Saturday, February 25, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
23rd Annual Childrens Book Exhibition at the Sun Gallery
Above: Elisa Kleven, from The Friendship Wish Below, "Summer," by Jessica Lanan in Good Fortune in a Wrapping Cloth
23rd Annual Children's Book Illustrators ExhibitionThe Sun Gallery is thrilled to announce the 23rd Annual Children's Book Illustrators Exhibition. Yes, it's the 23rd year that we will have been doing this and this year we have more illustrators than ever. With 12 in total from all across the United States this promises to be a great exhibition for young and old alike.
The exhibition will open on February 15th and will continue through April 7th with a Book Signing Party where children and fans of all ages can come and meet the artists. It's always a fun event so please mark your calendars and plan on joining us.
Below: "The Golden Hairpin," Lin Wang from
Shining Star: The Anna May Wong Story
The participating artists this year are:Joe Cepeda, Side by Side/Lado y Lado
Tom Leonard, Here is the African Savannah, and Here is Antarctica
Christy Hale, The East West House and Sky Dancers
Ashley Wolff Baby Bear Sees Blue
Felicia Hoshino, Sora and the Cloud
Susan Guevera, Wild Women of the Wild West
Elisa Kleven, The Friendship Wish
Julia Cairns, A Full Moon is Rising
Andrea Burris, Tater and Tot, The Kitty Cat Alphabet Book, and
The Dog Lover's Alphabet Book
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Jessica Lanan, Good Fortune in a Wrapping Cloth
Lin Wang, Shining Star: The Anna May Wong Story
Mike Dutton, Donovan’s Big Day
Ashley Wolff, cover for Baby Bear Sees Blue
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Joseph Slusky and Katie Hawkinson kick off the New Year at the Sun Gallery
The Sun Gallery is thrilled to kick off its 2012 Exhibition Season with "Interactions", an exhibition featuring the work of husband and wife team, Joseph Slusky (pictured right), and Katie Hawkinson.These two artists live and work in Berkeley and have been exhibited nationally and internationally. The Sun Gallery is very proud to host a wide ranging exhibition featuring the luminous, beautiful paintings of Hawkinson, contrasting with the joyful and whimsical sculptures of Slusky. Both artists have a love of color and painterly surfaces and they have used the large scale of the Sun Gallery to isolate certain subjects in one area. The Ken Cook Gallery is themed for the stars and constellations, while the main open space forms an environment within which Slusky has clustered his sculptures, a colorful playground of welded metal.
Joseph Slusky has said about his own work: "The historic roots of this work are found in the cubist, constructivist and surrealist movements. The sculptures and drawings attempt to explore realms of the subconscious; it is the unknown that I'm concerned with. The premise is that within one, there are structures waiting to be excavated. The sculptures are like fossils- the imagination fossilized. The fascination and intrigue with the metal medium lies in its hardness and intransigence as contrasted with the more ephemeral human qualities of flesh and fluid. I do not work from models or sketches. I do not have or desire to have any preconceived idea about what the finished work will look like. Each work is a new exploration or journey."
"Mumbai," Joseph Slusky, painted metal sculpture
Katie Hawkinson is inspired by nature, particularly the specific patterns of the natural and sacred geometry. Her studio is awash with light, color and texture (studio shot below), and this becomes apparent in her artwork - "Glow," oil on linen seen to the right.
Please join us for the Reception for the Artists on Saturday, January 14th from 3 - 7:00pm with a conversation with the artists at 4:00pm. We hope to see you at the Sun!
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Sun Gallery Holiday Gift Show
All creations lovingly hand crafted locally!
Artists include: Lynn Holman, Sara Lamnin, Irene Storch, Di Starr, Phyllis Pacin, Eusebo Lozano, Akemi Woofter, Sue Toorans, Claudia Schwalm, Donnie Rett, Rose Ortiz, Donna Mendez, Yvette McIntyre, Kathryn Matsuura, Leslie Mathie, Susan Iverson, Dee George, Steve Amaral, Huma Naqvi, Monique Sherman, Janet Harkness, Fleur Spolidor, Barbara Daniel, Sonia Underdown, Annah Golemac, DonnaSue Jacobi, Joanie Miller, Aimee Johnson, Lucille Mercado, Maggie Loriaux, Stephanie Bruce, Fred Roessler, Tony Hidalgo, and others....
