CMCM Gallery
Current Exhibition at the CMCM Gallery:
Georgia Annwell - Senior Artists of Marin
Reception: Feb 10th, 5 - 7 PM.
Georgia's show, Senior Artists of Marin, will be on exhibit at CMCM for the month. Her show includes 40 portraits of Marin artists in their 60's, 70's and 80's. Georgia will also be shooting her own short documentary about local senior artists during the reception.
In 2005 Georgia began painting portraits while taking a class with Chester Arnold at the College of Marin. By the end of the class Georgia had completed several portraits of other senior artists, and she has not stopped painting portraits since then. When the Community Media Center of Marin opened its doors in 2009, Georgia applied her artistic abilities to video production and took a number of CMCM's classes. Georgia hopes her show will provide her with the opportunity to combine her work in painting and video production.
Past Exhibits
Matt Tasley with Miss Maggie Ewing
Baker
Large Paintings and Sculpture through January 21, 2012
Alan Plisskin
25 Photographs from Nepal through Sept 1, 2011
Noel Stubblefield
Paintings through July 2011
"All my life I have had a passion for art. In 1994, I began painting in watercolor and enjoy the color variations, freedom of structure and transparent tendencies. As my focus, I attempt to make still, silent objects come alive and dance across the paper. Simple beauty of natural forms is my expressive goal. I continue to search for inspiring images that are sensual or unique in shape and rich in color" - Noël
see website
Carol Smith Myer
Paintings through May 1st, 2011
Laura Culver: Handpainted Photographs
(through April 1 2010)
Born in Oakland, Ca, BS Graphic Design, UC Davis, Past Career in Advertising
Resident of San Rafael, CA
For
the last decade, my primary medium has been Hand-Painted Photography.
After taking photos of California Landscapes, I print them in black
& white on archival (acid-free) paper, and then add color by hand,
using specialized oil paints and/or colored pencils. My Hand-Painted
Photographs have won awards from State and Local competitions, including
5 awards from the Marin County Fair.
http://www.lauraculver.com/
Why We Come - photos and screening
Through February 2011
Marin Immigrant Rights Coalition members
present a documentary film & photography exhibit
Why We Come(Por Que Venimos)
A dozen migrants from Latin America living inSan Rafael's Canal district tell their own stories about
why they felt compelled to leave their homes and endure the arduous
journey to El Norte, the United States of America. In Por Que Venimos
(Why We Come), these powerful, often heartbreaking, always stirring and
inspiring stories offer an intimate look at lives lived at the outer
limits of poverty and at the extraordinary courage of ordinary people as
they take great risks seeking a better life for their families,
especially for their children. They and many, many others just like them
are the real heroes among us.
www.whywecome.org
Mary Blake - Watercolors
Through November 2010
I have bachelors in math and economics from UC Berkeley, though I’ve forgotten all that I learned. After graduating from college, I worked as a programmer and then as a project manager. Throughout that time, I drew. For two decades, my job defined me – quitting was terrifying.
Now, I paint and do volunteer work. Most of my images come from wildlife and, as a volunteer at WildCare in San Rafael, I have a unique opportunity to see that wildlife up close.
When I begin a painting, I usually start with a photograph and an image in my head. Figuring out how to get that image onto paper, what colors to use, how to represent the textures, what to emphasize, what to ignore, is always a learning process and, though my paintings may look like I’m a control freak, I rarely end up where I expected to. The process of painting gives me a chance to see more of the subject than I could have in any other way. Because I usually spend a lot of time with one painting, I choose images that I want to spend time with, to get to know better.
Past Exhibits
Georgia Annwell - Paintings:
through October, 2010 - Opening Reception October 8th, 5:00pm.
Georgia Annwell draws upon her rich background in former occupations as construction worker, nursing instructor, martial artist, and architect for images she incorporates into her paintings of people, other animals, and social commentary. She creates images to which people can relate fairly easily. She infuses her works with bits of whimsy and humor. Her exhibition will feature a couple dozen recent works, most not previously shown.
http://artatgeorgiaannwell.com/
Allen Lavee - Watercolors:
September 1 through Oct 2, 2010
I have had a lifelong interest and connection with figure drawing. I am drawn to the
immediacy and spontaneity of watercolor and with ink, and I like the
characteristic that such works are completed in one session. They often
do not lend themselves to reworking.
The ink, pencil, and
watercolor nudes are works from a live model, and I rarely revise them
once the pose has ended. Negative spaces are as captivating and
important as the obvious subject, and I am interested in defining the
flow and play of the light in the room and on the model. I am
especially attempting to convey the energy of the model's pose, as well
as placing her in the context of the surrounding environment.
Allen Lavee
www.metal-sculpture.net
Louis DeLuco - Photographs:
"Route 66 and Other Work"
August 1st through September 1, 2010
Louis DeLuco has a B.A. in
Art from UC Berkeley and a M.A. in Fine Art Photography from Lone
Mountain College, San Francisco. He has been an artist for most of his
life and a Marin County resident for over thirty years. His artistic
path led him through the areas of sculpture, painting, mural design,
advertising design, printmaking, and to his main focus, photography.
