Welcome to the Art Gallery at Wilder
We are thrilled to announce that the Art Gallery at Wilder is Reopen!
Gallery Location + Hours
The Art Gallery at Wilder is located at the Wilder Art & Garden Center (20 Orinda Fields Lane, Orinda). Please enjoy curated monthly solo exhibits of artworks by local artists. For map directions to the Art Gallery at Wilder, click here.
Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday from 3:00 to 5:00 pm for public viewing.
Each month we curate an exhibit and host a reception in the artist's honor on the first Sunday of the month from 2:30 - 4:30 pm. Our online galleries are always open for viewing and purchasing art.
Online Art Gallery at Wilder
To view the current online exhibit at the Art Gallery at Wilder, click here.
For more information about the Art Gallery at Wilder, contact Curators Bill Carmel and Elana O'Loskey via email at gallery@lamorindaarts.org or call 925.359.9940.
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!
![Artist: Leslie Golden
Title: "Welcome to Spring!"
Size: 11” x 14”
Media: Oil on Canvas
Price: $425 Framed](https://lamorindaarts.org/wp-content/uploads/cache/2024/05/Golden-Welcome-to-Spring-Wilder-06-2024-scaled/499221984.jpeg)
![Artist: Leslie Golden
Title: "On the Rocks"
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 11" x 14"
Price: $375 Framed](https://lamorindaarts.org/wp-content/uploads/cache/2024/05/Golden-On-the-Rocks-Wilder-06-2024-scaled/1771572465.jpeg)
![Artist: Leslie Golden
Title: "Heritage Fence"
Size: 12” x 12”
Medium: Oil on Canvas Panel
Price: $375 Framed](https://lamorindaarts.org/wp-content/uploads/cache/2024/05/Golden-Heritage-Fence-Wilder-06-2024/3428189292.jpg)
![Artist: Leslie Golden
Title: "Dancing Matildas"
Size: 11” x 14”
Medium: Oil on Canvas Panel
Price: $425 Framed](https://lamorindaarts.org/wp-content/uploads/cache/2024/05/Golden-Dancing-Matildas-Wilder-06-2024-scaled/2398421199.jpeg)
![Artist: Leslie Golden
Title: "Aspen Forest"
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 11" x 14"
Price: $375 Framed](https://lamorindaarts.org/wp-content/uploads/cache/2024/05/Aspen-Forest-Leslie-Golden/2873166193.png)
![Artist: Leslie Golden
Title: "Turtle Lake 2"
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 11" x 14"
Price: $375 Framed](https://lamorindaarts.org/wp-content/uploads/cache/2024/05/Turtle-Lake-2-Leslie-Golden/3517001980.png)
![Artist: Leslie Golden
Title: "Floral Symphony"
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 11" x 14"
Price: $375 Framed](https://lamorindaarts.org/wp-content/uploads/cache/2024/05/Floral-Symphony-Leslie-Golden/4112537663.png)
![Artist: Leslie Golden
Title: "Frosty Blossoms"
Size: 11” x 14”
Media: Oil on Canvas
Price: $375 Framed](https://lamorindaarts.org/wp-content/uploads/cache/2024/05/Frosty-Blossoms-Leslie-Golden/2122033478.png)
![Artist: Leslie Golden
Title: "Crashing Cacophony"
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 11" x 14"
Price: $375 Framed](https://lamorindaarts.org/wp-content/uploads/cache/2024/05/Crashing-Cacophony-Leslie-Golden/621418616.png)
![Artist: Leslie Golden
Title: "Dancing Aspens"
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 12" x 16"
Price: $475 Framed](https://lamorindaarts.org/wp-content/uploads/cache/2024/05/Dancing-Aspens-Leslie-Golden/2413124145.png)
![Artist: Leslie Golden
Title: "Fencing the Hillside"
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 9" x 12"
Price: $300](https://lamorindaarts.org/wp-content/uploads/cache/2024/05/Fencing-the-Hillside-Leslie-Golden/23205597.png)
![Artist: Leslie Golden
Title: "Majestic Matilija Poppies"
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 12" x 24"
Price: $550](https://lamorindaarts.org/wp-content/uploads/cache/2024/05/Majestic-Matilija-Poppies-Leslie-Golden/2707852387.png)
