December Monthly Artists: Dean Crawford & Deb Hoftstetter

Dean start­ed work­ing at two Com­mu­ni­ty Col­leges in South­ern Cal­i­for­nia before fin­ish­ing his career of 35 years at Cal Poly State Uni­ver­si­ty, San Luis Obis­po, retir­ing in 2007. 

He worked as a Graph­ic Design­er, Pho­tog­ra­ph­er and Com­mu­ni­ty Col­lege Instruc­tor in the Graph­ic Arts field. 

After retir­ing, Dean picked up his cam­era again, dig­i­tal this time, and start­ed cap­tur­ing scenes from our beau­ti­ful Cen­tral Coast. He joined the Paso Rob­les Art Asso­ci­a­tion (life mem­ber) and start­ed to teach Pho­tog­ra­phy in the Adult Edu­ca­tion Pro­gram with the City of Paso Robles.

After win­ning many first places and awards of excel­lence for his images, it was time to show his work in a gallery situation. 

In Jan­u­ary 2017, Dean and Deb Hof­stet­ter, joined forces and rent­ed Stu­dio 4 in down­town Paso Rob­les, with the group of artists at the Stu­dios on the Park Galleries.

They con­tin­ue to show their work togeth­er and sep­a­rate­ly in San Luis Obis­po Coun­ty. Dean con­tin­ues to teach with the City of Paso Rob­les and is an active mem­ber of the PRAA Pho­to Guild. 

Deb­o­rah ​“Deb” Hof­stet­ter is a pro­fes­sion­al pho­tog­ra­ph­er born and raised on California’s beau­ti­ful Cen­tral Coast. She cap­tures the most pris­tine of images for por­trai­ture and com­mer­cial pho­tog­ra­phy. She con­tracts as a sport photographer,local event pho­tog­ra­ph­er and is a skilled tech­ni­cal pho­tog­ra­ph­er work­ing in her­home stu­dio. Deb is also an artist in res­i­dence at Stu­dios on the Park, 1130 Pine Street, Paso Rob­les, CA 93446. Her work can be seen at sev­er­al events and venues: Stu­dio 4, Cat­tle­menʼs West­ern Art Show, Kennedy Nau­tilus, Odyssey Café, Cas­toro Cel­lars, the Paso Rob­les Art Asso­ci­a­tion, the Mid-State Fair and more to come! View her work at www​.ccpropho​to​.com. Deb is a com­mis­sioned pho­tog­ra­ph­er, sup­ply­ing art for Airbnb and local offices. ​“I like diver­si­ty, it keeps it fun and fresh.” ​“My art­work is the hob­by side of the tech­ni­cal work I do and a way to stretch the bound­aries of creativity.“