Walnut Creek ,construction banner at 1500 Mount Diablo Blvd

Thanks to the city of Walnut Creek for this fun public art project, I appreciate the chance to see this large!
The original painting is Wild at Heart, 14 x 14 propped in front of the banner.

Here I am next to it to give you an idea of scale

Diablo Arts Magazine Cover and Walnut Creek Turns 100 Exhibit, Lesher Foundation Award

The neighboring city of Walnut Creek has a public arts program sponsored by the city and the Lesher Foundation. I was honored to be asked if my painting " Wild At Heart" could be used as the cover to promote the Walnut Creek Turns 100 Exhibit.

  























The  Bedford Gallery also chose to feature the uncropped version in the brochure for Walnut Creek turns 100.

At the reception I was happy to find out my painting won the Lesher Foundation Award.
On the following Monday I was invited to give a docent talk about my painting which was a great experience, I got to meet some very talented artists and address a lively group of about 40 docents..Thanks to Carrie Lederer and her staff for a wonderful, local experience! Because this exhibit is unjuried it is uneven, but there are some wonderful pieces included, you just have to find them.

Exhibition Details:
Walnut Creek Turns 100: Celebrating the City Through Art September 21 - November 16, 2014

Admission during Walnut Creek Turns 100 is free thanks to a generous grant from the Lesher Foundation

Two Paintings at 102nd Annual California Art Club Gold Medal Juried Exhibit and Sale, June 2 to 23

Wild at Heart 14 x 14

This painting's inspiration was the vivid greens of William Wendt's California hills.

Point Lobos April 9 x 12

Whales swam just behind me as I painted this.

I will be at the gala!

102nd Annual California Art Club Gold Medal Juried Exhibition and Sale 
 June 2 – 23

 http://www.californiaartclub.org/pdfs/102%20GM%20Programs%20WEB%20version.FINAL.pdf

 Held at the USC Fisher Museum of Art University of Southern California.

The works were selected for inclusion by a jury that was comprised of representatives from prominent southern California museums, and included:
 Kay Allen, Associate Director, USC Fisher Museum of Art;
 Ed Fosmire, Deputy Director, Laguna Art Museum;
Selma Holo, Director, USC Fisher Museum of Art;
 Amy Scott, Curator of Visual Arts, Autry National Center;
 Jean Stern, Executive Director, The Irvine Museum.
 For more information and to purchase tickets to the gala
http://www.californiaartclub.org/exhibitions/annual-gold-medal-juried-exhibition/