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LAST ISSUE
We had a good run! We enjoyed it, and we hope that you did too! In April, 2016, Holly Cline, Executive Director of the Santa Ynez Valley Arts, proposed to the Board of Directors, that we start an “ezine” to celebrate the arts in the Santa Ynez Valley. We published our very first issue in May, 2016. In 2018, Lompoc Valley Art Association took over the publication and included artist’s from both the Lompoc and Santa Ynez Valleys. Fifty-six issues later, we are now sadly ending our monthly publication. During our time, we reached 89,725 readers in many different countries. The ezine was read, not only in the United States, but also places like Canada, Ireland, Spain, Brazil, India and the Netherlands. We are immensely proud that we have been able to document events, tell artists’ stories and show the beautiful art that has been produced by artists in the Santa Ynez and Lompoc Valleys. Of course, this does not happen without lots of help. I want to thank our Business Members who helped support our publications. To each and every one of you that has contributed articles and pictures, thank you. Thanks to Tom Chrones and Bill Morson for taking the pictures of all the artwork that are in the Cypress Gallery each month. Thanks to Karen Osland for her wonderful editing of my scratches each month and for researching and writing all of the mural articles. And to Holly Cline, who could look beyond, and who each month, continues to make the magic happen that is our publication. We hope we have brought some joy and awareness of the beauty in our area and you have enjoyed our journey. ~Kathy
It has been my pleasure, over the years, to get to know and work with so many of the artists that reside in Lompoc and the Santa Ynez Valley. I remain in awe of the talent that abounds within the community, and the generosity of the artists as they support the different organizations in the area. My hope is that I will remain in touch with this wonderful group of people, and perhaps work on new ventures with them! I encourage everyone to check out the Cypress Gallery, along with the other art museums and galleries. Venture into almost any wine tasting room or boutique shop, and you'll find local artists on display - you definitely won't be disappointed! ~Holly Cline
LOMPOC MURAL SOCIETY www.lompocmurals.com BY KAREN OSLAND
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Lompoc record, September 7, 2008 Title: "Lompoc Pioneers: The Moore Family Legacy" Year: 2010
Location: South Wall of 122 West Ocean Ave. Master Artist: David Blodgett. Description: Mural depicts the history of Moore’s Department Store in Lompoc Ca. This mural was the 17th Mural in a Day and David Blodgett was the master artist. He was also the Master Artist for the mural titled The History of Medicine in the Lompoc Valley painted in 2012, and for the Mural in a Day titled “Thanks for Caring”, that celebrated non- profit agencies in Lompoc. “Lompoc Pioneers” is located on the back (south) wall of the last Moore’s Department Store, which closed in July 1990. Blodgett designed the 11x75 foot mural using information and photographs furnished by the Moore family and the Lompoc Valley Historical Society. He was responsible for drawing the outline of the mural on the wall, mixing the paints, and directing the volunteer artists. The mural design had to incorporate the back doors to the store that faced the alley. The design also had to tell the story of the Moore family and their store. Blodgett chose pictures of the Moore family from the 1880s and 1890’s and pictures of some the store fronts of their earlier stores to the store’s final location. Designing a seventy -five-foot-long mural is challenging. Blodgett had to determine how many images would tell the story without the mural becoming crowded. He also had to put enough details in the mural outline so each artist could determine how paint the images. Blodgett also did not know how much each artist could paint in one day so he designed the mural as if he was going to paint it by himself. The Participating Artists for this Mural in a Day were : Minnie Anderson, Vicki Andersen, Diane Atturio, Michele Casteel, Noval Casteel, Trish Campbell, James Cochrane, Cynthis Contreras, Hal Dayton, Jonathan Davis, Sharon Donaghe, Linda Gooch, Frankie Guerrero, Angie Hamlin, Abby Hogan, Debbie Jones, Peggy Kizzah, Carol Oliveira, Nancy Phelps, Katelin Sylvester, Nita Streetman, Dee Sudbury, Sue Treuhaft and Ann Thompson.
