Bright Lights and the
Hollywood
Hills:
California Watercolors
May 14 through June 25, 2005
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 14, 2 to 5pm
California artists have long been drawn to the medium of watercolor, in part because the translucent, jewel-like colors that can be achieved
using this medium were so adept at capturing the sparking aura of the California climate. The show at the Tobey C. Moss Gallery explores
watercolor techniques through a wide range
of works from the 1920s through the 1990s in landscapes, still-lifes,
abstractions.
The Pacific Rim influences are felt in NICHOLAS P. BRIGANTE’s 1920s Arroyo Seco landscapes; Falcata & Vase, an exquisite still-life
from 1930s; and 1940s pieces depicting workers shoring up the Hollywood Hills. Urban landscapes by DAVID P. LEVINE capture life
in Los Angeles during the 1930s Depression, Rooftops of Paris by PETER KRASNOW painted in the early 1930s during a sojourn in France,
and the majesty of the Grand Canyon by BEN
BERLIN are also featured.
Among the abstract works featured are YNEZ JOHNSTON’s moody Summer Storm, ELISE SEEDS sensuous Untitled (Amoebic Abstraction),
LEONARD EDMONDSON’s otherworldly Fantasy and CLINTON ADAMS Counterpoint V, an abstraction that eloquently captures the
Mediterranean climate.
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For more images and biographical data,
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us at tobeymoss@earthlink.net
Also showing: Linda Shaffer: For the Bride
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