The Southern California Artists Painting for the Environment (SCAPE) and the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) are cohosting Images of Our Rekindled Maritime Community, an online exhibit and sale of fine art, Wednesday, Aug 18 through Tuesday, Aug. 31.

The juried art show and sale will feature the work of more than 55 artists and their views of the ocean, the Santa Barbara Channel, and Santa Barbara’s maritime life. A percentage of the sale proceeds will be used to benefit SBMM and help rekindle its post-pandemic maritime education programs.

Artwork may be viewed and purchased online at https://sbmm.org starting at 12:01 a.m. Aug. 18.

Last year, the first online SCAPE show and sale was a success with 34 paintings sold. “The theme of this year’s show implies the relighting of our lives, the Point Conception Lighthouse Lens, our community, and the Pacific Coast,” SCAPE organizers said.

Among this year’s art offerings are: “Blue Morning Sail by Nina Warner;” “Surfer” by Mary Freericks; and “Scarlet Skies” by Marian Fortunati.

Ray Hunter is SCAPE’s juror for show and sale. Hunter was born and raised in Montana, where he spent time painting the vast landscape and fly fishermen. He moved to Seattle and became interested in marine art, spending time in boat yards, docks, Foss tugs and seascapes.

For the last 24 years, Hunter has been in Santa Barbara, exploring the coastline and trying to capture the local light. His shows include, SCAPE, CAC gold medal, Paint the Park, CWA national shows, and the American Society of Marine Art national show.

His awards have included the grand prize in Paint the Parks 2007, award of merit Coos Bay maritime show, Edmonds Art Festival, Mackey Award, SCAPE first place award in 2003 and 2020. He is a member of the Oak Group, a CAC artist member, signature member of California Watercolor Association, American Society of Marine Art, and SCAPE.

SCAPE was founded in 2002 and has grown to some 200 members, a diverse group including nationally known and local artists, students, patrons, and gallery owners. Membership is open year-round to all who want to participate.

SCAPE’s goals are to have exhibits to help raise money to protect open spaces, to increase public awareness of environmental and conservation issues, to promote camaraderie and provide education for artists

SCAPE mounts two or three juried exhibits annually. To date more than $100,000 has been raised to benefit local nonprofit beneficiaries including the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Channelkeeper, and Heal the Ocean.

For more information, visit https://sbmm.org/ or SCAPE at www.s-c-a-p-e.org.