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Art

In keeping with the original business established over 35 years ago by master potters the McDougals, the Davenport Roadhouse at the Cash Store will showcase the best and/or hard to find products made by local artisans.

Terry Record furniture maker, artist, designer

Terry rediscovered his childhood love of wood during his recovery from a debilitating illness in 1980. It is with deep feeling and connection with the essance of life amongst the trees and their spirit, and a revernce for their woods that Terry attempts to follow an old Asian woodworkers precept: my my works last as long as the trees took to make the wood.

Jody Bare linocut wearable art

Jody Bare was introduced to her meduim when she was nine by her mother. In graduate school at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, she minored in Textile Design. Together with her family she moved to Santa Cruz in 1983. Today she prints designs of flowers, shells, and geometric motifs for art to wear, and prints more detailed story blocks on paper, matted and framed. Her art continues to evolve but she has not waivered from her origional linocut medium.

Boris Tyomkin painted pieces

Santa Cruz has proved to be an extremely rich experience intellectually and artistically for me, and the nature surrounding Santa Cruz has lead me to pursue landscape painting. Like the Impressionists, I am interested in capturing the quality of the light and allowing the brushwork to show mood rather them depicting the exact representation of the scene. The influence of my Russian schooling is also evident in the use of color as well as certain "psychological" aspect to the painting where I feel I have revealed not just the beauty of nature but myself being affected but this beauty.

 Jordan Swank nature photographer

I bought a nice camera and moved to California in 2003. I have been lucky enough to work for San Mateo County and Exploring New Horizons as a naturalist and outdoor educator. My work and interests have landed me outside as much as possible and California is a grat place to learn about the natural world.

Stephanie Adams jeweler

All my life I have been intrigued by forms and shapes found in nature. I have worked in many facets of the jewelry and metal working field,  and from weathervanes to wedding rings, my work is dementional in nature. I work mostly in a series, trying to explore vairations in technique while insuring that each peace is unique and one of a kind. Time spent carving waxes, and sawing metal, as well as combining copper, brass, and sterling to employ different color and patina finishes on my work articluates my love of nature.

Kitty Miller Jeweler

A wide variety of locally hand crafted earrings. Designs in glass. metal, and natural materials make these special pieces one of a kind.

 Una Gallagher Jeweler

Una has been residing in the Santa Cruz mountains for over 30 years. She has lived and traveled to many places around the world, from Africa to Europe, learning from many teachers and mentors as well as life's experiences. The mediums she works with are in relationship to her deep connection of nature, and an outgrowth of her spiritual journey. The expression of art and life manifested in these necklaces comes from her dedication to listening and observing the world around her.

  Jonathan Chorn & Lisa Silas sculpters

Our artisits in residence! Before attending the Florace Academy of Art, Lisa completed her undergraduate at the Unversity of Tennessee. Jonathan did his undergraduate studies in South Africa, starting at age 14 at the National School of the Arts in Johnnesburg and Ruth Prouse University, Cape Town. "Our studies at the Florace Academy of Art was spent 6-8 hours a day infront of a live model. We attended echroche classes, anatomy classes, and humanities with open discussions." Lisa after completeing her undergrad worked as an artist for 8 years in the states before becomming disapointed as a working artist and moved to Italy to turn her attentions towards the amazing artists of the Greek, Roman, Renaissance, and Romantic periods. Her love of realist painting and sculpture are what continue to expand her works and inspire her today to focus on her current direction of women in movement. She strives to capture not only the true features of her subjects but also their emotions. Jonathan is a master painter but has set his focus on sculpture. After graduating from Florence he worked in South Africa on his art and taught privately. He comes from a family of clay-workers and has spent his whole life with art- it is essentailly all he knows. He is presently working on large relieves of women and wildlife. His inspriration comes from the beauty that surrounds him here in Davenport. "We both love expressionism as well as realism because the forms we study in nature are abstract in themselves. We have found that this type of training focuses on the craftmanship and training of the eye."

Retail Store 

Chocolate Visions Truffles

These wonderfully creative and unique chocolates are made locally by a couple in Scotts Valley.  They use the finest quality chocolate and infused local herbs like lavendar, olive oil from Aptos, and wines from local vineyards like Bonny Doon and Equinox to achieve delicate and interesting chocolates you are sure to enjoy!

Bonny Doon Farms

From this very local farm we carry a wide variety of hand made soaps and bath products. These products are also used in our rooms; so if you like what you used it is available down stairs in our store for purchase! Bonny Doon also runs a fantastic winery and holds daily tasting and wine tours at their farm just 15 minutes south.

Valencia Creek Farms

From this beautiful farm in Aptos we are selling Olive Oil and silky Olive Oil Soap in Lavendar, Bay Rum, and Almond scents whose slow and meticulous process produces a product unlike anyother. 

Frank Balthis Postcards

A local from Davenport, Frank has been capturing the natural beauty of our surrounding area for years and his best works are featured here at the Roadhouse in a wide variety of very affordable postcards.