"Crowded by Beauty" Exhibit at McGuire Real Estate, Berkeley

McGuire Real Estate at Elmwood, Berkeley, continues its effort to support local artists, with its new eight-person show, "Crowded by Beauty", including works in a multitude of mediums: sculpture, acrylics, ceramics, watercolor, oil and photography. The featured artists are Philip Hall, Matthew Felix Sun, Camila Valdez, Jill McLennan, Deborah Schilling, Sarah Whitecotton, Judy Wiener, and Susan Erickson.



Four paintings of mine were included in the exhibitions are Forest Within, Birches, Net, and One Fine Day, all played a bit of optical illusion, with a bit twist of psychology.


Forest Within & Birches




Net & One Fine Day



There were many interesting artworks and it was a thrill for me to be in their company.







The turn out was quite wonderful. The place was indeed crowded by beauty.











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Beautiful Spring Time

Though the evening chill still visits us time to time, it is definitely spring time in Berkeley, California now.  I'm utterly enchanted by the blooms everywhere - yellow, white, pink and red, etc.













The few white blooms above were shot in a somewhat foggy day but even so, the sense of spring was palpable.  Of course, even in spring time, there will be storms and storms and clouds can be beautiful, even in the forbidding urban setting like the two snap shots below:





Since I'm back to the urban landscape from nature, I'll include two more pictures from the Berkeley Art Museum, though industrial looking, the soft lighting echoed the spring outside the concrete walls.





Finally, below picture was a picnic I had last weekend, with my friends from my book group.  Marvelous luncheon.

Beauty in Household Objects

Beauty exists in everywhere, even amongst the most mundane household objects, I can detect exquisite beauty such as the glasses and bowls on drying racks:







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