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Postcards to Pacifica: 10 winning Coastside views

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Nina Ollikainen, Morning View at Grace McCarthy Vista Point, Pacifica

Autumn into Summer @ Quarry Cove Art Gallery

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Victor Carmichael

Cafe Art

Starbucks, Pacifica (Dan Stegink)

Surfer Zach Wormhoudt envisions Mavericks sculpture

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BODYWORK

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PESCADERO ROADSIDE HAIKU: HIGHWAY 1

Look through mustard plant.

Somewhere south – car over cliffs.

They found footprints. 

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KIDS ROCK IN SAMTRANS ART BUS CONTEST

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FILM NOIR: "LIVE OR DIE IN LA HONDA"

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COASTAL PALETTE @ MOCHA

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PACIFICA'S YONDER STUDIO OPENS IN S.F.

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The Coast

Abstract artist Pat Aveni of San Francisco says her painting The Coast (above) was inspired by the ocean at Rockaway Beach. "I've been to Pacifica many times in the past few years. I have read Pacifica Riptide online today and I like your publication!"

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Terra Nova Grad Rob Schneider

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Photo by Alan Singer, NBC

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Happy 99th Birthday, Mary Harris!

Riptide friend Mitch Reid writes: "Mary Harris (self-portrait above) of Shelter Cove turns 99 later this week. She is an inspiration to us all, an awesome artist and lifelong peace activist, a living example and essence of exceptional good karma. I look forward to celebrating her 100th. As I always tell her, she is an inspiration to us all. June 29 (via proclamation of the City of Pacifica) is Mary Harris Day. Pictures (posted below) are from a pre-birthday celebration in Shelter Cove, where Mary has lived for the past 40+ years. She is an incredible artist, and has been an advocate for world peace most of her life, and is still involved with the World Federalist movement. Big Cheers for to Mary Harris. She continues to inspire at age 99." Lizelle writes: "Mitch, we're getting close. Happy 99th, Mary!"
 

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Scott Anthony Painting Wins Plein Air Award

Castle Lake Evening (acrylic on hardboard, 20" x 30")

I was very surprised and honored to receive a notice that, for the fourth time in a row, one of my paintings has won "Best Overall Acrylic" in the bimonthly PleinAir Salon competition hosted by PleinAir magazine. It and the three previous winning paintings will be automatically entered as semifinalists in the annual PleinAir cash award competition in April. I will have my fingers crossed and keep you posted! If you are interested in this painting, it is available on my website S. Anthony Studios under "Recent Paintings" along with many others, both new and old (some very old).

Scott Anthony

SANCHEZ ART CENTER

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2016 Left Coast Annual Call for Entries & Prospectus

Call for Entries

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Studio Spaces Available @ Sanchez Art Center

Pacifica's First Halloween: Trinkets & Treats

On October 31, 1769, Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portola and his mounted troops and livestock trudged down Montara Mountain into San Pedro Valley. The uniformed soldiers and vaqueros on horseback, followed by cattle and pack mules, must have made quite a sight for the Ohlone Indian residents of the valley. One can imagine their curiosity, fear, and awe. Accounts of the event say that some Indians hid, some ran, while others confronted the strangers. Portola's men and their Indian scouts offered the natives "treats" of shiny, colorful glass beads, commonly used to initiate rapport with Indians. The beads were well received. The Indians used them like money in trading as well as ornamentation on clothing and baskets. Today, these beads still can be seen in museum collections housing California Indian artifacts. The Cantor Museum in Palo Alto displays fine examples of baskets decorated with the shiny trinkets. At the time the Portola expedition entered Pacifica, native people made up 100 percent of the ethnic demographic. Today it is approximately 0.6 percent. That, sadly, is another story.

Ron Maykel

Poetry @ Devil's Slide Shuttle Bus

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Moment, Reflection, Memory

This Quarry Cove Art Gallery exhibition is over, but we and our readers like Denise Crawford's photo of Sharp Park Pier at night (below) so much that we decided to keep the post on Riptide for our archives. It will remain in The Arts category on our right sidebar and in this space.

Cindy Chan Review