Sunday, June 20, 2010 at the Marin Civic Center

I plan on showing some of my paintings at the Marin Civic Center's beautiful Farmer's Market on Sunday, June 20, 2010 from 8:00 a.m. til 1:00 p.m. Please look for me in the artisan area.

Painting on the delta,..... California

Two of my artist friends came to the delta to paint with me for a few days last month. The weather was lovely, thank goodness. It can get pretty windy here, so we were very fortunate for three days.

The first painting is from Brannon Island on the delta, and the second was done in Lodi, California

Blue Ribbon

I received a First Place in pastel for this painting titled "Shadow Life II" at the 50th SPRING ART ANNUAL at Woodbridge Winery in Lodi, California.

The Preview Event (viewing reception) is Friday, March 19, from 6 pm to 8 pm at the winery.

The Exhibition is open Saturday and Sunday, March 20 and 21, from 12 to 5 pm and is free to the public.

The awards will be presented Sunday March 21 at 4 pm.

If you're in the area, please come on over. I would love to see you there.

This is a painting that I had done a couple of years ago and sold it right away at the King's Mountain Art Faire off Skyline Blvd. above Redwood City, California. Since I liked the reference photo so much and I hadn't had a chance to have it juried, I repainted it and added a little girl. I thought about changing the title to "Marketplace Madonna", but I just like "Shadow Life"

I've just started a new series on gardens. This is my first one in progress, and I think I'll put a collection on my web-site, http://www.cjmyersfineart.com/, titled "Gardens and Vineyards".

revised painting

I recently revisited a painting that I had done a couple of years ago. The house and background didn't work for me, so I added a field and farm houses in the background instead and I like it much better. What do you think?

Hungry "I"

This is a 12" x 12" pastel painting that I had done a few years ago. A very good, long-time friend really liked it. She said her father had taken her to the Hungry "I" in San Francisco when she was 13 years old, and that KGO had a set-up live in the Hungry "I" which started the early days of talk radio. At the time I first painted it, I made a print for her and have just now finally finished another painting from the same reference photo. It is in the mail.....

This is a painting of a delightful, active little girl in Northern California. When she took a break to look at a children's book, I was able to get a reference photo to do this painting!