JUDGES
Sheryl Chesnut, Gallery Owner
With over 25 years of experience in design and fine art, Sheryl Chesnut graduated from UC Berkeley and UC Santa Barbara with a Bachelor of Fine Art and a minor in Business. With a background in design: graphic and product, Sheryl worked first in San Francisco and later in SLO County both as an Art Director and a Freelance Designer across many industries. She started creating fine art full time when she got gallery representation across the country. In 2018 Chesnut started EDNA Contemporary Gallery to bring world class artwork to the Central Coast. Sheryl’s love of art and design and her personal relationship with artists have created a wonderful roster of artists available for view and experience.
https://www.ednacontemporary.com/
Chuck Jennings
Chuck Jennings has a BA in painting and drawing, and MA and MFA degrees in Fine Art and Design. He began teaching design and color theory at Cal Poly in 1968. He was the Chair of the Department of Art and Design for 14 years before he reitred in 2008. He has exhibited his work throughout the US at venues in Santa Fe, New Mexico and Sedona, Arizona. His work is included in the collection of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C.
Although for most of his art career he concentrated on painting, he has had a passion for photography since he bought his first lens reflex camera in 1967. Since 2002, he has devoted all his creative energies to digital photography. He now owns Giclee Print and Photo and Reel Eyes Photography, in San Luis Obispo.
https://www.facebook.com/gicleeprintphoto
Leslie Sutcliffe
Leslie Sutcliffe is a painter and printmaker who lives in Los Osos. She has exhibited her work throughout the United States including The Brooklyn Public Library and the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art. She taught Printmaking, Drawing and Modern Art History at Cuesta College for 27 years and, before that, taught printmaking at Golden West College and The University of California, Santa Barbara. She is the owner/master printer of El Moro Editions and has printed etchings for well-known artists both in Los Angeles and at her studio in Los Osos. Her artwork and writing was published in AGNI Magazine out of Boston University and she has served as an art reviewer at The Tribune and New Times newspapers in San Luis Obispo.
https://lesliesutcliffe.net/
