Last year’s Cover Contest winner is back with another piece reflecting life in Marin. The full-time artist and Tiburon resident began
painting at a young age and says she enjoys portraits
the most, finding they provide the greatest chal-
lenge and satisfaction.
“I drove to Point Reyes National Seashore and
randomly turned off Sir Francis Drake Boulevard
onto a road paved with crushed oyster shells,” she
says of this painting’s genesis. “At the end of that
road, I found myself at the source of the shells, the
now-defunct Drakes Bay Oyster Company. While I
was taking pictures of the workers, a young oyster
farmer, who seemed a little shy, caught my attention.”
INGRID LOCKOWANDT
The Oyster Farmer
48” x 60”, acrylic on canvas
ingridlockowandt.com
Deborah Hamon is a full-time artist who grew up in Australia but has lived in Novato, where she loves to
run or hike the local trails when she isn’t
holed up in the studio, for the last 12 years.
This photograph is part of her “Polar Pom-Pom Project” designed to help children
engage with art and climate change.
“I worked with third- and fifth-grade
classrooms across Marin in 2013 discussing
things kids can do to help the environment
and how art can be used to help continue the
conversation,” Hamon says. “Then I packed
up over 2,000 yarn pom-poms and set off on
a three-week journey into the remote Arctic
(where this photo was taken) on a tall ship.”
DEBORAH HAMON
Blue Whiteout
21” x 30”, digital C-print
deborahhamon.com
