Current Show:
Featured Artist: Willow LaLand-Yielding
Cool Summer Whites
Exhibit Runs: July 1st - July 28th, 2019
Artist Reception:
Saturday, July 6th, 2019: 5:30 - 8:30 pm
Stop by the gallery to cheer the show with artists, Willow LaLand-Yielding and Susan Greer and join in wine and bites.
The July featured artist, Willow LaLand-Yeilding, is presenting her latest piece, “Chilled Summer Whites,” showing the cold condensation on a 4-foot square glass of white wine in the warm summer heat. Her 4-foot square duo, “Alexander Valley” and “Dry Creek Valley,” shares the grape harvest in action and the liquid gold pouring from the wooden slats of the wine press. LaLand loves to work big,… and tiny. Her collection of miniature 2” x 2” landscapes and still lifes beautifully complements her larger works. “Individually painted grapes, crystal clear reflections in glass, deep velvety shadows, intricate wood grain. . . I love to capture sensations – the taste of the wine, the stories being told, the breeze through the vineyard,” enthused LaLand.
Wine is a natural subject for LaLand as she and her husband have been making wine for over a decade. A daughter of artists, her life as an artist began very young – her first exhibit was at eleven. Now an internationally collected artist, her work has appeared in exhibits throughout the region.
Wine is a natural subject for LaLand as she and her husband have been making wine for over a decade. A daughter of artists, her life as an artist began very young – her first exhibit was at eleven. Now an internationally collected artist, her work has appeared in exhibits throughout the region.
Small Works Showcase: Susan Greer
Susan Greer
Plein Air Petites
The Small Works Showcase on the stairway features “Plein Air Petites” by Susan Greer. These petite Sonoma County landscapes capture the rhythmic quality of the natural world with expressive brushstrokes in oil, and simplified elegant forms. “Painting en plein air allows me to explore the land I love, while doing what I love to do" noted Greer.
Susan Greer
Previous Show:
"Seeking Common Language"
Featured Artist: Cynthia Sumner
Cynthia Sumner
Exhibit Runs: May 26 – June 30, 2019
Artist Reception: Saturday, June 15, 2019 from 4 – 8 pm
Stop by to engage in gallery conversation with artists, Cynthia Sumner and Beverly Bird and enjoy a special beverage sampling by YMateina, the finest Yerba Mate from Paraguay.
The June Featured Artist, Cynthia Sumner, an emerging local artist brings together her love of ceramics and painting in a new collection of work: “Seeking Common Language.” The exhibit features two mediums: a series of stacked sculptural forms in clay (“totems”) and oil paintings in cold wax medium.
Her paintings reference internal and external landscapes. “I am inspired by nature and mid-century modern ceramics,” said Sumner. In her painting process, textures play a big role as they go through layering, scraping, applying more paint. Cold wax medium blends beeswax, resin, pigments and solvents, which then evaporate to create a firm surface. Wax artworks date back to the ancient Egyptians. Once cured, these paintings can be handled like any other fine artwork.
“Whereas painting is a more recent endeavor, working in clay is like home to me. I’ve been shaping things out of earth since I could make mud pies,” noted Sumner. “Knives, squeegees, scrapers and my own fingers give me visceral feedback like working in clay,” she added. The stacked sculptural forms express her vision in three-dimensions: abstract shapes play off each other in these unique works.
A graduate of the San Francisco Art Institute in the late 80’s, Sumner was an art educator in New Orleans and San Francisco; she previously exhibited as a conceptual/installation artist.
Her paintings reference internal and external landscapes. “I am inspired by nature and mid-century modern ceramics,” said Sumner. In her painting process, textures play a big role as they go through layering, scraping, applying more paint. Cold wax medium blends beeswax, resin, pigments and solvents, which then evaporate to create a firm surface. Wax artworks date back to the ancient Egyptians. Once cured, these paintings can be handled like any other fine artwork.
“Whereas painting is a more recent endeavor, working in clay is like home to me. I’ve been shaping things out of earth since I could make mud pies,” noted Sumner. “Knives, squeegees, scrapers and my own fingers give me visceral feedback like working in clay,” she added. The stacked sculptural forms express her vision in three-dimensions: abstract shapes play off each other in these unique works.
A graduate of the San Francisco Art Institute in the late 80’s, Sumner was an art educator in New Orleans and San Francisco; she previously exhibited as a conceptual/installation artist.
Cynthia Sumner
Small Works Showcase: Beverly Bird
Beverly Bird
The Small Works Showcase on the stairway features “Sonoma Gems: a Small Works Installation” by Beverly Bird. Scenes from throughout Sonoma County featuring vineyards, ocean vistas, local sites, forests, iconic landscape views are depicted in colorful acrylic paints and textures. “Everyday the beauty of Sonoma brings such a thrill, I can’t help but pull out my paints,” says the artist.
