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Featured Artists 

Kiara Leistikow

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I grew up in San Pedro, the youngest in a house of talented artists. I’ve been a painter/illustrator/sculptor/craftsperson and writer in the South Bay for over thirty years.

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I like my artwork to tell a story- take the viewer on a journey using skills I have honed over the years. My influences range from N.C. Wyeth, John Singer Sargent and Waterhouse to Edward Gory, Goya, Gris Grimly, Frank Frazetta and Bernie Wrightson.

James Muscarello

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James Muscarello has been a professional artist for over 30 years. He has attended California Institute of the Arts and El Camino College. He has illustrated several children’s books and is a Ben Franklin award recipient for “Leo the Lightning Bug” and “Ellison the Elephant”. He has participated in art and gallery shows on the east and west coast, including Gallery Azul in San Pedro, CA and the Mark Twain Museum in Hartford, CT. Currently, James works as a freelance digital sculptor and toy designer. His days spent in the digital realm, he spends his evenings tooling away at his own scribbles and sculptures at his home in Lomita with his wife, Kiara and several well-fed

animals.

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