Artist reception with free raffle and holiday entertainment on Dec. 10, from 1-4. Bring the family and enjoy the ambiance!
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Howard Pugh in Residence in the Ken Cook Gallery
Photographer Howard Pugh in the Ken Cook Gallery at the Sun Gallery
October 5th - November 12th
Image to left "Generosity in Nature"
Photographer Howard Pugh is currently in residence in the Ken Cook Gallery. His vibrant, beautiful, abstract photographic works meld thenatural with the urban and create totally unique images. His exhibition"Patterns of Abuse" runs through November 12th and we'd love to see you here.
Above: "Prophecy" by Howard Pugh
The artist has written of his own work and art making process;
"As all things human-fashioned are invariably undone or unbecome in their journey back to the primordial, a subtle cosmological intent gets revealed. There is a great underlying mystery in the return pull to the primordial, not perhaps an actual intelligence, but a force that expresses itself in the very style in which all that's artificial must flow back into the sea of the pre-organized; atide receding, a tide reconvening. Far from random occurrences of rust, of peeling paint, fading and degradation, the great mystery of the return to the primordial is a process of communication, of dialogue; the etchings of decay -its very handwriting. There is remarkable order here, albeit not the order ofour world, or order in the realm of abstract understanding, but also not anorder subjugated to the superficial tyranny known as chaos either. Even nihilistic ideology as a human creation, eventually withers and is crushed by the ever-fixed pull of the great mystery to the primordia'
Come and see how these words translate into remarkable photographs and the Sun Gallery once again showcases cutting edge artwork made in the East Bay!
Friday, October 7, 2011
El Color Caliente is now open at the Sun Gallery
El Color Caliente de La Cultura is a riot of color at the Sun Gallery!!
Well, we worked all weekend to get the exhibition on the walls and it was well worth it. The show is full of some of the best work in the East Bay, showcasing artists who use color as a major element in their artwork, referencing and then spinning off Latin American influences.
Bellow, respectively, is the artwork (left to right) of Astrid Ramos, Barbara Rockholder (the postcard, thanks Debi Harrison, and to the left is the work of Michelle Ritchie.
Please come to the exhibition and explore a wide variety of creative explorations of the same theme. The exhibition opened on October 5th and will run through November 19, 2011, with an artists reception on November 5th featuring entertainment by Grupo Folklorico Tlapalli and others. A small donation will be requested to cover food and beverages and we all know the Sun Gallery hosts a really great celebration.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
El Color Caliente de la Cultura at the Sun
"El Color Caliente de la Cultura" at the Sun GalleryOctober 5 - November 12th, 2011
Reception for the Artists, November 5th, 3:00pm - 7:00pm
Music, Dancing and great food (see below for details)
The Sun Gallery is proud to announce "El Color Caliente de la Cultura" - The Hot Colors of Culture, - an exhibition celebrating the dynamic colors and vision of Latin American artists and how these colors have infiltrated and informed the work of artists from other cultures.
The exhibition will feature work by the following artists:
Michelle Ritchie (image to top left), Gary-Paul Barbosa Prince - (image to left with cow), Astrid Ramos, Deborah Vinograd, D'arci Bruno, Montana Murdoch, Ian Sammis, Sarah Sammis, Leslie Mathie, Marjorie Wagner, Jacqueline Cooper, Vasanthi Victor, Elizabeth Rojas (image below, center), Barbara Rockhold (image, below right), Amiee Johnson, Tina Banda, Loretta Siegel, Jacqueline Cooper, Natalie Juntz, Marge Haggin and Maureen & Peter Langenbach.
In addition to these wonderful works the Sun Gallery will be celebrating art, color, and culture with a reception for the artists on Saturday, November 5th with entertainment by Ballet Folklorico Tlapalli, Argentine Tango dancers and great food. A donation of $5.00 is suggested and the festival will run from 3:00pm - 7:00pm. It should prove to be a magical evening.
The Sun Gallery is always your resource for great visual art, images and artwork that you won't see anywhere else in the East Bay. The Sun Gallery has a long and honored tradition of serving the East bay Arts Community so please join us in a colorful festival of creative brilliance across all cultures found in the East Bay area.
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