California Landscapes and Landmarks

It has been over a year, but there was an image that haunted me when I visited the Hearst Castle in the Cambria area. I love the look of back lit paintings. I have one that is chosen for the Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Society show at the Pacific Art League in Palo Alto from July 2-July 30. It is called "The Entrance of Hakone".  The address is 668 Ramona Street and the reception is July 6, 2012 from 5:30-8:00pm. This show is upstairs at the PAL gallery. I have another painting showing downstairs as well with the member show for Pacific Art League.

The one I finished today is of a beautiful gate at Hearst Castle which is roped off away from the public. I was fortunate to get a clear photograph of it.  It is the Hearst Window. I haven't framed it yet but will probably keep for showing in the SCVWS Member Show.

Many Hands Build a Bridge

I have completed another assemblage which is in honor of the 75th birthday of the Golden
Gate Bridge. Did you know that the GG Bridge is considered the 2nd man-made wonder of the world right after the Chunnel which joins England and France? We all love taking people who visit us in the Bay Area to see the Golden Gate Bridge. It's beauty and the engineering are marvelous.

I read The Golden Gate Bridge, by James Barter,which talks about the many people who helped build it. We honor the engineer who was the head of the project, Joseph Strauss, but his original idea was considered ugly by the public. He chose another engineer, Clifford Paine, who designed the bridge as we know it today. Also consulting architects, Irving F. Morrow and his wife, Gertrude, joined Paine on the project and contributed the art deco style of the towers.

The Arts of the Covenant will exhibit "Bridges and Connections" at the annual Menlo Park art fair on July 21 and July 22 which will be at the Menlo Park Presbyterian Church. My assemblage, "Many Hands Build a Bridge" will be on display for the weekend.