The Westlake Village Art Guild is looking for a volunteer to coordinate the outside exhibits. If you are interested, please contact Daniel Raminfard.
Upcoming artists at the Westlake Village Library
May 10 to July 12 - Pei-Tse Goh
Pei-Tse Goh is an accomplished interior designer, whose distinguished career spans over two decades. After completing her study in Interior Design at the Malaysian Institute of Art, she worked as an interior and CAD designer in Singapore, contributing to various high-profile commercial and governmental projects, as well as numerous residential homes. This extensive experience has equipped her with a comprehensive understanding of design, construction, and project management. Upon moving to Southern California in 2016, Pei-Tse has revived her passion for painting, quickly becoming enamored with acrylic art. Through rigorous study and experimentation, she has refined her artistic technique, infusing her work with the discipline and attention to detail honed through her interior design experience. She devoted significant time to learning from other artists and incorporating their techniques into her work, fueled by her passion and experience. Pei-Tse’s artwork showcases a broad range of subjects, with a recurring emphasis on portraiture. The synergy between her design expertise and artistic vision is manifest in her diverse and captivating body of work.
To view more of her works, visit her Instagram @gpt_happyarts
July 12 to September 13 - Carla Bowman-Smith
Carla Bowman-Smith is a California-based photographer and graphic designer whose work explores the unseen, the ephemeral, and the surreal. With a career spanning over two decades, Carla currently serves as the Head of the Visual & Performing Arts Department at Malibu High School, where she has taught Photography and Graphic Design since 1997.
She earned a B.S. in Art and Design with a Photography Concentration from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and an M.A. in Education from Pepperdine University. Before entering education, she worked professionally in the graphic design field.
Carla’s photographic practice is grounded in a fascination with the mysterious qualities of the nocturnal and the infrared. Using a range of camera formats—including digital, small, medium, and converted infrared—she captures images that reveal what the human eye cannot see: ghostly silhouettes, streaks of light from passing vehicles, and landscapes transformed by invisible infrared light. Her long exposure techniques and infrared imagery offer viewers a haunting and surreal alternate vision of everyday environments.
Her work has been featured in numerous group exhibitions, including venues such as the Los Angeles Center of Photography, Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center, Malibu City Hall, Hillcrest Center for the Arts, and the Santa Cruz Art League Gallery. She has also exhibited with the Westlake Village Art Guild, the Anaheim Art Association, and the Thousand Oaks Art Association, among many others.
Carla is an award-winning photographer, with honors from Photographer’s Forum Magazine, the Westlake Village Art Guild, the Anaheim Art Association, and the Los Angeles Center of Photography. Her accolades span from honorable mentions to top placements in competitive juried exhibitions.
Inspired by her travels and by contemporary and modern photographers, Carla continues to explore the boundaries of visual perception, striving to create work that evokes curiosity, introspection, and a deeper appreciation for the unseen world.
Her portfolio can be seen at carlabowman-smith.com
September 13 to November 15 - Valerie Scott
Valerie Scott is an Abstract Expressionist painter who lives and works in Los Angeles. She's inspired by the contemporary masters Jasper Johns, Francis Bacon, Richard Diebenkorn and Lee Krasner just to name a few. These artists' works and philosophies have helped shape her into the painter that she is today.
Her creative process is ever evolving and reflective of her life thus far. She often communicates nuance through color and texture, and she's found that the small wonders of daily life propel her to continually experiment with her process while bringing further works to completion.
She also contemplates the often tension-filled relationship between nature and urbanity. Valerie's studio is in Westlake Village and it is here that she continues to develop her body of work.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, CA
WESTLAKE VILLAGE LIBRARY
31220 Oak Crest Drive
Westlake Village, CA 91361
(818) 865-9230
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