This Oakland artist life unfold and captures its essence in her art.

The Berkeley Art Museum hosts an exhibition by East Bay painter Sylvia Fein, who just celebrated her 100th birthday and is the Last Surviving Surrealist.

The Alameda painter ponders Alameda’s pastoral innocence and contentment.

Now widowed, Janet Murphy lets ‘Justa Sketch’ loose on Facebook and turns her strip into a calendar.

In his work, the Oakland artist addresses community, sociology, human interaction with spaces, fragmentation of memory, and home/domestic life. That is no big surprise, since Sesay studied sociology at San Francisco State.

‘In Plain Sight’ at Mills College focuses on the hidden systems that underlie and override the lives of our overly tech-reliant and even addicted citizenry.

You can see the art from the Black Rock Desert festival right here at home.

Two shows demonstrate that technologically sophisticated art can transcend geek culture and expand the possibilities for art.

Countersteer’s motorcycles celebrate rebellious artistry.

Berkeley illustrator and muralist Nigel Sussman does accept commissions — as long as they are positive, universal, and appropriate.