Erin Perry, Destiny Carter, and Alexandra Salkeld

Erin Perry grew up in Azusa, California, and attended California State University at Los Angeles where she majored in vocal and instrumental music. A journaler since the mid-Sixties, she discovered just five years ago that journaling didn't just have to be about words. That's when she started adding artwork, ephemera and other embellishments to her journals. This lead to a love affair with altered books, collage, and, eventually, assemblage. Erin has studied watercolor with Joy Krull, art journaling with Julianna Coles, Kelly Kilmer and L K Ludwig, book -making with Pam Sussman, and mixed media art with Anne Bagby, Angela Cartwright, Sas Colby, Lisa Renner, and her mentor Lynne Perrella.

Her work has appeared in the Cuesta College Emeritus Show 2006, the Allied Arts of Cambria 927 Shows 2007-2009, Arts Obispo 6x6 Show 2009, the Cambria Art & Wine Festival 2010 and a solo exhibit at the San Luis Obispo City Library in 2006. Erin hosted her first Open Studios Tour this past fall and currently has work in Allied Arts latest exhibit - open through the end of this month.

Alexandra Salkeld worked at a bead store during her college years at UCLA. She learned about jewelry making on the job, while also teaching classes and doing piecework for L.A. designers. She has since opened an online shop with Etsy, which features an array of earrings, necklaces, and bracelets as well as eyeglass chains and keychains.

Her new endeavor is a collection of moonstone-adorned picture frames, which she makes from local agates and stones found on Cambria's shores.

Her exhibit features a wonderful array of handmade earrings, necklaces, bracelets, key chains, glasses chains, and picture frames that range in price from $10 - $75

Destiny Carter is now in her fourth year at the Cambria Library and is an accomplished fine and graphic artist. She also does custom pet portraits. Destiny's journey as an artist began when she was raised by her grandparents in the California desert. Her grandfather was a modern-day Renaissance man: a fine artist, graphic artist, engineer, inventor, and designer for many large corporations. As a young girl, she was encouraged by her grandfather to develop her artistic abilities rather than complete her schoolwork, to the notable displeasure of her grandmother. As a result, Destiny is very comfortable with using several different mediums including ink, pencil, and paint. Now, she has expanded into graphics and Wearable Arts as well.

Destiny's work has been featured three times in Altered Couture Magazine. She was a participant in Beckstrand and Norris Galleries' international, juried Wearable Expressions 2008 exhibition, at the Palos Verdes Art Center, as well as Art 2 Wear Accoutrements displayed at the LAX/Ontario International Airport.