At the beach fair there were a lot of artist booths, but I really liked Maxine Orange’s and Heather Ritt’s booth. To make her fabulous purses, Maxine Orange paints giant canvases with bright colors. She then takes her paintings, cuts up the canvas into strips, and sews them into purses.

At her booth people could stop by and paint their own tote. Maxine had strips of canvas that she let people paint and then she would sew them into purses (see above image). Maxine also had a canvas, like the one she uses for her purses, set up that people could come by and paint with acrylic paints. You can find Maxine’s purses at Meleesa the Salon in downtown Huntington Beach, CA.

At Heather Ritt’s booth, she was painting custom surfboards with water based sharpie markers and Posca’s from Japan. She has been painting boards for 7 years. Heather is from Dana Point, CA. She mostly paints custom surfboards and does a lot of live painting events. When she begins a new board, she starts with a light pencil sketch and her design evolves as she goes down the board. She is going to be in an art show at Bashams in San Clemente off Los Golinas road on Sept. 26th.