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“Under Pressure 2”: LAA Printmaking Show
SEPTEMBER 6TH TO OCTOBER 6TH
The Lamorinda Arts Alliance is delighted to present a juried art exhibition “Under Pressure 2”, at the Main Street Arts Gallery in Martinez, California from September 6th to October 6th.
The artwork will be juried by Dana Zed, artist in residence, Kala Art Institute, and member of the California Society of Printmakers.
The $100 cash first prize and second, third place and honorable mention show ribbons and prizes will be awarded to the winning artists at the reception on Saturday, September 7th from 3:00PM – 5:00 PM.
All printmaking mediums were considered for exhibition with an emphasis on varied techniques. Intaglio etchings, monotypes, monoprints, solarplate etchings, chine colle, relief print woodblocks and linoleum art will be represented.
All work represented at the gallery is handmade by the participating artist and was completed within the last two years.
The distinguished artists who will be showing and selling their print work are: Donna Arganbright, Nick Collins, Kelley Dean Crowley, Merry Curran Gregg, Gina Koenig, Carol Brent Levin, Arline Reimann, Israel Shualy, Karen Thapa, Tamara Thompson, Linda Yoshizawa and Juror, Dana Zed.
Enjoy some light refreshments at the reception of this lovely show. This is a great opportunity to find those special gifts or art for your home and to support the arts and artists in our community.
Lamorinda Arts Alliance was founded in 1994. Both are organization of local artists and friends who reside or work in the San Francisco – East Bay area. We provide coordination, education and service to promote and knowledge, appreciation and practice of the visual arts. We also provide community outreach for art in our local schools.
Come join us and bring your family and friends.
The show will be presented September 6th to October 6th, 2019.
The juror is Dana Zed, a residency artist of the Kala Institute in Berkeley. Her work is in several museum collections here and abroad.
dana is a member of the California Society of Printers and currently is focusing on intaglio prints of birds.
New main street artist!
Main Street Arts is happy to announce two new artists in the gallery!
Paula Oesterling and Jared Foster are the newest artists to join the Main Street Arts Gallery in downtown Martinez.
Their work will be displayed at Main Street Arts beginning Wednesday, July 10, 2019.
Paula Oesterling
Born in Riverside, California, Paula began her professional art career in high school. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Drawing and Painting from the University of California at Davis.
Paula has furthered her studies in both California and Hawaii. She taught art in both public and private schools as well as giving private instruction. Her artistic endeavors include realistic and representational works in oil, acrylic, graphite and mixed media.
Paula's paintings and murals can be found in private collections, schools and businesses in Michigan, Colorado California and Hawaii. She currently paints and resides in northern California. Paula's Statement: Creating has been a journey of self-discovery.
Paula's work reflects my love for impressionism, the colors, shapes and emotions of Hawaii, and in mixing form with texture. Everything she sees produces a composition of possibilities in my mind.
Born in Riverside, California, Paula began her professional art career in high school. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Drawing and Painting from the University of California at Davis.
Paula has furthered her studies in both California and Hawaii. She taught art in both public and private schools as well as giving private instruction. Her artistic endeavors include realistic and representational works in oil, acrylic, graphite and mixed media.
Paula's paintings and murals can be found in private collections, schools and businesses in Michigan, Colorado California and Hawaii. She currently paints and resides in northern California. Paula's Statement: Creating has been a journey of self-discovery.
Paula's work reflects my love for impressionism, the colors, shapes and emotions of Hawaii, and in mixing form with texture. Everything she sees produces a composition of possibilities in my mind.
Jared Lee Foster
Jared is an engineer by education, but has always found himself coming back to artistic endeavors. Prior to his studies in engineering Jared studied Art and Architecture for a year. After college he would find himself coming back to art whether that be through photography, pencil and charcoal or painting.
From those three creative mediums Jared was drawn to painting for the mediums ability to convey colors and textures. Other than the year of Art and Architecture Jared is a self taught artist with interest in color, self-expressive imagery, and natural abstraction in nature.
Jared was born in California and raised in Alaska where he started to understand the connections and importance of the natural world. Although he does not create traditional landscapes his interaction with the natural world guides how he looks at nature and the natural abstraction that occurs in the environment.
Many of Jared’s paintings are inspired by nature, but push away from the macro compositional framework and embraces the abstraction in nature when contextual markers are removed.
Jared is an engineer by education, but has always found himself coming back to artistic endeavors. Prior to his studies in engineering Jared studied Art and Architecture for a year. After college he would find himself coming back to art whether that be through photography, pencil and charcoal or painting.
From those three creative mediums Jared was drawn to painting for the mediums ability to convey colors and textures. Other than the year of Art and Architecture Jared is a self taught artist with interest in color, self-expressive imagery, and natural abstraction in nature.
Jared was born in California and raised in Alaska where he started to understand the connections and importance of the natural world. Although he does not create traditional landscapes his interaction with the natural world guides how he looks at nature and the natural abstraction that occurs in the environment.
Many of Jared’s paintings are inspired by nature, but push away from the macro compositional framework and embraces the abstraction in nature when contextual markers are removed.
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