The feeling of paint as it comes off the brush, the beauty of color as it is laid down — this is what charges me. I paint from life with oils in the alla-prima method, enamored by strokes of paint and the beauty of blends. Impacted by the beauty of the landscape, I am compelled to express what I see and feel with paint.
Born and raised in California, I reside in the San Francisco Bay Area city of Martinez. My subject matter comes from where my travels take me, but is largely from the local Bay Area (The Carquinez Strai, East Bay Hills and the California Coast).
To make and create has been the driving force in my life.
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“Paint from in here,
paint from your heart. ” Jerrold Turner |
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Exhibitions:
2011
Small Works Show, selected show, Renditions Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
Gems, jury selected show, Arts Benicia, Benicia, California
Painting Show, selected group exhibit, Jordan Gallery, Benicia, California
Miniatures, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, California
Seeing Solano, Solano Land Trust group show, Vallejo Naval Museum, Vallejo, California
Scene On the Strait, selected show, Martinez, Shoreline Park, Martinez, California
Art & Wine in the Garden, The Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek, California
Crockett Paint Out, Epperson Gallery, Crockett, California
Scenes of Benicia, slected show, Benicia Chamber of Commerce, Benicia, CA
Plein Air Art, selected and competitive show, Walnut Creek Civic Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
Art Passages, selected show, Arts and Culture Commission of Contra Costa County, CA
Bay Area Wetlands to Ridgetops Art Exhibit, Vallejo, California
The Art Of A Community, Arts Benicia, Benicia, California
2010
Miniatures, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, California
The Best of Valona, selected show, Epperson Gallery, Crockett, California
Valona Paint Out, Epperson Gallery, Crockett, California
Feeling In Color, Solo Show, Umpqua Bank, Benicia, California
Orinda Silver Celebration, Orinda Library, Orinda, California
A Walk In The Art, Amfa Gallery, Orinda, California
Winters Plein Air Festival, Briggs & Co Gallery, Winters, California
Through The Artist's Eye—Solano Land Trust, Lynch Canyon, California
The Art Of A Community, Arts Benicia, Benicia, California
Bay Area Wetlands to Ridgetops Art Exhibit, Vallejo, California
17th Annual Napa Valley Mustard Festival Art Competition & Exhibit, St. Helena, CA
2009
Miniatures, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, California
Valona Paint Out, Epperson Gallery, Crockett, California
Winters Plein Air Festival, Briggs & Co Gallery, Winters, California
Celebrating Vallejo's Urban Forest, Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum, Vallejo, CA
Bay Area Wetlands to Ridgetops Art Exhibit, Vallejo, California
The Art Of A Community, Arts Benicia, Benicia, California
2008
Valona Paint Out, Epperson Gallery, Crockett, California
Awards:
1st Place — Best Humanity and the Bay, 2011 Bay Area Wetlands to Ridgetops
1st Place — Best Humanity and the Bay, 2009 Bay Area Wetlands to Ridgetops
Education:
2007-2010 — Extensive studies with artist, Elio Camacho
1988-2007 — Various studies in design, drawing, model making and mixed-media
1988-Present — Graphic Artist
1987 — B.F.A. Studio Art, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
1984 — A.A. Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, California
Affiliations:
Arts Benicia
Benicia Plein Air Group
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“It is never about THIS painting or the painter you are TODAY. Elio Camacho |