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Current Art Exhibit at Blackhawk Gallery.
The Alamo Danville Artists’ Society Exhibit ‘Spotlight’ will be on view seven days a week from Friday April 27th through Sunday July 8th. The Exhibit is free and open to the public.
The ‘Spotlight’ exhibit features one guest artist and forty member artists. Guest artist Jim Scales will be exhibiting his wood-turned bowls. Members’ artworks include paintings, drawings, sculptures, ceramics, photographs, and wearable art.
The exhibit is curated by Debby Koonce, Kerima Swain and Beverly Turner.
The Blackhawk Gallery is located at 3416 Blackhawk Plaza Circle in Danville, California, in the Blackhawk Plaza. Telephone: (925) 648-8023.
Regular Gallery hours are Monday-Saturday 10am-8pm and Sunday 11am-6pm. Holiday hours are: 10am-5pm on May 28th Memorial Day, and July 4th Independence Day
Website: www.BlackhawkGallery.org/spotlight
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlamoDanvilleArtistsSociety
For more information, please contact Blackhawk Gallery Director Kerima Swain at swain.kerima@gmail.com
GUEST ARTIST
Jim Scales Wood Turner
Through the years, I have retained my affection for working with wood, and 3 years ago began working with a lathe. I taught myself, spent time with a master turner, and watched hundreds of hours of online videos from turners around the world. Over time I acquired the tools needed to create a variety of objects from found and occasional pieces of purchased wood.
To say this learning process has transformed my life would be an understatement. It is both soothing and challenging at the same time, and I am enchanted by what I have found once a piece of outwardly-appearing ordinary wood has opened itself on my lathe. Colors abound inside branches and burls that reveal themselves, and the patterns emerge that reflect the years of a tree’s lifetime. I enjoy making bowls, platters, vases, and whatever the wood tells me to make. I have so much more to learn, and look forward to every minute I spend at the woodshop that I share with my younger brother.
It is my hope that you enjoy the pieces I have created and that they speak to you of their origins in the natural world. If you can use them in your life, I hope they enrich it.
MEMBER ARTISTS
Dalia Alekna, Akio Aochi, Gary Bergren, Charles Blanton, Don Cresswell, Barbara Davies, Sachin Deshpande, Yi Ding, Elena Doronkina, Herbert Estes, Kathy Flint, Bobbi Garrop, David Gates, Lynn Glenn, Greg Gutbezahl, Kathie Hackler, Shadi Kiaee, Maggie Kinstle, Debby Koonce, Roseann Krane, Walter Krane, Tom Lemmer, Andrea Markus, Claudette McDermott, Ruth McMillin, Elena Morris, Mitchell Neto, Julia O’Reilly, Lin Padden, Harika Piccone, Dan Riley, Michael Rizza, Joanne Robinson, Ellen Schimmel, Andrea Schwartz, Pat Smith, Greg Starnes, Diana Stepanyan , Kerima Swain, Beverly C Turner, Jim Vlantis, Norma Webb, Charles White.
IMAGE GALLERY
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Lin Padden, Catching the Light
Yi Ding, Painting in the Studio
Norma Webb, At the Edge of the Valley
Charles Blanton, Johnny York
Barbara Davies, Pink Rose Lacquer Tray
David Gates, Hanalei Taro
Harika Piccone, Still Life with Wine and Grapes
Mitchell Neto, Warming Hut at Chrissy Field
Herbert Estes, Time will Tell
Shadi Kiaee
Wine and Wool
Jim Vlantis, Catch A Wave
Don Cresswell, “Ciao Baby!”
Joanne Robinson, Flamboyant in Puerto Rico
Julia O’Reilly, Lariat Floral necklace with pearls
Andrea Markus, Copper Bracelet
Claudette McDermott, Dirty Pour #1
Ellen Schimmel, The Lantern
Kathy Flint
Maggie Kinstle, Desert Cafe
Ruth McMillan, Pansies
Walter Krane, Scouting Party