4/1/2023 – 6/10/2023
After taking a two year pandemic-related break, the Firehouse Art Center is hosting their 11th edition of the “Fresh Works” juried art exhibition. Ashley Voss, Director of Voss Gallery in San Francisco, is the juror for the show and I am so very happy to have my painting “Heading Out” included in the show.
The Harrington Gallery is a beautiful art space inside the Firehouse Arts Center in Downtown Pleasanton at 4444 Railroad Avenue.
3/30/2023 – 5/15/2023
Three of my paintings have been selected for inclusion in this juried painting show that will be on view at the Coastside Arts Gallery in Half Moon Bay at 300 Main Street. The gallery is open from 11:00 to 4:00 except on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Many thanks to the show’s curator Kathy Miller and to the jurors Patricia Appel, Ellen Joseph and Greta Waterman.
8″ x 10″ (private collection)
This plein air painting is all about capturing the action of springtime in Los Alamitos Creek in San Jose.
8″ x 10″ (private collection)
Before my area was known for technology companies, it was called Blossom Valley. There are a few of these heritage orchards that remain. This one is full of plum trees with their spring blooms.
8″ x 10″ oil on linen panel
I love oak trees. While painting this one, I focused on bring out the tree’s warm orange and red tones.
12″ x 24″ oil on linen panel
With harbors increasingly full of white fiberglass, you’ve got to love a red boat. I have a crush on the red SSS Viking and the high school age young women who participate in the San Francisco Sea Scouts. Here they are sailing toward Alcatraz on a flamboyantly colorful and blustery spring day. The Viking was built by the US Navy in 1938. Today’s home port is the Maritime National Historic Park in Aquatic Park, San Francisco.
Exhibited …
2024 – Allied Artists West Group Show “Colors of Summer”
2023 – California Art Club “Spring Awakening”
6″ x 8″ (private collection)
This piece was painted at Lighthouse Point in Santa Cruz while a steady stream of surfers took a leap from a rock ledge into the waves after scrambling past signs warning of the danger.
Exhibited …
2023 – Coastal Arts League “Companions and Locals”
8″ x 8″ oil on linen panel
The early morning light lit up the otherwise drab gray brown reeds. In this plein air piece, painted at Vasona Lake Park, I put myself to the task of catching the effect and of seeing a familiar scene in a new way.
9″ x 12″ (private collection)
Winter in our area can look a lot like spring. In this I am striving for a loose sense of a chilly yet lush morning.
14″ x 11″ oil on linen panel
The winter of 2022-2023 transformed Steven’s Creek. The water levels were unusually high as I painted this to the sound of rushing water.
