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aterhouse Gallery in Santa Barbara,
California, celebrates 35 years
running this fall with its Anniversary
Exhibition, on display from November 23
through December 15. The gallery, founded
by Ralph and Diane Waterhouse, is pres-
ently located in a picturesque courtyard
in the heart of the Santa Barbara cultural
district and represents an array of top
talent in the art world. “Can’t believe that we opened back in
1984—no computers then,” says Diane. “We
are so proud that we are in our 35th year, 28
years in our current location in beautiful
Santa Barbara. Art is our life, and it is a joy
to represent such fine traditional contem-
porary talent.”
Among the artists whose work can
be seen in the upcoming exhibition are
Peter Adams, Sung Eun Kim, BrentJensen, John Cosby, Pauline Roche, Tom
Hughes, Michael Fitzpatrick, Jove Wang,
Mian Situ, George Bodine, Matt Smith,
Ovanes Berberian, Albin Veselka, Robert
Lemler, Stan Moeller, Ray Hunter, Jean
LeGassick, Gerard Boersma and more.
Native New Englander Molly Schmid
works in portraiture, still life, landscapes
and wildlife, as well as abstract concepts.
For her still lifes, the artist says she tradi-
tionally works from a real-life reference,
but one of her paintings, Oranges, in
the Waterhouse Gallery show developed
entirely from her imagination. “Probably
90 percent of it is done strictly with a
palette knife,” says Schmid, who was
playing around and experimenting with
the tool. “I limit my palette and limit
myself to just my knife and do most of
the mixing on the canvas itself, so all
the blending and edgework happens
right there on the canvas. It definitely
was a conceptual piece and it eventually
became these oranges. So this is a really
unusual painting; it’s one of my favorites
I’ve done in a long time because it’s just so
different.” Schmid explains that orange is
one of those colors she doesn’t often gravi-
tate toward, but an abundance of cadmium
orange and cadmium deep yellow gifted
to her by her father ultimately pushed
her to break out of her comfort zone. She
adds that she enjoys the texture and thick,
impasto sections within the painting,
which aren’t typical of her other works.
Other works included in the show are a
maritime scene by Jim McVicker, Storm
Sky Eureka Harbor; an oil of a woman in a
red dress ascending a spiraling staircase
by Derek Harrison; and a figurative work
by Christina Ramos, depicting a woman in
sunglasses with pink hair and a fluffy pink
jacket, looking confidently in the direction
of the viewer, titled Badass.
Artist demonstrations will take place the
first day from 1 to 4 p.m., and a reception
will be held from 4 to 7 p.m.Waterhouse Gallery La Arcada Courtyard •
1114 State Street, Suite 9 • Santa Barbara, CA 93101 •
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