Three local artists are featured in the Diamond Valley Arts Council's (DVAC) current exhibition titled "Art X 3". The artists, Barbara Gene' Kenyon, Lucia Knowles Wolfer, and John Skeez, each have a distinctive style that they bring to their work. "What makes this show so interesting is the combination of such unique and contrasting approaches and seeing the individual style that carries through every piece of each artists' work." said artist and DVAC Chairman, Lois Stipp.

The exhibition runs through mid-March and is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays at the Esplanade Arts Center. The Esplanade Arts Center is located at 2181 W. Esplanade Ave. at the corner of Sanderson Avenue in San Jacinto. Donations will be accepted. For further information call 651-1964.

Barbara Gene' meticulously builds her contemporary compositions. She completed a four year program under Hal Reed where she studied color theory, color harmony, perspective, light and shadow, and composition.

She spent 15 years of study with her mentor, Ruth Eyrich, as well as attending many workshops including those given by Stephen Quiller, William Hook, Bob Burridge, and Gerald Brommer. Her paintings have been exhibited through solo shows, group exhibits, and galleries in California and Nevada. She is a signature member of the International Society of Acrylic Painters and has been published in International Artist Magazine.

Lucia Knowles Wolfer has an eclectic, experimental, and stylistic approach in her art that are expressed with layers of paint, various gels,and mediums. Her work reflects her love of contrast, color, and texture and is replete with curvilinear element. Lucia is right-hand dominant yet begins her drawings and paintings upside down using her left hand.

"A way of gaining more access to my intuitive right brain" said Lucia. She completes her works right-side up using her right hand. Although she has taken some art classes and attended workshops in various media Lucia is essentially self-taught.

John Skeez is an award-winning Southern Californian artist with roots in Upstate New York who has enjoyed drawing and sketching all of his life. His most recent awards include the People's Choice Award in the DVAC's Sixth Annual Festival of the Arts as well as an Honorable Mention Award, both in October 2011. John started painting and taking painting classes in the early 1980s. John's paintings have evolved to include abstract subjects, florals, seascapes and sea life, paintings of four-legged animals, and murals.