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Exhibitions
Pierre Bonnard: Painting Arcadia
I was so happy to hear that a new exhibit of one of my top favorite painters, Pierre Bonnard, was opening up at the Legion of Honor! He’s known as one of the Nabis, a Post-Impressionist movement where the the flattened perspective of Japanese art, the stylization of Art Nouveau, the use of pattern as a decorative element and the exploration of non-local color were early hallmarks. I love this big, …
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Jody Alexander – Keep: Modern Library
Jody Alexander‘s Keep: Modern Library, on exhibit at the R. Blitzer Gallery in Santa Cruz, is a thoughtful and finely crafted transformation of the skins of vintage library books which have been withdrawn from circulation into textile inspired two and three dimensional art pieces that could only come out of an intimate knowledge and a deep understanding of our emotional attachment to these books as objects and our response to …
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Holiday Reception – LGMG
A very festive Holiday Reception at Los Gatos Museum Gallery last night. Champagne, wine and tapas, many artists, friends, patrons and lots and lots of art! Tom Yacoe, Marie Cameron, Danielle Dufayet Stacey Nussbaum Marie Pascal David Stonesifer, Ellen Howard and Carole Rafferty Katy Kindig, Donna Orme Veronica Gross Joan Drennan and her patron. Ellen Howard and Belinda Lima Pinot making friends with Karen Van Galder’s cat sculpture (realistic enough …
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Silicon Valley Small Art 2015
Tonight there was a reception at the Vargas Gallery for Silicon Valley Small Art 2015 which includes the work of artists Carmen Almlie-Martinez, Lynette Cook, Goran Konjevod, Dee Hooker, Diane Kreiter, Terry Kreiter, Won Ly, Adele Seltzer, Beth Shields, Peter Taber, Corinne Whitaker, Sheila Winner, and Tom Yacoe. I knew my friend Tom Yacoe was in the show and I was eager to see his beautiful work. His acrylic paintings, Sierra Runoff, Russian River 3, and …
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Islamic Art at the Triton
The Triton‘s Islamic Art Lunchtime Lecture with Nabeela Sajjad and Lubna Achikzai was fascinating and heart warming. I love the outreach their non-profit, the Islamic Art Exhibit is doing – shedding light on the beauty of the Islamic culture at a time when there is so much ignorance and fear. They are also doing some interfaith art collaborations which are so important in our multicultural world! Curator Preston Metcalf introducing Lubna …
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Stop Over
Stop Over, Kate Nartker‘s solo exhibition is on at the Jack Fischer Gallery. Running until December 5, the show is made up of dreamy digitally printed voile, woven imagery of home movies stills and video. For me it all seems to speak of the fragility of memory – loved it! No Magenta Hydrangeas Digitally printed voile Almost There Digitally printed voile Wrinkles and puckers were part of the presentation in certain pieces, …
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White Album
Last night artist Lorraine Lawson and I were lucky to have an early peak at White Album up at George Lawson Gallery which officially opens today and will run until December 19, with an opening reception this Saturday from 5-7pm – it’s simply elegant! Gallerist George Lawson gave us a personal tour of the work. While challenging to photograph, this was an amazing shot to see in person, with such …
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Coffee with the Curator
What a great way to start the day – Coffee with the Curator at the Triton Museum of Art! Today Preston Metcalf spoke on how to improve your chances of getting into competitions and exhibitions and one tip really surprised me. The Triton offers the chance of a solo show in their annual Salon – a statewide competition and exhibition of 2D work. I had thought that since this was the …
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Stephen Beal at NUMU
The New Museums of Los Gatos presented a talk Thursday evening with artist Stephen Beal in conjunction Warp and Weft, an exhibition of Beal’s grid paintings that was guest curated by gallerist George Lawson. It runs until January 3, 2016. This show spans a decade of work, and consists primarily of acrylic gouache applied to board, muslin and linen. These pieces have been inspired by textiles, music, the work of artists such as Piet Mondrian …
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What the Triton Means to Me with David Middlebrook
