Bay Model Visitor Center

Watercolors Mosaics & Madrones

Art Exhibit

When
Event has passed (Tue Oct 6, 2015 - Sat Nov 14, 2015)
Cost
Free
Tags
Arts, Art Events

Description

Muriel Schmalberg Ullman presents Mosaic and Madrone Watercolors, incorporating 1976 Costal Brava and 1981 Mendocino County inspirations.


Mosaic Watercolors
Our old deux chevaux bounced down the road on the Costa Brava. It's September 1976 and raining. We stop at a neglected Roman ruin where a mosaic floor fragment startled me with its optical illusion, magnetic power, and intensity. It danced in front of my eyes as I did a line drawing of the pattern made with small natural stones by an artist/artisan in the 1st century AD. Several years later I unraveled these patterns using graph paper and finally understood the mathematical repeats, formula and rhythm. As I painted my watercolor mosaics, I felt a strong connection with each stone and the Roman artist/artisans of long ago.

Madrone Watercolors
"My Madrone” is on a mountaintop in Mendocino County. In 1981 I was beckoned by this old tree. I set up my easel nearby and did a watercolor, leaf by leaf, branch by branch. It felt as if my hand was guided. Each color choice was perfect. This was not my usual style or subject. It painted itself. The tree and I became friends. I painted the madrone many times after that experience, but the magic of the first painting never came back. I still visit "My Madrone" several times a year and note the good and bad years and berries and aging.

Exhibition Dates: October 6–November 14, 2015
Please join her for a reception on Saturday, October 17 from 1-3pm.

Schedule

Bay Model Visitor Center
2100 Bridgeway
Sausalito, CA
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  1. Bay Model Visitor Center
    2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito, CA