![Artist: Leslie Golden
Title: "Mother Nature"
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 11" x 14"
Price: $375 Framed](https://lamorindaarts.org/wp-content/uploads/cache/2024/05/Mother-Nature-Leslie-Golden/3018622862.png)
![Artist: Leslie Golden
Title: "Almond Blossom"
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 11' x 14"
Price: $425 Framed](https://lamorindaarts.org/wp-content/uploads/cache/2024/05/Almond-Blossom-Leslie-Golden/1283760105.png)
![Artist: Leslie Golden
Title: "Arctostaphylos"
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 8" x 10"
Price: $300 Framed](https://lamorindaarts.org/wp-content/uploads/cache/2024/05/Arctostaphylos-Leslie-Golden/3512731243.png)
![Artist: Leslie Golden
Title: "Ascending into the Valley"
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 9" x 12"
Price: $300 Framed](https://lamorindaarts.org/wp-content/uploads/cache/2024/05/Ascending-into-the-Valley-Leslie-Golden/3985141427.png)
![Artist: Leslie Golden
Title: "Assessing the Valley"
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 9" x 12"
Price: $300](https://lamorindaarts.org/wp-content/uploads/cache/2024/05/Assessing-the-Valley-Leslie-Golden/1090682730.png)
![Artist: Leslie Golden
Title: "Black Diamond Fence"
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 11" x 14"
Price: $300](https://lamorindaarts.org/wp-content/uploads/cache/2024/05/Black-Diamond-Fence-Leslie-Golden/1530640693.png)
![Artist: Leslie Golden
Title: "California Oaks"
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 12" x 12"
Price: $375 Framed](https://lamorindaarts.org/wp-content/uploads/cache/2024/05/California-Oaks-Leslie-Golden/2469138976.png)
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...
![Title: “1952 Vincent Black Lightning”
Song by Richard Thompson
Dimensions: 11”x14”
Medium: Ink on paper
Price: $400](https://lamorindaarts.org/wp-content/uploads/cache/2024/02/Jafarzadeh-1952-Vincent-Black-Lightning-Wilder-Dec-23-scaled/556758630.jpeg)
![Title: “Knitting Love”
Dimensions: 17” x 20”
Medium: Ink, marker on paper
Price: $500](https://lamorindaarts.org/wp-content/uploads/cache/2024/02/Jafarzadeh-Knitting-Wilder-Dec-23/1150980844.jpg)
![Wilder Logo](https://lamorindaarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Wilder-Gallery-Logo.jpg)
![Leslie Golden - Whispering Whites](https://lamorindaarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Golden-Whispering-Whites-square-Wilder-07-2024.jpg)
![Leslie Golden - Laura's Lantern](https://lamorindaarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Golden-Lauras-Lantern-Wilder-07-2024-1.jpg)
![July Poster](https://lamorindaarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Wilder-July2024-1.jpg)
![white space](https://lamorindaarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/white-space.jpg)
![Ania Lesela - Moon Goddess](https://lamorindaarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/22-Moon-Goddess.jpg)
![white space](https://lamorindaarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/white-space.jpg)
![Lance Jackson - Orinda Parade](https://lamorindaarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_3289-2.jpg)
![Lance Jackson - Orinda Theater Evening](https://lamorindaarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_3294.jpg)
![Barbara Lind - Shasta Daisies](https://lamorindaarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_3299.jpg)
![Shiva Jafarzadeh - “Knitting Love”](https://lamorindaarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Jafarzadeh-Knitting-Wilder-Dec-23.jpg)
![Shiva Jafarzadeh - “My Favorite Place"](https://lamorindaarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Jafarzadeh-My-Favorite-Place-Wilder-Dec-23.jpg)
![white space](https://lamorindaarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/white-space.jpg)