Pelican Art Gallery is pleased to welcome back modern day master painter, Sachal. Please join Sachal from 5 - 7 pm, Saturday, August 23rd at the Pelican Art Gallery. This event will include live music by Nick Sayada.

Pelican Art Gallery is located at 143 Petaluma Blvd North (just north of Putnam Plaza Downtown). For more information, visit www.PelicanArt.com or call 707-773-3393.

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What:
Fine Art Exhibit, "Abstract, Color & Texture." True abstract fine art by 34 Sonoma County and national artists. Large scale, juried, all media. Reception: Sep. 6, 6:30-8:30pm. 707.762.0131 http://www.auroracolors.com/categories.asp?cat=21 Aurora Colors Gallery, open Tue-Sat 10-6, Sun 11-4.
When:
Sep. 6 thru Oct. 12, 2008.

Where:
Aurora Colors Gallery, 145 Kentucky Street, Petaluma, CA 94952.
Contact:
Vangie Pullins, Owner/Curator 707.762.0131

Who:
Featuring 22 artists from California and 12 from New York, Texas, Colorado, Wisconsin, Ohio, Florida, Illinois, Washington, and Seoul, South Korea.

Etta Deikman was invited. She has been painting all her life, first exhibit was in 1957 in New Haven, CT. Influential teachers: John Ferren at the Brooklyn Museum School who led her to Hans Hoffmann in New York. Deikman also spent time working under the tutelage of fellow painter Willem de Kooning at the Black Mountain College in North Carolina. "de Kooning was a real teacher and helpful to his students. I was shocked the first time I walked into his studio and saw the painting that, at the time, hung on the wall in progress, "Woman 1." Deikman considers herself an Abstract Expressionist. She paints with oil on canvas, acrylic and mixed media on paper. Her works range from fifteen inches to eight feet. She has three large scale paintings in this exhibit. Etta lives with her husband in the Mt. Tamalpais area - a Mill Valley resident.
Exhibiting Artists:
Andrew Annenberg, Ann Simms, Bonnie Belt, Caryl Gordon, Courtney Jacobs, Dina Janel, Emery Bear, Etta Deikman, Franklynn Peterson, Gretchen Forde, Halina Domanski, Hei Bin Ahn, Idell Weiss, James Whitaker, Jan Blakley, Jennifer Shada, H. Jinny Jung, Joshua Myers, Karen Gann, Kathryn Graham Wilson, Lars Johnson, Laurie Joan Aron, Linda Gonzalez, Lynda McGuire, Marie Lynne, Michele Rosett, Peggy Sebera, Robin Haller, Roxanna Sierra, Sandy Ostrau, Theresa McDade, Tim May, Yen-Tzu Yeh.

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Mark your calendars for a couple fun events at Gallery One:

SAVE THE FOLLOWING TWO DATES:
Friday, September 12 -- 20th Anniversary Open House 11:00 am tp 8:00 pm
Saturday, September 13 - Katya fused glass jewelry trunk show noon to 4:00 pm
Reception to meet the artists -- 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm more than 40 artists that have been featured since 1988 including the work of the late James Avati, member of the Illustrator's Hall of Fame.

Gallery One is located at 209 Western. Contact at 778-8277.

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Petaluma is such a great place to live!

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This Saturday, August 16th, 5-9 pm is the reception the new show at Riverfront Gallery featuring Featuring Tracy Bigelow Grisman "Jazz Line" & Henry White "A Few of My Favorite Scenes". Expect to have a great time with lots of new art, lively conversation, good food & drink. There will be live acoustic music, old time blues and swing, by Tracy and Henry with some special guests. The show will run through September 21.

Riverfront Art Gallery
132 Petaluma Blvd. North, Petaluma, CA 94952
707.775.4278 ¢ www.riverfrontartgallery.com
Late Summer Show Aug. 5 - September 21, 2008
Reception Saturday Aug. 16, 5 - 9 PM

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Small Works Studio presents Fine Artist, Roxanne Sherif.
Wonderful, whimsical works..!!
Artist's statement: "In many pieces, I capture human expression through
simple ink line. Mixed medias vary, to complement expression, which are
often encased in shadowbox frames on the wall."

Sunday, August 17, 1-6:00 p.m. 1911 Sestri Lane, Petaluma. Come for
cookies, Lookies and tea! *Located one block North of the J.C. (Turn onto
Riesling, past the G&G Marketplace. Continue straight, around
round-about. Please park on Yorkshire Road- first street on right after
round-about. *Studio located at corner of Yorkshire road and Sestri Lane)
Hope to see you! (707) 789-9723 Roxsherif@aol.com

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