2025 Southwest Arts Festival Program

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Tania Bolin is an award winning Artist currently residing in Yuma, Arizona. In 2009, she received her Bachelor of Arts from California State University Northridge.

Nature is the primary source of inspiration for her paintings. Bolin's work relies heavily on the imaginative use of bright and bold colors to create an emotional connection with the imagery. A combination of different materials such as acrylic paint, alcohol ink, clay, beads, and resin are used in her paintings, allowing her to create distinctive effects.

Her work was part of the Southwestern Invitational, which is a statewide Art event designed to exhibit Arizona's most exciting visual Artists. Bolin’s work has been featured in solo shows, different galleries in Arizona, the Phoenix Home & Garden Magazine, the Phoenix Zoo and her work was chosen to be part of the Phoenix Airport Museum permanent collection.

Larry Beard

Larry Beard’s love for the ocean and art started at an early age. His interest and respect for the ocean came from his time in competitive surfing where he thrived as an amateur, winning over thirty events, and went on to surf in the US Pro Tour for 10 years. While garnering a love for the ocean, he also took art classes and developed his artistic eye and own unique, abstract style. Larry’s sense for business that has built Solitary Exposure today has evolved through his involvement in 14 different start-up businesses in his career. These experiences culminate in Larry’s distinct experience as a businessman but also an artist who is always working to hone both crafts. From working in several businesses and fashion photography, Larry was called back to the ocean and his journey with ocean and landscape photography began. Now, Larry Beard is a National Geographic-awarded Photographer specializing in largeformat printing on HD Aluminum. Using a 62-megapixel camera, water housing, and years of experience creates Larry’s remarkable imagery.

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Christine Curry Painter

Color is the driving force in my creative journey, serving as both inspiration and expression. My exploration with colors shows moods, tells stories and creates narratives with the viewer. I use oils and pastels for their fluidity, their ease in blending and the ability to create a glow in my work.

Richard Curtner’s artwork writes epic poetry within the visual. For over 20 years this California native has created unique collages, blending his artistic talents with his passion for the written word. His word collages are created by combining thousands of cut-outs of written text all pertaining to a particular theme. He scours through hundreds of the highest quality magazines searching for colors, words, and phrases. Every minute detail is cut out by hand with an x-acto knife, glued together on board, and then varnished. The end result is a distinctive form of artwork in which you can discover something different every time you look at it. Curtner has garnered six best of show awards and has designed the show poster for nine different top tier fine art festivals.

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David Falossi with his son Christopher carve exotic stone glass and metals to create their sculpture. Their home and art studio is nestled into the rock in a community called Boulder Ridge in Yucca Valley.

When asked to describe his inspiration David explains, ”Sculpture is how I communicate my perspective, vision, and wonder of the miraculous equation of life.

I want to entice the viewer with beauty- not just visual attraction but a physical feeling that moves and resonates. I look for the spirit of my subject. Why is this happening? What is it about this theme that inspires me? Can it have a positive effect on people? There is a pattern of my subject matter to engage the viewer and redirect focus from the visual to the deeper meaning and the more profound potential in all of us.”

