Today’s unplanned visit to the Triton Museum of Art turned out great. I saw David Middlebrook’s sculptures live for the first time and can say that no pictures can do his work justice. You have to be in their presence to fully appreciate them.
The exhibit will be open till December 5. Stop by if you can, there is a lot to see and enjoy.
The images below show some of David’s sculptures that are part of the exhibit at Triton. Not all of them were taken at the museum – some Triton photos didn’t have enough details in them. Still want a better image of “Apparition.”
Apparition
Heirloom
Nature’s Revenge
The Tides that Bind
Collision Course
Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Society is currently having their annual show at the Rose Shenson Gallery, and today was the reception and award ceremony there.
It rained the whole day since early morning too. The Rose Shenson gallery is relatively small, the SCVWC show takes all the space there, so refreshments and seats for the award ceremony have to be outside. There were plenty of canopies there to shelter artists and guests, and food and drinks fit nicely under the eaves. Art, fellow artists, drinks, and rain – it does not get any better than that!
I hope SCVWC will post the name of winners on their web site soon, so I will only mention a couple pieces from the show that I liked the most:
Diane Fujimoto. Ah Paris – My Alternate Reality
Nancy Calhoun. Blue Shadow
Outburst
colored pencil
6″ x 9″
The juried Fall Fest Art Show 2010 had its opening reception and award ceremony yesterday. This year the show was back to the Quinlan Community Center, Cupertino Room that looks so much nicer and more inviting than a formal Community Hall.
My Outburst won the 3rd place in the Mixed and Dried Media category. The judge, George Rivera, commented on “Outburst: “Wonderful discovery! It drew me in. This piece has quiet poetry that continues to reward you. The positive and negative spaces together make it successful.”
Belinda Lima won the Best of the Show award for her “House Of Shoji.” I love that collage, so glad it received the highest award! Could not find the image anywhere online, or I would post it here. Congratulations to all other artists who won a place or an honorable mention!
Thank you everybody who stopped by, it was a pleasure to spend the evening with you chatting and admiring wonderful artworks by fellow FALC artists.
The show will still be open tomorrow, 10 am till 6 pm, if you didn’t have a chance to see it yet or know someone who may like to see it.
Reception at the Silicon Valley Fall Fest Art Show on Sept 24
Pacific Art League has a photography only exhibition this month – Photography Today.
What caught my eye was all black and white photographs: Remnant by Bill Moy, Parched Earth 1 and Parched Earth 2 by Meggi Raeder, and Brothers Play Go by Hiroshi Suzuki. Couldn’t find the last photo anywhere online.
On a photography-related note, Modernbook Gallery left Palo Alto for San Francisco. When I saw their place closed and disarranged I thought they were gone for good. Apparently all is not lost, but it’s sad to see that the Palo Alto Art Walk got shorter.
The Fine Arts League of Cupertino holds the 2010 juried Silicon Valley Fall Fest art show September 25-26. I will have three pieces in the show:
Juror – George Rivera, Curator at the Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara.
Reception and auction: September 24, 2010, 7 PM to 9 PM
Dates: September 25-26, 2010
Hours: 10 AM to 6 PM
Address: Quinlan Community Center, 10185 N. Stelling Rd, Cupertino, CA 95014
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I missed the reception at Figures & Faces yesterday at PAL, but going to the show on a quiet day has its own advantages: you can enjoy each artwork in quiet and for as long as you wish without inconveniencing others.
So, here is what caught my eye (what’s puzzling, none of the pieces below won a place or a honorable mention).
Lisa Rosenstreich – Dylan. Colored pencil on paper, 72″ x 50″
Just a huge unframed sheet of paper, beautifully layered strokes. I liked that serious expression on the boy’s face.
Archil Pichkhadze – Nancy. Oil on board, 9″ x 12″
Wonderful small masterpiece, could not pull myself away from it.
Ron Carter – Balance. Mixed media
I will be showing 5 pieces as a part of the Campbell Artists’ Guild annual art show at the Rose Shenson Gallery from September 4 till October 3, 2010:
The show is open on Saturday and Sundays, 12 p.m – 4 p.m.
The reception with live music and refreshments is on September 11, 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Rose Shenson gallery is located behind the Triton Museum of Art, 1505 Warburton Ave., Santa Clara, CA 95050.
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Viewpoints Gallery in Los Altos is having an unusual show this July. It features 5″ x 7″ watercolors created by long time friends Floy Zittin, Elaine Frenett and Jean Warren from 2005 till 2010 as a form of keeping in touch after being separated by family moves.
I never saw anything like that – a beautiful collection of small masterpieces with a deep meaning behind them.
Today was the reception at Nina Uppaluru’s show at Gallery 9. Nina has about 20 watercolor and acrylic paintings there.
“Up And About” is probably my favorite from the show. All those lush colors and intricate shapes are mesmerizing. I say “probably” because other works make it hard to choose just one.
Up And About – acrylics on canvas, 36″ x 48″
It was nice to see how many people came to see Nina’s beautiful art and to talk to her. Attention well deserved.
The show seemed to be rather small this time, but the good part of it was that almost everybody was in the nice shade, including FALC. I didn’t stay for long after the setup, and at that time many artists haven’t hung their pieces yet. My plan was to walk around when I came back later, but it flipped because some started packing an hour before the end of the show. Not a good sign… No new finds to write about, although I imagine there were some, they just packed early.
I think this is the last time I participate in an outdoor show organized by Triton. It was nothing like last year’s AVArtFest. The best part of the show was talking to fellow artists and seeing what others are doing, but it would be just as much fun to come over and do the same without getting up at 6:30 in the morning and the hassles or taking it all down later in the day.
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