New Dimensions in Art

This May The Piedmont Center for the Arts is offering a new art exhibit featuring local artists Sallie Inglis Sadler and Robert C. Davidson.  The emphasis of their exhibit is captured in the title,  “Oil & Water.” The show alternately has Sallie’s oil paintings and Robert’s watercolors intermingling in colorful patterns of landscapes, flowers and places. While very different in content, style, and coloration, both artists have created new dimensions in water and oil paintings.

Both of them have made major third age transitions from professional careers to artists.  Sallie was a clinical psychologist for the past 30 years. She was Chief of Psychological Services for the US Navy and Coast Guard until the Alameda base closed; then she became a senior clinician in psychiatry for San Francisco Kaiser Permanente. During this career she was highly recognized in various formats, including Whose Who in America. At the peak of this career she was moved to express her creative talent in an entirely different way. Sallie branched into oil painting 10 years ago and brings her professional background into her work in several ways – through her use of color and subject matter and in a quality of mystery and depth seen in many of her paintings.  Several of her pieces have been featured in the Maine State Art Gallery, where she resides 4 months of the year.

Robert has been an architect based in the Rockridge area of Oakland for the past 40 years. His private practice included designing houses and offices, retail, educational, and  a variety of facilities for religious organizations. This work emanated from his office, Davidson + Seals Architects. Robert’s interest in art came early in his life. His understanding of the relationship of art in architecture has enabled his current transition from architecture back to art. He started developing his watercolor interests in the year 2000 at a point when his office became totally computerized. Robert needed an additional outlet for the hand/eye/mind collaboration of creative expression. He improved his brush skills through the taking of studio classes, workshops, involvement with critique groups and being a member of the California Watercolor Association (CWA). He refers to his current body of work as “fractured realism” which he sees as a reflection of a way to view nature architecturally in terms of its structural character. He has also turned to a bold color palette to exaggerate that realism and to stimulate the experience of familiar places for the viewer. His work has been jury-selected for exhibitions in local, state and national California Watercolor Association shows in California.

This exhibit will be shown at the Piedmont Center for the Arts from April 26 through May 26. The Center is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday from Noon to 3:00pm.  An Artists’ Reception for the public will be held on Saturday, May 11 from 4:30pm to 7:00pm.

Robert Davidson

As an architect in private practice for over forty

years Mr. Davidson designed houses, offices,

retail and educational structures, and facilities

for religious organizations.

He started developing his watercolor interests a

dozen years ago, when his office became

computer design and drafting proficient and

retired his working pencil. Robert needed an

additional outlet for the hand/eye/mind

collaboration of creative expression and turned

to what he calls the “liquid” arts.

His early interest in art and his grasp of the role

of art in architecture enabled his transition from

successful architect to working artist. Studio

classes, workshops, and involvement with

critique groups all improved his brush skills.

He became a member of the California

Watercolor Association and has had work jury

selected by them for numerous Local, State and

National exhibits.

Robert refers to his current body of work as

“fractured realism,” a way of viewing nature

architecturally in terms of its structural

character. He uses a bold color palette to

exaggerate that realism and to stimulate the

experience of familiar places for the viewer.

Contact:

web: robertcdavidon.net

e-mail: robertdavidson@earthlink.net

Sallie Sadler

Sallie has been a clinical psychologist for the

past thirty years. She was Chief of

Psychological Services for the US Navy and

Coast Guard until the Alameda base closed;

then she became a senior clinician in

psychiatry for San Francisco Kaiser

Permanente. During this career she was highly

recognized in various formats, including

Who’s Who in America. At the peak of this

career she was moved to express her creative

talent in an entirely different way.

Sallie branched into oil painting ten years ago

and brings her professional background into

her work in several ways – through her use of

color and subject matter and in a quality of

mystery and depth seen in many of her

paintings.

Several of her pieces have been featured in the

Maine State Art Gallery, where she resides

four months of the year.

Contact:

web: sallieinglissadler.com

e-mail: sallies1941@att.net

CALL TO ARTISTS

The Piedmont Center for the Arts announces a call to SF Bay Area Artists to feature their work in a juried art show premiering November 1, 2013 in Piedmont, CA.

The Piedmont Center for the Arts is honored to have Rene de Guzman, Senior Curator of Art, Oakland Museum of California, selecting works for our first juried art exhibition, entitled Return to Simplicity.  The theme is meant to reflect the current emphasis on a return to basics, much like there was during the Arts & Crafts movement of the early 20th century where artists found refuge in using organic materials and handcrafted products. Open to artists working in all 2 dimensional media and living in Bay Area.  This juried show offers a window into the most current developments in contemporary art of the region.  Cash prize will be given courtesy of the John P. Thornborrow Memorial Endowment Fund.  Awards: 1^st place – $2,500, 2^nd – $1,000, 3^rd- $500 plus Honorable Mentions.  The Center does not take a commission for art works sold through the show but would appreciate a 10% voluntary donation.

All artwork must have been created within the past 3 years.  Artists can submit a maximum of five (5) images and a minimum of (3) images.  Entry fee is $40.  All works must be able to be hung on the wall to be considered (wired for easy hanging) and are limited to 48 x 36 inches including frame and may not exceed 30 lbs.  Media ranging from photography, wall sculpture, fabric, mixed media, printmaking, all paintings and drawings including oil, acrylic, pastels, ink, graphite.  Please submit your work online using SlideRoom.com at https://piedmondtcenterforthearts.slideroom.com/#/Login.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS SEPTEMBER 2, 2013.  If you have any questions, please contact info@piedmontcenterforthearts.org.

KEY DATES:

• Deadline for Submission: Monday, September 2, 2013
• Selected Artists Notified: Tuesday, October 2, 2013
• Artwork Drop-Off Date: Sunday, October 20, 11:00-4:00 pm
• Exhibition Dates: Friday, November 1 – Sunday, December 1, 2013
• Opening Date: Friday, November 1, 6:00-9:00 pm
• Artists’ Reception: Friday, November 1, 2013, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• Artwork Pick-Up Date: Sunday, December 1, 2013, 3:00 – 5:00 pm

Come hear a delightful afternoon of music from the sounds of Polyakin-Aarons-Graber Trio on Sunday, June 2 at 4 pm.  Tickets $15, $10 students and seniors.  Tickets available at piedmonttrio@brownpapertickets.com.

Program:

5 Petits Duos, Op. 56 (1897)                                                       Cesar Cui (1835-1918)

Suite for flute and piano, Op.116 (1890)                                  Benjamin Godard (1849-1895)

Sonata for flute and piano (1957)                                              Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

3 Novelettes, for piano solo (1927, 1928, 1958)                     Poulenc

Sonata in 3 Movements, for violin and piano (1974)             Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (born 1939)

Tzigane, for violin and piano (1924)                                          Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)