Page 70 - Sonoma County Gazette - January 2018

Heaven, Earth & the Space Between
Thru Jan 14 ~ ‘The River’
Exhibition - Fridays 11-6:30p; Saturday and Sundays 11-4p, Occidental Center for the Arts, 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental, 707-874-9392, occidentalcenterforthearts.org
Thru Jan 19 ~ “Sweet” - Leslie Prindle- Klein, Laura Paine Carr, Jane Gardner, Pamela Heck, Terry Holleman, Sharon Kozel and Hanya Popova Parker. Woodworker Paul Maurer is the featured resident artist. Fri-Sun 11-5p, The Cloverdale Arts Alliance, 204 N. Cloverdale Blvd, Cloverdale, 707-894- 4410, info@cloverdaleartsalliance.org
Thru Jan 21 ~ From Clayton to Graton Rik Olson and Fred Kling. Tues-Sat, 10:30- 5p, Sunday 10:30-4p, Graton Gallery, 9048 Graton Rd, Graton, 707-829-8912, gratongallery.net
Thru- Jan 28 ~ Azoulay - 1 of a Kind Artworks; Guillaume Azoulay. Wed- Sun 10-5p; Mon & Tues by appointment. Pacific Bay Gallery 1785 Coast
Thru Jan 28 ~ Rebeca Trevino and Jeff Watts, creatures big and small - Sebastopol Gallery, open daily 11-6p, free, 150 North Main St, Sebastopol 707- 829-7200, sebastopol-gallery.com
Thru Jan 28 ~ Celebrating the Figure - Free, Gualala Arts Center, 46501 Old State Hwy, Dolphin Gallery, Gualala, 707-884-1138, gualalaarts.org
Thru Jan 24 ~ The Mystery and Beauty of Ice - Photographers Stanford Rose and Leslie Curchack in the frozen stream beds of the Sierras. 7:30-3p every day except Wed. Tea Room Cafe, 316 Western Ave, Petaluma, 707-765-0199
Marilee Ford and Sharon Feissel, featured artists in Riverfront Art Gallery’s Winter Show, are sharing the theme Heaven, Earth & The Space Between. Marilee comments, “The space between Heaven and Earth is really my theme...the transitions from Earth to Heaven and back again. For example, two pieces represent Earth
as viewed from above – the
view from the window of
an ascending plane and
from a satellite that sees
below earth’s surface. My
encaustic, A Drop into
Another World, I see as
drops into a world that
is evolving, suggesting
the continual alchemical
transformation of materials,
an Earth perhaps in the
process of formation, but
not there yet. Landscape
Between Heaven and Earth
feels like the mythic River
Styx to me, that transition
from solid Earth to the ethereal Heavens.”
Call to Artists
Thru Jan 20 ~ Showin’ On The River - Riverfront Art Gallery’s Annual Juried Fine Art Photography. Entry deadline, Jan 20. Riverfront Art Gallery, 132 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma 707-775- 4278, submissions@riverfrontartgallery. com, riverfrontartgallery.com
Thru Feb 25 ~ “Call for Artists” Cloverdale Sculpture Trail - A year- round outdoor exhibit of sculptures in Cloverdale, seeking sculptors for exhibit beginning April 27. Deadline Feb 25, no entry fee. 707-894-4929, cloverdalesculpturetrail.org
Jan 18-21 ~ 7th Annual Juried Small Works Exhibition - Open to all Artists Maximum 3 entries per artist, all media accepted. Submissions must be hand delivered to Graton Gallery; $15 entry fee, max of 3 entries; Thur-Sat; 10:30- 5p; Sun; 10:30-4p; Graton Gallery 9048 Graton Rd, Graton; gratongallery.net; 707 829 8912
New Shows
Jan 18-21 ~ 7th Annual Juried Small Works Exhibition Call to Artists; Open to all Artists Maximum 3 entries per artist, all media accepted. Submissions must be hand delivered to Graton Gallery; $15 entry fee, max of 3 entries; Thur-Sat; 10:30-5p; Sun; 10:30-4p; Graton Gallery 9048 Graton Rd, Graton; gratongallery.net; 707 829 8912
Jan 24-Mar24 ~ ‘Power of Ten: Scaling Up’; Eames-inspired exhibition features 10+ artists exploring how smallest to largest known things connect in the universe. Tue-Sat; 11-5p. Petaluma Arts Center, 230 Lakeville Street Petaluma; (707) 762-5600; petalumaartscenter.org
Continuing Shows
Thru Jan 6 ~ Inaugural PAC Members Juried Exhibition - Painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, assemblage, clay and mixed media will be featured. Petaluma Arts Center, 230 Lakeville St, Petaluma, 707-762-5600, KChigi@PetalumaArtsCenter.org, petalumaartscenter.org
Thru Jan 7 ~ Henry White and Laura Tovar Dietrick - Riverfront Art Gallery open Wed-Thu-Sun 11-6p; Fri & Sat 11- 8p, free, Riverfront Art Gallery, 132 Petaluma Blvd, Petaluma, 707-775-4278, riverfrontartgallery.com
Sharon Feissel - CosmicConvergence
Marilee uses familiar mediums like watercolor, oil, and acrylic, but some works are encaustic (hot wax painting). She explains, “Encaustic is a time- honored method in which pigments are added to heated wax. Metal tools and special brushes, aided by heat lamps, etc., shape it before it cools. The wax can be sculpted and other materials can be collaged into the surface. Like watercolors, encaustic painting is unpredictable, with both risks and rewards. I find the movement of
wax in molten form and the depth created by layers and added materials to be exciting. The texture and rich colors always leave me quite satisfied.”
