Tania Alcala
For Tania Alcala, art is all about freedom. Tania describes her art as "a search for the sublime greatness in human nature." Tania Alcala was born and raised in Mexico City, where she studied oil painting under Juan Hernandez. For Tania, her passion for painting is the ultimate act of freedom, allowing contradiction, intuition, risk and exhilaration to come into play.

Tania's large atmospheric pieces convey her deeply moving experiences from the skies along with her lifelong fascination with color. These abstract, expressionistic works of art have an inner complexity, compellingly and sensuously immersing the viewer in a uniquely personal way. Her smaller paintings shift your view from her large-scale abstract expressionistic work of the sky to the intimately close up views of the earth. Tania adds a level of creativity to these small squares of the earth captured in acrylic paint. The resin finish on all Tania's work is similar in nature to the varnishes used by artists a century ago and acts like a mirror's reflecting surface, adding another dimension to this very 21st century painter's work. Her work has been exhibited in Milan, Italy and widely in solo and group exhibitions in shows and galleries throughout California.

Like the proverbial "the sky's the limit", Tania Alcala paints as she lives, in the spaces between heaven and earth.

Jenifer Broomberg
Jenifer Broomberg is a representational artist who communicates powerful emotion through her work. She is both a painter and sculptor, commenting on the human experience, beauty and emotion.

Born and raised in South Africa, she studied art from a very young age, later majoring in art at high school and studying with the renowned South African artist, Bill Ainslee. She immigrated to the United States at the age of 22 where she continued her art education at the University of Houston and the Glassel School of Art in Houston and began exhibiting her art and teaching. She now lives in California where she has taught art for several years both privately and at a San Diego School of Music and Art where she held the position of Art Director. She also holds position as Honorary Board Member of the La Jolla Art Festival and has juried several art competitions including the Congressional Art Caucus for the House of Representatives and panel review critiques for senior art exhibitions for graduating college students. She has exhibited her work extensively and has been represented by several galleries in California, Texas and the East Coast for the past 20 years.

Araceli's interest in art began at an early age and as she explored and experienced art opportunities to collaborate with other fine arts developed. In 2001 she received a Bachelors of Fine Arts in dance education from Arizona State University. She created several artworks for dance companies that have inspired dance-works and vice versa. She is the resident visual artist at Freese Elementary teaching academics through art and dance. The technique she recently connects with is pastels. They provide a soft sensuous quality that reflects an innate beauty.

T. A. Johnson is a fine artist living in working in the United States of America, whose work is exhibited and collected internationally. Her paintings are represented and exhibited in galleries for private collection, as well as are available for commission for high-end residential homes and commercial spaces. Her clientele ranges from commissions in exclusive homes featured in California Homes Magazine, from collectors such as actor Ray Romano to the offices of Merrill Lynch. Her love of the environment and animals has involved her work for commission by the Los Angeles Zoo, and she has donated to various animal groups such as the SD Humane Society. Tracy received her art education at the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA in 2000 where she received her B.F.A. in Illustration. She also studied fine art and therapy at Pitzer College in Claremont, CA.

Sinclair Stratton
When Sinclair Stratton channels her deep love for animals onto the paper, what emerge are vibrantly colorful images that capture the essence of her subjects and the admiration of her human audience, as well.

Sinclair's captivating portraits of wild and domestic life, created with watercolor in a deep-saturation technique that brings an unusual intensity to the medium, brought unexpected fame to the self-taught artist when Forbes Magazine named her "Best Emerging Artist" in a 2002 article on the world's leading pet portrait artists.

No longer a secret, Sinclair has been commissioned to immortalize the beloved pets of patrons from well beyond the borders of her native San Diego. Her paintings grace walls from Los Angeles to Miami's South Beach, and recent commissions have brought her work to London and Belgium.
Sinclair's creativity and passion for her artistry are rooted in her fondness for the creatures that share our world, and this devotion extends beyond the brush. Sinclair has actively supported non-profit animal organizations and works closely with numerous animal welfare organizations in San Diego County. Her donated paintings are integral to the interior décor of the new San Diego Humane Society & SPCA facility, and she dedicates a percentage of the proceeds from her popular calendar to animal-related nonprofit organizations.

Lia Strell is a Southern California sculptor designer. Her style is alluring.
To appreciate Lia's art is to understand the artist. Her work has been evolving since the introduction to oil painting at age six.

She was painting before she could sign her name properly. By age twelve, Lia knew she was going to be an artist. Her University years were spent exploring art through glass and clay.

In the early 1990's Lia was fascinated with marble and sculpted in Italy. She created a marble series that is valued and cherished. Lia's work is now in the metals, Copper, Aluminum, Bronze, Gold, & Silver. She also spends time at her computer developing new ideas to share.

Juli Veee
Born Gyula Visnyei on February 22, 1950 in Budapest, Hungary, his boyhood days were spent in dismal poverty. Like a "gem in the rough", this youth's body, mind and soul, however, were "rich" with valuable qualities just waiting to be discovered.

At the age of 18, to his unsuspecting family's great dismay, Juli challenged "fate", making a daring escape from the depths of Communist oppression by impulsively defecting from his homeland (to which he would not return for twenty (20) years due to the threat of imprisonment). With nothing more than the clothes on his back, not speaking a word of English, this well-read young man with a vivid imagination, passion for adventure, ambition and ingenuity, made his way to AMERICA ("The Land of Golden Opportunities").

In spite of all the setbacks along the way, a determined Juli clung to his aspirations of playing pro soccer. He made the long, arduous up-hill journey, to become a celebrity athlete, in stride. Juli achieved notoriety for his brilliance on the field while playing for prominent First Division teams in France and Belgium. Juli is best known for his tenure with THE SAN DIEGO SOCKERS where he established himself as the epitome of indoor soccer with an impressive record-laden career. Juli spearheaded the team to victory, winning five (5) championships; he received "Most Valuable Player of the Year" accolades, three (3) times, and has a plethora of individual scoring records, several of which still stand today. In deference to Juli's legendary scoring and game-winning abilities, his player number (22) and jersey were retired (twice) and displayed in places of honor at THE SAN DIEGO SPORTS ARENA and THE SAN DIEGO HALL OF CHAMPIONS. Furthermore, on February 12, 1997, Juli Veee became the first soccer player, in local history, to be inducted into San Diego's BREITBARD HALL OF FAME.

The sun set on Juli's professional playing days when he retired from soccer in 1988. With his illustrious career behind him, the highly acclaimed: "Double Deuce, Triple E, the One and Only, JULI VEEE!" would turn the tables on "fate" once more by making the difficult and painstaking transition from athlete to professional artist. Juli began dabbling in art in 1983 purely for pleasure. Thanks to the encouragement and support of loved ones, Juli now aspires to make his distinct "mark" on the "Art World". A man of many interests, Juli's diversity is reflected in his portfolio which includes a vast array of contemporary, abstract, 3-dimensional and Southwestern art. Additionally, Juli is one of the few artists who possesses the skills to mass-produce his own images, namely in the form of handcrafted, gallery-quality, limited edition serigraphs. He has also pioneered a new technique, which combines photography with serigraphy with impressive results.