Louis DeLuco’s color and black & white photography portfolio
encompasses documentary, landscape, figure, aircraft and architectural
images.
Many of the photographs in this exhibition are part of a
series of images taken on a road trip along Route 66, the "Mother
Road", between Flagstaff, Arizona and Clinton, Oklahoma.
Nowadays, the towns are dotted with abandoned gas stations,
theaters, drive-ins, motels, diners, motor courts, camp grounds and
other businesses. Fortunately, there are many interesting derelict
buildings and distinctive signs in these towns.
Selected photographs have been published and exhibited nationally. Contact: ldeluco@hotmail.com
Alan Plisskin - (June 16th through August 1st 2010)
"Marin County, a Special Place"
Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Alan moved to California in 1972 to
pursue his photographic career. Commencing in commercial photography,
specializing in portraiture, it wasn't long before the beauty of
California's majestic scenery made a dramatic impact on Alan's
photographic vision. Over his career, Alan has studied with numerous
internationally renown photographers including the late Galen Rowell,
Chris Burkett and Lou DeSario.
Alan has initiated a "green" approach to his photography. With 27
years of darkroom experience in producing fine art prints, Alan, like
many other photographers, was limited to utilizing traditional,
potentially hazardous, photographic chemicals. Alan is now using the
chemical-free, Giclee process, which offers the additional benefit of
100+ year archival life to the finished prints.
Juana Calfunao: Drawings (May 5th through June 16th 2010)
COLOR PENCIL DRAWINGS
by Juana Calfunao, a Mapuche Lonko (chief), imprisoned in 2006 for her
struggle to reclaim her community’s ancestral lands from control of
logging corporations.
Reception: Fri, May 14, 5:00-8:30 pm,
with a presentation/film at 7:00 pm
MEET THE MAPUCHES
through photos and film documenting the cruelty endured by this
struggling indigenous community in Chile and their valiant resistance
to the ongoing repression. Carolina Dutton will give an eyewitness
report about the injustices to which these courageous people are
continually subjected. Sponsored by The Task Force on the Americas
Info: 415/924-3227, mitf@igc.org, www.mitfamericas.org
Nini Lion: Figures and Portraits
(31 works through May 4th 2010)
Nini Lion, an award winning Mill Valley artist, has been active in the Marin artsí community since 1989. Nini has served as a board member of the Marin Arts Council (MAC), as a Mill Valley Art Commissioner, and as a board member of Artisans Art Gallery. She is a member of Artisans, Marin Society of Artists, the Marin Arts Council, and Friends of Wellesley Art.
Whether pastels, drawings, ceramic sculpture, or artists' books, all are figurative. Nini has an intense concern for detail and a passion for the underlying line, mirroring the emotions and attitudes of her subjects, going beyond the surface to express intimate feelings and states of mind.
Nini has a B.A. in English Literature from Wellesley College and a Masters in Library and Information Science from U.C.Berkeley. Her works are in collections in California, New York, Texas, London and St. Croix. Her work has been published in American Art Collector: Juried Competition of New Work, 2005-9. Her studio is at Art Works Downtown in San Rafael. She has been represented by the Amsterdam Whitney Gallery in Chelsea, New York City.
Http://issuu.com/nini_lion/docs/nini_lion_portfolio2
http:Nini.LionAssociates.com
Carl Laur (Through March 28th, 2010)
Love@NetSpeed Digital Prints
Noël Stubblefield: Paintings
(21 works through Feb 15th 2010)
Noël Stubblefield lives in San Anselmo, California. She has two children, Trey 19, a freshman in college in Colorado and Simone, a high school senior. She is an artist, active community member and charity volunteer. She plays tennis and golf and travels around the world for inspiration for new work.
She graduated from University of California at Davis and has worked for Ogilivy &
Mather Advertising, CooperVision Pharmaceuticals, General Electric Medical Systems and Hallmark Cards. She began painting in 1994 and has shown in the SF Bay Area in various galleries, gift shops and art festivals. She is an artist member at Artisans in San Rafael, California and is affiliated with the California Watercolor Association, Marin Arts Council and Marin Society of Artists, where she sat on the Advisory Board.
Laura Culver: Handpainted Photographs
(through Feb 14th 2010)
Born in Oakland, Ca, BS Graphic Design, UC Davis, Past Career in Advertising
Resident of San Rafael, CA
For the last decade, my primary medium has been Hand-Painted Photography. After taking photos of California Landscapes, I print them in black & white on archival (acid-free) paper, and then add color by hand, using specialized oil paints and/or colored pencils. My Hand-Painted Photographs have won awards from State and Local competitions, including 5 awards from the Marin County Fair.
In 2006, I chanced upon an oil painting class, and have been captured by the creative process of plein air (outdoor) painting. I have studied with J. Thomas Soltesz, Timothy Horn, the Marin Art School, Jove Wang and Camille Przewodek. My oils have earned invitations to prestigious benefit art shows including Marin/scapes and West Marin Wild.
http://www.lauraculver.com/
