Hello Everyone,
Welcome into my imagination on display at the Santa Cruz Coffee Roasting Co., 1330 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz, CA where my digital photo collages offer you a new way to view beautiful Santa Cruz County! The exhibit will be there for March and April 2018. I am so honored and thankful for this opportunity to have a solo show there. If you’re in the area, I hope you’ll stop by.
Let’s hope that this rain we’re having right now, will help bring lots of beautiful flowers this spring!
Sincerely,
Susan Kessler

Hello Everyone,
You’re all invited to check out the Member’s Exhibition A-L at the Santa Cruz Art League, where my photo collage “Floral Abbott Lighthouse” will be on display at 526 Broadway, Santa Cruz, CA now through March 10, 2018! There will be a reception on 1st Friday, March 2nd from 6:00 – 8:00 pm and I hope that if you’re in the area, you’ll stop by and enjoy viewing the works of many great artists in our area.
My photo collages are inspired by living here in beautiful Santa Cruz. Lately, our weather has been pretty warm for February and really nice, but we do need some rain to avoid another drought! I hope wherever you live, you’re enjoying some nice weather right now. It’s always fun to check out what’s happening in the art world, rain or shine!
Stay tuned for a special announcement of a new exhibition of my work, coming soon! Have a great day!
Sincerely,
Susan Kessler

Hello Everyone,
First of all, I just want to wish everyone a very happy holiday season! A lot has happened this last year, including me spraining both of my ankles back in May. It’s a long story, and I’m still not completely healed, but I am able to get around pretty good now. Because of my sprained ankles, I haven’t been able to take as many photographs this year as I would have liked. However, I already had some photo collages that I hadn’t posted yet, so here’s a new one for you. It’s called “Flowered Abbott Lighthouse”. The picture of the lighthouse was taken back in 2009, when there was a dedication ceremony honoring a plaque of the three Hawaiian princes, that introduced surfing to the United States in 1883, right here in Santa Cruz, CA. You can see the pretty flowers surrounding the brick enclosure holding the plaque, which is facing the lighthouse. This Santa Cruz photo collage is also cut different than the others. Stay tuned, there’s more to come! Again, Happy Holidays!
Sincerely,
Susan Kessler

Hello Friends and Art Lovers,

I wanted to let you know that you’re all invited to 1st Friday at “Go Ask Alice”, 1125 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz, CA, where I’m so honored to be showing my Santa Cruz inspired photo collages and matted photography prints. They will be on display Sept. 1 – 25, 2017. If you’re in the area, I hope you’ll stop by and check it out.
It’s beginning to feel a lot like Fall, and it will be here before we know it. Most of our tourists are gone now, so Santa Cruz is starting to get back to (our way) of normal. Enjoy this time of year, but let’s not forget that the people of Houston, Texas are not so fortunate right now. I’m sure we all wish them well and hopefully some of us can make donations to help them out, through the Red Cross. Take care everyone.

Sincerely,
Susan Kessler

Hello Again,
I’m so excited and honored to have this photo collage chosen to be in the juried art exhibition “Science, Technology & The Future of Art” Aug. 4th (1st Friday 5:30 to 8pm) through Aug. 24th at the Pacific Art League, 668 Ramona St., Palo Alto, CA. Hours M-F 9am – 5pm. If you’re in the area, I hope you’ll stop by and see it in person.
Keep checking back here for more updates on future shows and of course new art!
Enjoy your summer!
Sincerely,
Susan Kessler

Hello Friends,
Once again I’m so honored to have one of my photographs featured on the cover of the Santa Cruz County Bar Association’s Membership Directory, for the fourth year in a row. It really is quite an honor!
I sure love this town and am so grateful to be able share the beauty of it with all of you, in my photographs and photo collages.
Have a nice, fun summer everyone!
Sincerely,
Susan Kessler

Hello Fellow Art Lovers,
Here’s another take on the original “Surfer’s Paradise”. This one is called “New View of Surfer’s Paradise”. Using the same two photographs, this time with an “oval” shaped design, I wanted to bring the viewer into another way to view this beautiful coastal town of Santa Cruz. The actual name of the surfer statue is called “To Honor Surfing” done by Thomas Marsh and Brian Curtis. It recently celebrated it’s 25th Anniversary on May 27, 2017 with Thomas Marsh making a special appearance for the occasion.
Surfing in America started here in Santa Cruz, CA in 1885, when three Hawaiian Prince’s introduced surfing while here on a visit. They had a local mill make fifteen foot surfboards out of redwood for them. In 2010 a bronze plaque was dedicated to them that rests in front of the Mark Abbott Lighthouse. It all started here in Santa Cruz!
I hope everyone is enjoying this summer! The weather here has been great! Our “Indian Summer” starts around Aug. 15th or so. That’s when it starts getting a little hotter. The temperatures in Santa Cruz usually stay in the upper sixties, but of course, it gets colder in the winter and hotter towards the end of summer. Have a great one!
Sincerely,
Susan Kessler

Hello Everyone,
Just a little update on what’s been happening lately in my art world. First of all, I wanted to let you know that my painting called “The Earth is Flat” can now be viewed in a virtual art gallery at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnk_1S2G-oE&feature=youtube. It’s done by Artists Info in England. I have a page on their website at: www.artistsinfo.co.uk/artist/susan-kessler. And this month, I’m one of the four “Artists of the Month” on their homepage.
Also, as of late, I’ve been doing a different style of photo collage. I just like to bring the viewer into a new and unique way to view Santa Cruz. Change can do an artist good sometimes!
With these “oval” shaped photo collages, I’ve decided to offer them as 12″x18″/18″x12″ sizes. Therefore, they will be more affordable, and nowadays, who doesn’t like that? Of course, they can be ordered in the 20″x30″/30″x20″ sizes also. The photo collage below is called “Blue Ocean Sunset in Purple Flowers”. I hope you’ll check out my “Photo Collages” page to see more of my most recent works.
And have an awesome spring into summer!
Sincerely,
Susan Kessler

Hello Everyone,
This was the way our “Cement Ship” looked, before the recent storms. It’s real name is the “S.S. Palo Alto”. My digital photo collage called “Cement Ship Sunsets” offers a unique and different way to look into the past and remember this beautiful landmark in Santa Cruz County. The ship is still there, but broken into pieces, so it will never look like this again. I’m so glad I was able to photograph it at different times, beforehand. Soon our stormy season will be over and Santa Cruz will have beautiful spring weather and lots of pretty flowers. Have a great and fun springtime everyone!
Sincerely,
Susan Kessler

Hello Everyone,
There’s a new show called “Views of the Cruz” depicting places of local artist’s, that fuel their creativity in our area, at the Santa Cruz Art League, 526 Broadway, Santa Cruz, CA 1/6-2/5/17. And there will be a MEMBER’S RECEPTION (A-L) on Sat. 1/14/17 from 3-5pm. My 30”x20” photo collage (a high gloss metal print) entitled “Colorful Evening Boardwalk” will be part of the exhibition. It’s so interesting to see all the different types of art and the way the artists express themselves through their work. I’m thrilled to be a part of this show! I hope you can stop by and check it out. Happy New Year Everyone!
Sincerely’
Susan Kessler