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Jerry Peters: From fire fighting to painting
Jerry Peters spent 30 years as a firefighter, the last 10 as a Battalion Chief for the Menlo Park Fire Protection District. His career inspired his early artistic pursuits, which featured fire engines,...
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Christina Holmes: Artist into the cowboy thing
In a concession to a hot day, artist Christina Holmes was wearing sandals rather than cowboy boots but even they had a lariat leather kind of look. She’s told the story many times before — how an...
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Watercolor paintings by two Menlo Park artists showcased at Interpretations...
Two Menlo Park artists, Kay Marinaro and Leonard Leving, are part of the new exhibit, Interpretations, a water media art show by members of the Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Society (SCVWS) which...
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Menlo Park artist Joyce Savre Hutt is featured at Gallery 9 through October 22
Menlo Park artist Joyce Savre Hutt has a current exhibit of her works, Translation: Language As Image, at Gallery 9 in Los Altos through October 22. Handwritten words — ambiguous lines of poetry —...
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Esther Baran: Artist returns to her roots with opening of gallery at Allied Arts
“Of all the places to have a gallery, this is just perfect,” says artist Esther Baran, sitting in the well-lit space tucked in a back corner near the Old Wood Barn of the Allied Arts Guild.It’s also a...
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Italian-born artist Massimo Mazzon paints portraits in his Menlo Park studio
Born in Italy, artist Massimo Mazzon came first to New York before moving across the country to the Bay Area. “A week after I arrived I met the woman who would become my wife at the Menlo Park...
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Artist Chrisann Brennan describes her art as “light encoded paintings”
For whatever reason, painter Chrisann Brennan keeps returning to Menlo Park.“This has always been a base for me and I don’t really know why,” she said at a friend’s house where she’s staying. “New...
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Artist Michael Pauker invites community to reception at Café Zoe on July 11
We received this email from local artist Michael Pauker: “Please join me this Thursday evening, July 11, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm, at a reception for my show of recent paintings at Café Zoe, 1929 Menalto...
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Menlo Park artist Terry Guyer updates his work on the Nikola Tesla bronze...
Editor’s note: We’ve been following Menlo Park artist Terry Guyer as he works on completion of a statue of Nikola Tesla, an artistic journey that is being chronicled photographically by InMenlo...
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Artist Alice Weill’s oils and acrylic landscapes showcased at Portola Art...
“Back to Her Roots,” a new collection of oil and acrylic paintings inspired by artist Alice Weil’s passion — the rolling hills and majestic oak trees of the San Francisco Bay Area — is the February...
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Menlo Park resident Melinda Cootsona is artist, teacher and author
For years Menlo Park resident Melinda Cootsona took part in the annual Silicon Valley Open Studios, opening her Allied Arts neighborhood home on May weekends to sell her paintings. “I grossed more...
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Artist Mitchell Johnson talks about his current exhibits and new book
We’ve stopped by Mitchell Johnson’s studio a number of times since first meeting him in 2010, but were overdue for a longer visit to learn what he’s been up to in the last few years. The Menlo...
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Michael Killen’s paintings on display at Cafe Borrone in Menlo Park – talk on...
Menlo Park artist Michael Killen characterizes his work as chronicling the “developments and thoughts of our time that include climate change, human rights, impact of climate change on California’s...
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Two Menlo Park artists featured in exhibit at Caldwell Gallery through Dec. 31
Still Lifes: Two Visions, oil paintings by Elyse Dunnahoo and acrylic paintings by Krishna Mitra, is the exhibit on display through December 31st at the Caldwell Gallery, which is located on the first...
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Artist Mitchell Johnson gives lecture, signs books on May 1
Menlo Park-based artist Mitchell Johnson, recently profiled on InMenlo, will be giving a lecture and signing books on Friday, May 1, at 7:00 pm at the Woodside Town Hall, 2955 Woodside Road. Photo by...
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Artist Badri Valian focuses on the beauty of the human body in her paintings
If you get a sense that the human figures in Badri Valian’s paintings are moving, that’s exactly what the artist hopes. “I paint standing up and put on music, and the rhythm of the music makes me...
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Mixed media artist Marianne Lettieri explores the intersection of art and fatih
After leaving the tech world, Menlo Park resident Marianne Lettieri was determined to focus on her art full time. She began pursuing mixed media and found herself pondering the intersection of art and...
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Elaine McCreight is a poet turned painter
Artist Elaine McCreight describes her creative process as a combination of feeling and fidgeting. “The composition of my work has a lot to do with feelings,” she said during a visit to her home studio...
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Michael Killen’s paintings on display at Cafe Borrone in Menlo Park – talk on...
Menlo Park artist Michael Killen characterizes his work as chronicling the “developments and thoughts of our time that include climate change, human rights, impact of climate change on California’s...
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Artist Elaine McCreight is participant in abstract painting exhibit
Menlo Park artist Elaine McCreight is one of four artists exhibiting paintings at the Vargas Gallery at Mission College. The exhibit is called Driven to Abstraction, and also features works by...
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