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 marycorbin.com.

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SF’s Lisa Esherick paints ‘how light comes crashing down into darkness’

May 20, 2022

A natural voyeur with no interest in the posed model, the artist makes paintings of ordinary life that pique imagination

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From deep sea volcanoes to Antarctica, an artist who collaborates with scientists

April 28, 2022

Berkeley's Lily Simonson paints remote parts unknown to wake us up to our impact on the planet.

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In Neo Serafimidis’ photographs, mysteries permeate the familiar

April 12, 2022

Everyday objects—and an ingenious series documenting people peering from their homes during the pandemic—are all in his purview.

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Life’s a grand circus—art is, too—for painter Michael Brennan

March 31, 2022

The artist-designer magically transforms pandemic into pandemonium and art-world portraits into carnivalesque celebration

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Get wavey: Casey Gray’s work vibrates with the simple pleasures of being

March 23, 2022

The skateboarder and new dad's aerosol paintings and wood sculptures help makes sense of everyday overload.

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Within wood panels, Marsha Balian weaves intimate found-object tales

March 9, 2022

The "hunter-gatherer" artist scours for materials like children's blocks and antique household fixtures to create complex stories.

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Intricate illustrator Casey Cripe’s is a very open studio

March 1, 2022

The Bay-born artist works on encyclopedic information visualizations—and welcomes visitors.

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Monica Lundy paints forgotten histories and overlooked individuals

February 22, 2022

Oakland-Italy artist has created portraits of sex workers and the incarcerated, and renders a psychology of space.

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Smoky air, social distancing: Gina Gaiser chronicles subtle moments of our now

February 16, 2022

The photographer takes inspiration from Warhol's quote: 'You need to let the little things that would ordinarily bore you suddenly thrill you.'

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Oakland artist finds her cadence in the weather of emotions

January 24, 2022

“I’ve been in a different octave my whole life," Ruth Boerefyn says. Her installations are proof.