{"id":220476,"date":"2025-09-12T09:10:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T09:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/220476\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T09:10:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T09:10:12","slug":"meet-artists-view-their-work-during-san-diego-coastal-art-studios-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/220476\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet artists, view their work during San Diego Coastal Art Studios Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Artist<\/a>Artist Mieko Anakawa will be showcasing her colorful acrylic paintings at the San Diego Coastal Art Studios Tour. (Photo courtesy of Dot Renshaw)<\/p>\n

PACIFIC BEACH \u2013 If you\u2019ve ever wondered what inspires an artist to create, the fifth annual San Diego Coastal Art Studios Tour<\/a> can provide answers directly from the source.<\/p>\n

The tour, which takes place Saturday in La Jolla and Pacific Beach, is a rare glimpse into several personal artists\u2019 studios and gardens, and a unique way to see \u201cbehind the curtain,\u201d as often both their inspirations and materials are on display.<\/p>\n

Self-guided free tours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Locations are all within a few miles of each other, with free street parking at each site.<\/p>\n

The tour changes each year. This year, 15 of the more than 30 artists who attend are new to the event, while one studio of the four is new to the tour. Two of the homes are in La Jolla, while one is in Pacific Beach.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe work on getting as wide a variety of art and artists included as possible,\u201d said artist Dot Renshaw, who created the tour with her friend and fellow artist Leah Higgins. \u201cI\u2019m always amazed at the new, unique and exciting art and artists that I come across.\u201d<\/p>\n

Artist Carol Shamrock primarily paints in both watercolor and acrylic, but also makes jewelry, focusing on earrings and pendants.<\/p>\n

Shamrock said she\u2019s always experimented with jewelry, but a couple of years ago began focusing on it, as it doesn\u2019t require a lot of space; she likes working with 3-D materials, she\u2019s familiar with the materials from teaching classes in ceramics and clay and it\u2019s an alternative to working in paint.<\/p>\n

When artist Mieko Anakawa isn\u2019t painting marine animals, she\u2019s often painting cactus and succulents.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do acrylic paintings, making them very colorful and vibrant with neon colors and abstract elements,\u201d she said. \u201cSometimes I hide elements in the paintings, making them mystic.\u201d<\/p>\n

She often uses her imagination for her art, working from her home studio. The plants in her garden offer inspiration, but she said she often goes to botanic gardens to see the plants and aquariums for the sea life.<\/p>\n

Anekawa has been painting at Spanish Village in Balboa Park for the past 10 years, after moving to the area from New York. Shamrock has been painting there for the past two years, since moving back to the PB area.<\/p>\n

Their work is among the hundreds of individual art pieces that will be available for purchase across the four homes, and visitors will be able to discuss the works with the creators.<\/p>\n

Locations of the homes can be found online<\/a>. The Chaitlin home, 1670 Bahia Vista in La Jolla, belonging to Ann and her husband Alan, is new to this year\u2019s event. The studio contains boxes filled with bits of nature, drawers sorted by color families, colorful jars with hand-painted animal lids and much more.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe walls are covered with work, mixed media, embossed copper and painted mirror frames, while painted designs on wood \u2013 contemporary totems \u2013 are on the floor,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Her husband Alan, a retired physician, is also an artist known as \u201cDr. Pottery\u201d at the mid-century shop, selling his pieces. His finished work is on shelves above a desktop, now his workspace, with wheel and clay materials in their garage, Chaitlin said.<\/p>\n

The couple has lived in the home, a late mid-century California ranch, for the past 50 years.<\/p>\n

Leah Higgins\u2019 home, at 1686 Los Altos Road, is also on tour. The residence has a long history in La Jolla, as it was the first custom home of famed horticulturist Kate Sessions. The home was built in 1926 by Irving Gill, a well-known architect of the period.<\/p>\n

A detached art studio and numerous mature trees and plants from Sessions\u2019 original garden are highlights of the property.<\/p>\n

Higgins enjoys a wide variety of subjects for her paintings, but specializes in landscapes, homes and portraits.<\/p>\n

The PB homes of couples Neil and Carla Murray and Zack Taylor and Dot Renshaw, are also on the tour.<\/p>\n

The Murrays purchased their 1941 home at 1128 Loring St. in 1994 and added a second-story art studio and granny flat to expand the original small footprint. A mostly xeriscaped yard \u2013 meaning it\u2019s drought tolerant \u2013 provides Neil Murray with plenty of inspiration for his contemporary portraits of the lush plants.<\/p>\n

Renshaw\u2019s 1228 Beryl St. residence was renovated from one-story to two and features an 18-foot high art studio. The 1920s Moorish-style home overlooks a garden filled with flowers, ferns and fruit trees.<\/p>\n

Renshaw often paints her oils and pastels in the plein air style, choosing neighborhood canons, camping spots and small trails for her work.<\/p>\n

All the works are from award-winning artists, with prices ranging from $10 to $5,000. Styles range from ceramics to several types of jewelry and clothing, pottery, paintings, drawings, pastels, photography, fused glass sculptures, stained glass pieces, quilts, reclaimed wood carvings, mosaics, collage, cutting boards, pine needle baskets, pine, steampunk polymer art, handmade books, embellished geodes and more.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have some really unusual things for sale this year and I\u2019ve seen art that I\u2019ve never seen before,\u201d said Renshaw.<\/p>\n

More than 1,200 people attended last year\u2019s tour. For a complete list of participating artists, including bios and samples of their work, visit sdcoastalartstudios.com.<\/a><\/p>\n

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