Celebrating the Heritage and Practices of Traditional Fine Arts Worldwide
Exhibitions
Exhibition Dates: June 21 – September 2, 2021
A special thanks to Kristin Hoerth, editor-in-chief of Southwest Art Magazine, for selecting the 43 finalists displayed in this showcase.
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The first spark of dawn, or a particularly vibrant sunset like this one, can stir strong memories and emotions. For this reason, my landscape oil paintings are intended to create a mood rather than depict a scene with absolute precision. By focusing on a striking transitional time of day, like in this particular work, I aimed to both seize the attention of the viewer and capture the sky’s arresting interplay of color, light and shadow across the landscape below.
I believe everyone is born with a passion or natural talent. In this painting I wanted to show the passion behind my Grandson and his art. I can see the joy in him as he plays his guitar, and cello. Capturing that moment in time is what I wanted most from this painting. The joy and beauty of music.
This moment of joy hit me as I wandered off seeking an inspiring plein air spot. To find this place with no people around was amazing. The quiet and solitude it brought to me was a treasure.
Visiting Point Dume State Beach, I was struck by two young women enjoying the warmth of the beautiful sunny day, an older couple gazing out to sea sharing a quiet moment together, and an elderly woman happily feeding the gulls as she probably does every day. This peaceful scene was in great contrast to the visual backdrop of violence from an earlier cataclysmic event that ripped huge boulders from the cliff face and tumbled them into the sea where they will remain for centuries to come until the sea slowly wears them down to join the sand of the beach.
Sometimes on the drive to visit my parents I'm lucky enough to pass along the Sonoma Coast during the golden hour. The landscape is transformed in ways that never cease to amaze me and my mind is transformed with it.
Very often on my hikes and walks I am out just as the sun is about to dip below the horizon.
This is a special time as things take on the magical glow of the sun’s last embers, transforming what may otherwise be an ordinary area. Such was the case when I was at a wooded estate and the light cast its spell.
The painting is about a moment in time when the first rays of sun stream through a slightly open window, bringing with it reviving brightness and joy to everything it touches.
Sunsets bring me joy. I painted a lot of sunsets during Covid and was attracted to the warm light in the sky and how it lit up the marsh. The last golden rays of light in this beautiful sunset symbolizes a ray of hope for tomorrow.
– Ellen Howard
Patricia Hughes
Rock Star
Oil on canvas, 30" x 40", $6200
Rock Star was inspired by a trip to the tide pools at White Point in San Pedro, CA on a beautiful winter day when the first large waves began to crash over the rocks. The sound and fury of that first wave grabbed the attention of everyone on the beach and time seemed to stop as we all watched the wave rise higher and higher then crash into the tide pools below with a sudden loud boom. Mother Nature put on a show that day, but none of the following waves matched the awe we felt when that first giant wave rocked our world.
Cinthia Joyce was raised in Malibu, and lives in Manhattan Beach, CA. Her work reveals a fascinating connection to the animal kingdom. She frequently finds animal symbolism appearing to her through her rich and vibrant dream life.
Her figurative commissioned sculptures include a 7 1/2’ high “Atlas”, and animal commissions include the “Pacific Gray Whale” in front of the Point Vicente Interpretive Center, in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA. She has received numerous awards in national juried exhibitions such as the Academic Artists Association, 51st National Exhibition of Contemporary Realism, Hilton Head Art League National Juried Show, Art of the New West, Kentucky National Wildlife Art Exhibit, and Palos Verdes Art Center Exhibitions.
The reflections of the lake at Franklin Canyon on a crisp sunny day with surrounding trees. It was a joyful painting day - the first after the pandemic.
I often walk to Peck Road Park to watch the sunset over the lake. It's beautiful. But after the sunset, everything turns to peace and quiet. I very much enjoy the moment of stillness and try to catch it.
The striped umbrellas caught my attention, and the hand-made sign told a story of a long gone time. A beautiful morning at Crystal Cove painting plein air, I was taken back to a quieter and simpler time.