Artists | Palm Desert Artist Registry

John Melvin

Architectural; Visual Arts: Sculpture, Site-specific

John Kenneth Melvin (MFA-SFAI), is a multi-disciplinary Eco-Artist inspiring cultural exchange via commissions and exhibitions internationally. A born & raised Bay Area native, he divides his off-project time between the USA and France, where he...

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Michael Clapper Studios

Visual Arts: Sculpture

Dear Committee, I feel that public art is a way of communicating the core emotion or essence of any given place or situation. What public art can, and should be, is an engaging piece of art that educates and-or evokes an emotional response within...

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Billy Joe Miller

Architectural; Visual Arts: Fine Art, Fountains, Installation, Kinetic, Mixed Media, Mosaics, Photography, Sculpture, Site-specific

Billy Joe Miller is an interdisciplinary artist who creates sculptures, installations, and public art in response to the natural world. The themes of transformation and sanctuary are integral to his work. His experiences working in hospice,...

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Daniel Moore

Visual Arts: Other, Sculpture

A good public art story considers all the significant elements and weaves them together into artistic form. Public art creates a more humane environment; one of distinction, enjoyment, and pride for all citizens. My work comes from a deep and broad...

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Anne Faith Nicholls

Architectural; Visual Arts: Murals, Painting, Sculpture, Site-specific; Public Art

Anne Faith Nicholls b. 1979, Victoria B.C. Anne Faith Nicholls is an American contemporary artist recognized for her Neosurrealistic paintings and sculptures. Her work has been exhibited in museums, galleries, collections, and art fairs around the...

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Lori Nozick

Architectural; Visual Arts: Installation, Murals, Other, Sculpture; Patinaed Metal Panels

Concurrent with my voyage through time and geography, my work explores time through unexpected passages. The forms and reference of my work are of architectural structures and organic materials with primal approaches, an intuitive dynamic informed...

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Joseph O'Connell

Architectural; Visual Arts: Kinetic, New Media / Technology, Sculpture

I am the founder of Creative Machines and its artistic director. Over 27 years I have developed a staff of 30 carefully chosen artists, engineers, architects, fabricators, designers and project managers – all united by a shared vision of creativity,...

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GReg Olson

Furniture; Performing Arts: Storyteller, Vocal; Visual Arts: Abstract, Fences / Gates, Installation, Jewelry, Kinetic, Sculpture, Site-specific, Woodcraft; Metal

Greg Olson is a Los Angeles-based multidisciplinary artist and fabricator whose work spans painting, metal, and wood. Born in Arizona and raised in Texas, I began my artistic path as a painter before serving in the U.S. Navy in 1994. After...

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Tyler Ontiveros

Performing Arts: Music; Visual Arts: Abstract, Fine Art, Graffiti, Graphic Design, Illustration, Installation, Jewelry, Kinetic, Mixed Media, Mosaics, Murals, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Site-specific, Wall Treatments, Woodcraft

Tyler Ontiveros was raised in the Coachella Valley and has always had an artistic eye. One to dive into new artistic outlets and mediums with confidence and curiosity, he’s pushing his unique abilities daily. Recently branching out from musical...

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Jeff Owen

Visual Arts: Sculpture

ARTIST STATEMENT My art is about life. My sculptures are a combination of the past and present. I have a deep affinity toward the materials I work with, a sense of emotion for what the material was originally used for and now what it will become in...

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VANESSA PARTIDA

Architectural; Furniture; Visual Arts: Abstract, Graphic Design, Illustration, Jewelry, New Media / Technology, Painting, Photography, Textiles; Metal

vanessa partida designs is an art and design studio specializing in custom architectural and decorative products. Our collection includes luxury metal and wood panels, handcrafted rugs, artistic surfboards, and custom decorative plates designed for...

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Pattie Porter Firestone

Visual Arts: Sculpture

My fun 3D work tries to capture the unseen energies that flow and connect us all. My WuHao Tai Ji practice helps me experience the chi. With a variety of waves of energy moving around and through us like sound, radio waves and astro-particles all...

