Landscapes worth seeing

Corot to Monet
National Gallery, London

A Wall in Naples (1782), Thomas Jones

Sunset in the Roman Campagna (c. 1786 and 1803), Simon Denis

Landscape with Cumulus Clouds (c. 1839), Andreas Schelfhout

untitled (Provincetown Harbor), n.d.
color serigraph, 15 x 18" image
slr, #77/100, est.400/600

Herman Maril on exhibit at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore. Read more about the modernist landscape painter in the Baltimore Sun and the Baltimore Messenger

Rest in Peace MJ

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead,
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.

He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last for ever: I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood.
For nothing now can ever come to any good.

- WH Auden

Sullivan Goss 2009 Exhibition

Dixon Reception

....the gallery walls were hung with care,
in preparation for guests that soon would be there ...

The opening at the Scott Hill Gallery the weekend of June 13 was just grand. The 27 pieces hang beautifully together on the gallery walls. The paintings and prints are from several different collections of work and surprisingly speak very well together as a group. Most of the work consists of water imagery with a few land compositions... grass, one of my favorite muses.


The lovely Liz and James Fuller hosted a fantastic cocktail party at their home before the guests wandered over to the gallery reception. It was a beautiful day in Dixon. I was truly expecting the inland California heat and was pleasantly surprised that the weather felt like home, warm with cool breezes. It just couldn't have been better.


Liz is an amazing chef and the food was sublime. I'm beyond grateful for their care and support.

June News

Scott Hill Gallery has the exhibition page loaded HERE for the upcoming show. If you are in the area the reception will be Saturday June 13th from 6-8pm.

New prints are loaded in the SHOP.

Border Collie Repose ©2009 N Strasburg

News from Dixon and Scott Hill

Greetings
This weekend Dixon holds one of its twice-yearly Art and Wine Strolls. From 4-8 p.m. on Saturday, May 30, downtown Dixon will feature local wines and art. The gallery will be open for the stroll and all work will be 25 percent off. The sale will continue through the next weekend as well (June 6).

I'm excited to announce as well that on June 13, the gallery will host an opening reception for Nicole Strasburg. Nicole is a Santa-Barbara-based painter whose coastal abstracts invite contemplation and study. They are truly terrific. Nicole's work is featured in many public and private collections, and has also been featured on national magazine and catalog covers.

Nicole will share the evening of June 13 with us. Please join us from 6-8 p.m.

Look for additional images of Nicole's work forthcoming on the website.

Path to the Sea 30x30" oil on birch panel ©2007-2009

Thank You, Scott Hill

Scott Hill Gallery
http://www.scotthillgallery.com

Etsy Shop update

Well, May ushered in a few surprises and setbacks here in Santa Barbara. I'm sure it was well known around the globe how one third of our town was evacuated due to the most recent Jesusita fire. If you weren't evacuated more than likely you were housing evacuees. With this being the third fire in less the a year, we have had our hands full in this community.

Needless to say I did not get the work done for my shop as anticipated... the fire was only half the distraction. This month I am readying for a show at the Scott Hill Gallery in Northern California. (more on this soon!) He is new on the art scene and still wading in to the art pool. I also found out my solo show in Santa Barbara will be in August rather than September. It surprised me and I am scrambling to make sure that I am 100% ready for the exhibition.

Still, I have managed to keep up with my printing on Saturdays through our Adult Ed Continuing Education classes and have posted two new prints for sale in my Etsy shop.

Yes.... I'm still infatuated with my pets, smitten really. I will post other more landscape type works in future. For now, as for most, it's all about them pooches.

A preview!