NEW HOME FOR CALIFORNIA GROWN

CURATOR HELPS HANG COLLECTION

AT THOMAS HILL ORGANICS

 California Grown the Chinoiserie tribute to California crops has a new home in the wonderful Thomas Hill Organics Bistro and Wine Bar in Paso Robles. An empty space in the beautiful entrance and bar at THO has been transformed with the help of artist and curator Neal Breton.

     Neal is an award winning painter and illustrator. He has organized and curated several successful shows around the Central Coast including the YOUNG SAVAGES exhibitions.

           Katherine helped Neal as he put California Grown into its new home.

   I am so pleased to have the series hanging at Thomas Hill Organics.  THO is a favorite of many and it has drawn praise from serious foodies and diners from across the US. From San Francisco to Los Angeles people make a point to dine here. 

      You can learn more by linking here.

   Relaxed and relieved the hanging is complete, Tom catches a scene where I'm waiting to have dinner.  I figured it was the perfect way to celebrate this exciting new hanging.

   Thanks for reading this post.  I hope those of you who visit the Paso Robles Wine Appellation will see Californian Grown and then treat yourself to a meal at Thomas Hill Organics Bistro and Wine Bar.

CALIFORNIA GROWN

OPENING AT WINDWARD

CALIFORNIA GROWN

My latest series of oil paintings, are a celebration of California fruit and a traditional Chinese craft.

The series is done with frames painted on canvas that are reminiscent of Chinese lacquer ware, known as Chinoiserie. The fruits are done in a heavy oil painting technique that sets off the botanical renderings of the orange, lemon, pear, avocado, grape and olive.

                        

“I’m an avid gardener and love that we see all these wonderful fruits growing here on the Central Coast. I have always enjoyed the fruit crate art of the early 1900’s and wanted to profile a few of the beauties that we have in our area.”

California Grown will be at Windward Winery August 1 thru through October 31^st. Windward Winery is located at 1380 Live Oak Road in Paso Robles.  Marc and Maggie and the crew at Windward are always wonderful hosts.  Their tasting room gallery is a beautiful place to display art.  If you are in the area of the California Central Coast between now and the end of October, I hope you'll stop at Windward, enjoy the wine and original art.

   Thanks for your attention.  Remember to support an artist or musician and have a great summer.

  

927 2013

NON TRADITIONAL FUN

    Summer fun in the Cambria artist colony means 927.  It is a tradition here on the Central California Coast where artists who live in the 927 prefix, create something non-traditional and out of our normal comfort zone.  You can see some pretty wild and creative things.  You may recall, my Well Traveled Lady sculpture, won a couple of years.  You can see her below.
    Here are my offerings this year.

QR-T  

as in QR art

    QR codes are everywhere, so I decided to use the interesting positive and negative space in lines and boxes to create a painting.  If you notice in the bottom left is a real QR code.  That is my code and will link you to this blog.

VINTAGE CAMBRIA

    Cambria is on the western edge of what has become California's most popular and prolific wine region, the Paso Robles Appellation.  More than a couple of the artists enjoy the local vintage, as do most Cambrians so, here is

Chateau Cambria

   Our cats and an occasional friend who wondered into my work space were mystified by the strange object that started taking shape.  It is a paper mache tribute and statement.

   After creating the form with cardboard, I covered it with multiple layers of paper mache.  

  Then I covered it with a layer of plain brown paper.  Then the

paint and label.

   Cambria is a village with a lot of opinions.  Of course everybody thinks their opinion is right, so on the front label where wine makers list the grape, I created a blend of 50% conservatrol, 50% liberale and 100% convinced.

   The back of the bottle reads "Chateau du Cambria is an aged blend of hard oak opinions with a complexity that lingers.  There is a slight hint of arrogance, an undercurrent of pine and pacific fresh overtones.  It pairs well with conversation and food.  May be hazardous to your health if taken too seriously."

     It is fun every year to see what kind of "non conventional" creations that members of our colony come up with.  Thanks

for visiting, and Cheers!