May Featured Artist:

B.J. Stapen
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Reception:

Saturday
May 3
1-4 pm

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Gallery Los Olivos presents "Colorfields,"
impressionistic landscape oil paintings by Artist B.J. Stapen.

“Colorfields” will be on display from May 1 -31 at the Gallery,
located at 2930 Grand Avenue, Los Olivos, CA.
The Gallery is open from 10 am to 5 pm daily.

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Artist B.J. Stapen brings the coast, vineyards, and mountains of Santa Barbara County to life
through the use of vibrant color in her landscape oil paintings. For this exhibit, Stapen has
simplified her style to accentuate the broad expanse of colors of the Santa Ynez Valley and
Central Coast. As BJ states, “I wanted to exaggerate the play of color and pattern, at times
flattening the perspective while emphasizing the surface.”

An accomplished plein air painter since she was a child, BJ holds advanced degrees in art
and design, and has won numerous juried awards. BJ’s love for the natural beauty of the
Central Coast is reflected through her impressionistic use of patterns, shapes and colors,
and she is drawn to the way light dances on our landscape during different seasons of the
year. A member of Oil Painters of America, SCAPE (Founding Member), CA Art Club,
SB Art Assoc., SB Visual Arts, and SB Studio Artists, BJ’s art is widely collected, and
can be viewed at www.bjstapen.com.


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