Studio Information
Crome Architecture
About The Artist
Nature is my muse. The ocean is my passion. My work explores pattern, texture and color through an intuitive studio practice. I render macro and micro observations of my subject as a single image or as a collective grouping tied together by a common thread. I feel as if I’m stopped in my tracks by a subconscious familiarity that inspires me to create an image of what’s before me. I grew up along the Atlantic coast and now live near the Pacific. I blend my love of science and art through drawings, paintings and illustrations. My hope is to stir curiosity in the viewer to inspire a call to action for the conservation of our oceans. My intention is to share with the viewer my personal space of observation.
©2026 Monica Loncola
Monica Loncola b. 1958 New Jersey, USA. Her formative years were spent along the Atlantic Coast. She holds a BFA in studio arts from Rosemont College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, a Masters in Science Illustration from California State University Monterey Bay and is a current member of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators. . Ms Loncola illustrates a wide range of subject matter. “Her technical prowess for detailed realism and her ability to deftly fuse it with abstraction achieve works of art that are an eloquent manifestation of visual synergy.” Manhattan Arts Magazine. 1999. Ms. Loncola has taught art in Marin County Schools and was invited to teach art to children in the Golden Gate National Parks Out Reach program working alongside CA Park Rangers. Her work has been exhibited in Museums and Galleries in the United States, Japan, Africa and the US Art in the Embassies Program. Her painting Violet Urchin was selected for an exhibit in The de Young OPEN a comprehensive juried show curated by Chief Curators of The de Young and three SF Bay Area artists: Enrique Chagoya, Mildred Howard and Hung Lui. It was purchased by a SF Bay Area collector for their personal collection. Her most recent exhibition On The Edge Of The Pacific was on exhibit at the NOAA Sanctuary Marine Center, Santa Cruz, CA July – August 2025. Her Exhibition will open at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History in the Fall of 2026 through January 2027. http://www.monicaloncola.com
Oil Paint, Watercolor, Drawing, Digital Art, Mixed Media
Contact Information
Exhibitions & Press
Current Exhibitions Abstracting Nature Jan 15- March 11, 2026
Location: The Gallery , Tiburon-Belevdere Library, 1501 Tiburon Blvd. Tiburon CA 94920
My work on exhibition Rhubarb oil on canvas 42″H x 32″ W framed $3500.
Up coming solo exhibition at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, Pacific Grove, CA
On The Edge Of The Pacific Where passion, purpose, science and art meet land and sea.
Sept. 16, 2026 – Jan. 3 2027.
Journal of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators
Spring 2025 Showcasing the work of the Graduate class of 2024 at CSUMB
Masters Certification in Science Illustration
My piece La Moule Bleue is featured. A watercolor of a Pacific Blue Mussel presenting all forms of life from a Pacific Tideopool growing and living on the exoskeleton of the shell during a negative low tide at Stinson Beach, CA June 2021.
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