Surf City

About the Artist

Evelyn Jenkins Drew is a fifth generation California artist who studied at San Jose State University where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1980. Evelyn paints bright and colorful "beachy" scenes with turquoise water and banana trees and palms that evoke the warmth of the tropical breezes of the Caribbean, California, Hawaii, and Mexico. Evelyn's art is about good times in "fun places" with old cars such as beautiful woodies and Volkswagon buses. Her art has been chosen for North Light Book's Splash 10: The Best of Watercolor. She is a long time participant in the Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County's annual Open Studio Art Tour and her work has been collected internationally including in England, Canada, the Caribbean Islands, South Africa, Mexico, and Trinidad. She and her husband Terry have lived in the sailing, surfing and beach culture of Santa Cruz, California for many years. They now spend four months each winter traveling on their sailboat in the Caribbean where she paints while her husband does his boat projects. During the summer and fall she exhibits in juried art festivals in California. By working with Art of Place, Evelyn can expand her artistic talents throughout the United
States and the world on many different products for all to enjoy.