JANE CULP
EATING STONE, WILDERNESS PAINTINGS
May 18 to July 7, 2024
Oils and Watercolors painted on site from the rocky deep and dry spaces of Southern California
Reception for the Artist, Saturday, May 18, 4 – 7 pm
Imagination and loss of the Wild is at the heart of this desert landscape painters show. Jane Culp is a painters’ painter. She is deeply concerned with the essential elements of building a painting, and furthering the language of painting evolved through centuries of Master painters. Her on- site expressive paintings are wed to the landscape she calls home- the high and low deserts of Southern California.
Culp’s deep space wilderness landscapes use surface tension and color to create drama- monumental earth forces forming living rock and mountains under tumultuous skies, painted heavy forms pulling in and out of space. Outdoor painting within the demanding elements of the wild possesses its own guru just to get by.
In this show of late work, Culp is inspired by the poetic writer and gutsy naturalist Ellen Maloy. The title “Eating Stone” is from Maloy”s book following the endangered desert Bighorn Sheep for a year- camping out with them close to their habitat; the remote, rocky vertical cliffs overlooking terrifyingly deep space . Culp feels an affinity with this sheep landscape. She lives within a wilderness area. Her drawings and paintings do a visual jumping and climbing over ledges and edges, fall into deep space ,even as the mountains thrust up ,up ,and further up!
A fortuitous loan of a Bighorn Rams skull found within a lions den below Culps studio yields a fascinating series of drawing and painting studies of the skull and his “Rams Skull Story”.
Santa Ysabel Arts Festival
ART, MUSIC, POETRY
May 18 & 19, 10 AM – 5 PM
The Annual Santa Ysabel Art Festival will be held on Saturday and Sunday, May 18th and 19th, 10 AM – 5 PM in Santa Ysabel on the grounds of the Santa Ysabel Art Gallery, Sculpture “Garage” Gallery, and the Julian Weaving Works.
Artists including painters, sculptors, photographers, fiber artists and jewelry makers will exhibit and demonstrate original work in booths ringing the lawns of the picturesque galleries and weaving works.
Live musical entertainment and poetry will be provided continuously throughout the festival. Mountain Tribal Gypsys, the local American Tribal Style Belly Dance troupe will perform at the Festival.
Santa Ysabel Art Festival is located next door to the Santa Ysabel Post Office in Santa Ysabel, at the intersection of Highways 78 and 79, seven miles below Julian.
Food will be available.
Admission and parking are free. \ For information call Santa Ysabel Gallery at (760) 765-1676.
UNION HALL GALLERY
TED BERRYMAN | MARTHA MORAMAY CUEVAS
THE ART OF EXPERIENCE
May 4 – June 16, 2024
Artist Reception: Saturday, May 4, 4-8 pm
Husband and wife – a celebration of the couple’s artistic journey together. The exhibition’s core philosophy is experience does not come naturally but is an art. Touch and exploration bring each piece to life. Ted works with natural artifacts including reclaimed oak, stone, glass and iron, creating large-scale sculptural pieces. Moramay’s abstract paintings create atmospheric compositions utilizing ground marble, pigments and ink creating atmospheric compositions with incised ethereal figures.
UNION HALL GALLERY
HOURS Friday, 2-6pm; Saturday – Sunday 11-5; Monday – Thursday by Appt.
2323 Broadway, Suite 201, San Diego, CA 92102
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SANTA YSABEL ART GALLERY
Annie V. Cafie, Gallerist info@unionhallgallery.org
Ted Berryman Gallery
Momentum and Stasis
March 2 at the Berryman Gallery, Santa Ysabel
With thanks to the Santa Ysabel Art Gallery, the sculptures of artist-in-residence Ted Berryman and the paintings of Linda Morton will be on display at the Santa Ysabel Art Gallery Annex, also known as the Berryman Art Gallery.
The show, Momentum and Stasis, begins on Saturday, March 2nd and will run through April 28th. The gallery opens at 11 am Saturday morning on March 2nd with a reception from 3-6 pm on that date. The Berryman Gallery is on the northeast corner of the intersection of Highways 78 and 79. Parking is available at the post office, just to the left of the gallery. The post office address is 21977 Highway 79 in Santa Ysabel.
Linda Morton’s colorful, expressive paintings complement the intriguing and dynamic sculptures of Ted Berryman. Together, the works create an exciting tension between movement and stillness, as seen in the photos attached.
In addition to food and refreshments, the reception will feature music by Julian’s own singer-guitarist Ken Wright with Lenny Bole on the banjo. The Santa Ysabel Art Gallery, just next door, will also have a reception on March 2nd from 4-7 pm, highlighting the stunning pastel plein air work of artist Margaret Larlham. The Julian Weaving Works, next to the gallery, will be open, as well.
So come, bring your friends and family, and enjoy the uplift that art, music, refreshments, and a beautiful setting can provide. Hope to see you March 2nd!
Gallery hours are 11 am to 5 pm, Thursday through Monday. Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Contact Stephen Clugston, Gallery Director for more information. (760) 765-1676.