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2007-08 Art Exhibits
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Art Exhibit: David L. Robertson - Landscapes and Cityscapes: France and Ireland, 7/13/2007-8/9/2007
Art show opening on July 13, 6-8 p.m. Attend the opening of our July Art Show - Landscapes and Cityscapes: France and Ireland. Photography by David L. Robertson.
Art Exhibit: Gayle Bon Durant - "On the Cutting Edge", 10/10/2007-11/6/2007
Figurative as well as abstract quilts inspired by the natural world, art, and architecture observed on recent travels can be viewed.
Art Exhibit: Clyde Elmore - "Animals of the World", 11/9/2007-12/12/2007
"Shot as close as possible but still from a respectful distance" is Clyde Elmore's description of how he captures his stunning close-up color photographs of elusive and sometimes potentially dangerous animals. He has long been a photographer and often featured plants and animals in his past work. His focus for the last seven years has been on creating portraits of large animals in their native habitat. Elmore has traveled extensively on four continents pursuing this interest.
Art Exhibit: Olena Baranova - "Spanish Series", 12/13/2007-1/9/2008
Starting December 13, these oil on canvas paintings depict experience taken from Olena Baranova's travels through Spain. In her Spanish Series Olena presents thirty oil-on-canvas landscapes that will take you on a journey of her unforgettable experiences traveling through Spain and seeing the everyday simple and beautiful life of it's people.
Art Exhibit: Robert Tonjes - "Niccone Valley, Umbria", 1/10/2008-2/5/2008
Starting January 10th, 2008, Artist Robert Tonjes features the landscapes of the Umbrian countryside. He maintains a studio at home in Sacramento but also paints on location. He has worked in all media but concentrates on watercolor and reverse painting on glass.
Art Exhibit: Ellen Pettit - "Connections: Bali, Peru, and Guatemala", 2/8/2008-3/10/2008
In our busy lives, taking time to go out into the world with one’s camera is a luxury and a wonderful meditation. Sometimes I come upon a scene – it can be a person, place, or thing – whereby something deep inside me is evoked. This particular grouping of photographs is from foreign travel. That these connections are evoked despite different terrain, customs, and world view, is both exciting and deeply reassuring to me.
Art Exhibit: Tom and Sara Post - "A Month in Florence", 3/14/2008-4/9/2008
Starting March 14, these monotype prints and photographs will be on display in the community room.
Art Exhibit: Polly Marion - "Newfoundland and a Few Other Places" (4/11/2008 - 5/7/2008)
A few summers ago I came upon this description in a catalog "Classic Pursuits". "Tiny Quirpon Island, Newfoundland, Canada, one of 'the world's most secluded destinations', according to the London Sunday Times, affords you the opportunity to be at home with whales, icebergs, the sea, and yourself. As North America meets the Atlantic Ocean, at the northern most part of Newfoundland, meet with your only (human) neighbors to discuss two novels of Newfoundland." I went. I watched the whales, boated around icebergs, took walks, discussed books and sketched. Back in Davis over the past two years, I've painted the people, the plants, the places, the whales and the icebergs. 4/11/2008 - 5/7/2008 9am-4pm week days
Art Exhibit: Diana Kwan "Eastern Murmurs" May 8 – June 11
My woodcarvings touch on various subjects, but more so than anything else I impart the imagery and feel of the Far East. The title “Eastern Murmurs” conveys the use of Asian traditional with a contemporary outlook to create my designs. I utilize woodcarving styles of Relief and Chip with color or not to interpret my designs as can be seen in the vividness of the kimonos or the ivory-like natural wood with bark of Chinese calligraphy.
Art Exhibition: Christopher Dewees "Fishes of the Pacific Rim: Japanese Fish Prints", June 12 – July 9
The show will include unique one-of-a-kind prints of fish and shellfish done during the past 20 years in locations around the entire Pacific Rim. My goal is to show the great diversity of aquatic organisms. I plan to take advantage of the north/south orientation of the International House space to hang works in locations that approximate their geographic ranges. My style blends my scientific background, artistic sense of each fish, and my desire to be true to the Japanese roots of the art form.
"Art Exhibition - "Art by Committee" (8/8/2008 - 9/10/2008)
This show involves an eclectic collection of art contributed by six gifted artists from the Art Committee of The International House of Davis. Ray Borton will show seascape photographs taken from the Northern California coast. Jeffery Granett will show his linoleum block prints with water color involving subject matter ranging from serious to humorous. Sharna Hoffman will present her Acrylic/Sculptural paintings exemplifying the physical forces of tension, compression, and weightlessness. Marilyn Judson will share her three dimensional paper sculptures of vegetables, flowers and insects. Frank Roe will show selections of photographs from his series entitled, "A Garden of Earthly Delights." And, Elisabeth Sherwin will show color prints (photographs) of scenes from Southern India taken in January 2008.