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“Lake on Fire,”  a watercolor mosaic depicting one of the wildland fires that my son fought during the summer of 2007, is part of the “Mosaics” show at Artworks Downtown in San Rafael, through April 23.  The gallery is at 1337 Fourth Street and is open T-W-Th-F-S 10-5.

The Thoreau Gallery at the Thoreau Center for Sustainability, located in San Fancisco’s Presidio and open M-F 9-5, is hosting “Expressions of the Bay Area,” a juried show featuring works by members of San Francisco Women Artists.  The show opens March 19 and runs until May 28.  My pastel landscape “Marin Headlands (One)” is part of the show.

“Immersion,” one of my watercolor interpretations of water, can still be seen in the Marin Arts Council’s annual members’ show — through March 26 at the Marin Civic Center in San Rafael (M-F 9-5).

“Relic,” a sea shell watercolor, is in the Art Guild of Pacifica’s “Deja Vu” show at the Sanchez Art Center, 1220 Linda Mar Boulevard in Pacifica.  The show runs through March 28.  The center is open F-S-S 1-5.

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My watercolor mosaic “Fire Storm” has taken on a couple of new lives!  Magically, it seems, the actual painting is hanging on the wall over my desk while digitally appearing in a magazine and on a CD.

The magazine is the Santa Clara Review, published by Santa Clara University.  It’s a paper-and-ink production and also available on the web — www.santaclarareview.com — click on “Issues,” then “Fall/Winter 2010.”

And friend and poet Joan Gelfand selected “Fire Storm” as the artwork for “Transported,” her newly released CD of poetry and music (with musician Marty Castleberg).  You can hear excerpts of Joan’s/Marty’s work on www.joangelfand.com (click on “Listen”) or purchase through www.digstation.com.

You can see “Fire Storm” elsewhere on this website, and read about its origins — click on “My Paintings,” then “Wildfires.”

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The “Ripples” show at the Marin Civic Center may be closed, but two of my paintings from that series are making appearances this month.

“Ice Water” is hanging in the Art Guild of Pacifica’s members-only show at the Sanchez Art Center, 1220 Linda Mar Boulevard in Pacifica, through February 14.  The center is open F-S-S 1-5.

And “Before Diving In” was juried into the 26th Annual National Show of the North Valley Art League. The show runs from January 26 - February 27 at the Carter House Galley in Caldwell Park, Redding, CA. Gallery hours are T-W-T-F-S 11-4.

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“Immersion,” one of my watercolor water interpretations, represents me in the Marin Arts Council’s annual members’ show — now through March 26 at the Marin Civic Center in San Rafael (M-F 9-5).

Also in San Rafael, the watercolor “Lake Merced, San Francisco” can still be seen in the “Small Works” show through December 24 at the Art Works Downtown gallery at 1337 Fourth Street.  Gallery hours are T-W-Th-F-S 10-5.

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My handmade paper crafts — one-of-a-kind greeting cards, journals whose covers are watercolor-painted, bookmarks — are among the many, many items on offer at the Fogbelt Studio Holiday Sale this coming weekend — F 12-8, S 10-6  and S 12-6 — at 2528 25th Avenue (between Ulloa and Vicente) in San Francisco.  This is the 17th year that my friend and artist Kathy Dybeck has held this very popular, fun event at her teaching studio.

And the following weekend (December 11-13) finds me (among many others!) and my watercolors at the Art Guild of Pacifica’s Open Studio event, taking place at the Sanchez Art Center, 1220 Linda Mar Boulevard in Pacifica.  Hours are F 7-9 and S-S 11-5.

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Two of my recent acrylic experiments — “And You Shall Receive” and “Trust” — are in the “Expressions of Gratitude” show through December 5 at the San Francisco Women Artists gallery at Sacramento@Laurel — T-W-Th 12-5 and F-S 11:45-5:30.

Five watercolors from my “Jewels of Ocean Beach” series are part of the “Small Treaures” show at the Marin Society of Artists, through December 13.  The gallery is at 30 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard in Ross, and is open M-T-W-Th 11-4 and S-S 12-4.

And the watercolor “Lake Merced, San Francisco” can be seen in the “Small Works” show opening on November 28 at the Art Works Downtown gallery at 1337 Fourth Street in San Rafael.  Gallery hours are T-W-Th-F-S 10-5.

The group show “Ripples” continues through December 10 at San Rafael’s Marin Civic Center, in the 1st and 3rd floor exhibition areas (M-F 9-5).  This show features work depicting water in all its aspects, by seven watercolorists — Kay Russell, who is my City College painting teacher, and six of us longtime students.

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For the first time, my work is appearing in an online-only college literary magazine.

It’s called “Switchback” and it’s a project of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of San Francisco.

My watercolors “Memory” and “California Natives in Golden Gate Park” can be seen in issue #10, “Figurative vs. Literal.”  Please go to www.swback.com and click on the title to get to the title page, where the paintings are; also, I’m profiled under “Contributors” on the home page.

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Lots to see in lots of places this month!

In Crescent City, three paintings from my “Wildfires” series can be seen through September 29 at the Crescent Harbor Gallery, which is hosting the 5th Annual National Juried Art Competition of the Coast Redwoods Art Association.

In San Francisco, the “Artist’s Choice” show at the San Francisco Women Artists gallery has “Fossil” (a watercolor/gouache from my “Seashells” series) and “Single Element” (a natural Oregon chalk drawing from my “Rowing” series).  Open T-W-Th 12-5 and F-S 11:45-5:30, the gallery is at Sacramento@Laurel, and the show runs until October 3.

In Santa Rosa, “Loose Pearls,” part of the “Jewels of Ocean Beach” series, is in Aqua Areas 2009, the 15th Annual Exhibition of the Watercolor Artists of Sonoma County — September 11-20 at the Coddington Mall (open every day, mall hours).

In Pacifica, my chalk pastel “Marin Headlands (One)” is part of the Art Guild of Pacifica’s annual members-only show, September 11-October 17 at the Sanchez Art Center (F-S-S 1-4).

In Sausalito, my new watercolor mosaic “Sunrise over San Francisco Bay” is part of the Marin County Watercolor Society’s show at the Bay Model, September 15-October 17 (T-S 9-4).

In San Rafael, 10 of my newest watercolors are in the group show “Ripples,” running from September 14-December 10 at the Marin Civic Center, in the 1st and 3rd floor exhibition areas (M-F 9-5).  This show features work depicting water in all its aspects, by seven watercolorists — Kay Russell, who is my City College painting teacher, and six of us longtime students.

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