I am pleased to announce new representation at the
Hartwell Vineyards in the beautiful Napa Valley, California! These paintings were completed or started on location at the Vineyard! The Hartwells are kind and generous people, and their winery is a "must see" for your next wine-tasting tour! These eight vineyard paintings will be displayed in their tasting room for you to enjoy and purchase while you indulge in their exquisite wines! The paintings and their descriptions can be found on my website, in the "vineyard gallery". For Hartwell Vineyards, scroll down to: http://www.hartwellvineyards.com/
I am happy to announce that my two entries for the COAL Annual Open Juried Fine Arts Award Show were juried in by esteemed judges John Asaro and Chuck McPherson! These are, "While They Fished, I Painted" 20"h by 28"w and "Overlooking the Buena Vista Lagoon", 11"h by 14" w.
Having just accepted the position of Secretary for the COAL Gallery, I've been learning more about this wonderful organization, and I'm proud to be a part!
In honor of the Carlsbad Oceanside Art League's 60th Anniversary, the cities of Carlsbad and Oceanside are presenting them with proclamations. I happen to have been able to see the document from the City of Carlsbad, and this is how it reads:
“WHEREAS, the Carlsbad-Oceanside Art League (COAL) was formed in August, 1951 by a small group of emerging artists, and
WHEREAS, this group of artists began promoting art education and cultural appreciation of fine art in the community, and
WHEREAS, the Carlsbad-Oceanside Art League has promoted art education and cultural appreciation of fine art in the community with monthly art exhibits, a yearly open exhibit which solicits participation from the surrounding communities, “Art on the Green” in the heart of Carlsbad Village, monthly art demonstrations which are, in part, funded by the City of Carlsbad Arts Office, Featured Artists, who have been granted this opportunity for a solo show within the gallery through their being awarded a Best of Show in one of the monthly judged exhibits, and it’s Life Drawing Group held twice a month at the gallery, but most importantly,
WHEREAS, the Carlsbad-Oceanside Art League has, through it’s efforts, raised scholarship funds for high school students in the surrounding school districts and provided them a venue to display their work annually as well as created a Children’s Art Show each May to provide aspiring and budding artists the opportunity to display their work as well; and
WHEREAS, the COAL Gallery has successfully achieved its mission of art education and cultural appreciation of fine art in the community for 60 years as of August 7, 2011;
THEREFORE, the City of Carlsbad, on behalf of its citizens, acknowledges the Carlsbad-Oceanside Art League’s long standing commitment to the mission of art education and cultural appreciation of fine art in the community as the oldest art association in North San Diego County, recognizes the COAL Gallery for its fine art, its service and educational outreach to the community, and the scholarships it grants, on this, the occasion of its 60th birthday.”
This past week we enjoyed our fourteenth annual camping trip to El Capitan State Beach in Goleta, California. We camped, hiked and enjoyed good music, food and each others' company. And of course, I painted. We enjoyed three glorious days of sunshine, and I was able to complete a small painting of the stairwell in the first evening. "Stairwell at the Beach" is 8"h by 10"w . I will be painting a larger version of this one for sure! (The one I painted last year was sold a few days after painting it without even getting a good photo for reference!) "Bike Ride to Portola", 8"h by 10"w features bicyclists along the shady path that leads to the group campsite. "Ocean Therapy", 12" h by 16"w, I painted while our family prepared our "Italian Themed" pot luck dinner after a long day at the beach. "Ocean Break" 12"h by 16"w was painted from our "beach front" picnic table, while I enjoyed the company of my mother, sisters and brother in law, aunts, cousins, nieces and nephews. Our last full day was rather gloomy, but the sun finally did come out at around 5pm, while I painted "Here Comes the Sun" 8"h by 10"w (sold already!) It was a wonderful trip-I am truly blessed with a loving and supportive family!
I am pleased to announce that three of my recent landscape paintings were accepted into the California Art Club Exhibition at the Fremont Gallery, "Fresh Air Exhibit"; "Southbound Getaway"(22"h by 28"w), "Flower Fields of Carlsbad"(8"h by 10"w) , and "Long Beach Bike Ride" (18"h by 24"w)
The Fremont Gallery is located at: 812 Fremont Avenue, Suite 100 South Pasadena, CA 91030
Exhibition dates: July 2-July 31, 2011 The Artists reception will be Saturday, July 2, 2011 6:00pm-9:00pm. I hope to see you there!
Two of my most recent plein air paintings, "Where Carlsbad Meets the Sea" (11"h x 14"w) and "An Afternoon at Terramar" (11"h x 14"w) were juried into the Southern California Plein Air Painters Association Annual Aquatics Exhibit, "Earth & Sea"! The SoCalPAPA Gallery is in partnership with the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum and is located at 6oo East Bay Avenue, Newport Beach, CA 92661. The exhibit will run from June 15th-September 11th. Opening Reception will be Saturday, June 18th, from 4-6pm. Hope to see you there!
This past friday was the Gala Reception for the SOCALPAPA "Paint the Parks" Juried Art Show and Sale, held at the Irvine Ranch Historic Park. Juried artwork for the show needed to be dropped off at the park on friday afternoon by 1:00pm, but the reception wasn't until 6:00pm. It was a gorgeous day, and this historic building caught my eye. Five hours went by in a flash as I spent the time painting it in the afternoon sun! Today, the Katie Wheeler Library is a public library, but it's history is quite interesting: http://katiewheelerlibrary.wordpress.com/ We held our 2-Day Art Sale there in the gardens this past weekend, and it was a beautiful venue!
This past week, we've had some crazy weather here in Carlsbad! I painted with a friend on Monday at the famous flower fields and it was a gorgeous and sunny day. Friday, I painted with a few students at Camp Pendleton (thank you Tara and Amit for gaining access for us!) and it was (at least luckily, consistantly) overcast! I thought it would be fun to post these together!
Native California artist, wife of going on 28 years, mother of two wonderful young adults, who is grateful for a loving and supportive family and group of friends.
