The season for giving has begun! When artist David Stonesifer, on behalf of Jo Erico from the Summit League, asked Los Gatos Museums Gallery members to consider contributing artwork to their annual “Homes for the Holidays” fundraiser we were happy to do our part! This holiday house tour features a Classic 1920’s Almond Grove cottage, a contemporary California-Mediterranean estate and an eclectic villa with magnificent views and showcases many designers, artisans and artists …
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I thought I might find this exhibition, Science, Technology & The Future of Art, to be engaging and eye opening but I didn’t expect to find it moving – but I was moved! And largely due to the top award picks of Juror, Gail White, Associate Professor of Art at Stanford. It was the science and technology combined with aesthetics of beauty and the nature of the human heart and inquisitive mind that really …
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Who’d a thought I would ever get work into an exhibit about science, technology and the future of art (let alone three pieces!)? Really, my aesthetic veers more to the Victorian than the futuristic! I guess the Victorian’s quest for beauty and the exotic led them to scientific observations and investigations. That’s how I fell about these Interference photographs. Shimmering Water – Interference photography on metal 2014 Blue …
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I was mesmerized when the television transmission I had been watching broke up into colorful pixelations of abstract patterns before my eyes. Not only was it more beautiful and engaging than the program I had been watching but I was also fascinated by how the human mind likes imagine recognizable forms in the chaos. I quickly took a number of photographs, appreciating the transcendence of this moment of technological breakdown. …
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The Pacific Art League held a reception for their October exhibition Landscapes, Seascapes and Urbanscapes, juried by Sara Kabot, Head of Exhibitions at the Cantor. I was pretty excited to hear that one of my two oil paintings juried in (Bottom of the Bay) was awarded First Place! There had been a record 343 entries for this show and a lot of really fine work! I’ve linked artist’s websites to …
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Kevin Kasik is Los Gatos Museums Gallery’s Featured Artist for October and his opening reception for his show “Myriad of Moods” was today – I had to go as I have some skin in the game! I love Kevin Kasik’s oil paintings! His works appear to very soft and subdued until you get up close and discover the rich riot of color and texture in the paint. His subject …
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Let me just start by saying wow! WOW! I hear that Anne and Mark have been hosting their Art Party for a number of years now but this is the first time they’ve held it at the Santa Clara Fair Grounds – because they’re just that big and fabulous! Artist Holly Van Hart and I got dolled up for the Opening Gala to check it all out and we were …
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The seismic retrofit has been completed for several months but the Pacific Art League had it’s Grand Opening Reception last night, entry fees going to support arts education! Wherever the architects and engineers were able to retain any of this historic building’s 1921 charm I was pleased, wherever they lost hardwood floors or gallery walls uninterrupted by electrical thingamabobs I was saddened.And while there was lots of room for more …
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I was super excited to attend the opening reception of my friend, Ron Dell’Aquila‘s photography exhibition last night at the Triton Museum of Art. He was awarded this coveted solo show when he won the Triton’s Statewide Exhibition and Competition (no small achievement) and the show looked absolutely fabulous! His work ranges from figure as landscape, actual landscapes, portraits and floral abstractions but my personal favorites, which I’ll feature here, …
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I was pretty impressed with the turnout we had for the Los Gatos Art Association in the Council Chambers reception. Yes we missed the mayor, Steve Leonardis who had been scheduled to come but Christina Gilmore opened the reception on behalf of the town. Our President Maralyn Miller spoke on behalf of the LGAA and we were all delighted to have jurors Neal Boor and Patricia Sherwood in attendance as …
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Suffice it to say that I was very excited to take my paintings, Cypress Crescent, Cypress Rock and Shards – Point Alones for exhibition in a private corporate lobby in Palo Alto today.
A little wine, a little walk, a lot of art…once a month downtown Los Gatos has been holding an art walk where merchants hosting local artists sport orange and while balloons. I caught it last night, (as a guest, not a participant) it was a lot of fun and a great success! Julia Watson was featured at Cover Story exhibiting her floral oil paintings. Jeanne Tillman was at Harvest …
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If you want to live in a thriving arts community you have to step in and do your part. That’s how I found myself coordinating the Los Gatos Art Association Council Chambers show. The Art in the Council Chambers program, run jointly by the Town of Los Gatos and the Museums of Los Gatos hosts four exhibits per year. The Los Gatos Art Association will be showing there annually which …
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A little birdie told me that Rose Tea I was purchased at the gallery today! Good thing I went in yesterday to take a peek at the new hanging or they’d just be a picture of a nail and a red dot!
My birds and teacups are on display at the Los Gatos Museums Gallery!
I made it to the reception for the Members’ Exhibit at the Pacific Art League last Friday and found that my painting Sea Stack had been awarded an honorable mention by juror Edna Wagner Piersol! Ocean themes did well, Mark Garner was awarded first place for his beautiful watercolor, The Slot. I didn’t even see second place, but Carroll Woods took third place for her solar plate etching …
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I was able to squeeze in a few more studio visits before time ran out on the 28th annual Silicon Valley Open Studios. Click on the artist’s name for a link to their website. First on my list was Ed Lucey‘s hilltop Los Gatos studio ( Site 271). I have admired his work since I arrived in California in 1997 where I saw it at the Pacific Art League and …
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I’m taking a break from participating in Open Studios this year so I can focus on some large scale projects that require ALL my focus and a very messy studio although I love holding my own, I finally get to enjoy going to OTHER artists’ studios this year! This is the final weekend and includes all the towns from Cupertino to Gilroy. Make sure to get out and take a …
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I finally got a chance to visit the Spring Awakening show at the Pacific Art League that was juried by Los Gatos artists Maralyn Miller and Ed Lucey and I was delighted to see that I had been awarded 3rd place for one of my two entries! Here’s the run down of awards, (click on the artist’s name for more information): 1st place went to Fred Holle from San …
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Isn’t she lovely? This is the Pacific Art League‘s card for this month’s exhibit, Spring Awakening featuring Hesperia by Skye Becker-Yamakawa The show was juried by two great local artists Maralyn Miller and Ed Lucey and I’m delighted to have two pieces in the show! The first is Lily of the Valley with Cows, an oil painting which certainly feels like spring to me. The second is Dancing on Yellow – A …
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