Welcome to the MichaelKate Gallery
Located in the thriving Funk Zone creative area of Santa Barbara, MichaelKate Gallery resides within MichaelKate Interiors and boasts over 10,000 square feet dedicated to fine contemporary, modern and transitional furnishings together with Santa Barbara’s largest gallery space for fine contemporary art.
Santa Barbara has long been a bastion of traditions for appreciation of fine art and eco-conscious, design-forward thinking. Our love of nature, attention to detail, and appreciation of good design make up the strands of our collective DNA.
This carefully curated combination of fine art and furnishings reflects the unique creative lineage of Santa Barbara, and offers a space that truly represents the Santa Barbara aesthetic.
Postponed: Artists’ Reception for Tanya Lozano & Ann Shelton Beth.
Tanya Lozano
Tanya Exhibits in galleries, corporate and private collections. She is represented for use in Film, TV, Commercial also with several galleries throughout Los Angeles.
She is extremely observant in details and is an art risk taker and experimenter. She's inspired by Gerard Richter, Mark Rothko and Jackson Pollock. Her art has depth and complexity created through her multi layering and texture. Her style is abstract expressionism using acrylics on canvas.
Ann Shelton Beth
Painting has been an interest of Anns since she was quite young. She was lucky to grow up in Santa Barbara, and benefitted from the best teachers. In the mid 80's she lived in the Midwest, where she was fascinated by the big skies, clouds and open spaces.
She began painting landscapes there, which she exhibited at the Unity Gallery before returning to Santa Barbara 1991, where she adapted to painting the coastal landscape. But the open spaces of the Midwest have continued to influence her work, to give her paintings a feeling of space and quietness. Regarding the abstract work; She owes the development of that interest to Jim Armstrong, who was a brilliant abstract painter in Santa Barbara. With his encouragement, she branched out to include that element in her work.