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Mural end - left
Mural mid point
The scenes in the Mural begin with the date 1878, and a background image of the Lompoc Wharf. By this date the Lompoc Temperance Colony had been settled for just over four years. There were approximately 1600 people living in the valley and town. The Santa Barbara Morning Press reported that the Lompoc School District had 275 students. There were numerous business located along Ocean Ave between G and J street and along several blocks on north and south H street. These included a blacksmith shop, livery stable, fire insurance company, meat market, a boot maker, a dentist, and several grocery and hardware stores. The wharf at Lompoc Landing, twelve miles from town, had been completed. Ships now were able to unload lumber and other goods and the farmers could send their produce to San Francisco. (Santa Barbara Morning Press, June 1878) In late 1879 George Washington Moore and his family settled in Lompoc. The 1880 federal census for Lompoc lists him, his wife Brohelia, and sons Frank B , George W. Jr and Frederik. Another son, Harold, was born in 1888. His occupation is listed as “farmer”. The large portrait of the man and woman and the smaller one of the three boys are painted from a Moore family picture taken circa 1884. The first Lompoc business that George W. Moore engaged in was the Lompoc Livery Stable. A Lompoc Record article in May, 1881 states that “John Dockery has sold out his livery stable to Pressley & Moore,” and a June 4, 1881 advertisement says that F. Pressley and Geo. W. Moore “have just purchased the Lompoc Livery Stable and will give strict attention to the business.” Moore did not stay in partnership with Pressley for long. In May of 1882 Pressley is listed as the sole owner of the Livery Stable. (Lompoc Record, May, 1882). In the mural foreground, below the Lompoc Wharf, there is a painting of a man with a wagon and a six- horse team. In interviews and oral histories, George Moore’s descendants recall that he had a wagon and six horse team and that he was in the freight business. He hauled produce and merchandise between Lompoc and the wharf at Lompoc landing. By 1882 Lompoc Valley farmers were raising a variety of crops. Hundreds of acres were planted to barley, beans, corn, and wheat. Ranchers were raising hogs, cows, and sheep. The only practical way to get the crops to the markets in San Francisco was by ship. Farm produce was hauled by teamsters the twelve miles to the Lompoc Wharf and “canned goods, dry goods, flour, hardware and iron that had been delivered by ship brought back into town. During good weather one round trip was made every day.” (Barker, 1975). The work was hard, and for a number of years this is how George Moore apparently made a living. By the mid 1880’s there were over two thousand people living the Lompoc Valley. Lompoc had five churches, two doctors and a dentist, a realtor, several blacksmith shops and wagon makers, an undertaker, over six stores carrying dry
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goods, groceries, and general merchandise. There were two hotels, a bank, a notary public, and of course an insurance salesman. On the northeast corner of H street and Ocean Ave was the Lompoc Produce Exchange store of Doak and Brittain. N. S. Doak had moved the building there in1882 and turned it into a grocery store, (Lompoc Record 1882). Although the store sold goods for cash, customers also were encouraged to exchange local produce, poultry, and eggs for the items they needed. Sometime between 1885 and January, 1887 George W. Moore went into partnership with John N. Saunders and they bought out Doak and Brittain. A March 26, 1887 advertisement in the Lompoc Record reads “Saunders and Moore, Dealers in groceries and Notions, Successors to Doak and Brittain. We keep a large assortment of the most necessary household articles and clothing for Laboring People.”
George W. Moor and Co.
