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Paintings by Sandy Eastoak & Victoria Whitehand at Quercia Gallery, Duncans Mills
 May 3rd - May 31st
Reception Saturday, May 5th, 3-6 pm
Victoria Whitehand & I are having a two-person show at Quercia Gallery. While Zen continues to toy with me, Victoria is lama of the Kagyu Takten Puntsokling Tibetan Buddhist sangha in Sebastopol. Years ago we collaborated as co-curators of an international show of Buddhist art in Santa Rosa, and have treasured our friendship ever since. It's an honor to be working with her again.
At Quercia, our recent paintings explore our unique views of compassion and mindfulness. Following Pema Chodron's advice, Victoria has traveled "into the places that scare you." She has brought forth stunning canyons and caves in vivid watercolor. I've journeyed into the shapeshifting world of animal spirits. From these mysterious settings, I've painted birds, mammals and fish in watercolor and acrylic. Together, with a little luck, we may offer some new & surprising meanings for Buddhist art. All in the beautiful setting of Quercia Gallery.
Sebastopol Gallery
Our current featured artist is James Reynolds, showing his pastel & acrylic landscapes &portraits. He paints some quintessential Sonoma County scenes.
His reception is Saturday, May 19, 5-7 pm, with original & classic jazz keyboards by John Christian. James will give a talk, "The Artist's Search," at 6:30 pm, Friday, May 25.
On Saturday, June 23, 7 pm, we're hosting a cd release concert. The group Ghost Flowers - Hale Thatcher on flutes, Pete Tomack on guitar, & Sahar on table - will play music from their new cd, Painted Rocks.
For this rotation, I'm showing bears, fish, & kachinas in watercolors, acrylics & linocuts. I've included two experimental peeled acrylic on screen, one of migrating salmon, the other a diptych of bears. The kachinas all involve water, whether ocean, river, or moving up the trunks of trees.
Buffalo Dreamer & Wolf Grandmother, 15 x 11", $650.
Sebastopol Gallery, 150 North Main, open daily 11-6.
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Corona Flora third in series
 After presenting Corona Gaia at Many Rivers Books & Tea & Corona Fauna at Coffee Catz, I wrote my third crown of sonnets, Corona Flora. Corona Gaia explores the medicine that artists & poets can bring to ecological healing. Corona Fauna presents wild & domestic animals as subjects with their own unique experience. Corona Flora describes a series of plants as conscious beings in relationship to plants, animals, & environmental conditions around them.
All three are available as illustrated, hand-bound chapbooks at Sebastopol Gallery.
At right,"Sword Fern", graphite & charcoal, from Corona Flora.
The Pomo Project
Sebastopol's Third Annual Pomo Honoring Month will be October, 2012. The highlight of 2011, Janey Hirsh's play, Weya, can be viewed on YouTube. As we look forward to this year's offerings, we welcome new participants in learning about the Native history of our area, & building bridges of reconciliation. Please contact me for meeting information. www.pomo-honor.org.
What Now
On Monday, October 10, at noon, Janey Hirsh & I appeared on Ken Rose's show, talking about this year's Pomo Honoring Month. It is available as a podcast on his site.
Las May, I had the pleasure of being Ken Rose’s guest on his stimulating talk show on KOWS. He led me through tidbits about my artistic purpose, affinity for Native people, desires for an ecological paradigm, & even specific paintings he had me bring to the studio. You can listen to the interview as a podcast.
At right is one of the paintings we talked about, Humboldt Window, celebrating the vital role of salmon in the forests of Humboldt County, & linking us to the mystery of the cosmos. Watercolor, 14 x 13".
 Salmonid Restoration Federation
Since the Salmonid Restoration Federation opened their new office in downtown Garberville, they’ve featured ten of my salmon paintings. SRF & I have been allies for a long time, & I love having my salmon where salmon-lovers can love them.
Return to Light Salmon, acrylic on canvas, 24 x 24". |
