Saturday, February 26

We will not be holding a painting session today because we will all be at the opening of the show Immigrant Neighborhoods at the San Pablo Gallery from 1-3 pm.
Don't miss it!

1 pm at Rumrill Corner

A comment to accompany my painting: Painting this picture has left me appreciating the area and its colorful culture. For example, there was a wildly decorated truck in the Food Market parking lot.

Curtis Burbick
Watercolor, ink, 11" x 15"

Nicholl Park

This is one of the paintings I dropped off for our show at the San Pablo Gallery, Immigrant Neighborhoods. It is a well used small park with picnic areas and a skate board area. My composition is a little like a Seurat of the park with people in the shadows.  Only mine has a pitbull not a black dog.  It is 24 by 30.  Karen

4 PM, Rumrill and Market

I had finished this painting a few weeks ago, but was unable to photograph this one and several others because my camera lens was broken. It is part of the Immigrant Neighborhood series, to be shown at the San Pablo Gallery. Please don't miss the opening, this Saturday, February 26, from 1-3 pm.

I did some revisions from memory. This was a large (24 x 36") canvas, it was very cold, and so it took me two consecutive Saturdays to even get it to the point where I could revise it in my studio. Thank God for acrylics! I painted the figures consecutively. First I marked the spaces where I wanted figures, then, when I saw somebody I liked, I placed their figure in the spot I had reserved. Most were waiting for their order and stood still. The car nearest to the viewer is Karen's. The woman working inside the Los Grullenses taco truck came out to see the painting and said she loved it.

Monday, February 21

A great thing about Berkeley is all the steps and paths that wind through the hills. So on Monday we will meet at The Arlington Cafe at 269 Arlington Ave in Kensignton, and caravan from there to the top of the Maryland Steps. There is a great view of the bay through the houses. The steps themselves are an interesting site.  There is little foot traffic, so I think we can set up on the sidewalk or even on the steps themselves.  The Maryland Steps are right on the border of Berkeley and Kensignton,

The Arlington Cafe (directions) is in the little village of Kensington near Young's Market.
Karen

Saturday, February 19

Session cancelled. The weather is not cooperating. We will not meet in front of the Baskin Robbins on Moeser and San Pablo Ave. Because of the Immigrant Neighborhoods show opening on February 26, we'll wait until  March 5 to explore the relics of the fifties and sixties along San Pablo Ave. in El Cerrito. Directions: Take the Carlson Blvd. exit. Make a right turn off the ramp onto Carlson. Make a left on Sutter or Plumas Ave. Make a left on San Pablo Blvd and a right on Moeser.

Figure and Landscape Show in Berkeley

I want to thank all the landscape painters and blog followers  that were able to get to my opening at the Firehouse North Gallery in Berkeley on Friday night.The show included some of the urban landscapes done in this group including this one from near Urban Ore in West Berkeley that I don't think I ever posted and some from Tormey that I know were posted on this site late last summer.

You can see some pictures from the opening on the  Firehouse North Blog as well as see the schedule of when the gallery is open in case you have a chance to get there and see the show.  I enjoyed it but am glad it is over and eager to get back to painting.

Karen