Lost and Found: Assemblage Artists of Northern California

About

Spencer Brewer is a DSE (Dangerously Serial Entrepreneur) who creates 'High Whimsey' - fantastical pieces of assemblage sculptures out of vintage or unusual objects as well as being a composer pianist artist piano technician and producer. With 16 solo and duet albums to his credit he received acclaim for his #1 hit records The Pipers Rhythm and Dorians Legacy. His music has been featured on Home Alone 2 LA Law Sex & the City Thirty Something The Oprah Winfrey Show The Barbara Walters Show over 15 years of Olympic World games NPR CNN and hundreds of other TV programs and movies across the globe. For 15 years in his studio Laughing Coyote Productions he produced/engineered over 200 audiophile recordings for artists including Alex de Grassi Joe Craven Holly Near Gene Parsons Barbara Higbie Paul McCandless Paul Winter Phil Aaberg Darol Anger and many others. During this tenure several recordings were nominated for Grammy awards. Alongside his lifelong passion of music and art he has also restored bought sold tuned and did virtually everything on over 20000 pianos. Today utilizing parts from pianos other instruments and vintage ephemera he makes one-of-a-kind 'assemblage' pieces with his wife Esther at their studio HarmonyGaits.com in northern California. His sculptures have been featured in galleries and museums throughout California. Spencer firmly believes in contributing back to his local community of Mendocino County. While donating dozens of private concerts over the years for local non-profit agencies 30 years ago he started and was the promoter for 25 years the award winning Sundays in the Park summer concert series with over 20000 attendees a summer in Ukiah CA. He also created and produced festivals and concert series' - 'Live at the Playhouse' 'The Professional Pianist Series' 'Happination' 'BandSlam in the Plaza' 'Acoustic Café' 'Sunset at the Cellars' Lightning Jam with Kris Kristoffersen' 'Rural Health Rocks' and many others. Over the last decade he has been an integral partner with Wines That Rock creating premium wines that enhance the direct connection between brands and fans like Grateful Dead Cirque du Soleil NPR Virgin & TCM Wine clubs Star Trek Hallmark Downton Abbey Discovery Channel The Bachelor Rolling Stones Woodstock and many others. A Renaissance man Spencer contributes music and art while consulting organizations on their media PR marketing production plans while supporting local communities. Esther Siegel's life and interests have revolved around creativity healing and horses. These interests guide her in whatever she does. Creativity is expressed in the form of cooking book art card making and assemblage art. Healing is expressed in the form of herbology natural healing massage and psychotherapy and horses in the form of cross-country traveling teaching riding and utilizing horses as partners in psychotherapy. Being part of a community means giving and Esther has volunteered donated her time and energy as a foster parent doing therapeutic riding food kitchens and mentoring. Her strong belief in ecology and recycling originating from her 'hippie days' has created a natural attraction to assemblage art where she resides in a most easy manner.