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This Friday, March 22nd from 3:00pm to 6:00 pm the ART GALLERY NAPA VALLEY is offering everything MUSTARD in celebration of Mustard Season! PoP in for mustard tasting from 3:30pm -5:30pm. One of our gallery artists Dennis Smith will be doing a demonstration painting mustard. Art Gallery hours are always from 10:00am-6:00pm. Come in and celebrate with local artists everything MUSTARD this Friday March 22nd!
“I’m a lifelong Napa native and have spent my life here outside in our beautiful valley. I’m an avid hiker who is constantly stopping along the trail to find inspiration looking at rocks, plants and leaves. In my artwork I’ve tried to capture the fascination and appreciation I have with nature. I find my inspiration while geeking out on my rambles. I hope my view of nature inspires someone to get out and find some trails of their own. I love the medium of watercolors because of the softness and subtleties from colors and shades and is ideal for plein air painting in nature.”
Cindy is a more recent exhibitor at our gallery, and you can see her artwork there and on the AANV website and social media at the following links.
Website: https://artnv.org/profile/cindy-worthington
IG: instagram.com/cid_watercolor
Ann is a self-taught artist working in watercolor on a variety of surfaces. A master’s graduate in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, Ann enjoyed a 17-year career in R&D at Apple Computer. Happiest outdoors, she expresses her love for nature through her art and aims to promote environmental awareness in a unique and compelling way.
Ann also continues to be a valuable volunteer for the Art Association Napa Valley. She was the website chairperson managing the build of Art Association Napa Valley current website, and manages the domain registrar, the Art Gallery home page and compiles and distributes the monthly sales reports for the artists in the Gallery. Ann also writes an extremely helpful monthly article for the Association’s monthly newsletter, The Palette.
Ann has been an exhibiting artist in the Gallery for over twelve years, and you can see her artwork there and on her website and social media at the following links.
Website: www.nunziata.com
FB: Ann Nunziata Fine Art
IG: @ann.nunziata
“Originally the subjects that pulled my eye tended to be landscapes, tricks of the moment, and worlds within worlds – subjects of beauty and meaning hiding in the upholstery of the background.
Then wildlife entered my life, through my association with Napa Wildlife Rescue. Now as I travel, I try to capture the soul of both place and the lives lived there, narrated in the language of the eye. This led to my capture of “Whale 2” in Antarctica, which won the Smithsonian Magazine’s 18th Annual Photo Contest – Natural World Category, in April 2021.”
John is a long-time exhibitor at our gallery, and you can see his artwork there and on his website and social media at the following links.
Website: johncomiskyphoto.com
FB: John Comisky
IG: instagram.com/photojohncomisky
Showing through March 31st.
John will be covering the sites and stories of his recent trip to the Arctic.
Napa Main Library, 580 Coombs St, Napa, CA 94559, Phone: (707) 253-4241 for info.
Oil on canvas 2021, framed
24” x 24” x 2″
Jenny writes
The redwoods have a spiritual effect on me and create a sense of awe, like being in a cathedral. They are specific to California and an icon of this state.
Jenny adds
The highway is such an important piece of the landscape in the USA, so I often paint pictures of landscapes as seen from a car.
This is, Have a drink, 8×10 pastel on sanded paper, I did this just as the war started because of the stress, maybe it will ease the pain. It is in the gallery now.
I was on a photo safari in South Africa, when we spotted the remains of an impala up in a tree. Leopards are the only big cats that are capable of carrying that much weight into a tree. They do it to prevent losing their prey to scavengers. The leopard was gone, but we knew it would be back to finish it, so we returned the next morning before dawn. The Leopard was already in the tree eating. After a while, it came down and we trailed it for a while, before it entered an area filled with thorn trees and bushes, with thorns as long as 7 inches, before settling down at a spot where it seemed comfortable. The driver proceeded towards it, driving over trees and bushes. At times we had to dive down below the seat to avoid sweeping, barbed branches. Once we were as close as practical, we stopped, and it was time to take pictures. The sun was just coming over a rise, striking an area of the thicket yards away from the Leopard, but I guessed its movement would cause it to pass over the Leopard, if we waited where we were. I convinced the other passengers it was worth the try. They agreed to wait, and 30 minutes later the sunbeams began to hit the Leopard directly on the face and arm while the rest remained in shadow. I got the shot I had hoped for.
