Atascadero welcomes the newest gallery
in the historic Colony district

Olive Tree Fine Arts

5850 Traffic Way
461.5600

Grand Opening and Reception was on April 16, 2010.


This charming area has so much potential and many artists are welcoming this possibility with providing exceptional works to display. Art that inspires, motivates, moves , warms and delights you, it’s all here!

Our first featured artist is our own local legend, John Barnard. We’re thrilled that John will be showing with us through June. His strong style and color are freeing for all of us and they’re such a joy to view.

Figure drawings and paintings that capture the human form in its complexity and the emotions within are framed on paper and canvas by Tracy DiVita, Jean Neas and Marie Ramey and Diane Demeter.

Roseanne Seitz has complimented the walls with her watercolors of our area which portray the light and landscape of our beloved county so well, prints available also.

Uniting air and land are evident in Marie Ramey’s Wingwalker series.

Laurie Thomsen uses photography with insightful keenness, capturing extraordinary moments of horses and the cycles of nature around us.

The stillness within is easily found while enjoying any of Paula Schroeder’s Japanese Paintbrush works.

Julie Dunn has a fabulous rich, vibrant floral collection just in time for spring, originals and prints.

Roger Combs has exquisite furniture on display that would be a comfortable centerpiece for any décor.

Powerful in their simplicity, the paintings of Kathleen Lawrence – Davis give the viewer a larger vision even though these gems are often small.

Handmade pottery that you will enjoy viewing while using by Heidi Peterson.

One of a kind jewelry pieces by Cindy Wilson, with great attention to wire wrapping and very stylish.

Carol Timson Ball shares her love of light on the landscape in her pastel paintings of local landscapes.

Diane Demeter still life paintings in oil are filled with light and interest.

Penny Lentz brings light and color to our walls with her luscious landscapes in oils.

The gallery also holds studios for Pati Gordon who creates handspun, handknit shawls , yarns and has some lovely rugs on display. You can find her spinning most days.

Pastels and a Belgian Sheepdog or two are usually in view as Denise Schryver paints from her field studies to create larger works. She is also working in oils and has begun painting stillifes as well.