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Fall Open Studios Weekend
LT | Oct 31, 2018It is that wonderful time of year when the autumn leaves shift in hue and 30 PMA Studio Artists open up their doors to the public. Please join us for a lively weekend of art talk and demonstrations, drinks and delectables. There will be art energy spilling out and about...
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Feisty Art and Other Influences
LT | Sep 30, 2018Are we influenced by life as portrayed through imagery? How does artwork move us from an older/historical perspective into a contemporary/newer perspective? I explored these questions while wandering through three exhibitions at PMA, those of Harriete Estel Berman, M. Louise Stanley, and John McNamara.
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Jump into Positive Change
LT | Aug 29, 2018How bizarre our world has become, with our President initially ordering that the US Capital’s half-mast flag honoring John McCain be raised to its full height. This month’s posting on art and creation takes a stand. Let's blast selfish cold heartedness with a communal sense of warmth that sees deeply and uplifts immensely. Such is the job of artists everywhere.
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Summer Days Unfold
LT | Jul 10, 2018While it might not be clearly apparent, lazy summertime can be an extremely busy time for the studio artists at PMA.
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Delight in Details
LT | May 26, 2018I have been wandering through the PMA galleries marveling at the variety of ways that paint can be applied to canvas in order to create diverse effects. The Juried Exhibition from the California Art Club (Decker A & B Galleries) brings in a strong demonstration of the creative diversity that can be found within rather traditional representational painting techniques.
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How Does the Flow Go
LT | Apr 4, 2018Watching soaring birds at Bair Island Wildlife Refuge on Sunday had me chasing down techniques for depicting the passage of time in 2D and 3D form. Bair Island has an excellent nature viewing observation deck on the south end of the preserve. Facing north one sees the extensive land that not too many years ago housed a marsh-destroying salt pond business.
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Living Life as a Tea Bag
LT | Mar 17, 2018I often wonder how people get through the extremely rough times without cracking, what with the News Reports as it is right now. After doing a little research, I have learned that the folks who navigate well are those who have certain behavioral traits. One of those is acting upon one’s own creative thinking, moving oneself into new areas of expression and experience.
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Do You Feel the Buzz?
LT | Jan 30, 2018It’s the end of January, and it’s time to create! …as in let go of what you normally do and find a part of yourself that wants to expand into new territory. All you need is a workspace and the courage to make a mess. From chaos, you will find opportunities to flow into, and ultimately build, a new part of your life history.
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Looking from 2017 into 2018
LT | Dec 20, 2017Here we are at the end of an eventful year, full of surprises that reached the length of the spectrum. Being an artist during these intense times often brings up to the surface a depth of perception that cuts through superficiality. The simplest of expressive gestures can become a message of the profound. I have asked a few of PMA’s studio artists to share their recent art explorations.
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I'm Thankful for Today's Art Scene
LT | Nov 22, 2017I just finished reading “The Last Paintings of Sara de Vos” by Dominic Smith and man-o-man am I happy. Aside from the fact that this is a very satisfying novel about Dutch painting practices of seventeenth century Amsterdam, I am praising my luck that I was born into the present era.
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