1915-2015 THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW
PELICAN² oil on canvas 24 x 36" available
ON MOONLIGHT BAY (well, Mission Bay, but where's the romance in that?) oil on canvas 24 x 36" available
Talk about nostalgia! This terrific show is the most serendipitous thing that's happened to me for a while: As part of the celebration of the centennial of San Diego's Balboa Park (and "The Panama Exposition" that occasioned the development of our famous park), The San Diego History Center reassembled a show of San Diego Landscapes that appeared at the 1915 expo, and there they hang once more. I mentioned this to my mother recently, and she told me something I never knew: that her parents came to San Diego to spend their honeymoon at The Panama Exposition. I got all goosebumpy, knowing that my grandparents had seen this very art show on that honeymoon trip. And here I am exhibiting my work right next to it... Noel-Baza Fine Art, formerly a brick and mortar gallery in Little Italy, has taken up residence as a sales gallery in the History Center, and are exhibiting a sister show of contemporary views of San Diego. My two pieces above are just a couple of the many they are showing. I am in the wonderful company of a big group of excellent San Diego artists: Eric BlauWarren BeachBronle CrosbyWade ClineTheresa DoncheEthel GreeneLarry GroffWill GulletteLinda KardoffCarol LindemulderAndrew MarinoBrad MaxeyBhavna MehtaKathleen MitchellAlan MorrowGail OhyamaAlison Haley PaulKim ReasorPaul StrahmLynn SusholtzJulie WarrenDuke WindsorLeah YounkerTruly a bit of history, and some lovely, exciting painting. If you haven't made plans to help celebrate our city's jewel of a park, this is a great excuse. It's a diverse eyeful of places you will recognize and appreciate differently after seeing them through these artists' eyes – from the perspective of then, and of now.
Balboa Park Centennial Celebration (1915 - 2015)
San Diego History Center Casa De Balboa
1649 El Prado, Suite #3 San Diego, CA 92101 Daily hours: Mon. - Sun., 10 - 5 for all of 2015.