pastel pencil, 4″ x 6″
Silicon Valley Fall Fest Art Show 2010 – reception and awards ceremony
The juried Fall Fest Art Show 2010 had its opening reception and award ceremony yesterday. This year the show was back to the Quinlan Community Center, Cupertino Room that looks so much nicer and more inviting than a formal Community Hall.
My Outburst won the 3rd place in the Mixed and Dried Media category. The judge, George Rivera, commented on “Outburst: “Wonderful discovery! It drew me in. This piece has quiet poetry that continues to reward you. The positive and negative spaces together make it successful.”
Belinda Lima won the Best of the Show award for her “House Of Shoji.” I love that collage, so glad it received the highest award! Could not find the image anywhere online, or I would post it here. Congratulations to all other artists who won a place or an honorable mention!
Thank you everybody who stopped by, it was a pleasure to spend the evening with you chatting and admiring wonderful artworks by fellow FALC artists.
The show will still be open tomorrow, 10 am till 6 pm, if you didn’t have a chance to see it yet or know someone who may like to see it.
Reception at the Silicon Valley Fall Fest Art Show on Sept 24
September 11, 2010 sketch
charcoal, 6″ x 4″
I rarely miss the ocean and its chilling breezes, but today was certainly the day. Too much driving in a car that resembled a hot oven, too much walking and sitting in the sun for my liking. Lots of art activity is good indeed, I just wish the weather didn’t decide early in the morning to suddenly compensate for a cool summer.
Silicon Valley Fall Fest, 9/25/2010 till 9/26/2010
The Fine Arts League of Cupertino holds the 2010 juried Silicon Valley Fall Fest art show September 25-26. I will have three pieces in the show:
Juror – George Rivera, Curator at the Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara.
Reception and auction: September 24, 2010, 7 PM to 9 PM
Dates: September 25-26, 2010
Hours: 10 AM to 6 PM
Address: Quinlan Community Center, 10185 N. Stelling Rd, Cupertino, CA 95014 (map)
Rose Shenson Show at the Triton Museum of Art, 9/4/2010 till 10/3/2010
I will be showing 5 pieces as a part of the Campbell Artists’ Guild annual art show at the Rose Shenson Gallery from September 4 till October 3, 2010:
The show is open on Saturday and Sundays, 12 p.m – 4 p.m.
The reception with live music and refreshments is on September 11, 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Rose Shenson gallery is located behind the Triton Museum of Art, 1505 Warburton Ave., Santa Clara, CA 95050.
A new tiny canvas – foggy and mossy
At least this is what I was after. Light in the fog can be incredibly beautiful, and colors seem to be more vivid and rich because of it.
colored pencil on canvas, 3.5″ x 2.5″
Midsummer Art Celebration 2010
The show seemed to be rather small this time, but the good part of it was that almost everybody was in the nice shade, including FALC. I didn’t stay for long after the setup, and at that time many artists haven’t hung their pieces yet. My plan was to walk around when I came back later, but it flipped because some started packing an hour before the end of the show. Not a good sign… No new finds to write about, although I imagine there were some, they just packed early.
I think this is the last time I participate in an outdoor show organized by Triton. It was nothing like last year’s AVArtFest. The best part of the show was talking to fellow artists and seeing what others are doing, but it would be just as much fun to come over and do the same without getting up at 6:30 in the morning and the hassles or taking it all down later in the day.
May 22, 2010 sketch
May 22, 2010 sketch – ink, 6″ x 4″
My Rapidograph pen got clogged, not to the point of not being able to draw at all, just skipping lines here and there and refusing to produce dots completely. Lines would not be much of a problem, but dots are essential for what I am working on right now, so this is my attempt to get the pen to cooperate without cleaning it. Anything to avoid cleaning it.
April 13, 2010 sketch
graphite pencil, 4"x 6"
The boarding stables near me have fenced pastures on a gentle slope of the hill. If you walk by, the setting sun will be behind the grazing horses and on a good day their manes would blow in the wind beautifully. This is one of those horses.
April 12, 2010 sketch
ink, 4" x 6" *SOLD*
There is always something very compelling to me about horses greeting each other, be it total strangers or the two who know each other well. For some reason, this pair got a bit of “rabbit ear” going on. Certainly didn’t aim for that, but there is no going back with ink.
April 8, 2010 sketch
colored pencil, 4″ x 6″ *SOLD*
Yesterday I visited a Japanese store that sells slightly defective ceramics for cheap (we ran out of small bowls again, and I refuse to buy real stuff when it gets destroyed so quickly). They had a lot of new designs with pale colors, not all of them even looked like traditional Japanese ware. This is a loose collective impression of what I saw but had absolutely no reason to buy. Yes, I wanted to. I behaved.
Midsummer Art Celebration, 6/26/2010
I will participate in this event with the Fine Arts League of Cupertino. Look for a large setup with 24 panels and several canopies!
The event features over 100 local artists. There will be live music and some great food.
Date: June 26, 2010
Hours: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Address: on the grounds of Triton Museum of Art, 1505 Warburton Ave. Santa Clara, CA 95050
Silicon Valley Open Studios, first 3 weekends of May 2010
Silicon Valley Open Studios will take place during the first three weekends of May. All sites open 11 a.m. till 5 p.m.
Visit me at the following locations to see new small art (4″ x 6″), tiny miniatures, and bigger pieces:
May 1 – 2, Site 179
5 other artists are showing at this location: Janki Chokshi, Iona Ezaki, Belinda Lima, Slava Shabrov, and Nina Uppaluru.
21471 Columbus Avenue, Cupertino, CA 95014-4972
May 8 – 9, Site 364
4 other artists are showing at this location: Amanda Krauss, Sally Rayn, Slava Shabrov, Nance Wheeler
16060 Skyline Blvd, Woodside, CA 94062-4420
May 15 – 16, Site 440
4 other artists are showing at this location: April Maiten, Angela Sanders, Scott Schilling, Slava Shabrov
23442 Toyonita Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94024
In the Garden, Juried Competition & Exhibition, 4/2/2010 till 4/29/2010
Pacific Art League holds the juried competition and exhibition, In the Garden. Fortitude was juried in and is on display on the 1st floor at PAL from April 2 till April 29.
Dates: April 2-29, 2010
Hours: Monday – Friday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Address: 668 Ramona Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301