Moore was in business with Saunders until January, 1888. A legal notice in the Lompoc Record on Jan 15, 1888 stated that the firm of Saunders and Moore is dissolved and will be the firm of G.W. Moore and Company. The Company was composed of George Moore, his oldest son Frank B. Moore and F. A. Calhoun. By January of 1889 the store was no longer only a grocery store but was now offering a variety of goods. A large advertisement “offered a Special Inducement Sale for the next sixty days—Goods will be cut 25 to 50 percent. We are now carrying men, women’s and children’s shoes, comforts and blankets, men over and underware, men’s and women’s clothing, crockery, tinware, paints and oils, groceries, and specialties. Goods delivered to all parts of town. Eggs and poultry taken in trade.” (Lompoc Record, 1889)
In the spring of 1889, the small building housing the G. W. Moore and Company store was torn down. Shown in the Mural is the new building constructed on the north east corner of Ocean Ave and H Street. It was called the Dean Building. By October,1889 it housed the G.W. Moore and Company Store and Deans Drug Store. The October 12, 1889 advertisement for the store read, “GW Moore and Co. is now selling dry goods, boots and shoes, carpets and furnishing goods, and dealers in grain, seeds and potatoes etc. Wholesale and retail Grocers, and highest prices paid for all dairy and ranch products.” (Lompoc Record, Oct. 1889). In 1890 they sold out their produce section and between 1890 and 1894 their advertisements are for clothing and dry goods
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South H Mercantile Union
Moore and Dickens store front
In March 1894, the G. W. Moore and Co. advertisement was for a closing out sale due to retirement. This ad ran in the Lompoc Record through June 1894. George Moore did not retire immediately as there is an advertisement in the Lompoc Record in September and October of 1894 for G. W. Moore and Son. However, in November 1894 two of Moore’s sons, Frank Moore and George Moore Jr bought out W. B. Hollands stock and business. It was located on the SW corner of H and Ocean. The article in the Lompoc Record read, “The new name will be the Moore Brothers. Frank will continue the old business of G. W. Moore and Son on the opposite corner, and George will deal in groceries, provisions, glass, crockery, and wooden ware.” (Lompoc Record, Nov 1894). The portrait in the mural, just above and to the right of the doorway, is of Frank and Anna Moore and their sons Howard and Ernest. It is from a family picture taken about 1904. By that date Frank Moore had formed a partnership with J. P Gury under name of Gury and Moore. They had incorporated in 1903 as the Mercantile Union. They carried dry goods and hardware. In August of 1905 Gury sold his interest of the Mercantile Union to Frank Moore. Later in 1905, Frank Moore obtained a tenyear lease of the ground floor of the new Odd Fellows Building built at the SW corner of H street and Ocean Ave. The street scene on the mural just below the Frank Moore family portrait shows this new location for the Mercantile Union. The view is from the center of Ocean Ave and H street facing south. In 1908, The Mercantile Union ran an early day “Shop Local” ad. “Remember, when you spend your money at home you help your town. When you send your money away you take a shingle off your own roof.” (Lompoc Journal April 25, 1908) 1905 Front new Mercantile Union building
Although no longer in business with his son, George Moore Sr. continued to involve himself in the grocery and mercantile store business. A December 1908, Lompoc Journal article stated “Geo. W. Moore, Sr., is arranging to re-open the Model Cash Store just sold out by Maurice Kirkpatrick and expects a consignment of new goods in a few days. Mr. Moore is an old hand at the grocery business and for a number of years conducted a store in this same stand and was one of the first merchants of the town. We are glad Mr. Moore is getting into business again and wish him every success in the venture.”