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Prentice Colbert, Inc

Visual Arts: Kinetic, Other, Sculpture

With a background in architecture, I have been involved with public art as a kinetic sculptor for over forty years both in this country and abroad. Since 2012 I have been in partnership with David Colbert as Prentice Colbert, Inc. My career has been...

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Ernesto Ramirez

Visual Arts: Fine Art, Murals, Painting; Surrealist artist

My Background I was born in beautiful Guanajuato, Mexico. When I was 5 years old, my parents decided to move to Mazatlán. Growing up on the Pacific Coast I fell in love with the ocean, but I always had the desire to go back to Guanajuato to pursuit...

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Lisa Reinertson

Visual Arts: Sculpture

Lisa Reinertson is known for both life size figurative ceramic sculptures and large-scale public sculptures cast in bronze. Her work ranges in content from semi-autobiographical female figures with animals in clay to historic bronze monumental...

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Javier Rocabado

Visual Arts: Illustration, Mosaics, Murals, Painting, Site-specific

Over the past nine years, I have actively engaged in designing, painting, fabricating, installing, and leading both public and private art projects. My portfolio includes diverse works such as murals in underpasses and retention walls, installation...

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Tyler Sanchez

Performing Arts: Creative Writing, Music, Poet, Spoken Word, Storyteller, Vocal; Visual Arts: Abstract, Jewelry, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Site-specific, Watercolor

Tyler Sanchez also known as the artist Tyler The Lady was born in North Hollywood and raised in PNW. Working in Alaska for the fisheries industry, supporting casts and crews of shows such as The Deadliest Catch is now thawing out and settling in the...

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Joey Sarno

Visual Arts: Installation, Kinetic, Mixed Media, Other, Sculpture, Site-specific, Textiles; Large Scale Macrame

JOEY SARNO IS A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CONTEMPORARY MACRAME ARTIST WHO EXPLORES THE MEDIUM THROUGH THE USE OF UNCONVENTIONAL FOUND OBJECTS, MATERIALS, AND TEXTILES WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP OF SCALE IN THE ART FORM

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Brian Schader

Visual Arts: Installation, Mixed Media, Sculpture, Site-specific

Brian Schader takes a distinctly contemporary form and conveys to the viewer a sense of elevation of the soul. Primarily choosing to create Additive or Assembled works, Schader’s pieces rely heavily on geometric forms, creating a connection to the...

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Charles Sherman

Visual Arts: Sculpture

In 1981 I committed myself to a life of art. For the next 25 years I was developing myself as an artist, studying art history, the old masters and modern and contemporary art. I was reading books and magazines on the subject, traveling to museums in...

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Showcase Mosaics

Visual Arts: Mosaics, Murals

For me, mosaic is a form of magic. The process of breaking down large sheets of glass, finding that perfect glass for each small piece, that just right hue, level of transparency and surface texture that will speak to what I’m trying to say with...

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Po Shu Wang

Visual Arts: Other, Site-specific; Public Art

ARTIST BACKGROUND My interest in site-inspired art started in the Rome Academy of Fine Arts, Italy. After graduation, I spent 15 years in Europe working my art and teaching into adulthood. The most lasting influence from those years is the...

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Timothy Smith

Visual Arts: Fine Art, Installation, Mixed Media, Murals, Painting, Site-specific

Timothy Robert Smith is a painter and public artist, using realism and shifting perspective techniques to create cinematic stories that explore our perception of reality. He is known for his murals that feature larger-than-life characters in extreme...

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Sarah Soward

Visual Arts: Fine Art, Illustration, Mixed Media, Murals, Painting, Printmaking

Sarah Soward (pronounced SOH-wurd) is an artist with a focus on endangered wildlife and color. She holds a BFA from the California College of the Arts (view her art C.V.). She shows and competes internationally. Highlights of her career include...

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