Featured Artists Exhibiting at the Conference

Riea Owens

I create what I create, because I love the human form and people of this planet . All I want to paint is people . I spent a career in entertainment advertising honing my Photoshop skills . This is where I learned to paint . Although it was painting electronically, I applied that knowledge to conventional painting with a brush, paint and canvas . I have yet to commit to one medium and probably never will . I paint in oils, acrylics, watercolors and pastels and digital works . There are times when, what flows of the tip of the brush is serendipitous and takes me aback . When that happens I just have to say “Whoa” where did that come from! My favorite part of the process is somewhere in the middle . It hard to know where to start and sometimes hard to know when to stop . But the middle seems to flow . Contact Info: rieaowens@earthlink.net; website– rieasart.com; IG – rieasart

Keni Arts

Keni Arts has been painting en plein air (outdoors) for over 50 years . He has captured street scenes across America, in Africa, Brazil, Canada, England, Germany and Mexico . Still, some of his favored sites are street scenes of Altadena and Pasadena .

When not on the road painting, he worked in film and television as a set painter and scenic artist until his retirement from the industry . Keni has received commendations from local and state officials for his art and community service . Visit: keniarts.com