1591 Meets 2013

"The Critique"

Acrylic - 24 x 12

Just who is critiquing whom?  This is a young woman at the San Francisco Legion of Honor sketching a painting by Frans Pourbus the Younger dated 1591.

Has Jeanette been eaten by a dinosaur?

I know, I know.....I have been gone for awhile on both my personal blog and my painting blog.

I've been busy. 

Everyone seems to be busy. 

Life needs to slow down.

Can that happen???

Sing this to the tune of the 12 days of Christmas....

This month I had.....

1 dad recovering from hip surgery

2  friends in need of meals

and 3 new painting shows.

4 commissions waiting

5  deadlines  approaching

and 6 places to be to-day! 

7 new paintings drying,

8  Lemon trees freezing,

and oh yes,
many days of no-oh-oh rain.

10 Christmas lists,

11 Amazon drop offs,

and 12 places to be at once!

After wrapping 46 gifts today, I will be ready to put my feet up.  How about you?

Enjoy this holiday season, for no matter whether you got every ornament on your Christmas tree or the perfect Carrot Pudding made this year, or the dust bunnies from under your bed, it truly is about more important things.  And you are one of them.  Family and friends!!

Enjoy 2014...

xoxx - Jeanette

Cowboy in Paris

Cowboy in Paris

This is one of my new paintings from my waiter series for the New Lafayette Art Gallery exhibit "The Heart of the Art"!  I just loved how it looks like a still life with each person in their own little world.  And the reflections of the outside world on the glass were fun to paint!  Did you notice the diner's cowboy boots?  Hence the name.....Cowboy in Paris!

Every other year, two of my girlfriends and myself go to Paris for several weeks.  I am able to snap so many photos of Parisian Bistro's and Cafe's.  Especially because most of them are outside on the sidewalk and with my telephoto lens, I can do it without getting in anyone's face.

We missed our trip last year because of too many commitments all around but Jackie just emailed me that she is ready to go Spring of 2014!  I can't wait!!!

 The Lafayette Gallery has finally moved to it's new location at The Forge in Lafayette!

Please join us for our Opening Reception or just stop by and say "Hello"!

"The Heart of Art"

October 8th - December 28

Grand Opening Reception on November 9th from 5 - 8 PM

Lafayette Art Gallery                                                         

3420 Mt. Diablo Blvd. Suite A                                          

Lafayette, CA 94549                                                          
925-284-2788                                                                        
Open Tues. – Sat. 11 - 5                                                                                
www.lafayettegallery.net

We're Moving!

(no name yet - suggestions??) Acrylic - 18 x 24

Just a quick update on all that will be happening in my little art community this Fall......

The Lafayette Gallery will be moving on Oct. 1st to a larger space at The Forge in Lafayette!  Our new address will be -

Lafayette Art Gallery
3420 Mt. Diablo Blvd. Suite A
Lafayette, CA 94549


Check out this short video to see our new location -  The Forge

The upcoming show in Lafayette will be "Art of the Heart" and opens on Oct. 8th through Dec. 28th.

Also, The Bay Area Studio Artists (BASA), a group of LAA members who paint together at Marcy Wheeler’s studio, have two shows in November and December:

·         Barn Dance, Celebrating Our Agrarian Heritage at Village Theater Art Gallery, 233 Front St., Danville, Nov. 13 to Dec. 22.
Reception Sat., Nov. 16, 5 – 7 p.m.

·         California Shades at the Marilyn Citron O’Rourke Art Gallery at the Benicia Public Library, 150 East L St, Benicia, Nov. 18, 2013, to Jan. 2, 2014.
Reception and Art Sale, Sunday, Dec. 8, 3 to 5 p.m.

Barn Dance

Old Guard - Acrylic 30 x 40

Barn Dance commemorates the 100^th anniversary of the Grange being established at the gallery’s location.

“The idea of our agrarian heritage is iconic to most Americans, even the city dwellers among us,” said Marcy Wheeler. “Our group includes some painters who grew up as farm girls and some who only imagine the rustic life. But each artist reaches for images that reflect our shared history on the land.”

California Shades

Tranquil Truckee - Acrylic 18 x 24

The California Shades exhibit features artworks that explore the play of sun and shade on California’s dramatic color palette. The show captures the sun on a brilliant Big Sur ocean, the shaded trunks of a twisted California Oak, the San Francisco Bay cloaked in coastal fog and many more visions of our state.

The artists extend the exhibit off the walls and into the airy gallery, creating a multi-media ambiance that sets the scene for visitors to enjoy and think about California’s character and characters.

BASA is a group of local artists who have painted together for more than five years.  They paint in acrylics and oils and represent a wide range of aesthetic choices and viewpoints on California. Their painting styles range from nuanced realism to gooey expressionism. The shows are curated with an eye to illuminating this diversity of point of view.

Artists represented in this shows are Jeanette Baird, Susan Bonebakker, Pat Dallacroce, Ellen Reintjes, Joanne Taeuffer, Sharon Tama, Marcy Wheeler and Barn Dance includes guest artists Suzun Almquist and Joe Bologna. For more information on the Bay Area Studio Artists, see the website: bayareastudioartists.com or contact Joanne Taeuffer at jaytee@aol.com.

Show Hours

The Benicia Library is open M-Th 10 a.m. – 9 p.m., F-Sun noon – 6 p.m. (Holiday hours apply Dec. 23 – Jan. 1.)

Danville’s Village Theater Art Gallery is open M - T by appt, W - Friday noon to 5 p.m., Sat. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Making Waves

Tuesday, August 13 the Lafayette Gallery will open with a new show "Making Waves".  The above painting is "Beach Dance" and was from a photo I took at Stinson Beach in June of a couple frolicking in the waves with their multicolored umbrellas.  It felt young and carefree.

My other entry is "Gone Surfin' "  and was a composite of several different photos.  This young man was in a parking lot near Lighthouse Point in Santa Cruz but I really wanted him on the beach.  I found one taken several days earlier where the lighting was from the same direction and combined the two.

Hope you can come by and see the new show!

Mini Solo Show

Yesterday I helped to hang my first solo show!  It consists of seven paintings and is at Chow Restaurant in Danville.  I was so excited that I forgot to take photo's of the paintings!  Next time I dine there, I promise to take a few photo's to share.  The photo below is of the interior when I was there several weeks ago to check out the interior space.

They have great food in a casual atmosphere and a friendly wait staff.  My husband and I go there frequently for their Sunday Brunch (mmmm...) and love to dine on their patio!

Chow Food Bar is located at:

445 Railroad Ave  Danville, CA 94526

(925) 838-4510

La Vela d'oro

la vela d'oro

Just finished up my Venice painting that I began several weeks ago in Lake Tahoe. I love the reflection of the sail on the water and the warm afternoon colors on the domes as well as the three men expertly handling the boat.