Artists
Find out more about our award-winning artists by clicking on either their bio page or gallery page using the links below. We strive to create an cooperative community of creative diversity which strengthens the artists themselves as well as our cultural variety in North Orange County. All Graves Gallery artists are local to the Southern California region.
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Crystal Maes
With
a BA in art and a BFA in illustration and graphic design, I work daily
with color, design and typography as a graphic artist. In the fall of
2002 I returned to school to learn how to paint in oil, something I had
missed in my college days.
Today I look at everything as possible subject matter, but with over thirty years of quilting and textile background, I especially enjoy painting still lifes that include quilts, fabrics and ribbons.
I have found that graphics, quilting and now painting are closely related. To me, all three are about the relationships between space, form, color, emotion and communication.
Gary Graves
“Actively
contributing and giving back to the community is a huge part of being
successful.”- Gary Graves.
Gary's art medium involve oil, mosiacs and hot glass scupltures.
Gary Graves has a Masters of Science in Business Administration. Graves Communications is located in the historic downtown Fullerton. Gary lives in Fullerton and is also very active in the Fullerton Community serving on the board of directors of the Fullerton Museum Center, the Fullerton Chamber of Commerce and the California Public Arts Alliance. Gary also teaches advertising and graphic design part-time at Fullerton College.
Susie Dittmar
Susie
Dittmar is a mosaic artist from Fullerton, California. She is known for
her use of color in her functional art pieces. Her colorful blooms, on
much of her work have become her most recent trademark. Dittmar currently
has pieces on exhibit at Grave’s Gallery in Fullerton and The Muckenthaler
Cultural Center also in Fullerton. She teaches broadcast communications
at Long Beach City College and spends the rest of her time working on
her art.
