by Deb Haugen

Camarillo, CA. – The Art Program at California State University Channel Islands (CI) has announced an upcoming exhibition featuring artists Deb Haugen and Evani Lupinek. The public is invited to an opening reception to be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 14. The exhibition will continue through Nov. 12.

Nature has always been a great source of intrigue for Deb Haugen. Her art reveals the ever changing organic complexities that surround us and the relationship between time and layering, and the correlations of complexities. Her art can be serene and reflective, and at other times raw, harsh and primordial. Organic layering’s, whether it’s strata on the side of a mountain or decayed grasses, provide the viewer a look into systems that are primitive, yet very tangible, and speak to us of our own existing mortality and vulnerability.

Deb Haugen attended both Pasadena Art Center and Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles. She traveled extensively studying art first hand in Europe. Her work has been exhibited extensively in California and throughout the US and Europe. She maintains her residence and studio in Malibu, CA.

On a thematic level, Evani Lupinek’s works depict the eternal nature of the environment with the ever-present horizon representing an emotional response to the dualities of our human condition. Each painting points to a place that exists between concrete form and abstraction, a place where spatial relationships serve as a gateway to an abstract world beyond form. The passing of time reveals itself in the subtle shifts of color and various atmospheric conditions, leaving them paradoxically both inviting and brooding. Color is drawn from hues observed and imagined, applied in multiple oil paint glazes to capture mood, stillness and tranquility.

Evani Lupinek, a native of The Netherlands, moved to Australia when young and there received her early art education. After extensive travel she moved to the USA and furthered her art studies at the Art Students League in New York. Her work is exhibited and represented in collections nationally and internationally. She resides in Paso Robles, California.

The art gallery is located at 92 Palm Drive in “old town” Camarillo and is open Monday – Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For additional information, contact the CI Art Program at 805-437-8570, email art@csuci.edu or visit http://art.csuci.edu/gallery.

CSU Channel Islands is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

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Placing students at the center of the educational experience, California State University Channel Islands provides undergraduate and graduate education that facilitates learning within and across disciplines through integrative approaches, emphasizes experiential and service learning, and graduates students with multicultural and international perspectives.