Flockworks builds community through creativity...
We believe people of all ages and experience can share, explore and participate in the arts and creativity. We mobilize space, talents, time, and other resources in supporting community art and creative initiatives and provide a ‘platform' for leadership by community artists. We add visibility, vibrancy and access to local arts through exhibits, events, murals and installation projects.  All these creative threads tie us together as a community, and positively shape our culture. We see art and creativity as an endeavor for all and actively reach out to those with little access to creative opportunities.  
Flockworks is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with a ten-year track record of successfully supporting community creativity and local arts initiatives.  

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This could be you! 

Are you a visual artist living in the Fort Bragg area? Consider participating in this vibrant community project to bring life, color and joy to unexpected spaces in our beloved town. You do not have to be an artist by profession, but we are looking for artists with a professional attitude and a low-maintenance working style. Bonus points if you have a robust social media presence. 
The application process is simple. You will  answer some questions about yourself, your creative history and your current interests, and tell us how you came to be on the North Coast. You'll also submit 5 quality images of your work. If you are accepted you will be featured on the "Our Artists" page. It's no guarantee, but if you are selected by a property owner, we will get in touch and begin the process of planning your installation! 

Josef Mayfield

Josef recently moved to Fort Bragg "to get out of the big city and back to small town life." He grew up in the beautiful little town of Ouray, Colorado, which sits about 8,000 ft above sea level. If you have ever seen John Wayne's "True Grit" you've seen most of the landscape that he grew up in.

Most of Josef's family are artists, so it's no surprise he started creating from a very early age. His grandfather, was his first art mentor and encouraged him to grow as an artist. His serious "starting line" came from a high school trip to Paris when he visited the Museum of Rodin, whose work and that of other artists such as, John Singer Sargent, Mucha, and Caravaggio have strongly influenced on his art to this day.
He is drawn to portraiture and the relationship of humans and nature, finding endless fascination with the human face and the challenge of capturing it in a drawing, "because emotions and attitudes are so difficult to express without feeling it yourself." Building on the base of portraiture, he layers floral and architectural imagery to create surreal, almost dream-like, pieces. 

Biggest Creative Dream

I've always wanted to create a large piece and see it come to life. One of my dreams is to make a public piece."
​-Josef Mayfield

Bones Abell

Benny "Bones" Abell was born in Fort Bragg but grew up in Nelson B.C. Canada.  He's been drawing since he was 5. He moved back to the North Coast in 2001. He's always been inspired by movies, comics, and skateboard/ graffiti culture- but Frank Frazzetta, Da Vinci, Vaughn Bode, Frank Miller and McFarlain were also big influences on his style.  lately, he has found himself drawn toward space and animals, as well as the abstract, and the ways that  all three could work together. He prefers to work in latex and aerosol, and as he puts it "The higher visibility the better!" He frequently works with other artists and is enthusiastically open to more future collaborations. 

Biggest Creative Dream

​ My biggest dream would be to be wealthy enough that i could paint murals for free, then i could beautify every ugly wall in every small town in America at no cost to the citizens!
 - Bones
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