“Blooming from Within” comes to the Orinda Library Gallery
Lamorinda Arts Council (LAC) celebrates springtime with an entire gallery watercolors in the theme, “Blooming From Within: Where Nurture and Nature Meet To Find Balance” by artist Julie Cohn May 2 through 30. If you agree with Oscar Wilde, “Color speaks to the soul in a thousand different ways,” you are sure to enjoy Cohn’s color-filled gallery of 42 watercolors. They range in size from 48” x 36”on the walls to 8” x 8” in the two glass cabinets.
LAC also features Cohn’s presentations about her experiences as an artist on a healing journey for herself and the planet.
“For me, appreciation and reverence for the earth’s biodiversity inspires great physical, mental and spiritual health,” she said.
Meet her on Saturday, May 9, at her artist reception, which kicks off her first presentation from 2:30-4:30 p.m. Her next presentation is Saturday, May 16, from 3:30-5:30 p.m. and her last one is on Thursday, May 28, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. She requests an R.S.V.P. via email, julie@sustainingarts.com.
Regarding her painting process, Cohn said, “I love to dance with watercolor, exchange ideas in a deep conversation. As a free-flowing aspect of nature, water finds its natural home on paper, inspiring me to go with the flow while painting, and in my own life.”
A resident of El Sobrante, she has been an art instructor in her Berkeley studio for over 35 years and at the College of Marin for 25 years. She enjoys helping others to find and develop their own creativity.
Cohn has exhibited extensively in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. Her 48” x 36” watercolor on panel, “Flower From Within,” symbolizes her theme and seems to envelop one in a cloud of fragrance. Visit juliecohnfineart.com.
View artwork May 2 to May 30 at 26 Orinda Way. Hours are Monday – Thursday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. and closed Sundays and May 25. Call 925.254.2184 for more Library information or visit ccclib.org/. Questions about the exhibit or need more information? Call 925.359.4490, email gallery@LamorindaArts.org, or visit LamorindaArts.org/galleries-2.
Julie Cohn speaks as an artist about connecting with nature to move through internal limitations in the Art Gallery at the Orinda Library, 26 Orinda Way on May 9, 2:30 – 4:30 p.m., May 16, 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. and May 28, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Her watercolor, “Flower From Within,” is the fourth 48” x 36” panel of a five panel painting which celebrates her harmony with nature.
Art to Take Your Breath Away
SFMOMA “Matisse’s Femme au chapeau: A Modern Scandal,” May 16 opening, May 17 Wear a Hat Party; Free Community Day, May 24, entire building including Matisse show and public programming; show runs through Sept. 13, sfmoma.org; for details tinyurl.com/5n92fctb (see caption photo).
Bedford Gallery Walnut Creek: Art With a Twist, May 14, 5 to 7 p.m. 21+ $15, three cocktails; and Public Art Walking Tour May 16, 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. Plaza Escuela, $1 up – accessible art to everyone price; bedfordgallery.org.
“Matisse Femme a Chapeau: A Modern Scandal,” centerpiece of SFMOMA’s iconic collection, features 90 works by 40 artists from the early 1900s to today, opening May 16. sfmoma.org.
