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We are located at 2221 Pear Street in beautiful and historic Old Town Pinole.
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Member Galleries - Ira Nelken
DR. NELKEN, AN EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANT, HAS BEEN WORKING WITH AND DISPLAYING WATERCOLORS, PASTELS, CHARCOAL AND PEN AND INK RENDERINGS FOR THE PAST THIRTY-ONE YEARS.
HIS STYLE INCORPORATES LANDSCAPE REALISM WITH A TOUCH OF JAPANESE STYLISM. HIS SENSE OF THE FULLNESS, VALUES AND CONTRASTS OF COLORS AND THE SUBTLENESS OF COLOR IN THE WATERCOLOR AND PASTEL MEDIA HIGHLIGHT HIS WORK. BORN IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, HE HAS LIVED IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR MOST OF THE PAST FORTY-ONE YEARS. SPENDING THE FIRST SIXTEEN YEARS OF HIS LIFE IN A MULTI-ETHNIC CONCRETE JUNGLE; ATTENDING UNIVERSITIES IN RURAL UPSTATE NEW YORK AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AS WELL AS ALONG THE WEST COAST; TEACHING IN THE CALIFORNIA COAST RANGE AND THE SACRAMENTO RIVER VALLEY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA; AND LIVING THE PAST TWENTY-ONE YEARS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAVE GIVEN HIM A DEEP APPRECIATION OF NATURE, THE SIMPLICITY OF THE WAYS OF NATURE, AND ITS STARK CONTRAST TO URBAN LIFE. HIS WORK HAS A TENDENCY TO GROW ON YOU!! JURIED COMPETITIONS: Silver Dollar Fair – Best of Show (1979), First & Second Places (1979-82) Creative Arts Center – Men’s, Member’s and Instructor’s Shows (1979-84) El Cerrito Art Association Annual Show 1985-86 – Special Award (1985) DISPLAYED (PARTIAL LIST): Almanor Art Show Graeagle Art Show Art Cooperative Gallery (Berkeley) Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival Blue Steeple Gallery (Lakeport) North Valley Art Show El Cerrito Art Show Paradise Art Show Fischer Gallery (Chico) Pinole Artisan’s Gallery Forest Ranch Art Show South Lake Tahoe Art Festival  Central Park La...  Christmas Snow  Conneticut Barn...  Costa Rican Hil...  Custer State Pa... |
Getting your work in the galleryIf you are a member of the Pinole Artisans and you want to see your artwork in this gallery, please drop off a cd for the webmaster at the Art Center with up to 30 jpg images. On the cd include a text document with a biographical statement or whatever statement you want to appear in your gallery. The photos should be no smaller than 650px x 650px at a resolution of at least 72ppi. If your files are larger I can resize them, but if they're smaller than this - they will not be usable. The file name for each photo should be the name of the piece as you want it to appear in your gallery. For example if the title of your piece is "Mice on a Block of Cheese" your file name should be "Mice on a Block of Cheese.jpg" (without the quotation marks). |
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