"Rejuvenation"

Gallery Concord’s Spring Show “Rejuvenation” will run from April 8, 2010 – June 27, 2010 . Opening night reception is Friday, April 9 ( 6:00 – 8:00pm ). Light refreshments and beverages will be served and music will be provided by members of Jump-In.




"Murietta's Well" by Leslie Wilson

Leslie Wilson, a watercolor artist of Walnut Creek , CA . Art has always been fundamental in her life, and for the past 20 years watercolor has been her passion. She captures the moment in vibrant light and color, both en plein air and in the studio. She receives great joy when she transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary, reminding people of the places they have been, the people they have met and the truly remarkable light and color in their world. Since resigning from her corporate job in 2007, she has pursued her watercolors full-time – learning and enjoying new directions in her “direct painting” style, participating with various plein air groups and the Thursday painters at Gallery Concord, as well as expanding teaching opportunities. She has received several awards during recent years, and has been accepted in the North Light Books’ “Splash 11”, which will be published later this year.

"Sea Bridge at Point Arena" by Iris Sabre

Our guest artists will be Iris Sabre, a plein air oil painter who enjoys painting out of doors and has combined her passion for nature with enthusiasm for painting. Being there and being a part of the changing landscape is a major part of her painting process.

Also showing will the the Award Winners from the "Eagle Arts Expo" Clayton Valley High School’s first student art show and competition including entries from Diablo View Middle School & Pine Hollow Middle School.

New Beginings

Our first show of 2010 "New Beginnings" will run from January 7, 2010 – March 28, 2010.

"Pink Rhodie" by Janet Walton

New Beginnings will feature Gallery Concord artist Janet Walton, who loves the way watercolor can convey realistic detail and still retain a soft, transparent quality. Her inspiration comes from the beauty around her whether it is nature, animals or people. Her goal is to make the viewer look deeper at a subject and appreciate the beauty not at first apparent. She also enjoys creating situations and settings which may not seem plausible at first.

"Marti Gras Morning" by Karen Flamme

Vibrant color, innovative design, and often a touch of whimsy, are hallmarks of Karen Flamme's art. Her art quilts, designed and composed intuitively, begin with the basic material of fabric, much of which she dyes herself, then are added to with paints, embellishments, and other surface design techniques as the piece evolves.

Ceramic Scultpure by Lucy Beazley

"We exist in the world through our bodies. They faithfully tell our stories. In my sculptural work I am consistently drawn to the human figure: a vessel that expresses the richness of our inner landscape, a place where the intangible converges with the tangible" Lucy Beazely

Fall Spectrum

As the season’s colors change Gallery Concord announces their newest show, “Fall Spectrum” which will run from Oct 1 2009- Jan 3 2010. Opening night reception is Friday Oct 2 6-8 pm. Music by the band “Glacier” will be accompanied with light refreshments and beverages.

"Verdant Passage" Watercolor/Collage by Juanita Hagberg

Fall Spectrum will feature Gallery Concord artist Juanita Hagberg, who likes to push the envelope of watercolor in its pure form as well as with mixed media and collage. Using strong images and design in her abstract, non-objective paintings she conveys ideas about subjects, especially nature, that are of interest to her. She shows regularly in juried shows from California to Washington and has won several awards as well as being featured in Watercolor Magazine and Splash 11.

"Formation" by Kay Athos

Our guest artists will be Kay Athos, painter of large luscious oils and acrylics and Gregor Cork, metal sculpture. Cork’s work has organic forms that have been influenced by his love and involvement with nature as well as other cultures such as New Zealand’s native Maori.

"Access" Gregor Cork