Mary Corbin

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Mary Corbin is an artist and writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She can’t get enough vivid colors, walks in the woods and well-told tales. She recently published her first nonfiction book. Visit her website at marycorbinwrites.com.

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A weaving of worlds: Miguel Arzabe explores ch’ixi

September 22, 2022

Everyday Bolivian textiles and harvest moon ritual inspire the Oakland artist.

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What lies beneath? Santa Cruz-based artist looks for truth in our faces

September 1, 2022

Sara Birns' weird, warped, wonderful visages are her way of showing bliss.

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A suspended state of grace: Raymond Holbert and his underwater arias

August 28, 2022

Former CCSF art instructor breaks new ground via digitally-remixed photography.

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Mystic Moon Mamas and Matisse: What inspires artist Serena Viola Corson

August 21, 2022

The painter's scenes of platonic joy and curious street scores celebrate being human.

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Berkeley artist Raymond L. Haywood and the Black canvas

August 14, 2022

From the crushing weight of history, the trained carpenter creates alternate realities.

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“How human we are”: Nimah Gobir expands the space of Black love

August 10, 2022

The North Oakland-based artist honors family ties with a stitch and a stroke.

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Etudes of impermanence: Wanda Westberg’s works converse with deeper consciousness

August 2, 2022

“When I am painting, there is no ego. Sometimes before, sometimes after, but not during!” says Berkeley painter

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Look again: Rebekah Goldstein’s colorful shaped canvases hold sincere complexity

July 20, 2022

The Bayview painter works intuitively: “I’m so curious to see what the final image will look like, I want to surprise myself”

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Painter Brett Amory’s shadowy subjects are engulfed in the flow of life

June 22, 2022

Epic 20-year series 'Waiting' has captured the intangible in the banal; now the Oakland artist is looking toward what's next

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Oakland’s Heidi Brueckner turns COVID detritus into quirky, assertive art

June 8, 2022

Oil paints were joined by banned paper bags and bubble-wrap-filled mailers in the creative's pandemic dark days