Save the Date .... June 23rd 2018
including a special historical retrospective....
featuring select work by many of the artist alumni, who have been part of our 21 year history.
In collaboration with the Healdsburg non-profit organization Farm to Pantry, who close the hunger gap in our local community by gleaning excess fruit and produce that would otherwise go to waste. https://www.farmtopantry.org/
Our 2 featured artists for May 2018 are Dan Scannell and Marsha Connell.
Please join them both for our artist reception
Saturday May 12th , from 2-5pm
"Flora and Fauna in Silver and Gold" by Dan Scannell
Silver heron by Dan Scannell. Oil and silver leaf.
Artist reception Saturday May 12th 2-5pm
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Golden Iris by Dan Scannell. Oil and gold leaf.
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Our featured artist in May is Dan Scannell. Dan's news series was inspired by Japanese screens from the 19th
century. He says he became interested in the highly stylized nature scenes, and thought it would be interesting to create paintings based on Sonoma county flora and fauna. Hethen finished the backgrounds of these paintings using gold and silver leaf as Japanese artists did when making screens.
century. He says he became interested in the highly stylized nature scenes, and thought it would be interesting to create paintings based on Sonoma county flora and fauna. Hethen finished the backgrounds of these paintings using gold and silver leaf as Japanese artists did when making screens.
Gold Magnolia by Dan Scannell
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Artist Dan Scannell
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"Petits Bijoux" Small Painting Jewels by Marsha Connell
Creek at Bowling Ball Beach by Marsha Connell. oil on canvas, 12" x 12"
Marsha Connell
Plein air painter, Marsha Connell, is featuring a collection of “Petits Bijoux”, Intimate Scale Paintings from France to California, in the gallery’s Small Works Showcase. These “Small Jewels” celebrate encounters with wild and domestic landscapes, and traveled home in suitcases to tell the story. Connell’s expressive and rhythmic brushstrokes are a dance of color, in oil, watercolor or pastel.
Plein air painter, Marsha Connell, is featuring a collection of “Petits Bijoux”, Intimate Scale Paintings from France to California, in the gallery’s Small Works Showcase. These “Small Jewels” celebrate encounters with wild and domestic landscapes, and traveled home in suitcases to tell the story. Connell’s expressive and rhythmic brushstrokes are a dance of color, in oil, watercolor or pastel.
Snow and Wildflowers 1 by Marsha Connell, oil on canvas, 12"x12"
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Renoir's Bridge 1 by Marsha Connell, oil on canvas, 7 ½"x 9 ½"
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