"Clouds Over Sullivan's Island" and "Burndale Morning" to be exhibited in the California Art Club's 105th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition

Clouds Over Sullivan's Island, watercolor on paper 12 1/2 x 14 1/2

 Burndale Morning  watercolor on paper 9 x 12

This is my sixth consecutive time exhibiting in the Gold Medal Exhibition!
I have been fortunate to have had two painting accepted all six times!
 When there is time I post them all together.

This is one of the most prestigious art events on the West Coast, in one of the premier art museums in Los Angeles. It is the signature event of the CAC and there will be over 200 paintings and sculptures on view.

Details:

California Art Club 105th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition
April 3 - 24
Gala Reception April 2, 6pm
Autry Museum of the American West
4700 Western Heritage Way LA

For tickets to the Gala and more information, please visit
http://www.californiaartclub.org/exhibitions/annual-gold-medal-juried-exhibition/

A note on presentation.
These exhibits are generally filled with oil paintings. I try to be respectful of the challenges of hanging a diverse exhibit of still lives, figurative and landscape subjects. For these exhibits I frame my paintings like landscape paintings, not like colored drawings and I think that helps with their appeal. Here's how the two from this year are framed:

Winter's Light, La Jolla Shores, plein air watercolor.

'Winter's Light,  La Jolla Shores". Plein Air Watercolor, painted on location. 10 1/2 X13 1/2

In February we traveled to La Jolla Shores to celebrate a birthday. The afternoon sunshine and coastal mist was a subject I am very inexperienced with, I tried to capture the glow and atmosphere.

Watercolor West Award from Dick Cole at CWA 46th National Exhibition for Summit from Curry Point

Summit from Curry Point 18 x 24

I love painting at this spot. It's a panoramic view of the South West side of Mount Diablo that exhilarates me every time I turn the corner and see it.

Dick Cole, an extraordinary talent, awarded this painting the Watercolor West Award.

The exhibit has a wide variety of paintings of a very high caliber, so I am very grateful mine spoke to him.

The exhibit runs through February 28th and now that the Super Bowl is over, the area is once again accessible.

Details:

California Watercolor Association 46th National Exhibition
Academy of Art University Cannery Gallery
2801 Leavenworth St
San Francisco

Open Seven Days a week

M-F 9:30 to 5:30
Sat Sun 10 to 6

415 618 8518

Rumpled Landscapes of the Coastal Hills and Valleys on exhibit in National Watercolor Society Invitational Plein Air Painting Exhibition at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton Ca

I am very pleased to share that the National Watercolor Society invited me.
We got to select a group of paintings with a theme. My theme is the lovely rumpled landscapes of the hills and valleys of the coastal ranges of Northern California including Mount Diablo, Carmel Valley and Marin County.

Here are some of the  paintings that will be on display:

After the Fire 10 14 x 14

Where they ride horses 16 x 12 Best Watercolor Carmel Art Festival 2015

Mount Diablo Northern View 14 x 14

Marin Oaks 10 x 12  Sonoma Plein Air 2015

I wanted to display works most fully realized on location and that led me to elect several  from recent plein air events.
My co exhibitors include Mike Bailey, Frank Eber, Dale Laitinen, Carolyn Lord, Mark Mehaffey, Dean Mitchell, Michael Reardon, Thomas Schaller and David Teter.

About the Muckenthaler Cultural Center:

A Legacy of Excellence 

Commissioned at an original cost of $35,000, the Muckenthaler home was built by Walter and Adella Muckenthaler in 1924 atop a hill in Fullerton. The 18-room, 8.5-acres mansion was donated to the city in 1965 by Harold Muckenthaler, who wished to see his childhood home used as a cultural center for the public.

In 1999, the Muckenthaler received designation by the National Register of Historic Places. In its 51st year, the Muck produces more than 60 performances, gallery exhibits, festivals and special events; and more than 6,000 hours of arts education classes at the Muck and in 42 outreach sites serving more than 43,000 people every year.

More information at theMuck.org

Exhibit details

National Watercolor Society Invitational Plein Air Painting Exhibition

Reception Thursday, February 4th, 6:30 pm Free

Feb 4 to Apr 3 The Muckenthaler Culteral Center 1201 West Malvern Ave ,Fullerton 

"Looking North" Accepted into the 7th Annual Signature American Watermedia Exhibition by Juror John Salminen

"Looking North" 16 x 20, watercolor on paper, will be traveling to the Fallbrook Art Center outside San Diego CA for the 7th Annual Signature Watermedia Exhibition.

This national exhibit accepts entries from watermedia artists who have earned Signature membership in leading watercolor societies.

They use very accomplished jurors.
This year it is the wonderful John Salminen.
He selected just 90 paintings from 289 that were submitted.

Exhibition Dates:
Reception February 6th -5- 7 pm
Open and Closing Dates Feb 7 to March 20

Fallbrook Art Center
103 South Main
760 728 1414

"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