Current Events

June 2, 2022

There is currently an online show, sponsored by the California Art League, a group I joined during the pandemic.  This show has the theme, “Reflections,” which I chose to interpret as the inner musings of a person.  Both of the pieces I entered in this show were accepted: “Suffragette Alice Paul” and “A Day in Paris.”  The second painting is an older one of mine, but last month, I reworked some aspects of Doris Day’s face, hair, and hands with which I had grown dissatisfied.

I was accepted to two additional shows that will take place in June.  One is the Destination Art Annual Associate Artists’ Show in Torrance and the other is The South Bay Festival of Arts show in Torrance.  Both shows are in-person.  The Destination Art Show began June 1^st and can be viewed online.     

On May 28^th, I participated in a plein air painting event with a dozen other local artists.  We all painted the Redondo Beach Historic Library located in Veteran’s Park.  This event was a fundraiser for the Friends of the Redondo Beach Arts.  The artists agreed to donate their paintings for a silent auction, intended to raise money for the CA 101 show in September, which is put on by The Friends of the Redondo Beach Arts.  This show was cited by our local paper, The Daily Breeze, as the best art show in the area the last time it was held, in 2019.  I agree that each year the show has been spectacular.  The silent auction will be held on June 10^th at a lovely Redondo Beach home.  Details can be found on the Friends of Redondo Beach website. 

February 12, 2022

Bridget Duffy and I went together to a plein air outing of the California Art Club.  The location was Abalone Cove at Portuguese Bend, Rancho Palos Verdes.  Jason Situ painted Bridget and me into his painting while she and I were having lunch on the grass, and I painted another artist into my painting, after having asked her permission to do so.  The weather was ideal we had a great time.

I recently joined the California Art Club and this was my first plein air outing with the group.  Here you see Bridget Duffy and Jason Situ, who painted nearby me.

October 19, 2021

The Palos Verdes Library District Art Show 2021. November 10-December 31st., 10am-4pm. 701 Silver Spur Road, Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274. The two pieces of mine that will be in the show are “African Mother in a Blue Dress” and Chelsea on the Verge”.

October 8, 2021

The Torrance Artists’ Guild’s annual show is online now and will be available for viewing throughout October. I invite you to see what our artists have been creating. Please be sure to visit and vote for your favorite painting.

Torrance Artists‘ Guild Online Art Show Dates: Monday, October 4 through Sunday, October 31 (view through the Destination Art website at www.destination-art.net), with an in-Person Show Reception: October 23, 2021, 1-3pm (at the Torrance Civic Center Garden Rooms, 3330 Civic Center Drive, Torrance, CA) There will be refreshments and live entertainment. A slide show of the online entries will be running on a large-screen TV and the winning artwork will be present “in person”.

I have two paintings in this show: “Children in a Tree” and “On the Beach” As the current president of this art group. “On the Beach” won an Honorable Mention award, so it will be at the show.

Won an honorable mention.

September 23, 2021

My painting, “African Mother in a Yellow Dress” was accepted for an online art show put on by the California Art League, with the theme of Light and Shadow. I became a member of this group when they accepted my painting, “Child’s Play” for their spring 2021 show, which had the theme: “Sublime”.

The current show will be available from October 1st through December 31, 2021 on the California Art League web site, www.californiaartleague.org. After that date, the exhibit will be in CAL’s archives.

ARTISTS’ RECEPTION: There will be a virtual (on-line) reception on Friday, October 8, 2021 between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. on Zoom Video. All participating artists are invited to attend. Each exhibiting artist will be given approximately 1 minute to talk about their work. Details will follow.

September 15, 2021 – I had one painting accepted to the Carlsbad-Oceanside Art League’s 69th Open Juried Fine Arts Show. That painting is “Almost Shirtsleeve Weather” and can be seen in person from Sept. 1st-Oct. 3rd at