Stiver's background is in architecture and aviation. She has a BA in design and a Masters of Architecture from Clemson University, Clemson S.C. Margaret is a licensed architect, a licensed pilot and she was a professional stuntwoman specializing in wing walking. Now retired after 22 years of performing stunt-wingwalking in airshows and film work with the Silver Wings Wingwalking Team, Margaret's main focus has returned to her roots in art. Stivers brings to the canvas a fusion of her unique life's experiences. Artist Statement of Painting Theme Gather: Gather is to come together with or without intention. A watering hole draws life like a city where mismatched people or things find common ground. Somewhere in that gathering there is inspiration and joy.
Robyn Sanford is an artist working in Los Angeles who creates based on a life-long fascination with the complexities of verbal/non-verbal communication. Her work includes site-specific installation, interactive work, contemporary sculpture, painting, and photography. Sanford is compelled by the exploration of the human condition, relationships and the effects that the digital world has on our physical world. Her work often consists of non-traditional art materials and objects that are used in and are a reflection of today's technology dominated world. Sanford counts James Turrell, Ed Ruscha, Tara Donovan, and Yayoi Kusama to be amongst her many influences. Having an appetite for education she trained at California State University, Long Beach, The Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, Otis College of Art and Design, and colleges in Florence, Italy, Fullerton, Santa Ana, and Huntington Beach. Her work can be found in several private and corporate collections throughout Los Angeles and Orange Counties. She has shown in exhibitions throughout Southern California.
is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift; that's why they call it the present." For, certainly, all my past experiences as an artist, wife, mother and grandmother have made me the artist I have become.
LA and as our stay was only supposed to be temporary I took the opportunity to take up my first love with a vengeance - Art. I started a business doing Pet Portraits, which I still do. From there I expanded to explore and experiment in different mediums, techniques and subjects. My kitchen is now my high school art room #2.
I began making prints at a young age, starting in vocational school studying commercial production printing. The technical aspect of image making always interested me, seeing how far I could push mark-making and how it could blend my hand with machine. As the work progressed I began using my technical understanding to influence my drawing observation. My work stems from a variety of visual observations condensed down into independent components that amalgamate into completely new ideas. These new forms create diagrams and maps that guide viewers through my mental process of layering, transitioning, exposing, and covering. With my experience as a press operator I am currently building studio equipment for myself and an artist run collective I work with living Boston. I have also had the honor of working with small teams of printmakers to master-print for artists such as John Walker and Kiki Smith.