Saunders and Moore eastside Ocean
In February 1909, George W. Moore Sr, went into a partnership with Bird Dickens, a local farmer. They ran a small grocery store in the 200 block of West Ocean Ave. A Lompoc Record, February 19, 1909 article read, “The new firm of Moore and Dickens are getting their store well stocked up with reasonable goods are soliciting for their share of the patronage as will be seen in their ad elsewhere in this issue.” The ad stated that they “had nice fresh groceries and are they are the only kind we handle and we have them to suit the taste of the most fastidious. We make a specialty of fine Swiss Provisions and fancy and staple articles, and assortment of outfits for working men. Cash prices and small profits.” Moore did not stay in the partnership long. By April he had sold his share to John Watson. “A change in the firm of Moore and Dickens was made Saturday when J. M. Watson bought out Moore’s half interest in the grocery store. The firm has been doing a good business but Mr. Moore decided to retire” ( Lompoc Record April 2, 1909.) In 1915 the lease on the Odd Fellows Building ran out and the Mercantile Union moved out. In February, 1916 The Mercantile Union changed its corporate name to the Moore Mercantile Company. The directors were F. B. Moore, Anna F. Moore, R. M. White, Estelle White, Ernest F. Moore. In that month, the business moved into its new building in the 100 block of West Ocean Ave. The new 1921 Ernest Moore wagon store’s opening was covered in the Lompoc Journal. “Tomorrow will be opening day at the new store of the Moore Mercantile Co. The stock is now all placed and the new firm ready for business in one of the most handsomely arranged stores in Lompoc.” (Lompoc Journal, 10 March 1916) From 1917 until his death in 1927, Frank Moore operated Moore Mercantile with his wife Anna and their son Ernest. Moore’s continued to sell a variety of dry goods, clothing, and groceries. They also continued to deliver goods and groceries to their customers. The painting of the man with the horse and wagon is taken from a 1921 picture of Ernest Moore. In the original picture he is crossing the Santa Ynez River to make a delivery. Moore's Art Deco, 1966
MURAL CONT... Moore’s continued to offer a large variety of goods and services to its customers. This 1920’s Christmas advertisement in the Lompoc Record has a list typical of the type merchandise available to the people in Lompoc. “A Christmas Gift From MOORE’S is a Gift worthwhile—there’s usefulness and quality combined. The joy of Christmas giving is found in the care and thought, given to your gift choosing—and in the reputation and quality of the gift received. Gifts from this Store will mean much to those you will remember Just a few Suggestions electric coffee urns, electric waffle irons electric heaters. electric grills, electric percolators, pyrex casseroles, pyrex pie plates pyrex baking dishes, silk underwear, silk shirts for men, sterling 'belt buckles with belt, blankets, comforts, toys, games, tricycles. wagons. rogers & son silverware, Japanese table covers with napkins. Come in and we will show you many other nice things. Our stocks are large and in great variety. We shall be more than pleased to have you come in and examine them. Moore Mercantile ‘SHOP EARLY AND SHOP AT MOORE’S’! Between 1927 and 1937 the Moore family expanded the physical size of their store, and by 1937 it covered half a block along the south side of Ocean Ave between H and I streets. The building with the Art Deco design on the right side of the Mural depicts the new building completed in 1937. In 1938, Anna Moore, Franks widow, and her two sons Ernest and Howard were running the store. “The principal departments are house furnishings, dry goods, clothing, hardware, grocery, and meat. There are sporting goods with displays reflecting current hunting and fishing seasons (O'Neill, 1939). The store continued to offer a wide selection of merchandise. For many years it was the one place residents could count on having what they needed in groceries, clothing, and hardware. However, in 1961 Moore’s Department Store closed out their grocery department and completed a renovation that allowed for the expansion of other departments. For the first time since the mid-1880s the Moore family did not own or manage a grocery store in Lompoc. When Moore’s Department Store closed July 29th, 1990, four generations of the family had served the community for over one hundred years. References: Lompoc Valley Historical Society, Moore Family files Lompoc Valley Historical Society, Early Street Scenes Binder Barker , P. B. Lompoc Legacy, Number 5, Spring 1975. Lompoc Valley Historical Society O'Neill, Owen 1939