David Middlebrook is one of five artists, whose careers have been greatly influenced by their association with The Triton Museum of Art in the currently running exhibition, What the Triton Means to Me. Los Gatos sculptor David Middlebrook, represented by The McLoughlin Gallery, has lived and worked all over the word. I love his playful approach to substantial ideas, by using scale, drama, incongruity and enticing finishes Middlebrook engages viewers immediately, with the puzzle …
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Alex Kanevsky – Unstable Equilibrium – Dolby Chadwick
I found the perfect silver lining to the chainsaw buzzing around my studio – an escape to San Francisco for a day of galleries with a girlfriend. First on my list was Alex Kanevsky‘s Unstable Equilibrium at the Dolby Chadwick Gallery. It turned out to be the only gallery I could bear to visit as I felt I couldn’t mar the experience with seeing anything else! M.S.S. M.S.S. (detail) I’ve been …
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Art Silicon Valley San Francisco
Art Silicon Valley San Francisco just wrapped up on Sunday. I was able to catch the last day of this international art fair held at the San Mateo Event Center and was really impressed (brace yourself, this will be a BIG post and if something really interests you, click away on highlighted names, it’s all very rich in links! There was so much to see but I was delighted to …
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Rick Guidice – Plein Air
So THIS was the gorgeous sunset over Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Company last night where Rick Guidice was having his opening reception for his plein air paintings! The exhibit will run through October 31. With all the tables cleared away, the cafe made a great venue to exhibit art and host a ton of people! For someone to just pick up oils and produce a fabulous body of plein air work …
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What the Triton Means to Me with George Rivera
The Triton Museum of Art has a new exhibition up, What the Triton Means to Me, which features the work of five artists, Patricia Bengston-Jones, David Middlebrook, Leroy Parker, Nabeela Sajjad and George Rivera. The careers of each of these artist have been substantially enhanced by their relationship with the museum in different ways, which the artists write about. The show runs until January 3, 2016. George Rivera was the Executive Director …
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The NASA Paintings – Rick Guidice at NUMU
Thursday evening was a stellar night at NUMU with Los Gatos artist Rick Guidice, The NASA Paintings and a fabulous NASA Ames Research Center panel discussion, Our Place in Space: A Panel Discussion About the Future of Space Settlements! This dynamic exhibition of visionary space settlements Guidice developed for NASA in the 70’s helped to shape how we could see our future in space and has informed much later work on …
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Love a Pop-up!
I do love a pop-up – here today and gone tomorrow – did you catch it? I got a note from Frank Interiors that there was going to be a pop-up market place held at Linda Benenati‘s Saratoga art studio on Saturday and I had to go, missing Frank as I do since they closed up shop earlier this year (too cool for Los Gatos). Nothing says fun market place …
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Figures & Faces
Figures & Faces opened last night at Pacific Art League and we were very lucky to have juror, Ric Ambrose, Executive Director of the Richmond Arts Center join us. He was impressed with the quality and content of the submissions for this show, making this the best Figures & Faces exhibition at PAL to date! In this post I’ve linked the artist’s websites to their names where available. The …
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Champagne and Chocolate LGMG
We held a champagne and chocolate reception at the Los Gatos Museums Gallery on Sunday to usher in the new hang. It’s a great way to see the new work and meet the new artists that have joined our ranks! Here’s a lovely detail from A.D. Ballantyne’s oil, Mother’s Teacup, one of our newest member artists. I love when life imitates art, in this case artist Rebex Nie was visiting the …
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LGAA’s GBAO at NUMU
HUGE turn out for the Los Gatos Art Association‘s Greater Bay Area Open juried exhibition held at the New Museums of Los Gatos on Saturday! Juror Peggi Kroll-Roberts chose 66 pieces for this regional show sponsored by the Los Gatos Art Association. Mary Ellen Comport, on behalf of the New Museums of Los Gatos spoke eloquently about the important intersection of art, history and community and the important roles that NUMU, …
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