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Abel, Elisabeth 342

Adam, Leslee 157, 159

Agyemang, Nanasei 405

Ahmad, Hikmat 550, 551

Aldrich, Bart 156, 158

Aleksanyan, Shushan 323

Aloysi, Cristy 305, 307

Amato, Linda 207

Andre, Patti 202, 203

Aref, Sadegh 332, 324

Atapour, Hassan 636, 637, 638, 639

Avendano, Manuel 650

Ayers, Tris 519

Babayan, Nobe 204, 206

Barbera, Marie & Frank 417, 419

Barnes, Craig 327

Barrios Pereyra, Silvana 146

Barseghian, Naira & Rafik 624, 625

Beals, Mike 432, 433, 434, 435

Beard, Larry 228, 229, 230, 231

Belloni, Tom 505, 507

Bender, Irina 306

Benoit, Christian 401, 403

Blazejovsky, Vojtech 516

Bolin, Tania 320, 322

Branger, Veronique 726

Brodowski, Brian 423

Brown, Adriana 201

Bryan, Barbara 404

Bueneker, Siep 520, 521, 522, 523

Burg, Myra 437

Burke, Kevin 513

Caputo, Jon 649

Carroll, Gisella 418

Chang, Paula 304

Chik, Sena 102

Choi, Anna 628, 630

Clovis, Jerry 336

Cohen, Jacob Jackie 140

Cole, Candiss 345, 347

Commins, Clarine 143

Coopersmith, Justin 514, 515

Crawford, David 348, 349, 351

Cummings, Liz 436, 438, 439

Curry, Christine 243

Curtner, Richard 116, 117, 118, 119

Da Terra, Sal 317

Dallas, Angela 729, 731

Daniel, Reeyna 205

Donohue, Linda 528, 530

Dranchak, Sue 416

Dunlop, Elizabeth 318, 319

Echols, Dana 518

Efstratis, Chris 532, 533

Ely, Ian 736, 737

Falossi, David 108, 110

Feldman, Candace 226, 227

Felicia 424, 426

Flanigan, Jack 554

Frazier, Susan 312

Froggatt, Marilyn 112, 114

Garcia, Rene 512

Garcia, Amy 352, 353, 354, 355

Glann, Al 141

Gomez, Betzabeth 144

Goyatton, Yves 406, 407

Grissom, Connery 337

Gunnell, Matt 241

Gurung, Dorje 643

Ha, John 704, 705, 706, 707

Hakobyan, Harut 356, 358

Hardy, David 115

Hausserman, Christine 248, 249, 250, 251

Henderson, Carolyn 421

Heredia, Hugo 219

Hines, Mark 208, 209, 210, 211

Hogan, Dana 325

Homan, Adam 553, 555

Hopping, Christopher 517

Horstman, Terry 142

Hughes, Elaine 218

Hyde, Robert Alan 216, 217

Jones, Damien 357, 359

Kachroo, Shakeel 106

Kidd, Crystal 548

King, Carina 339

Klug, K.C. 212, 213, 214, 215

Kolesnikow, Nicolas 626, 627

LaChaussee, Dan & Joi 148, 149, 150, 151

Ladislaus, Nancy 350

Laufman, Leslie 324

Layland, Adam 549

LeDuc, Maggie 145, 147

Leisz, Maia 728

Locke, Jerry 408, 409, 410, 411

Lynn, Linzi 224, 225

Lynn, Nancy 640, 642

Marlatt, Tom 716, 717, 718, 719

Martres, Laurent 452, 453, 454, 455

Mayo, Dean 600, 601, 602, 603

McPherson, Donald 252, 253, 254, 255

Mendez, Mel 236, 238

Mendoza, Alejandro 244, 245, 246, 247

Miller, Mellany 604

Mohr, Jane 700

Montanaro, Carlos 326

Morreale, Sean 457

Mosier, David 414, 415

Mullen, Jodi 616, 617

Munday, Krystal 605

Naumburg, Dorothee 340

Neal, Jill 328

Nehring, Rob 256, 257, 258, 259

Nelson, Jason 412, 413

Nelson, Janet 456

Nhel, Moran 300, 302

Nipper, Jackie & Charles 344, 346

Nzalamba, Paul 500, 501, 502, 503

Oberg, Eric 233, 235

Ochs, Jennifer Rae 644

Owen, Jeff 240, 242

Palmer, Scott 618, 619

Panetta, Michael 544, 545, 546, 547

Park, Youngbok 629, 631

Pecoff, Grant 529, 531

Pena, Juana 101, 103

Portwood, Diane 458

Reece, Brandon 459

Rincon, Cecilia 329

Roberts, Nathan 606

Rossow, Jairid 552

Rubinstein, Adam and Hong 330, 331

Rutledge, Charles 200

Ruvalcaba, Xochilt 608

Sandoval, Vincent 427

Santana, Gustavo 343

Sapphire, Bo 724

Sar, Aline 734

Schindler, Marna 420, 422

Schroeder, Reese 540

Seemayer, Jeff 104, 105, 107

Sexton, Marie 308, 309, 310, 311

Silcher, Graham 610

Silverman, Stephen 338

Sisco, Christine 541, 542, 543

Skiles, William 524

Smith, Kenneth 714

Soler, Cindy 333, 335

Sterling, Larry 534, 535

Stodder, Fred 612, 614

Svenneby, Krisi 341

Tate, David 100

Tebbs, Todd 609, 611

Tischer, Toni 321

Tragico, Winston 316

Tseng, Jeff 607

Vautier, Tai 646

Velasquez, Ramon & Rosa 152, 153, 154, 155

Vialar, Dominique 613

Vicknair, Nicholas 720, 721, 722, 723

Walton, Stephanie 113

Ward, Mayauel 525, 526, 527

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Weber, Carissa 314

Weil, Robert 428, 429, 430, 431

Welsh, Barbara 615

Youngs, Lauren 425

Yuricich, Dirk 632, 633, 634, 635

Zhou, Jie 237, 239

Zuniga, Guillermo 313, 315

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