Galleries

Mary Beth and I went to the Dixon. We spent a little time in the garden but not a whole lot because we're in full-on August heat misery. I grabbed a book from the little library they had there (not something that happens very often for me): A Naked Singularity by Sergio de la Pava. Then into the nice air conditioned galleries. The main exhibit was on "women artists of the Progressive era" mainly focusing on Susan Watkins. There was a lot of good stuff in it, mostly realistic portraits and such but of a time when Impressionism was still holding a bit of influence. And Watkins's use of lighting and color could be pretty incredible at times. Then the local gallery had an exhibit featuring three artists and landscapes and such and the works by Sowgand Sheikholeslami were especially great. (I liked the others too, by Anthony Lee and Matthew Lee, no relation.) Oh, I will say of the first exhibit, it wasn't my favorite painting but they had this one by Ellen Emmet Rand and it captured a black cat's face perfectly. After that we went and had an early dinner at Tamboli's. Not a lot the rest of the night but I still got to sleep too late for some (or no) reason.