Dreams of California through the eyes of San Diego artists

bitions spotlight creative interpretations specific to artists of San Diego County.

Located in San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter, L Street Fine Art Gallery’s San Diego Dreaming exhibit features 30 San Diego-based artists through July 5, 2015.

Oceanside

Museum of Art (OMA) and L Street Fine Art Gallery together celebrate the work of outstanding San Diego-based artists as they individually interpret the California Dream in partnering exhibitions.

As extensions of “California Dreaming” — the international juried exhibition that traveled to Italy in 2014, returned for exhibit at OMA, and is currently on view at the Riverside Art Museum through early summer 2015 — the dual San Diego Dreaming exhi-

Those hailing from North County communities include: Rebecca Bauer of Cardiff; Rita Shulak of Carmel Valley; Richard Dowdy, Diane O’Connell, Robert Pendleton and Rosemary Valente of Carlsbad; Julie Ann Stricklin of Del Mar; Robert Avon Lees and Jim Hornung of Encinitas; Shuang Li of Escondido; Mark Jesinoski, Anita Lewis and Glen Maxion of Oceanside; Connie McCoy of Rancho Santa Fe; Amber Foote and Helen Shafer Garcia of Vista.

Participating artists from other communities within San Diego County include: Bre Custodio, Paula Des Jardins, Amber George, Ken Goldman, Kirby Kendrick, Sherry Krulle-Beaton, Margaret Larlham, Chris Martino, Joe Nalven, Robyn Oliver, Robin Raznick, RD Riccoboni, Julianne Ricksecker, and Michael Taylor.

The partnering San Diego Dreaming exhibition at OMA, which continues through June 21, includes the work of 40 prominent San Diego-based artists, juried by Malcolm Warner, Executive Director of the Laguna Art Museum.

The original 2014 California Dreaming invitation to submit artwork exploring the celebrated lifestyle, influences, and environs of Southern California was met with enthusiastic worldwide response.