Art Foundry Gallery ’s Family of Artists

The Art Foundry Gallery represents many fine artists. Shows change monthly and feature accomplished artists in a variety of mediums. Along with showing bronze sculptures, the gallery is home to some of the region’s best painters and ceramic artists. From cutting-edge contemporary to stunning representational work, the Art Foundry Gallery celebrates the creative spirit.

Below is a partial listing of artists represented by the Art Foundry Gallery. You may also click on “Now Showing” to view our current show.

Alan Osborne - Artist/bronze sculptor

Bronze sculpture and monumental works, enamel on copper and monotypes.

David Middlebrook- sculptor/site artist

The Art Foundry is pleased to show David Middlebrook's works. David Middlebrook is a master of material, has completed over 50 public and private works, many of which were nationally awarded competitions

Gregory Kondos - painter

Modern landscape master; Oil on canvas, giclee’ prints, drawings

Greg Kondos, showing at the Art Foundry Gallery, is California’s most recent recipient of the Golden Bear Award, California’s most prestigious award for lifetime achievement in the arts and entertainment. Greg Kondos was elected to the National Academy of Design, New York (1995) as Lifetime Academician for his international achievements and teaching in the arts.

Jerry Ross Barrish- sculptor

Barrish works with mostly found plastic objects that he uses to create figurative sculptures of animals, birds and humans.

It was Phil Linhares’ encouragement that led Barrish to try casting his plastic found object constructions in bronze. Jerry Barrish’s artistic history in both filmmaking and sculpture shows that he is first and foremost a storyteller. To Barrish, it does not matter whether the work is in plastic or bronze, as long as seems alive.

Shray - bronze sculptor

The Art Foundry is proud to cast Shray's Limited edition bronzes. Shray is one to two finalists for the 2008 Olympic Landscape Competition. Press Release

Nathan Oliveira-sculptor/painter/printmaker

Nathan Oliveira's bronze sculptures in progress

Nathan Oliveira and the Art Foundry are busy casting new works. Nathan Oliveira is a significant and famed Bay Area painter, printmaker, and sculptor noted for compositions complex in figure/ground relationships with emphasis on the human form, poised in space.

Peter Voulkos- Clay Sculptor

Peter Voulkos is a pioneering figure in contemporary clay sculpture.

Salvatore Pecoraro

Salvatore Pecoraro’s career as a California Artist/Teacher spans over five decades with the idea of always teaching and creating art.

Zbigniew Kozikowski - Painter

Zbigniew (pronounced Z-big-nee-f) works consciously with light. “In light,” he says, “We find the deepest meaning of existence.” He paints to change light into spots of color “so harmonized that they become the materialization of light and color.”

Jack Alvarez - Painter

"As a third generation Mexican American I feel a strong tie to my ancestral past, but more importantly I also realize a sense of opportunity and responsibility to carry on as an artist in the community. "

Craig Martinez - Painter

My work is an attempt to grasp spiritual and eternal themes via images common to the indigenous peoples of the Americas. I am especially fascinated with the convergence of two worldviews that took place in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Anthony Montanino - Painter

Anthony Montanino's paintings are in numerous collections including that of the rock star, Madonna. He has the ability to work in different styles at the same time and a well-earned reputation for both his stunning urban landscapes and his figuratives of musicians. Paintings of Victorian and other homes are often commissioned for private collections.

Mark Bowles - Painter

Whether I am working with a still life, the human figure, or landscape, I am always fascinated by texture, form and color which I use in expressing how I feel about what I am seeing. I do not limit myself in what I paint or how I might interpret what I see. This freedom allows my work to move from representational to minimalist to abstraction.

Melissa Chandon - Painter

I consider myself to be an abstract realist painter. My work could be best described as “Americana meets Pop Art”. In an essay by Peter London, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, appropriately titled, When Less is More: The Art of Melissa Chandon, I believe he describes my work accurately.

Jo Ann Barbis - Painter

Respected Sacramento, California artist, Jo Ann Barbis, expresses her new found “island lifestyle” in recent paintings capturing unique activities and places well-known to residents and tourists alike as the allure of the Big Island. Barbis finds inspiration in simple visits to local beaches, farmers markets, and coastal and inland towns. Her paintings capture the charm and attachment one feels while “experiencing a perfect day!