“Art is my dormant awareness always present deep in the quantum field. My art process destroys the conditional reality around me in order to create a psychic vacuum – within my consciousness – whereby other experiences manifest before me. No one dreams while they are fully awake. Cultures like the Egyptian and Sumerians for example were utterly saturated in sorcery and mysticism and we are told that these people tend to be stagnant and backward. Were they?

I don’t ignore the shadow in me because it is the silent treatment to one half of what I am. A painting is made up of light and shadow. This optical illusion brings the paintings to life, creating a naturalistic view to the artwork by accentuating perspective and realism. Our spiritual lives are no different. We need the shadows as well as the highlights – on the canvas of our own spiritual painting – so as to bring our mystical selves to a full honest potential. I explore magic or call it the supernatural (the modern word for it) to generate a greater awareness and so become a more interesting or attractive painting in teh gallery of life and my art is my extension of that process.”

The Santa Clarita Artists’ Association Gallery welcomes you to the first show of 2021! Wild Things!

Enjoy the fantastical artworks from our Santa Clarita Artists Association. Visit the mountains, desert and the depths of the ocean in this collection of wild nature.

Gallery currently open by appointment only. If you are interested in viewing or purchasing art, contact SCAA at (818) 322-5045 for details.

Are you looking for your next adventure? Trek through the minds of our artists to find your next place to visit. This group exhibition showcases the artistic interpretations of a variety of landscapes. Some may be very realistic, while others you may have to look a little harder to see.

The City of Santa Clarita, Westfield Valencia Town Center and the Castaic Union School District have partnered to bring you the Community Art Wall. For the next two months, the display will feature the artwork created by students in various grade levels, from Kindergarten to eighth grade. The art wall is a great way to showcase the masterpieces created using different art mediums, by students from Castaic Elementary School, Live Oak Elementary School, Northlake Hills Elementary School and Castaic Middle School. This offers an opportunity for students to bring their families and friends to see their creations on display, and for the entire community to enjoy art made by students from the area. The community wall is located in the upper level of the Westfield Valencia Town Center and alternates the art of students in the Santa Clarita Valley public schools.

Julianna Aparicio-Curtis captures the ethereal, fragile and majestic images of nature, the feminine form, and the luminosity of the natural world. Her surrealistic, abstract, and whimsical depictions of animals, nature, and the earth, has generated a large fan base, on social media, gallery, and her art shows. She has won several awards for her enchanting visions of women encircled in plant life and nature, her delicate seahorses, dragonflies and birds enveloped in saturated colors, textures and multicolored visions of the ecosystems of the forest and living organisms. She is inspired by nature and the mystical and organic essence that exists in all things of the earth, the feminine and beyond.

Julianna is an experimental, self-taught artist. She dabbles in anything and everything with color and form: paper, wax, fabric, inks, acrylics, collage, watercolor, and even broken metal. She is influenced by Gustav Klimt’s decorative eclectic gold masterpieces; Georgia O’Keefe’s enlarged simplified flowers; Frida Kahlo’s folk-inspired, magical realism, and Van Gogh’s bold expressed emotion. Julianna is a constant knowledge seeker; learning experimental unusual techniques. She is inspired by the imagination of her beautiful granddaughter. She adores gardening, is a certified Yoga instructor, avid reader, zealous traveler, writer, gourmet cook and singer. Julianna has a passion for the environment, women and young girls’ social issues. She hopes her art can enrich the senses, invoke strong feelings, inspire and bring joy and hope to young women and others who struggle with self-esteem.