HEADLANDS CENTER - STUDIO GALLERY
04.19.09
(with assistance from R.W. Miller)

Headlands Center for the Arts: Spring 2009 Open House.

Artists: Genine Lentine, Theresa Wong, Fred Frith, Annie Lewandowski, Michael Carter, Luciano Chessa, Shayna Dunkleman, Ellen Fullman, Dohee Lee, Heike Liss, Kanoko Nishi, Robin Ekiss, Michael Muhammad Knight, Megan Pruiett, Melissa Stein, Daria Martin, Desirée Holman, Michael Muhammad Knight, Jennifer & Kevin McCoy, Miguel Palma, Flora Wiegmann, Jane Castillo, Paul Wackers, Daniel McCormick, Colette Campbell-Jones, photography, Caroline Cloak, Taha Belal, visual, Michael Hall, Emily Prince, Manuel Rios, Anthony Ryan, Naomi Vanderkindren, Georgia June Goldberg, Christopher Gray, Eric Hongisto, Ginelle Hustrulid, Robin Johnston, Julie Lara Kahn, Pawel Kruk, John Lee, Justin Limoges, Emily McLeod, Danielle Mourning, Megan Pruiett, James Sansing, Wayne Smith, Gareth Spor, Melissa Stein, Eric Theise, Richard T. Walker, Vanessa Woods.

Comment by AB: Thrice per year are all the opportunities you get to peruse the studios of the Headland Center for the Arts' internationally renowned Artist in Residence program. Witness the aesthetic essence and creative processes of writers, musicians, dancers, choreographers and visual artists of all kinds. This time around, the docket includes talents from California, New York, Portugal and the United Kingdom.

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Studio Gallery: Bill Cone - Light, Water, & Granite - Pastel Paintings & Studies from the Sierra.

Review by R.W. Miller & images c/o Studio Gallery: These paintings are about appreciating those moments in the wild. The large silhouetted rocks, and those jutting out of the grass add a sense of history. A sense of timelessness pervades, and a connection with the primeval. You have to look twice to see that these are clearly paintings, rather that photographs. They are gorgeous with Sierra fields, valleys, ponds, streams, and stones. The wild places give you reason to pause and reflect, and to bask in the mountain sunlight.

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