Sharon Feissel’s Cosmos
Series represents the
Heaven part of her show.
“I used a water bottle to
squirt the paints around –
something really new for
me,” she says. “Needless
to say, these pieces simply
evolved as I worked. Earth
is portrayed by paintings
and mixed media pieces
that suggest the meandering of the landscape and waterways. I also have several small, inexpensive pieces that represent familiar objects such as a building, sailboats, a shirt, a humorous toppling tower – in short a variety of earthbound subjects.”
Thru Jan 31 ~ 428 Collective -
Marilee Ford - View from the Window
Hammerfriar Gallery, Tues-Fri; 10- 6p, Sat; 10-5p, Hammerfriar Gallery, 132 Mill Street, Suite 101, Healdsburg, 707-473-9600, hammerfriar.com, jill@ hammerfriar.com
Asked how she has expressed “the space between”, Sharon replies, “Much of my show content is actually abstract and thus is visually neither Heaven nor Earth but has come from some place of inspiration whose touchstone may be partially Earth and partially Heaven, but not specifically of either. For example, my Kinesia photomontage abstracts were created digitally and use bits and pieces from my photographs of reflections in Lake Powell, AZ, but those pieces have been reassembled into a fantasy image.” Thus, both artists draw from what is neither Heaven nor Earth but the undefined space where creativity and imagination dwell.
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Painting demos, jewelry specials, live entertainment, refreshments, art. 5-8p, Downtown Petaluma,
The Winter Show opens January 10 with a reception on January 13, 5:00- 8:00 at Riverfront Art Gallery, 132 Petaluma Blvd., Petaluma, CA. For more information on the gallery, please see the website: riverfrontartgallery.com. Closed Mon. & Tues.
Thru Jan 14 ~ Behind Peanuts: Pigpen - Explores treasured character. $5-$12, weekdays 11-5p; weekends 1- 5p, Charles Schulz Museum, Upstairs Changing Gallery, 2301 Hardies Ln, SR, 707-579- 4452, schulzmuseum.or
Feb 5 ~ 1st Friday Art Walk
Guerneville. The HeART of the Russian River. Featuring artist Penny Knapp. A Year-Round Monthly Art Walk Artist Receptions, Rotating Art Exhibits, Music, Food & Wine Pairings! Art Galleries, Open Studios, Merchants open til 8:00. Russian River Art Gallery 16357 Main St. Guerneville. 707869-9099
Thru Jan 7 ~ Small Works Holiday Show
Jan 13 ~ 2nd Saturday Artwalk - Winter show and reception. 5-8p, Riverfront Art Gallery, 132 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, riverfrontartgallery.com
Aqus Café, free, Mon-Tue; 7:30-8p, Wed- Thur; 7:30-9:30p, Fri-Sat; 7:30-10p, Sat; 8-6p, Aqus Cafe Foundry Wharf, 189 H Street, Petaluma, 707-778-6060, aqus. com, info@aquscafe.com
Jan 19 ~ Open studio at Fulton Crossing
Art Walks & Open Studios
Jan 13 ~ 2nd Sat Petaluma Art Walk
5-8p, Fulton Crossing, 1200 River Rd, Fulton, 707-536-3305, fultoncrossing.com