{"id":15,"date":"2025-01-10T17:39:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T17:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dancingbrush.com\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2025-09-08T18:01:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T18:01:48","slug":"events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dancingbrush.com\/?page_id=15","title":{"rendered":"EVENTS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\tA gathering of creativity, energy, and mindful expression awaits.
\nCome immerse yourself in the beauty of art, connection, and inspiration. Let’s share this vibrant experience together!\n\t\t\t\t\"street\n

\n\t\tThe Cali Life Gallery\n\t<\/h1>\n\t

Opening July 26, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"IMG_9502\"\n\t\t\t\t\"IMG_1050\"\n\t

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\n\t\tThe ‘Art Couple’ of Cardiff to showcase work at The Cali Life Gallery grand opening\n\t<\/h1>\n\tSD UNION TRIBUNE
\nBy\u00a0LONNIE BURSTEIN HEWITT<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"unnamed\"\n\t

Every day is creative for Rosemary KimBal and Raymond Elstad, but this month is special. It’s the first time these two longtime artists are showing together, and it’s at a new gallery within walking distance of their Cardiff home.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"Rosemary\"\n\t

Rosemary, a master of Zen painting, was born and raised in Cardiff-by-the-Sea. She uses a giant brush to create her meditative pieces in the fewest strokes possible and has been showing and teaching her art for decades.<\/p>\n\t

Raymond, formerly known for his expressive photography, especially of the dance world, is now a linocut artist; it’s a form of printmaking where an image is created, cut into a linoleum block, then inked and transferred onto paper, and he seriously enjoys the process. Born on Staten Island in New York, he sometimes jokes that he’s both a New Yorker and an Island Boy.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"Raymond\"\n\t

How did this “Art Couple” connect?<\/p>\n

In 1987, Raymond came to a class Rosemary was teaching on “Brush Painting in the Asian Manner.” He said he’d been painting on silk for a while and showed her one of his pieces.<\/p>\n

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“I fell in love with his painting, especially the way he did his signature,” she said. “After the next class, he asked if he could take me to lunch, and the beachfront restaurant he chose was actually the site of the house I was born in-my parents’ original home!”<\/p>\n\t

It was years before they finally got married-in the 12th-century Santa Maria Del Mar Church in Barcelona-but in the meantime, he did extensive and meticulous repair work* on her Cardiff home and both of them continued their artwork. Rosemary has a separate studio on the property, where she can create large-scale pieces, though none quite as huge as her two paintings that have been on view in the lobby of Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas since 1995.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"scrips\"\n\t

Everyone now has a chance to see some of their work side by side at The Cali Life Gallery, which is having its grand opening July 26.<\/p>\nFor more about Rosemary KimBal:\u00a0https:\/\/dancingbrush.com <\/a>
\nFor\u00a0more about Raymond Elstad:\u00a0https:\/\/www.raymondelstad.com<\/a>\n\t

And at Cali Life’s grand opening, attendees can meet the Art Couple and gallery owners Greg and Rachel Cali, who are artists as well.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"unnamed\n\t

*KimBal’s Note: While the article references “extensive and meticulous repair work,” it’s important to note that the project involved a full remodel – including structural updates, design enhancements, and a complete transformation of the space.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\t\tThe Cali Life Gallery\n\t<\/h2>\n\t

What:<\/strong>\u00a0Showcasing local artists and art that celebrates California soul<\/p>\n

Where:<\/strong>\u00a0100 Chesterfield Drive, Cardiff, 92007, on the second floor (above Patagonia)<\/p>\n

Event:<\/strong>\u00a0Grand opening: “An evening of art, music, food, drinks, and good vibes”<\/p>\n

Date and time:<\/strong> Saturday, July 26, 4-8 p.m. All welcome. For more about the gallery, open daily except Tuesdays, call or text 760-525-5514. Visit\u00a0https:\/\/www.thecalilifegallery.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\tPast Events\n\t<\/h1>\n\t

2025 PHES GALLERY EXHIBITION<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\t

Amidst 146 voices, Rosemary’s work was chosen to be one of 25 that will bloom in this tranquil exhibition. From April 6 to May 31, her art will be quietly shared in the peaceful embrace of PHES Gallery and can also be experienced online at the Guild’s website: www.sdmaag.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"Phes\n\tPAST EVENTS CONTINUED:<\/strong>
\n– Dancing Brush Studio on the San Dieguito Artists’ Guild Open Studios and Garden Tour (2014)
\n– Arts Alive Banners for Cardiff by-the-Sea Chamber of Commerce (2005)
\n– COVA Open Studios (2004)
\n– Dedication of Faricy Music Studio & Library as Dancing Brush Studio (1998)\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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