Saturday, May 29, 2010

Spring Creek in 2 Juried Shows

spring creek, larry darnell, california landscape art, california landscape, california landscape painting, california landscape photography, sierra nevadaMay 29 Felton, CA "Spring Creek," an image created by local artist Larry Darnell, has been chosen by the Morris Graves Museum, Eureka, CA and the Santa Cruz Art League for their respective shows: Images of Water and Transference of Light.

The Images of Light show in Eureka, CA [5/21-6/27/10] at the Morris Graves Museum is the 24th annual California Mixed Media Competition and Exhibition open to California artists. The Transference of Light show, in Santa Cruz, CA[7/2 -8/1/10] is a competition open to artists nationwide.

"Spring Creek" is a photo-based acrylic painting style image made from an original photograph of a tributary of the South Fork of the Stanislaus River near Boards Crossing in the central Sierra Nevada. Taken in early March, the spring runoff is still brisk with the shaft of mid afternoon sunlight slanting through the pines and cedars. The original underlying digital image was filtered and processed in Photoshop to create a painterly look, and originally printed on canvas.

Larry Darnell's work brings remote natural locations to viewers who wish to share quietude, serenity and the beauty of these places. For over a decade he has been combining photography and digital tools to create images that have the feel and quality of traditional paintings and prints.

His work has appeared in Central California galleries, juried exhibitions and is owned by a number of American collectors. He lives in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Central California.

Larry Darnell website www.ldarnell.com

Thursday, May 27, 2010

"Columbia Rhythm" Chosen for Marin Museum Show

The Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA. recently chose Larry Darnell's image "Columbia Rhythm" for the Fifth Summer National Juried Exhibition "Private Eyes: Artist Visions". The show dates are June 19 - July 18, 2010.

View "Columbia Rhythm" at Fine Art America website.

"Columbia Rhythm" was taken on an early fall morning at the Columbia Historic State Park, Columbia, California, a preserved gold mining town in the Sierra Nevada foothills. The shot is of the entrance of a small cabin, its doors and walls of unpainted raw weathered wood; the uneven and time-worn sagging counterpoint to the subdued elegance and Eastern style transplanted to the raw wild gold settlement.

Larry Darnell's work brings remote natural locations to viewers who wish to share quietude, serenity and the beauty of these places. For over a decade he has been combining photography and digital tools to create images that have the feel and quality of traditional paintings and prints. "Columbia Rhythm" is part of a series of photographs of historic sites which are presented as documentary photographic images as opposed to art pieces.

His work has appeared in Central California galleries, juried exhibitions and is owned by a number of American collectors. He lives in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Central California.

Larry Darnell website www.ldarnell.com

Marin Museum of Contemporary Art at the Novato Arts Center at Hamilton Field
500 Palm Drive, Novato, CA 94949
415-506-0137

Contact:
Larry Darnell
1321 Lost Acre Dr
Felton, CA 95018
831 335 3929
art at ldarnell.com

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Santa Cruz County Chooses Image for Collection


I was contacted by the County last week wishing to purchase a print of LAS ANIMAS CONCRETE, for their Visual Chronicle of Santa Cruz County. The image is from a photo and subsequent art print I made in winter of 2009. This was a crisp Santa Cruz coastal winter afternoon featuring altocumulus clouds at the Las Animas Concrete facility. I felt the image would work well as a Japanese-style print.

image at website image at Fineartamerica

From the Santa Cruz County website:
The Visual Chronicle of Santa Cruz County
The Visual Chronicle of Santa Cruz County is an archival collection of works on paper owned by the County of Santa Cruz that portrays artists' ideas, visions and perceptions of what makes this County unique. The intent of the collection is to document the spirit of the times in Santa Cruz. People, neighborhoods, landmarks, buildings, events, daily life - will be captured on paper by some of the leading artists in the County.

http://www.scparks.com/visual_chronicle.html