California Art Club 113th Gold Medal Exhibition

“Spring Radiance” 

So honored and excited to receive this letter.

We are delighted to inform you that your superb work, referenced above, has been selected for the California Art Club’s 113th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition at the Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University in Orange from Tuesday, August 20, 2024 – Sunday, October 26, 2024. Congratulations! Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University California Art Club, est. 1909 “

 

Artist Statement

This painting is about the vivid colors one can see on a sunny day in the Spring in Southern California. The early California landscape painters were mocked by East Coast critics for their use of bright colors. I take pleasure in pushing the brilliance of watercolors to the edge of gaudiness( and hopefully not all the way there) to express this glowing place.

#californiaartclub #goldmedalexhibition 

On Location in Malibu

 Thrilled that “Evening at Duke’s “ has been selected for the 9th “On Location in Malibu” presented by the California Art Club at the Frederick R. Weisman Museum at Pepperdine University. This exhibition in Malibu is held every 3 years at the Museum, and displays several larger works as the museum itself is an expansive space. Exhibition opens May 11 with an artists’ reception, and shows through July 28th. Congratulations to all the exhibiting artists, and to CAC for organizing .

#malibustatepark #contemporarylandscape #californiastatepark

#pleinairmagazine #californiaartclub #americanartist

112th California Art Club Gold Medal Exhibition

 

I'm honored to have my painting “San Mateo Creek 11 “x 14 “ in the California Art Club 112th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana. Gala reception will be this Saturday, 5 to 8 pm and the exhibition will be open to the public July 9 through Sept. 10. #cacgoldmedal

Link to Meet the Artist Video produced by the California Art https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXSSFwsBNbk

Monumental Miniatures 2022. California Art Club Exhibition

“ Rising” Plein air watercolor will be on exhibit at the California Art Club Gallery at the Old Mill from September 29 to January 22 2023. 

One of just 54 highly curated images I am pleased to have this painting of Font’s Point in the exhibit. A lesser known part of California history, Font’s Point was on the route discovering a link from the Spanish settlements in Arizona to the ones in California. 

“Rising “ was an afternoon painting where I felt heat rising off the land . It was painted during the Borrego Springs Plein Air Invitational.

3 Paintings in Lumiere de California

 An Exhibition of the California Art Club opening Saturday May 21 430 to 700 4355 Bonita Rd

Paintings are all 9 x 12

Windbreak Oceanside

Torrey Pines Marsh

Top of the World La Jolla

May 21 to June 24

Wed - Sat 10 to 4

626 583 9009

Californiartclub.org

110th Gold Medal Exhibition /California Art Club

 

Springtime At the Lagoon 14 x 21

The coast of Southern California has a special quality to the fog-filtered light. Tiny water droplets in the air reflect the light of the sun, creating colors that are pale but brilliant. This is the light I was seeking to capture in "Springtime at the Lagoon"

July 10 to August 7, 2021
Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University, Orange, California

Since its 1909 inauguration, the California Art Club has been dedicated to promoting and supporting contemporary-traditional fine art through championing painting and sculpture featuring representational practices. The Annual Gold Medal Exhibition is the most vital platform for demonstrating the best of the realist genre. While participating artists employ time-honored fine art techniques, their featured works in this un-themed exhibition seek to innovate with modern messages that address societal issues from diversity to the environment.

In presenting the 110th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition with the Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University, the California Art Club embarked on an exciting new partnership with this relatively new cultural institution. While our initial plans were to unveil our signature event in Orange County for the very first time, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we presented this much anticipated display on our website with a full slate of online activities and educational programs.

Mars an Artistic Mission

 

Flyover Canyons of Mars 24 X 18 watercolor.

The California Art Club exhibit is part of the celebration of Perseverance landing on Mars .

This was inspired by the fact skies on Mars are gold because of all the dust in the air. This makes lovely hazy atmospheric conditions that are perfect for soft washes of watercolor.

109th Annual California Art Club Gold Medal Exhibition: "Butterfly Beach" selected!

Butterfly Beach 9 x 12 watercolor on paper $950

SO excited! This is my 10th consecutive time in this exhibit, a bucket list item!

 The California Art Club’s 109th
Annual Gold Medal Exhibition at the Hilbert Museum
 of California Art at Chapman University in Old Towne Orange
will take place from
May 16 to June 13, 2020.

