levy studies visual perception by tweaking it ever so slightly, whether in manipulating completed images with overlays or rearrangement or by responding to meditative marks.  Her work is identified by its strong use of color and texture and maybe a little wit.  Levy has casually studied figure drawing as well as painting at several art programs including the San Francisco Art Institute. Additionally, she was a practicing architect for twenty years and painted the first utility art box in San Jose, CA.

I enjoy taking memories from my travels and creating colorful, whimsical pieces that elicit happiness and an appreciation of color and detail.  Sometimes, it's a beautiful view and other times it's a simple courtyard or a plain green, screen door.  A floral still life can be a world unto itself.  All deserve a second look.

My work has transitioned from depiction of warrior women to ballerinas to landscape to the depiction of suburbia scenes in acrylics.  My work is messy, color drenched, and emotive.  I have shown in Germany, NYC, NJ, SoCal and the Bay Area for the last 40 years.  I'm now retired and do art full-time.

I'm a freelance artist that likes to fly under the radar.  I'm based in Santa Clara, CA.  I've traveled spreading my work like a virus throughout the Bay Area, some can be found from northern to southern California and Mexico.  I'm self taught and inspired by the colors, shapes, letters, and symbols which surround me in everyday life.  

Jodi Carr has been drawing caricatures and cutting silhouettes at San Jose area events for over 30 years. She loves your face! Jodi has a Bachelor of Science in Graphic Design, Illustration concentration from San Jose State and since graduation has enjoyed additional coursework in fashion illustration, advertising design, forensic art and Chinese brush painting.