FunkZone sessions with Ryan Calderon

Fun little photoshoot I did with my friend Ryan Calerdon in the Funk Zone in Santa Barbara.

Fun little photoshoot I did with my friend Ryan Calerdon in the Funk Zone in Santa Barbara.

Saint Barbara:: Funk Zone Mural

After a long flight home from Bali, I woke up a day later to my favorite weekend in Santa Barbara, Summer Solstice. I was excited to get back into the swing of things here in SB and delighted that I had a second opportunity to paint in the Funk Zone. Laura Inks, the program director for the Funk Zone Community Art Project approached me for a weekend of painting during the Solstice festivities. Between hanging out with the other artists while we worked and the parade, it was an offer I couldn't refuse. My piece is a traditional homage to my town and all my friends who call them selves locals. Special thank you to Laura Inks, Danny Meza for helping me with the Saint Barbara lettering, and Gabe Marquez from 400 Media for getting this shoot organized. Learn more about Saint Barbara here, or Santa Barbara in Spanish if you prefer.

Photo by Ryan Calderon

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Photos by Ryan Calderon and Mishan Warnakulasuriya

After a long flight home from Bali, I woke up a day later to my favorite weekend in Santa Barbara, Summer Solstice. I was excited to get back into the swing of things here in SB and delighted that I had a second opportunity to paint in the Funk Zone. Laura Inks, the program director for the Funk Zone Community Art Project approached me for a weekend of painting during the Solstice festivities. Between hanging out with the other artists while we worked and the parade, it was an offer I couldn't refuse. My piece is a traditional homage to my town and all my friends who call them selves locals. Special thank you to Laura Inks, Danny Meza for helping me with the Saint Barbara lettering, and Gabe Marquez from 400 Media for getting this shoot organized. Learn more about Saint Barbara here, or Santa Barbara in Spanish if you prefer.

Photo by Ryan Calderon

Follow me @kittycaterina on Instagram and Twitter

Photos by Ryan Calderon and Mishan Warnakulasuriya

California Calaveras Art Show

Thank you so much to Katie McLean from Latitude Gallery for inviting me to participate in her Halloween art show! Check out some pics from the event:)

Katie and I posing in front of my contribution to the show... "Violeta" 3ft X 3 ft acrylic on wood

Some of local artist and legendary surfer Aaron Ernst art on some J7 shred sticks

A collaboration piece that was featured in a the funk zone mural project... by Katie Mclean, Aaron Ernst and a local graffiti artist

The girls!

Another amazing piece Katie did

Katie and I

In front of my piece of art!!

Check out more of Katie's work at GypsyEye.com

Thank you so much to Katie McLean from Latitude Gallery for inviting me to participate in her Halloween art show! Check out some pics from the event:)

Katie and I posing in front of my contribution to the show... "Violeta" 3ft X 3 ft acrylic on wood

Some of local artist and legendary surfer Aaron Ernst art on some J7 shred sticks

A collaboration piece that was featured in a the funk zone mural project... by Katie Mclean, Aaron Ernst and a local graffiti artist

The girls!

Another amazing piece Katie did

Katie and I

In front of my piece of art!!

Check out more of Katie's work at GypsyEye.com

My First Mural:: A Mandy Tribute:: The Process

This past weekend I was blessed to be given the opportunity to participate in a Santa Barbara community art project with the goal to help the infamous Funk Zone flourish again. Laura Inks, the director of the project explains “We signed the lease for the gallery, opened the front door, and looked out at broken windows, graffiti-covered walls, and a trash-strewn parking lot,” she said. “It wasn’t pretty Santa Barbara, and I knew we had to make this street more visitor-friendly.” in an Independent interview that can be read in full here. So Inks devolved the mural project for the time being, and with this in mind, I wanted to make the street really pretty...Mandy Candy Pretty.

I am so happy to share my muse Mandy with all of you and everyone who passes the mural on Mason Street. Please go check it out in person, right next to Hot Spots Coffee. Here are a couple of pictures of how she developed ;)

I had to paint over an existing mural so here is my primered wall...lol. Needed a fresh white canvas to start!

 

I am so happy that my art is in the street! The viewer experiences it in such a different way, rather than say a gallery, and with all the celebrating street art has been receiving lately, I am so proud to celebrate my first crack at it.

Special thanks to Andi Gee for giving me this opportunity! 

xo Caterina

This past weekend I was blessed to be given the opportunity to participate in a Santa Barbara community art project with the goal to help the infamous Funk Zone flourish again. Laura Inks, the director of the project explains “We signed the lease for the gallery, opened the front door, and looked out at broken windows, graffiti-covered walls, and a trash-strewn parking lot,” she said. “It wasn’t pretty Santa Barbara, and I knew we had to make this street more visitor-friendly.” in an Independent interview that can be read in full here. So Inks devolved the mural project for the time being, and with this in mind, I wanted to make the street really pretty...Mandy Candy Pretty.

I am so happy to share my muse Mandy with all of you and everyone who passes the mural on Mason Street. Please go check it out in person, right next to Hot Spots Coffee. Here are a couple of pictures of how she developed ;)

I had to paint over an existing mural so here is my primered wall...lol. Needed a fresh white canvas to start!

 

I am so happy that my art is in the street! The viewer experiences it in such a different way, rather than say a gallery, and with all the celebrating street art has been receiving lately, I am so proud to celebrate my first crack at it.

Special thanks to Andi Gee for giving me this opportunity! 

xo Caterina

My First Mural:: A Mandy Tribute

Just finished up my first mural! I will do a complete post with photos of my process and links to the community project in the next couple of days... so stay tuned!

In the meantime, please check out my finished piece in the Funk Zone of Santa Barbara on the corner of Mason Street and State Street, right by Hot Spots Coffee Shop.

XoXo

Just finished up my first mural! I will do a complete post with photos of my process and links to the community project in the next couple of days... so stay tuned!

In the meantime, please check out my finished piece in the Funk Zone of Santa Barbara on the corner of Mason Street and State Street, right by Hot Spots Coffee Shop.

XoXo