Gallery Concord's Winter Show "Serenity"

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Come join us for our winter show "Serenity"

January 5, to March 25, 2012.

The opening night reception is Friday, December 6th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Light refreshments and beverages will be served, and music will be provided by

The Dana St. Jazz Trio.

Our Featured Artist this quarter will be Wendy Oliver

Wendy Oliver is a Bay Area native and grew up in Walnut Creek. She always enjoyed Art Classes all through her school years. After her children were grown she decided to return to her passion for painting, signing up for a class as a birthday present to herself from local artists to learn techniques and develop her own style. The mediums she uses are Acrylics, Oils, or Watercolor. She especially loves to create realistic paintings of beautiful landscapes, flowers & wildlife. She always takes her camera with me because she believes that you never know when you are going to see something that will inspire you to paint it. She has taken lots of art workshops and classes for the past 20 years locally & across the United States and Europe with many famous
artists. The artists she has studied with include Charles White, Gary Bergren, Leslie Wilson, Myrna Wacknov, Nancy Collins, Sandi Delahanty, Nicholas Simmons, Kathleen Conover, Janet Rogers & Cheng-Khee Chee. She has won many awards in Contra Costa County Fair and Alameda
County Fair, and Art Assn. Shows. Wendy Oliver is an active member of Alamo Danville Art Assn., Blackhawk Gallery, Las Juntas Artists; East Bay Artists Guild, CWA & Gallery Concord, Toll Bridge Tolers & Professional Women’s Business Exchange.

Our Guest will be Fiber Artist Nancy Ryan

Our 3-D Artist will be Susan Shore

Gallery Concord Holiday Party

HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE & ART SHOW!

Saturday December 3rd from 1:00 - 3:00pm

Please join us for a holiday celebration at Gallery Concord with Fine Art, Handmade Gifts that are perfect for the holiday.

There will be Refreshments and Music will be provided by
The Clayton Valley High School Women's Ensemble

Boutique & Art show runs from Nov. 19 – Dec. 19, 2010


Feature watercolor artist: Karen Powers
Guest 3-D drum artist: Richard Flittie
Guest oil painting artist: Mark Roberts

“Kaleidoscope”

Gallery Concord announces the fall show "Kaleidoscope"

Opening night reception:
Friday, September 30, from 6:00 – 8:00pm
Show runs from September 27 - December 23, 2011

Please join us for an evening reception of art, music, wine and light refreshments. Our music will be provided by pianist Nicholas Capsimalis

Also this quarter is our Holiday Boutique offering unique handmade gifts for the coming season.

Our Featured Artist this quarter is Karen Powers
Guest Artist is Mark Roberts
and Native Drum Maker Richard Flittie



"Memories" 30"x20" watercolor


Karen Powers attended progressive Detroit MI schools with creative teachers who instilled a solid foundation for Art Appreciation. Early on, she was selected for special art classes at the Detroit Institute of Art in addition to studies at Oakland University. She is the past Workshop Director for California Watercolor Association where she strengthened her knowledge under many professionals.

Today, she spends hours expanding her artistic horizons. Powers’ goal is to capture a special thought or feeling with her unique perspective and project that into her images. Her timeless goal is to continually improve her capabilities, focus on her creative vision, capture the viewers and leave them with a thoughtful and passionate experience.

Powers’ work hangs in the homes of professionals, galleries and business offices. She also occasionally donates her art to raise funds for non-profits and schools.

She selectively accepts commissioned work in oil or water media only if she can relate to the clients passion and vision and transfer that message through her stroke of the brush.

"In the Fields" Oil by Guest Artist Mark Roberts

Mark received his bachelor degree in graphic design at California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo. Later he received his formal art education at the California Art Institute.

From 1997 - 2000 Roberts worked at Walt Disney Television Animation designing backgrounds and props for various animated series.

Mark currently resides in the San Francisco East Bay Area city of Antioch. Here the artist is surrounded by some of the most splendid inspiration, the golden foothills of California to the south, and the Sacramento - San Joaquin Delta to the north.

Presently, Mark teaches at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and at Las Positas College in Livermore. He also teaches privately to a loyal group of local painters and holds workshops, some of which have taken him to locations such as Costa Rica.

Mark Roberts is an artist member of the California Art Club and Oil Painters of America. He exhibited at the California Art Club's 89th, 91st, 92nd, 94th, 95th, 96th, 98th, and 100th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibitions.

Tirage Gallery in Pasadena, California represents Roberts.

Summer Heat

For the Summer 2011 Quarter, Gallery Concord announces its newest show “Summer Heat,” which will run from June 30, 2011, to September25, 2011.

The opening night reception is Friday, July 8th from 6:00to 8:00 p.m. Light refreshments and beverages will be served, and music will be provided by the singer/songwriter Rick Hardin.

The “Summer Heat” show will feature Marilyn Miller, a watercolor artist from Moraga, California. Marilyn has long been an art enthusiast, beginning with study and appreciation of art history. In 2003 she began the transition from appreciating art masters to producing her own paintings. By taking workshops from well-known artists including Charles Reid, Tony Van Hasselt, Jerry Stitt, RonRanson, Karen Mason, Mike Bailey, and especially Karen Frey, she has steadily elevated her watercolors to new heights with a dedication to further developing her own style in watercolors.

Marilyn is an active member of the California Watercolor Association.She has served two years as Vice-President of the organization. Shehas also co-chaired the CWA 39th and 40th National Exhibitions and assisted with the 41st. She is currently the Budget Director for CWA.Marilyn’s work has been accepted in many local and national shows including recent American Watercolor Society 144th Annual Exhibition and Traveling Exhibition for 2011-2012.




Our guest artists for the Summer Show are Rhu A Bigay (Oil painting)

and Jim Rodgers (Wood and Ceramic artist). Also showing will beartworks by all the Gallery Concord members with different styles ofwatercolor paintings.

Spring Blossoms

For the Spring Quarter, Gallery Concord announces it's newest show, "Spring Blossoms" which will run from March 31 to June 26, 2011. The opening night reception is Friday, April 1st from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. Light refreshments and beverages will be served and music will be provided by the Glacier Jazz Trio.

"Xiuhtecutli" by Pablo Villicaña Lara

"Spring Blossoms" will feature award winning artist Pablo Villicaña Lara who received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from St. Mary's College in Moraga, CA and Master of Fine Arts from College of the Arts in Oakland, CA. After creating with oils for several years as well as ceramics, pastel and textiles, discovering the quality of light and clarity of colors that could be achieved with watercolors changed the course of his artistic career and has exclusively worked with them for the past 20 years. Pablo has received numerous awards including Best of Show for the Society of Western Artists, many first, second, third and honorable mention awards with the California Watercolor Association, Included in the American Watercolor Society, Transparent Watercolors Society, Northwest Watercolor Society as well as other Societies. Pablo was raised in both Mexican and American cultures, most of his paintings reflect his Mexican Native Heritage.

Our guest artist Keiko Stong is of Japanese heritage and her art represents who she is and where she comes from. She creates symbolizing motifs and patterned landscapes which are expressing her feelings, passion and consciousness, and are representations of her heritage. Her paintings are done with layers of thin washes which echoes traditional Japanese paintings.

Gourd artist Kay Van Hoesen decorates gourds grown by herself using leather, ink dyes and acrylic paints. She cuts, carves, wood burns and weaves on them and uses mostly natural materials to enhance them including pine needle sewing.