Coast Highway Art Collective exhibition Dreamscapes with Elizabeth Solomon, and Linda Green

Beronich Solomon comes from a technical theatre background. She worked in major regional theatres throughout the country for 25 years in costume design. She brings those technical skills to her work in making unusual one-of-a-kind sculptural books, illustrations, fiber-based art objects, and wearable art.

Taking inspiration from her insatiable interest in science, science fiction, and alternate histories/worlds/realities, most of her works are visually based.  Preferring that the observer brings his/her own story/perception to the work, the viewer is invited to create a new interpretation, based upon the relationship created by the individual’s interaction with the artist via the work. Beronich Solomon hopes her works draw the observer into the various worlds she has created.

Green considers herself a process artist working in both non-traditional oil painting and ceramics. Her work leans toward the abstract. “Although I begin my work with something in mind, I am open to exploration throughout the development of my art,” Green says.  “The plan will often change in response to opportunities that arise during the creative process.” She begins by preparing her canvas with a textured surface. “Although it is applied randomly it plays a strong role in the finished art as it becomes a dialog between the textures and the subject which inspires the work. I work in oil applied in thin washes to slowly build up. In paint or in clay it is a process of building and taking away until I find the balance in motion,” she explains.

Her subjects are often inspired by organics; where she spends time looking at things under a microscope or gathering inspiration from the ocean, pieces of shell and other found materials. She is keenly interested in counterbalances; in nature, in people, in relationships.