Fresh Works – Harrington Gallery Pleasanton

3/29/2025 – 5/17/2025

I’m delighted that my painting “Sailing Lessons” is included in the 13th annual “Fresh Works” juried art show in Pleasanton.

Santa Cruz Harbor

The Harrington Gallery is a beautiful art space inside the Firehouse Arts Center in Downtown Pleasanton at 4444 Railroad Avenue. The gallery is open open Wednesdays – Saturdays.

Filoli Foxgloves

11″ x 14″ oil on linen panel

When visiting Filoli, there are a number of specific vignettes that I look forward to seeing as the seasons and plantings change. I have loved seeing this walkway lined with tulips and terra cotta pots full of hyacinths. If I had to choose though it would be the scene I’ve captured here with a multitude of foxgloves in the raking light of a sunny afternoon in early summer.

Montalvo Temple

9″ x 12″ oil on linen panel

Each time I find myself in the Italian Garden of Villa Montalvo I overhear a conversation about a wedding. A wedding being planned. A wedding remembered. In any case, it’s a fitting conversation at the Temple of Love.

Truckee River Cabin

9″ x 12″ oil on linen panel

I painted this to the sounds of the river rushing past in the late afternoon light. I didn’t see any activity at the cabin while I was there but it sure seemed to be an inviting spot.