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The 7th Annual California Center: Printmaking Exhibition has accepted one of my new monotypes for inclusion in their juried exhibit at the Merced Multicultural Arts Center in Merced, California. Juror Eileen Macdonald is Associate Professor of Art at CSU Chico. The exhibit runs through June 28, 2013. Their website is http://www.artsmerced.org
This work, titled TONDO, was printed at Seaweed Studio in 2013 on Rives BFK paper, and is matted and framed.
My painting, CINNABAR, has been selected as a Showcase Winner in ArtSlant’s 4th 2013 Showcase. This painting, one of my Haiku Threads series, is acrylic/mixed media on 24″ x 24″ gallery wrapped canvas. If you are interested in purchasing this painting, or any of my work, please contact me for more information.
I was offered a one year representation on http://www.ArtQuenchGallery.com, an online gallery and I am now included on their website. They also featured me in their online magazine http://www.ArtQuenchMagazine.com. Take a look and navigate around those sites.
Raku, Acrylic/Mixed Media on 24″x24″ canvas
The Artists’ Annual Exhibition at KALA Institute in Berkeley has been extended to February 9th. That’s good news.
Here is a link to see the artwork http://www.kala.org/artwork/works/artists_annual/ When you find my work, click on it and you can see 2 more images when you click on the numbers beneath the painting.
I’ve just finished a new painting in the Haiku Threads series using a smaller size canvas. Instead of the 24″ x 24″ format, I scaled down to a 12″ x 12″ canvas. I titled this one “SAKURA – Cherry Blossoms”.
Having wrestled with a “white” painting, SHIMO – Frost, I thought I’d attempt a “black” painting to add to the Haiku Threads series. The result is YORU – Night, acrylic/mixed media on 24″ x 24″ gallery wrapped canvas.
When I submitted my entries for this juried show at the Pacific Art League in Palo Alto, I crossed my fingers that my work would be accepted – for a couple of reasons. The first being that the juror was Valerie Wade, Director of Crown Point Press in San Francisco, and the second reason was that I had never before exhibited in the Main Gallery at the Pacific Art League. My monotype, Lines II was accepted and I was thrilled when I was notified.
This exhibit, Pressing Matters – a National Print Exhibition, opens tomorrow, Friday, November 2, with a reception from 5:30 to 8:00 PM, and runs through Novermber 29. The Pacific Art League is located at 668 Ramona Street in Palo Alto, CA.
I am featured on an art blog – take a look!
I recently completed another painting in the Haiku Threads series. This one is titled “Cinnabar”, acrylic/mixed media on canvas, 24″ x 24″. Cinnabar is a color that appears frequently in mostly Chinese objects, particularly furniture, and often in ceramics.
This painting is available for sale.
Several chapters of Women’s Caucus for Art in the region are holding a conference in September at the National Steinbeck Center Museum in Salinas to celebrate 40 years of Honoring Women’s Rights. This is the 40th anniversary of the founding of Women’s Caucus for Art. I’ve been a member for several years and have tremendous respect for the organization.
Included in this event is an exhibit titled Visual Voices Together and entries were juried by Dr. Joyce Aiken, Dr. Ruth Weisberg and Patricia Rodrigues, and will be on view from September 7 through November 25, 2012, in the gallery at the Museum. The conference dates are September 7th and 8th. A catalog with the selected artworks will be published.
My painting, White Threads, was selected, and I was thrilled when I found out. I included the following statement about the work: “These threads that are sewn on my painting connect the past to the present and stand as a metaphor of the recognition of those women who paved the way before us and of those who will follow.”
Information about the conference can be found at http://www.honoringwomensrights.org
