Cover | Carlotta A. Tormey

Surfs Up, Venus (watercolor and pencil). Carlotta Tormey was born into a family of fine and commercial artists. Her parents met while students at the California College of the Arts and her uncle designed sets for the San Francisco Opera. As an art history student, Tormey learned to copy works by masters, and she has used this skill to create wine labels in the impressionistic style of Monet and a series of paintings inspired by fairy tales. She works in Oakland and accepts commissions for portraits, murals, posters, and children’s book illustrations. She can be reached at (510) 451-3423 or cis819@pacbell.net.