Now Showing

July 10th to August 16th, 2008

The Subject is Color

An exciting new show opens at the Art Foundry Gallery in July for the combined Summer months of July and August. Featuring fourteen top Northern California artists working in a wide range of media, “The Subject is Color” is a celebration of the rich hues of the season.

Featured are the brilliant oil paintings of local artist Zbigniew Kozikowski, color studies which veer from pure abstraction to

Zbigniew Kozikowski

Something Special

18"x24"

sophoisticated cityscapes, imbued with dramatic vertical line and implied space.

Working in large format abstraction are four Bay Area painters: Miki Sue Leavey, Marc Ellen Hamel, Mary Ann Leff, and Linda Fong. The artists’ use of brilliant color and energetic line and form is the perfect complement to enliven modern, clean-lined interiors. Also offering dramatic abstract paintings is local Sally Worthing. Elly Simmons offers work in the folkloric vein, with large figurative abstractions which feature highly textural surface treatments.

Linda Fong

Proper Punctuation

2005 Oil

36"x50"

Mary Ann Leff

Click No

Acrylic, 40"x30"

Elly Simmons

Blue Bird of Happiness

Casein & Collage

Marc Ellen Hamel

Regatta

Oil on Canvas

Area sculptors Larry Love, Maggie Jimenez, and Julie Didion show dramatic and playful works in ceramic and mixed media, while artists Colette Crutcher and Taylor Gutermute present innovative wood and metal constructions.