Orinda Art Scene – July 2025

    Two visual artists, Fariba Tahmoresi and Leslie Golden, and ceramics by Sergio Quintor, Patty Taylor and Doris Saberi take center stage in the Lamorinda Arts Council July exhibits.
    Their work will be on display in the Art Gallery at the Orinda Library from June 30 to Aug. 2. Meet the artists at a reception July 12 from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. and enjoy with light refreshments and summertime weather on the terrace.
    Tahmoresi moved from Los Angeles to Lafayette in 2023. A professional graphic designer, she admits to loving mosaics. “In my artwork, I mix mosaic with painting on canvas, blending different materials, playing with and mirroring various textures,” she said.
    Her theme for the 25 acrylic and mixed media artworks she exhibits is “Celestial Beauty, Creativity and Spirituality.” Visit tinyurl.com/36br3xkx.
    Quintor works with a welcoming community of artists in Rossmoor, where he lives. He is displaying 20 ceramic pieces focused on alternative firings, such as saggar, naked raku, raku and wood firing.
    “I’m able to express in clay what I cannot express in words,” said Quintor.
    The surface of his 16” x 8” x 4” saggar and pit-fired vessel, “Madre Tierra – Mother Earth,” sways with the geography, colors and shapes of our planet.
    When Saberi emigrated to Oakland from Iran in 1985, she already had a B.A. She then earned an M.A. from San Francisco State University.
    “As a Middle Eastern woman, I found clay as a tool to express myself, tell a story, talk about pain and suffering in the world,” she said. “My show focuses on ‘Women and Power’ and the struggle throughout history showing their gain and loss of power.”
    She has 10 pieces in the show, in which the golden luster crown in each sculpture represents women’s power. Follow her on Instagram @dorisceramics.
    Artist Golden, of Lafayette, has painted landscapes in oil for four years and a landscape architect for 40 years.
    “Appreciation for the landscape has been a thread throughout my life,” she said.
    Her theme, “Quintessential California,” focuses on Contra Costa County as displayed in the dozen or so oil paintings she is showing. Golden desires to “explore motion and mystery in my paintings and challenge myself to do different views of Mount Diablo.”
    Taylor also lives and works her art in Rossmoor.
    “I create abstract ceramic sculptures that undergo multiple firings,” she said. “I use alternative firing techniques such as raku, horsehair raku, naked raku, pit fire and saggar fire ceramics. They reveal a splendor of mystery resulting in vibrant, flame-kissed surfaces that define my art.”
    “Tagalog, Goddess of North Wind,” a 16” x 6” x 6” figure, shows such a surface. Taylor is inspired by San Francisco State figurative sculptor Michelle Gregor.
    “Her work reminds me that art is a living dialogue – ever-changing, deeply personal and profound,” said Taylor. See tinyurl.com/5fnnd7rv.
    Visit the Gallery from June 30 to Aug, 2 at 26 Orinda Way. Hours are Monday though Thursday, 10 a.m. to8 p.m., Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.; and closed Sundays and July 4. Call 925.254.2184 for more Library information or visit ccclib.org/. Email gallery@LamorindaArts.org, visit tinyurl.com/3mk7k9pp or call 925.359.4490 for more information about the exhibits. Artwork can be purchased with one click at tinyurl.com/23tm7xcp.