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.
