Nocturne : Art Inspired by the Night

The midnight oil has been burning constantly for weeks at Gallery 204 as the Nocturne exhibit nears completion - Make sure you come out to Vista, California this Saturday November 12th at 7pm to see the magic first hand!.  Read more about the event here! - and enjoy this small preview of some of our handy work! Hope to everyone out under the glittery stars Saturday night!

Flyer artwork: "Bad Blood" Christy Pepper Dawson,  layout  design by Yelley

Sneak Peek of the window Installation/Photobooth

"Moth Girl,"  Acrylic on Board  - Yelley

"Mr. Townsend's Longest Walk Home," Mixed Media - Chris Earnhart

"Under the Bed," Watercolor -  Erica Meza 

"Bubbles," Acrylic on Wood - Alex Chiu 

"Bract Retch," Acrylic on Canvas - Copio

Special Events // Eighth Ply Twenty Eleven

This weekend, southern California was a buzz with skateboarding industry conventions and events, and  Downtown San Diego hosted a great skateboard inspired art show put on by art collective We Love Creativity and sponsored by Sk8ology floating deck displays.  This was the second annual "Eighth Ply" skateboard deck art show, and this year’s exhibit was held at the Hard Rock Hotel’s rooftop nightclub “FLOAT” and included over 60 artists with one common medium, a skateboard deck.

Artists Include: Monstrinho. James Tull. Skye Walker. Alex Lopez. Monty Montgomery. Mike Maxwell. Honkey Kong. EXIST1981. SkEm oNe. Eric Wixon. Wendy Teague. Kelli Murray. JFeather. Bryan Snyder. Robert Gould. Sour. Tocayo. Sam Larson. Matty Davis. Carly Ealey. Terri Mitchell. Brent Sandor. Laura Klotsche. MR.DVICE. Nicholas McPherson. Scot Leverett. Dawley. Nitos. Michael Hsiung. Krystie Sargent. Hovin Wang. Teddy Kelly. Steve Peek. Catrina Dulay. Stephen Forrester. Haley Robinson. Jenny Daniels. Cameron Canales. Christy Pepper Dawson. Chris Cockrill. Ron Rauto. Ronie. Pandemic. Guice Mann. Alex Chiu. Artoo. Tiffany Laing. Sarah Spinks. Sam Phillips. Brooks Sterling. Nick Denambride. Serena Fritchle. Coby Brooks. Dave Warshaw. Mary Spring. OINKER. Hunter Feirich. + more.


We wanted to give a big thanks to Brooks Sterling with WLC for hosting a great event and of course share some fo the highlights with you!

Tattoo decks by Sam Phillips, ARTOO & Sarah Spinks

Tiffany Laing's tarot inspired hand tooled leather deck next to Coby Brooks & Kelli Murray

Me getting a closer look at the keyhole deck 

Keyhole Deck by Scot Leverett

iPhone Stereo deck by my husband Ron Rauto

Roof top party! 

Tasty Promotions

Hunter Feirich, Matty Davis & Mike Maxwell

Dawley's axe deck was an attention getter, even next to this mounted deer by SkEm oNe

Exist1981,  Honkey Kong & Brent Sandor

Monstrinho & Brooks Sterling 

Rob Gould & Christy Pepper Dawson

Chris Cockrill's Monster

Krystie Sargent, Tocayo & Alex Lopez

Teddy Kelly & Michael Hsiung

Brooks Sterling from "We Love Creativity"

Chad & Sarah Spinks, Artoo, Scott Fritz, Yelley (myself), Sam Phillips & Morgan Feirich