Guest Artists
Guest Artists
June 1 – 30: Livia Kerr
July 1 – 31: Derek Stevenson
Kings Beach Art Center
February 8 – July 18: JB Budny
April 23 – June 30: Barbara Davies
June 1 – July 31: Lea Hamilton
July 1 – 31: Kirsten Hagen
August 1 – September 30: Allan Schmidt
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We are currently accepting monthly guest artists working in 3D, 2D or both.
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Livia Kerr
June 1 – 30
About the Artist
Rooted in nature, my work draws inspiration from California’s forests and coastlines. I collect organic materials—slate, stones, driftwood, pottery shards—and assemble them into abstract mosaics each telling a silent, earthy story.
In my paintings, I separate color and texture from external references, allowing emotion and intuition to guide the process. Working with oil, acrylic, and textured surfaces, I embrace the unknown, trust the process and allow each work to evolve into the concept I imagine —rooted in nature, shaped by feeling, and expressed through experimentation.
Kings Beach Guest Artist
JB Budny
February 8 – July 18
About the Artist
Lake Tahoe photographer Jim Budny – “JB” to all his friends — has been creating fine art photography professionally since 1998. His artwork has been shown extensively in the Tahoe area and is widely held in private collections here and abroad. His background includes instruction by Russell Dudley at Sierra College and studies at the University of Nevada Reno under Professor Peter Goin. JB’s work has been featured numerous times in publications such as the Tahoe World, the Weekly, Tahoe Quarterly magazine, and California Home & Design. The image “Snowfence” was selected by the Ritz-Carlton for the guest rooms at their Northstar-at-Tahoe property.
Kings Beach Guest Artist
Barbara Davies
April 23 – June 30
About the Artist
I grew up in New England, where I began drawing and painting at a young age. I won an
art contest in third grade, and was awarded a summer scholarship to an art school in
Boston. After sketching at the Museum of Fine Art and the Gardner Museum, and studying
the masters and contemporary artists, I knew I wanted to practice my art full-time.
Needing a “real job” after graduating high school, I went to work for a German based
computer company where I discovered that I had a knack for explaining complex technical
information to employees and customers. I became a Technical Instructor & Course
Developer, and later a Computer Systems Product Manager. I attended Northeastern
University’s Computer Science program at night, earning an Associates Degree in Systems
Analysis and Design.
I was recruited by Honeywell’s Computer Products Division in MA to manage a computer
product line. After a business trip that took me from San Diego to San Francisco, I fell in
love with the state and decided to stay. I went to work for a Silicon Valley computer
networking start-up, 3Com Corporation, where I became Director of Education & Tech
Support for a new technology: the internet. I travelled extensively with 3Com in the U.S.
and Europe, and became passionate about capturing the cities and landscapes I saw on
business trips and excursions in my paintings.
After several years as a Director at 3Com, my love for art and the need to create it caused
me to leave the financial security of the corporate world and enroll as a full time student at
the College of Art in Oakland. I earned a degree in Illustration & Painting, and went on to
earn both Art & K-5 Teaching Credentials at St Mary’s in Moraga. I taught art for the San
Ramon Valley School District and owned and operated Art on the Lane Gallery in Danville
for 15 years, where I sold my work and taught painting classes. Frequent off road trips
around California, especially in the Sierras, sparked a passion for landscape painting.
Many of my paintings begin with preparatory plein air paintings, done in locations “off the
beaten path”; often reached while off-roading, hiking, kayaking or even horseback riding.
I live in Loomis CA and in Truckee, and exhibit my work at Gold Country Artists in
Placerville, Art Obsessions in Reno, JoR Fine Art Gallery Clayton and Gallery 5830 in
Truckee CA, among others.
Kings Beach Guest Artist
Lea Hamilton
June 1 – July 31
About the Artist
Lea Hamilton is a Tahoe based artist. She creates mixed media hand-drawn intuitive maps informed by the endocrine system and her spiritual research.
Lea moved from Los Angeles to North Lake Tahoe in 2024. Before making art she was an attorney for 25 years. Her art is an expression of her healing journey.
She studied mixed media art at Brentwood Art Center in Santa Monica, California before moving to North Lake Tahoe. Her work is inspired by the endocrine system, energy and spirituality. Connections and energetic flow within the body and in the universe are prevalent themes in her work. All of her pieces feature a combination of her non-dominant and dominant hands.
Lea lives in Tahoe, loves to hike with her dog and take in all the healing properties that lake and mountain life has to offer.