History of Santa Barbara County, State of California. Its People and Its Resources. Owen H. O'Neill
(Author). Published by Harold McLean Meier - Santa Barbara, CA - 1939
Moore's blank wall
(Editor in Chief)
First step mural
Scaffolding group
Joellen Chrones
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INTO THE LIGHT • A WALK THROUGH THE CYPRESS BY ELIZABETH MONKS HACK I for one fully appreciate the title Kathy Badrak has given her December Cypress Gallery show. “Into the Light” celebrates creativity, the holidays, the coming new year, and the promise of an end to the pandemic. Most of us could name a few more. In her show notes, Badrak discusses how she has dealt with the loss of our familiar, mostly healthy world and modes of behavior. She decided to embrace art, venture into new territory, revisit neglected art materials and techniques, and make new friends via online interactive classes. Lucky for us! Badrak’s tactile relationship with her media is the essential ingredient of her art. “My background is in nature and collecting," she has said, "I love to be outdoors. A lot of my color combinations come from that.” As do her materials, aesthetic sensibilities and inclination towards Native American symbols and motifs. Although the variety of what the show includes is wide, all her works of art, whether playful, serious or whimsical, are drawn together by a bond with the natural world; with its tones, textures, materials and spiritual emanations. Gourds, a product of the earth, are pierced, etched, embedded with stones and embellished with all manner of materials, to create bowls, vases, lanterns, evocative “spirit keeper” figures and ornaments. Badrak’s abstract and mixed-media paintings are their perfect complement, which upon close inspection bring forth the types of surprises one would find in nature. Some of the paintings have been created with the “poured” acrylic technique, which suggests the flow of rivers and cells of a beehive. A prayer flag creation is included. Kathy Badrak gourd
This is a truly an uplifting show. To add to the inspiration Badrak has included a quote from author Kurt Vonnegut, who encourages anyone and everyone to make art, because “the arts are a very human way of making life more bearable.” She also sweetly offers us heart-shaped pocket affirmations to take home. Art as love! A standout painting in the main gallery is Betsee Talavera’s acrylic “Glow,” depicting a gnarled cypress tree caught in the final golden light of the setting sun. It is truly an integrated work in which the fluid brushstrokes of grass, bark, branches and light create a magnificent visual experience. Lee Hill’s work “Horses,” of two galloping steeds charging across an open field, has that same breath-taking effect, of light and movement captured in paint. I am enamored by Neil Andersson’s small oil “Goleta Beach,” where voluminous, low-hung clouds hover over the sea. Other treasures in the gallery take a wonderfully playful approach to the visual world, such as Michael Corob’s two watercolors of flowers in a vase. Like Matisse’s work, they colorfully bounce into our visual space. In “Persimmons” Diane Atturio has cut up a watercolor and reassembled it, adding a variety of textured papers. Julia Nash’s bold and fanciful oil of a sleeping reveler, “Man Sleeping,” is painted in her fresh, exuberant style. Tom Chrones has digitally manipulated a photograph called “Sunflowers,” creating the visual pleasure akin to that found in the film “Loving Vincent.” And of course we have our jewelry and fine Lee Hill, Horses craft artists who continue to delight us with a wide variety of gift creations. Make a point of visiting the Cypress Gallery soon. Art gawk and Christmas shop!
Julie Nash, Man Sleeping
We are open on the weekends and by appointment. We respect all state mandated guidelines for a safe gallery experience. Please check our website lompocart.org for details. We are operated by members of the Lompoc Valley Art Association, a 501c(3) non-profit organization committed to expanding and supporting access and exposure to the arts in the Lompoc and Santa Ynez Valley. Find us on Facebook/CypressGallery and view past issues of our eZine at issuu.com/santaynezvalleyarts
CYPRESS GALLERY EXHIBITING NOW
Here are a few selections of artwork for show and sale currently at the Cypress Gallery.
