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Fiesta de Oro

New! Fiesta de Oro

Coastal Commute: Eastbound

New! Coastal Commute: Eastbound

Ole Hansen Beach Club

New! Ole Hansen Beach Club

Semper Fi Reflections: The Marine Monument at San Clemente

Semper Fi Reflections: The Marine Monument at San Clemente

Passing the Torch: The Next Wave

Passing the Torch: The Next Wave

Fog Fishing: Father & Son

Fog Fishing: Father & Son

Three Graces: The Dare

Three Graces: The Dare

Ojai Valley from the Thacher School

Ojai Valley from the Thacher School

News & Events

~ Art is the last three letters of heart.

Swallows Day 2008 shirts

Hurry to order shirts for men, women, and youth plus sweatshirts featuring Kimberleigh's 2008 Swallows Day design! Many sizes sold out at the events but we still have some in stock.

Fiesta de Oro

Fiesta de Oro youth T-Shirts — for San Juan Capistrano's Swallows Day and Fiesta de las Golondrinas — now available.

Spirit of San Juan

The Spirit of San Juan: A lone rider stops high above San Juan Capistrano as the sun's last rays illuminate the Mission, the San Juan Basilica and the Capistrano Valley. For different perspectives on the historic mission town, see Paul's growing collection of San Juan Capistrano art.

St. Margarets of Scotland St. Johns

This year for the first time, Paul has been asked to create the painting for the San Juan Fiesta Association's "Fiesta de las Golondrinas", Swallow's Day Parade and celebrations. This year marks the 50th year of the Swallow's Day Parade. Paul's "Fiesta de Oro" original oil painting will be auctioned off at the El Presidente Ball on March 15th at the El Adobe Restaurant in San Juan Capistrano. Canvas giclees are available and the artwork will be printed on T-shirts for the events.

Fiesta de Oro

Gavin Arts has new full-page full-color ads running in local and county publications featuring our art & design and our community involvement. Look for our ads in the San Clemente Journal, the program for the Fiesta de las Golondrinas (Swallows Day) in the Orange County Register, and the new Dana Point Times.

Swallows Day program

Andrews AFB Joint Service Open House and Fleet Week New York City: The Gavins are currently working on designs for these two upcoming 2008 shows in May. This year marks the 60th Anniversary of the "Berlin Airlift" which will be featured at Andrews' Open House / Air Show and the Gavins' design commemorates this historic event. Shirts and posters will be available soon.

Coastal Commute: Eastbound

The Heart of San Clemente: Paul is adding the final details to his new 15"x30" painting, "Coastal Commute: Eastbound", a painting of pelicans flying overhead along the San Clemente shoreline with the sunset glow illuminating their wings.

View of Ojai Valley

Paul continues to paint in the Ojai Valley and the Santa Paula region in Ventura County, California where half his youth was spent on his grandparents ranch riding horses, rounding up cattle, building fences and learning to drive tractors and his future 1951 Ford pick-up. He went to Ojai's Thacher School his high junior and senior years.

Toms Half Dome

Paul also finds time to paint in Yosemite. See his For Tom: Autumn Half Dome.

Yosemite Hawaiian
MCAS Iwakuni Friendship Day

Paul and Kimberleigh's ongoing support of the Marine Corps is seen in Kimberleigh's new 2008 Friendship Day design for MCAS Iwakuni, Japan.

Marine Monumnet

Uncommon valor of the United States Marine Corps is portrayed in Semper Fidelis Reflections: Marine Monument at San Clemente in the city's Park Semper Fi. Special pricing for military and families.

Marine Corps Mural

They also produced, with guidance from San Clemente local Phil Tessier, owner of Creations Unlimited, the World's Largest USMC Emblem: a 40 foot diameter Eagle, Globe & Anchor painted on the back wall of the MCAS Miramar Theater.

Paul Gavin Fine Art

Paul Gavin Fine Art

Paul Gavin Fine Art

Paintings, lithographs, giclees, and prints spanning the career of Paul Gavin. Reflections on his life and work along the Southern California coast as well as Normandy, Mexico, Yosemite and points in between.

Designs by Kimberleigh

Designs by Kimberleigh

Graphic creations for special events from Kimberleigh Gavin grace posters and clothing from T-shirts to Hawaiian fabrics to some very feminine tanks and tops with a U.S. military bias.

Air shows and military events

Military and Air Show Items

Posters, clothing, fine art, and a lot more honoring the U.S. military, air shows, naval demonstrations, and related events.

Gavin Hawaiian design shirts, sarong, and fabric

Gavin Hawaiian Designs™

Quality shirts, sarongs, and fabric of original Hawaiian designs saluting the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds flight teams, the U.S. Marines, and the California resorts of Yosemite, San Clemente, and Huntington Beach.

Paul's 1951 Ford Pickup
Kimberleigh and Paul Gavin

Gavin Fine Art & Design

About Gavin Arts & its artists.

Kimberleigh Gavin

Kimberleigh Gavin

About the artist.

Paul painting en plein air

Paul Gavin

About the artist.

Gavin Interactive

Where are the artists?

Where's Paul now? After selling out his Fiesta de Oro T-shirts at the Swallows Day parade, he is now working on images for March ARB and Fleet Week New York City as well as new painting subjects already in the works. You can visit him on the San Clemente Pier most weekends.

Where's Kimberleigh now? After completing all festivities surrounding the Swallow's Day celebration, she is now focusing on the next shows on the schedule. March ARB Air Fest May 2-3, Andrews AFB Open House/ Air Show May 16-18 and Fleet Week New York City, May 20-26.

Draw us a picture

Our Guestbook provides onscreen pens and brushes so you can leave us a message by drawing a picture.

Drop us a line

Comments or questions? We'd like to hear from you. Visit our Contact page to see how to get in touch with us.

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