Museum Information:

UPdate : Virtual Exhibit Information

Since its 1909 inauguration, the California Art Club has been dedicated to promoting and supporting contemporary-traditional fine art through championing painting and sculpture featuring representational practices. The Annual Gold Medal Exhibition is the most vital platform for demonstrating the best of the realist genre. While participating artists employ time-honored fine art techniques, their featured works in this un-themed exhibition seek to innovate with modern messages that address societal issues from diversity to the environment.

In presenting the 109th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition with the Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University, the California Art Club embarks on an exciting new partnership with this relatively new cultural institution. While our initial plans were to unveil our signature event in Orange County for the very first time, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we will instead present this much anticipated display on our website with a full slate of online activities and educational programs.

We look forward to your virtual visit of the Gold Medal Exhibition – and hope you visit often!

ADDRESS:

167 N. Atchison Street
Orange, California (across from Ruby’s Diner and the Orange train station) 

PHONE:

714-516-5880

HOURS:

Open: Tuesday – Saturday, 11am – 5pm
CLOSED SUNDAYS AND MONDAYS

PARKING:

We strongly encourage patrons to park in the FREE City of Orange/Old Towne West Parking Structure on the corner of Maple and Cypress streets (GPS: 130 N. Lemon Street, Orange) — it’s just across the street in back of the museum and is an easy stroll to the museum and to numerous nearby dining and shopping options.

"Laguna Inlet" Juried into "The Golden State" California Art Club Exhibit at the Old Mill

"Laguna Inlet" 12 x 16

Painted  en Plein Air in Heisler Park on a misty morning in Laguna Beach

Exhibit Information:

EXHIBITION DATES:

January 14 – May 17, 2020

LOCATION:

CAC Gallery at The Old Mill

1120 Old Mill Road

San Marino, CA 91108

L A Arboretum exhibit with the California Art Club "Captured on Canvas"

This is what the sapphire tower really looks like. It's a bizarre succulent from the mountains of Peru and during last year's super bloom it put on a spectacular show. It looks alien with a palette of colors not seen very often in nature.

"Sapphire Tower" 20 x 16 is on exhibit now to January 16, 2020 in "Captured on Canvas" at the Arboretum Library with an opening reception on November 2 from 2 to 4 pm. A California Art Club exhibit.

CAC "Summer Impressions" includes "Lily Pond"

Lily Pond 9 x 12 Watercolor on paper $850

Summer Impressions
California Art Club Gallery at the Old Mill
San Marino CA

Reception May 23 5:30 to 7:30
5/21 to 9/28

108th California Art Club Annual Gold Medal Exhibition includes two of my Paintings

Winter White 16 x 20

Above Batiquitos 9 x 12

The Gold Medal Exhibition takes place March 3 to March 29 at 490 E Union St Pasadena

This is my ninth consecutive time in the Gold Medal Exhibition!

The California Art Club’s signature exhibition of contemporary-traditional fine art spotlights more than 300 sculptures and paintings of genres ranging from landscapes and seascapes to figures and still lifes. The exhibiting artists include nationally renowned representational artists who have been active in expanding interest in the California Impressionist heritage associated with the organization’s founding in 1909. While the artists employ time-honored fine art techniques, their featured works in this un-themed exhibition seek to innovate with modern messages that address societal issues from diversity to the environment.

In presenting the 108th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition at the location of the former Pasadena Museum of California Art (PMCA), the California Art Club returns to the venue that previously presented eight installments of its signature event – including the historic 100th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition.

California Art Club Exhibit "Art Between the Lines" features "Mount Diablo Northern View"

I am in the process of moving and really miss painting on Mount Diablo.
I am sure I will find new places to paint but wanted to participate in this exhibit with a painting  of Mount Diablo as my farewell.

