My Art outside of San Francisco

My friend Samantha Buller (fellow artist) lives in Kansas City where she saw one of my paintings in an interior design store associated with the Blue Gallery and sent me this picture.

This is her in front of the interior design store.
Thanks Samantha for sending these to me. What a surprise!

Night and Day: Two woman exhibition at Ryan Art Gallery Photos

In front of some of my art.

Courtney and I in front of our work!

Some fun shots after the crowds left with fellow artist RogerSF wearing one of his shirt designs. It was a great show with a lot of nice people and new friends. Linda Ryan did an amazing job with the show and the wine and art crawl in Livermore. Thanks Linda!

Two Woman Show Starting This Month

I will be participating in a two woman show at Ryan Art Gallery in Livermore starting this month with fellow painter Courtney Jacobs. I hope that you might be able to make it by the show at some point or come out to the reception on March 26th during the Livermore Art and Wine Crawl.

March 16th to April 10th

A two woman show juxtaposing the fluid color of abstract painter Courtney Jacobs with the gently muted layered figurative and abstract paintings of Sola Sawyerr.

End of the Black History Month Exhibition Hiram W. Johnson State Office Building

The Black History Month Exhibition was a success and will end this month. I recently went back to present a talk about my art with fellow artist and photographer Nancy Duranteau. Below are some photos from that day.

View of the exhibit on the day of the art talk.

Day of the art talk at The Hiram W. Johnson State Office Building.

Nancy Duranteau was one of the other artists presenting. She is a very talented photographer. Check out her work.

View of the exhibit from the third floor walkway.

Nancy and I with one of the committee members for the
Black History Month events at the state building.

The East Bay Area Figurative Exhibition Photos

The artist reception for The East Bay Area Figurative Exhibition at the Ryan Fine Art Gallery in Livermore was great. Linda and her staff did a wonderful job with the show. There were a lot of people in and out of the gallery all night despite the rain. Here are some pictures from the end of the evening.

Courtney and I in front of our work.

With Linda, the gallery owner.

My supportive artist friend.

Earlier in the night. (Picture from the Ryan Fine Art Gallery's website)

Black History Month Exhibition

Six of my paintings, along with art work from other African-American artists from the Academy of Art, have been accepted into A Black History Month Exhibition to celebrate Black History Month in
San Francisco.

Great Hall of the Hiram W. Johnson State Office Building
455 Golden Gate Avenue, SF, CA 94102
(btwn Polk and Larkin)

Opening Reception: Tuesday, February 2nd, 12pm - 1pm

Exhibition Dates: February 1st - 28th

Hours: Monday through Fridays: 9:00am to 5:00pm

The East Bay Area Figurative Exhibition

Two of my paintings, along with many others by talented painters including my friend
Courtney Jacobs, were juried into The East Bay Area Figurative Exhibition that is celebrating The Bay Area Abstract Figurative Movement that was spearheaded by many famous artists from The San Francisco Art Institute during the 40's and 50's and how this movement might have influenced various artists or started them working on their own figurative journey.

During the exhibition the city of Livermore
will also be having their Art & Wine Crawl.

Exhibition Artist's Reception and Art & Wine Crawl:
Friday January 29th, 5:30-8:00pm

January 29th to February 27th

Ryan Fine Art Gallery

171 S. J Street, Livermore, CA 94550

Gallery Hours:
Tues through Thurs: 11:30am to 1:30pm & 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Fridays: 11:30am to 7:00pm
Saturdays: 11:30am to 3:00pm