Barbara's 'Water Works'

This month Viewpoints Gallery features the oil and watercolor paintings of Barbara van Haunalter. Barbara likes to paint on location and uses a variety of media. All the paintings in this show are local spots Barbara has visited in the last six months.

Color Squared

This month members of Viewpoints Gallery each created a square image for a group exhibit. For whatever reason many gravitated to blues. Please join us for a reception Friday, August 13 from 5-8pm. It should be a lot of fun.

TERRI FORD - AN ARTIST TO WATCH!

Our very own Terri Ford is featured as an 'Artist to Watch' in the latest print edition of Fine Art Connoisseur. www.fineartconnoisseur.com

Traveling Conversations

When three good friends, Jean Warren, Elaine Frenett and Floy Zittin, were separated by family moves they decided to keep in touch through their art. Our July show is a complete collection of the watercolor 'conversations' that occurred between these three from 2005 to 2010. We hope that you'll join us on July 9, 5pm to 8pm, at Viewpoints Gallery to help us celebrate the bond of friendship and art.

Diana's Truck

Diana Jaye painted in Occidental in June at the Occidental Art & Ecology Center with 8 other painters. They stayed in beautiful yurts and had 3 delicious vegetarian meals a day. Most of the ingredients came from the OAEC organic gardens. After painting many gardens and flowers, Diana and the other painters found this great GMC truck in the woods. It seemed really happy to be there.

Carolyn and Diana at Gamble Garden

Gamble Garden, 1431 Waverley Street, Palo Alto, is celebrating it's 25th anniversary with an 'Art in the Garden' show July 16 and 17. We are honored that two of our artists, Carolyn Hofstetter and Diana Jaye, have been chosen to be included. Tickets for the Friday reception can be purchased for $20 at www.gamblegarden.org or visit Saturday for free to watch them paint between 10am and 2pm..

Terri Hill Featured Artist

This month Viewpoints Gallery is proud to feature the dramatic watercolors of Terri Hill. Terri has made a name for herself painting large photo-realistic works featuring sports motifs, especially bikers, and seasonal produce. The gallery will be hosting receptions both Friday and Saturday, June 11 and 12, from 5pm to 8pm. Join us for a fun evening.

Cheryl Kampe

Cheryl has an exciting new show at Viewpoints Gallery this month featuring large acrylic semi abstract interpretations of urban landscapes. Her show runs from May 3 through June 5. Visit with Cheryl in the gallery on May 8 and May 30 during gallery business hours.

Diana Jaye at Filoli

Diana Jaye had a beautiful sunny day to be plein air oil painting out at Filoli house and gardens. Hope to see her painting in the gallery soon.

Jane and Nancy at their Reception

Here are Jane Ferguson and Nancy Calhoun with their artwork before the reception crowd arrived at Viewpoints Gallery.

Two Views at Viewpoints

This month we are featuring work by two artists who are good friends but who paint in very different styles. Please join them and the other Viewpoints artists for a reception this Friday, April 9 from 5 to 8pm.

Karen White

Karen White's vibrant oil paintings will be featured at Viewpoints Gallery through March. Join us for a reception and chat with Karen on Friday, March 12 from 5-8pm.

Filoli Update

Diana's painting from the last post was chosen to advertise the exhibit at Filoli. Congratulations, Diana! Barbara von Haunalter will also have two paintings in the show. Way to go, Viewpoints.

Diana at Filoli

Diana Jaye was accepted as one of twenty artists to exhibit a painting at the Filoli National Trust Site in Woodside, California, from April 12 thru June 6. Her oil painting, titled "Scarecrow at Work" is shown above. Meet Diana and the other artists at Filoli on May 22 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Terri Ford

This month, Terri Ford is showing her pastels alongside her father's oil paintings. Both Terri and her father started their art careers at about the same time and influenced each others' work.
Here are a couple images of Terri in front of her exhibit.

Abstracts

Viewpoints has been known as a gallery showing mostly traditional work but this month we challenged ourselves to try something different and tackle an abstract. Everyone had fun with the project and there was a lot of discussion about what constitutes an abstract painting. Here are a couple of the paintings on display.

Carol Mead began with an images she remembered from the aquarium which she thought made an interesting abstract design.

Barbara con Haunalter likes to paint seascapes in muted colors. Here she has simplified her shapes, used a lot of texture and a vivid palette.

Come see what the rest of the artists came up with. This show will be hanging until the end of the month.

Join us Friday Night

Terri Hill is organizing a party! Join us this Friday from 5-8pm for 'Gifts of the Season'. Terri and many of the Viewpoints Gallery artists will be there. Here are a few of Terri Hill's works on display.

Present Challenge

The December challenge which Terri Hill posed to members was to come up with an 8" x 8" painting on canvas on the theme 'Presents'. Here are a few of the results:

Kathleen Alexander had a romantic idea.

Carol Mead was thinking of a trip to San Francisco - perhaps with grandkids?

Nancy Calhoun has been painting bears lately while up in the Sierras and her 'present' took the form of toy bears.

Floy Zittin came up with a present for a titmouse.

And Terri Ford's present is sparkly. Incidentally, this Santa is based on her husband, Tim.

Presents at Viewpoints

Here is a partial result of the 'present challenge' all tied up with ribbons. Thirteen artists presented their ideas on an 8" x 8" canvas. Later we'll post what the artists were thinking.

And here are the "presents" through the window with Terri Hill's bold large watercolors to the right. That's not Terri in front, but Chris Beck, a Viewpoints special friend, who was partly responsible for the wonderful window display.

December Presents

One exciting part of working with other artists in running a gallery is that we challenge each other artistically. This December we are running a group show with the theme of "presents". Terri Hill will be showing her watercolors and in the one above her 'presents' are edible. Each of the gallery artists is challenged to bring in a 8" x 8" canvas with a 'present' theme. Stop by after Monday to see the results.