Art Between the Lines
Peninsula Museum of Art
April 29 to July 8

Reception April 29 , 2 to 4 pm

California Art Club "Signs of Spring, opening Jan 16. showing "Tejon Ranch Spring"

Tejon Ranch Spring 14 x 18

Signs of Spring: A day in the Garden Jan 16 to May 20

Reception Thurs Jan 18 5:30 to 7:30

The Old Mill. San Marino

See the entire exhibit here:
https://www.californiaartclub.org/exhibitions/current-exhibitions/signs-of-spring

Monarch of Carmel Valley in California Art Club "Golden State Splendor" exhibit at the Santa Paula Art Museum July 15 to Nov 5

Monarch of Carmel Valley, 16 x 20  plein air
This was just painted this past May during the Carmel Art Festival.  I love this hill in upper Carmel Valley.  It is about 20 minutes beyond Carmel Valley Village and the drive to it is through some exquisite Oaklands, stands of Sycamores and horse ranches. I feel the tension leave my neck and back as I pull out here along Carmel Valley Rd. Often painting in absolute silence.

The title is cribbed from Hanson Puthuff who titled a painting "Monarch of Malibu".  If I can paint the hills of California half as well as he did I will be happy.
 I chose the title for this piece because this hill feels so majestic.
It is truly my vision of splendor!

California Art Club
Golden State Splendor
Santa Paula Art Museum
July 15 to Nov 5

Reception Sat July 15 4 to 6 pm.

Poppies Above the Bay and Morning Glow selected for the California Art Club 106th Gold Medal Exhibit

Poppies Above the Bay 21 x 21

Morning Glow 9 x 12

The California Art Club 106th Gold Medal Exhibition will be at the Autry Museum of the American West from April 8 to 30th with several events during the exhibit.

Artists' Gala Reception, Saturday April 8

Figurative Demonstration, Sunday April 9

Lecture and Tour , April 22

Paint and Sculpt Out , April 30th.

For those of you in the Los Angeles area, The Autry Museum of the American West is located at
4700 Western Heritage Way. It is open every day during the exhibit except Mondays. For more information about the  events, please visit:

 https://www.californiaartclub.org/exhibitions/annual-gold-medal-juried-exhibition

This is my seventh consecutive time accepted to this exhibit, to see all the paintings I've exhibited, please visit

https://robinpurcellpaints.blogspot.com/p/california-art-club-gold-medal.html

"Ojai View" and "Hollister Peak" in California Art Club's The Plein Air Perspective at Millard Sheets Art Center, Pomona

Ojai View 9 x 12

Hollister Peak August 14 x 14

Through January 28th

I entered this exhibit because Millard Sheets was a powerful force in all that is watercolor in California.
 I did a little research on him and found out  he started exhibiting with the California Watercolor Society at 15! Usually I think that artists starting this young have artists for parents, but that's not the case. He was raised on a horse ranch by grandparents who gave him his first art lesson at 7 and he had two aunts who encouraged his artistic talents. I wonder if either one of them was an artist?Millard seems to have been one of the focused ones who chose a path early in life and stuck with it.

Exhibit information

California Art Club "The Plein Air Perspective"

Millard Sheets Art Center

Pomona CA

November 5 to January 28
Reception November 5 , 5 to 7 pm

Update;

I thought you would like  to see the different frame I used on this one

It is Randy Higbee's Taos grey frame, I have seen it at the Sonoma Plein Air and thought I would give it a try.

"Reflections in Water " Reception California Art Club Exhibit at St Mary's College Museum of Art

 Looking North, Malibu

 Joan Young and Marian Fortunati  paintings

 Watercolor Painters are well represented, left to right Carolyn Lord, Barbara Tapp, Robin Purcell and Michael Reardon

 Santa Cruz Swirls and Mark Fehlman's painting

Paul Kratter, Katherine Fasciato, Robin Purcell paintings

'A small selection of the sixty paintings on exhibit until August 28th. I plan on going back, so let me know if you'd like to go to Moraga!

"Peak Near The Eiger" and "Great Wall Ascending" Two Paintings in California Art Club Exhibition "Traversing the Globe"

Peak Near the Eiger, Switzerland 10 1/2 x 13 1/2
Watercolor on paper

Great Wall Ascending 12 x 12
Watercolor on Paper



It was a change to paint snow and architectural elements.

"Traversing the Globe"
Jan12 to May 15th
CAC Gallery at the Old Mill
San Marino CA

"Where the River Meets the Sea" selected for California Art Club Point Lobos and Beyond Exhibit, Camel Visual Arts, Opening July 18th

"Where the River Meets the Sea"  11 x17 

Point Lobos and Beyond

California Art Club Exhibit at Carmel Visual Arts

7/18 to 8/23

Reception 7/18