Betsee Talavera
Chris Jeszeck
Chris Jeszeck
Claudette Carlton
Diane Atturio
Elizabeth Hack
Elizabeth Hack
Joellen Chrones
Julie Nash
Kathy Badrak
Kathy Badrak
Kathy Badrak
Kathy Badrak
Kathy Badrak
Kathy Badrak
Toni Zybell and Joellen Chrones
Lee Hill
Lee Hill
Lynda Schiff
Michael Corob
Michael Corob
Neil Andersson
Neil Andersson
Neil Andersson
Kathy Badrak, Prayer Flags
Kathy Badrak, Sunny
Tom Chrones
Toni Zybell and Joellen Chrones
Toni Zybell
Vicki Andersen
Vicki Andersen
CYPRESS GALLERY DECEMBER FEATURED ARTIST KATHY BADRAK
Into the Light - What I have been doing. I have been dealing with change. In some ways it has been a slow, gradual realization that the world was not what I thought it to be. It was a change in perception. The other change was the abrupt, radical change in how we all must now go about our daily lives. Because of the change we all have lost something. How can I deal with this loss? I remembered a quote from a book I read as a very young adult, “When we take away from a man his traditional way of life, his customs, his religion, we had better make certain to replace it with something of value” (Robert Ruark) What is my “Something of Value?” For me, right now, it is art, or the act of creating. I had kept another quote tucked away in my “art ideas” notebook. I took it out and reread it and began to replace my loss with something of value. “Go into the arts. I’m not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Listen to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get enormous reward. You will have created something” Kurt Vonnegut
I love color and textures. I also love to experiment with new techniques and materials. When not creating with gourds I sometimes work with different forms of mixed media. I pulled out my box of materials, chose some recycled paper and cereal boxes, and started. I made a mask. Its facial expression mirrored the way I was feeling. It was fun. I felt better. I created another. I realized I was missing my connections with other artists. I went online and discovered a whole community of artists talking to each other, sharing ideas, and teaching via the wonders of Zoom. I took an online art journaling class. Doing the “homework” brought back my enjoyment of using my favorite art supplies, color schemes, and collage materials to create my favorite textures. In another class I created an inspiration scrapbook. There were no rules – only helpful guidelines and tools. There was freedom to explore. What I have relearned from these classes is how important it is to do what comes naturally and play and just be curious with my art. Sometimes it works and sometimes not. But it is OK to let go of those processes that don't work for me. Each class I have taken introduced me to new ideas, new techniques. They also reminded me of what I enjoy. They brought me back to myself. My December show is the result of what I have learned and what I been doing.
Vicki Andersen vickiandersen.com My work can be seen at:
Cypress Gallery, 119 E. Cypress Ave., Lompoc, CA Gallery Los Olivos, 2920 Grand Ave., Los Olivos, CA Alexander& Wayne/Arthur Earl wine tasting rooms, 2922 Grand Ave., LosOlivos, CA My studio by appointment -(805)588-3459 Follow me on:
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NEIL ANDERSSON paintings and drawings
Kiwanis Lake at Midday 18" x 24" oil on linen
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Virtual Museum Offerings The Wildling Museum is continuing its virtual programming series highlighting art and nature topics, now sponsored by Montecito Bank and Trust. Check out our latest recorded presentation featuring conservationist and author Beth Pratt online on our YouTube channel here: https://bit.ly/2VW3M0T Additional museum content and resources are regularly shared via the Wildling Museum email newsletter, social media, YouTube channel, and Virtual Visit page. Contact info@wildlingmuseum.org to subscribe to museum updates and learn more.
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JURYING AT GALLERY LOS OLIVOS Because of the pandemic, we have not set the date for the next jurying for membership in Gallery Los Olivos. Our primary concern is COVID safety for our applicants and our jurying team. If you would like to be notified when we schedule the next open jurying, please email GLOmembership@gmail.com and include: name, address, phone(s), preferred email address, website, social media for your art (if applicable), and medium. We welcome a range of styles – both contemporary and traditional. For an information sheet on How to Become a Member, go to www.gallerylosolivos.com/jurying. We’re open Thursdays through Mondays 10:00-5:00.
Since 2011 NatureTrack has made
learning outside, where science literally comes alive, a reality for teachers and their students throughout Santa Barbara County. This Los Olivos based 501(c)3 nonprofit was providing 1/2-day field trips to K-12 students at NO COST to schools. Then COVID-19 hit and the world as we know it changed, but the mission of NatureTrack has not.
NatureTrack has pivoted operations from field to film and continues to foster a lifelong fascination with nature through the use of virtual hikes and activities that motivate kids to get outside, when and where it's safe, to explore nature in their own "backyard". We all have been "Called-to-Action" these last few months; NatureTrack is no exception. When future generations look back at 2020 they will find our commitment to the students and the environment never waivered.
I didn't know nature could be that FUN!!! 3rd grader, Los Berros Elementary
Your donation today, will help us "track" by film or field into tomorrow! By the way, come "track" with us; volunteer and enjoy nature like never before.
Kathy Badrak