Artist Spotlight: Rich Walker

© Rich Walker. The Hill Side. Mixed Medium

Rich Walker is one of six talented artists featured in the current exhibit. His mixed media paintings will be on display through September 25, 2010.

Rich's artistic focus is in the use of recycled, reclaimed and natural materials balanced with colors, depths, texture and movement to create a peaceful and harmonious work of art. He often uses a combination of mediums within one project.

Rich is curently working on Project 2010, which is a 20" x 10" painting done daily and joined in a row of 7 paintings which represents a week to create a 20" x 70" painting. He will have 52 panels at the end of the year.

His work can be found in many corporate and private collections throughout the United States and Europe.

Call for Artists - 1st Juried Solo Exhibition

Spa Velia Art Gallery is proud to announce the 1st Juried Solo Art Exhibition open to all artists living in San Diego, CA. Open subject matter. 2-dimensional artwork only. Artist must have a cohesive body of work, along with a resume and artist's statement.

Calendar

* Exhibit runs October 4, 2010 - January 7, 2011

* Entry submission deadline is Friday, September 3, 2010 by 11:59 p.m.

For more information and to download an Entry Form click here.

You may also request an Entry Form via email by contacting the Gallery Manager at spaveliaartgallery@gmail.com

Artist Spotlight: Susan E. Roden

© Susan E. Roden. Night Lights. Pastel

Meet artist Susan E. Roden during the San Diego Artists: A Cause for P.A.W.S. opening reception on August 21, 2010 from 4pm to 6pm. Susan is one of six talented artists featured in the current exhibit. Her pastel paintings will be on display through September 25, 2010.

Artist and Instructor, Susan E. Roden resides and maintains an art studio in San Diego, California. Noted for her pastels, she has exhibited nationally and is the recipient of many awards, including the Medal of Honor for pastels from the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York, NY and the Artist-In-Residence to the Petrified Forest National Park in 2009.

Roden's paintings have been featured in Decor & Style, The Pastel Journal, San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles, Pastel Artist International Magazine and cited by Southwest Art Magazine as "Collectors Choice for Pastels" (2005).

Roden is a juried member with the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, Distinguished Pastelist/Signature Member with the Pastel Society of New Mexico and Associate Member with the California Art Club.

Her art is widely collected and represented by national galleries.

Artist Spotlight: H. Montgomery-Drysdale

© H. Montgomery-Drysdale. Zsa Zsa Gabor - Into Longevity. Gelatin Silver Print.

Meet artist H. Montgomery-Drysdale during the San Diego Artists: A Cause for P.A.W.S. opening reception on August 21, 2010 from 4pm to 6pm. Helen is one of six talented artists featured in the current exhibit. Her photographic works will be on display through September 25, 2010.

Born on the East Coast, H. Montgomery-Drysdale received her education bi-coastally. In her late teens she apprenticed at the famous Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Following college, she was employed at IMPACT PHOTOS as a 'Captionist' and Press Release Writer. There she mastered the use of cameras and the art of printing Black and White negatives.

Her photographic career began on the Bowery streets of New York City. Documentary photographs cover multitude subjects: AIDS; Alcoholism; Battered Women; the Homeless and Severely Handicapped Children.

Arriving in San Diego, she became Director of Public Relations, as well as Photographer for the renowned La Jolla Playhouse from 1961-1966. She became close friends and photographer for numerous celebrities, including the legendary Ginger Rogers, Dorothy McGuire, Burt Lancaster, Marge & Gower Champion and famed Jazz Legend Louis Armstrong. Other portraits include a poignant study of young John-John Kennedy.

Before the turn of the Century, she found herself on assignment in China and Inner Mongolia, covering aspects of a 30-hour series for CCTV, on the life of Genghis Khan.

Exhibitions of her myriad portfolio have been featured in Europe, China, Inner Mongolia, The National Museum of Women in the Arts (Washington, D.C.), Huntington Hartford Gallery of Modern Art (New York City) and numerous College and University Galleries on both coasts.

Her photographs are in public and private collections and various publications. Her latest book was published in 2009 entitled Backside. It is an intimate look at life behind the scenes at the famous Del Mar Race Track.