40th ANNUAL CAPITOLA ART & WINE FESTIVAL

September 9 & 10, 2023

Join us at the Festival!

Stroll the festival sipping exceptional wines from 22 Santa Cruz Mountain wineries while admiring the artistic talents of over 100 fine artists. Enjoy live music, be inspired by local dance groups, and street performers.

Charming Capitola Village is filled with restaurants for every taste and an abundance of boutiques to satisfy a shopper’s dream. Art, wine, music, and fun in the enchanting beach-side setting of Capitola…summer’s last hurrah, and truly a weekend in paradise!

Artist Application:

The Capitola Art & Wine Festival is a juried show of original fine art. Artists of all mediums are encouraged to apply.
APPLY HERE ( deadline May 1, 2023)

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39th Annual Capitola Art & Wine Festival Poster

Artist, Amadeo Bachar

Posters will be available at Brittany’s booth at the festival.

About the Artist – Amadeo Bachar

Amadeo Bachar is a California-based artist and educator specializing in marine science illustration. As a native son of California’s central coast, Amadeo drew early inspiration from family traditions of fishing, coastal gatherings, and from his family’s old copy of The Lore of Sportfishing.

Amadeo’s illustrations and fine art lead us into the richly detailed, colorful, and sometimes strange world of marine landscapes— and the individual beauty of the creatures that inhabit them.

He earned a B.S. in Marine Biology from UCSC, then went on to attend the world-renowned UCSC Science Illustration Program in 2004. By 2008 his career as a freelance illustrator was well established, with works published by National Geographic, United Nations, Scientific American, CA Department of Fish and Wildlife, among others.

Today Amadeo is a full-time artist, proud family man, and an avid fisherman, free diver, and spearfisherman. In addition to running his busy studio in Aptos CA, he is in the process of developing local scientific illustration workshops, and an online curriculum for all skill levels. Amadeo’s work can be found in stores worldwide, being merchandised by brands like Salty Crew, Igloo, BD Outdoors, and others.

Poster will be available at Amadeo’s booth at the festival, and online at www.abachar.com. Follow Amadeo on Instagram @abachar