Jim Winters - Reduction screen prints & paintings

Vintage motels and old beach cottages. Liquor stores and a boardwalk amusement park. The ocean! Tall palm trees swaying amidst power lines that look like line drawings in the sky.. Santa Cruz embodies a certain fantasy of the ideal California beach town. Sunny on the surface with some grit and lots of history underneath. I find the mundane locations as interesting and eye-catching as the coastal scenery. It all fascinates.

San Francisco - iconic and picturesque. Images abound: the hills, the bridges, the architecture. Less conventional "beauty" everywhere..

My prints and paintings of Santa Cruz and San Francisco aspire to reflect the appeal of these places. I appreciate their many sides and feel lucky to call them home for the past 30+ years.