Brenda
Maltese
From
the age of nine, when I picked up my first camera, my dream was
to become a photographer. Time and circumstances had other ideas
and I became a yoga instructor. I taught yoga for 15 years, before
I finally allowed my spiritual side to guide me to my true calling-Photography!
My passion has always been for the arts; painting, sculpting,
and always the burning desire to create with my camera. Two years
ago, I finally was in a position to begin a new phase in my life
as a self taught photographer.
I moved to Santa Barbara County four years ago and am very inspired
by my surroundings, I learned to seek subjects out that may otherwise
be overlooked; things considered average or mundane, are very
beautiful to me and I try to convey that in my photographs
Although I am fairly new to the world of photography, I have produced
award-winning work that has been published and featured in several
exhibits, allowing me to express and share my point of view of
our world and its boundless beauty.
I will leave you with this one last thought; that I never truly
saw the world and its gifts until I viewed it looking through
the lens of a camera.
EXHIBITIONS
Photo LA 2014, 23rd International Photographic Art Exposition,
Women In Photography International, January 2014, Postcards-New
work and reflections of the past exhibition
Fall Juried Show, November 2013, Cypress Gallery, Lompoc, CA,
Second place
2013 Photo LA, The 22nd Annual International Los Angeles Photographic
Art Exposition, Women In Photography International presentation…..digital
presentation, Transportation
New Times Winning Images, November 2012, Publication, San Luis
Obispo New Times, Second Place
Art Takes Times Square, June 2012, Billboard presentation of 500
hundred artists from around the world, shown in Times Square
SPECIAL PROJECTS
Spirit Vision
Lompoc Civic Theater, Promotional Photography
Women
In Photography International Charter Member
UPDATE - APRIL
2016 - APRIL 2017
Brenda Maltese died Sunday evening March 26, 2017 at the age of
56 from complications related to her battle with very aggressive
anaplastic thyroid cancer.
A lover of fitness and the outdoors, Brenda was a yoga instructor
and personal trainer for ten years, and ascended Mount Whitney
with Reach the Top. She was also a member of the Lompoc Photographers
Guild, Lompoc Civic Theatre, and Lompoc Museum. Her compassion
for people led her to repeatedly volunteer for American Cancer
Society fundraisers and Ventura County Stand Downs.
Brenda saw the beauty in everyone she met. She turned none away
who asked for her help, and often went out of her way to assist
those who did not ask. Even while she was battling cancer, she
was always concerned more about those around her than herself.
Her inner beauty lit up the room when she smiled, even during
her final days and hours of life in the hospital.
Brenda is survived by her husband Benjamin, and child Nathan Watson.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday April 1st at 1 pm,
at Starbuck-Lind Mortuary in Lompoc. In lieu of flowers and memorial
gifts, please send donations in her memory to City of Hope Los
Angeles.
UPDATE: Obit notice
MARCH 2017
Lompoc,
California
Feb 25, 1961 - Mar 26, 2017
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/brenda-maltese-obituary?pid=1000000184749494&view=guestbook
Women
In Photography International Charter Member
Brenda Maltese (b.
February 25, 1961 -d. March 26, 2017)
Lompoc, CA
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UPDATE: Obit notice
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UPDATE
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