Tia Tranquila - Paintings by Arthur Koch in San Francisco

Arthur was born in Miami Florida and has been living and working in the Bay area for 40 years as a photographer, painter, and digital artist/animator. He earned a BFA in Painting and Photography at Columbia College and continued his studies in at the Academy of Art, SFSU, and CCSF. His background in painting and illustration influence his approach to photography with a foundation in composition, color theory, and visual communication. Working as a 2D/3D digital artist has kept him up to date with technology exposing him to digital photography and editing. In Jan 2016 he opened My Studio SF,CA, a rental gallery and photo studio with his partner Lisa Balsam Magruder who teaches art classes, custom framing, and fine art. In 2019 he bought a drone and circled the globe with his son. Now that he is a certfied and insured drone pilot he is licensing his drone images and video at Amazingaerial Agency In the last 10 years he has painted 12 large scale community murals