November 2024 In-Person & Online Exhibit
Lamorinda Arts Council presents art by artist Denise Nomura. You are invited to meet the artist at a reception in her honor on Sunday, November 3rd, 2:00 - 4:30 pm while enjoying light refreshments.
Denise Nomura | "Abstract Serenity: A Reflection of Nature's Beauty"
November 3 - December 6, 2024 | Mondays - Fridays, 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Enjoy works by artist Denise Nomura, whose artwork has evolved from meticulous representational portrayals of nature to currently expressing herself in an abstract format. "I have finally found my stride and comfort zone in abstract Impressionism,” she said. Come and see! Visit DeniseNomura.com to learn more.
ARTIST RECEPTION: Sunday, November 3, 2:00 - 4:30 pm - Meet Denise and enjoy light refreshments!
October 2024 In-Person & Online Exhibit
Lamorinda Arts Council presents art by artist Marianne McCraney. You are invited to meet the artist at a reception in her honor on Sunday, September 15th, 2:30 - 4:30 pm while enjoying light refreshments.
Marianne McCraney | "Presence: Portraits of Seniors"
October 7 - November 1, 2024 | Mondays - Fridays, 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Enjoy works by artist Marianne McCraney, whose expressive portraits reveal seniors doing things they love – reading, walking, working in the tool shed, visiting a friend, and more. Come and see!
ARTIST RECEPTION: Sunday, October 7, 2:30 - 4:30 pm - Meet Marianne and enjoy light refreshments!
September 2024 In-Person & Online Exhibit
The Lamorinda Arts Council presents art by artist Joy Chew. You are invited to meet the artist at a reception in her honor on Sunday, September 15th, 2:30 - 4:30 pm while enjoying light refreshments.
Joy Chew | "Whiskers and Zen"
September 8 - October 4, 2024 | Mondays - Fridays, 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Enjoy works by artist Joy Chew, showing delightful depictions of adorable animals finding their zen.
ARTIST RECEPTION: Sunday, September 15, 2:30 - 4:30 pm - Meet Joy Chew and enjoy light refreshments!
August 2024 In-Person & Online Exhibit
The Lamorinda Arts Council presents more oil paintings by Leslie Golden. You are invited to meet the artist at a reception in her honor on Sunday, July 7th, 2:30 - 4:30 pm while enjoying light refreshments.
Lois Reynolds Mead | "On the Table"
August 4 - September 6, 2024 | Mondays - Fridays, 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Enjoy works by longtime LAC Board Member Lois Reynolds Mead, showing 20 of her acrylic collages that capture moments of her life in the images.
ARTIST RECEPTION: Sunday, August 4, 2:30 - 4:30 pm - meet Lois and enjoy light refreshments!
July 2024 In-Person & Online Exhibit
The Lamorinda Arts Council presents more oil paintings by Leslie Golden. You are invited to meet the artist at a reception in her honor on Sunday, July 7th, 2:30 - 4:30 pm while enjoying light refreshments.
Leslie Golden | "Close to Home"
July 7th - August 2, 2024 | Mondays - Fridays, 3:00 - 5:00 pm
A solo show featuring beautiful floral paintings, and lovely landscape vignettes of scenes close to the artist’s home. The show also features Golden’s “Laura’s Lantern inspired by John Singer Sargent,” a painting echoing the bespoke dresses and rarefied lighting at dusk in Sargent’s work. Don't miss it!
May 2024 In-Person & Online Exhibit
The Lamorinda Arts Council presents the work of Ania Lesela. You are invited to meet the artist at a reception in her honor on Sunday, May 5th, 2:30 - 4:30 pm while enjoying light refreshments.
Ania Lesela | Contemplations
May 5th - June 2nd, 2024 | Mondays - Fridays, 3:00 - 5:00 pm (Closed May 27 for Memorial Day)
A lifelong artist, Ania Lesela has been working in acrylic and mixed media for four years. Lesela says, “As a physician and neuroscientist, part of my creative process involves my brain taking bits of ambiguous information and constructing a comprehensible whole. My creative endeavors and scientific work are synergistic. I enjoy exploring the boundary between the physical and spiritual, and how emotions color our experiences.” For more about Lesela’s artwork visit https://www.instagram.com/anialesela/.
April 2024 In-Person & Online Exhibit
The Lamorinda Arts Council presents the work of Lance Jackson and Barbara Lind. You are invited to meet the artists at a reception in their honor on Sunday, April 7th, 2:30 - 4:30 pm while enjoying light refreshments.
Lance Jackson & Barbara Lind |Artistic License - A Couple of Artists Married to Art
April 7 - May 5th, 2024 | Mondays - Fridays, 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Jackson draws inspiration from traditional news media, echoing his career in media illustration and digital design. His acrylic painting “Five Ents” pulls us into J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy world of Middle-earth where “Ents” closely resemble trees. They look like giant sentient beings that appeared in “The Lord of the Rings” as ancient shepherds of the forest and allies of the free peoples of Middle-earth during the War of the Ring. Today we call them environmental activists as these Ents attended a 2018 Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco.
Barbara Lind has touched many art forms in her creative life: drawing with pencil, charcoal, pastels, ink; painting with watercolors and oils; and calligraphy for the immediacy of that art form. “The silver lining in the pandemic for me was the wealth of artistic resources online. I took Zoom classes with great teachers and artists and was exposed to many different painting styles,” she said. Look for her “Calla Lily” watercolor, a welcome harbinger of spring in local gardens.
March 2024 In-Person & Online Exhibit
The Lamorinda Arts Council is proud to present our Grand Reopening Exhibit...
Shiva Jafarzadeh | "Sprung": Paintings and Drawings of Romance, Womanhood, Feminine Poetry, and Motherhood.
March 3 - April 7, 2024 | Mondays - Fridays, 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Jafarzadeh is a longtime resident of Lafayette and has authored three books. Much of her work focuses on growing up in Iran and telling visual and written stories about her family, especially her grandparents' orange farm.
Follow Shiva on Instagram here and view a selection of her work below...
