 | | | Artist Judy Feins with husband, Rick. Photos Steve Hobbs | | | | | | It's hard to quantify if there was actual love in the air at the Lafayette Art Gallery for a reception celebrating their new exhibit, "Love at First Sight," but there was clearly plenty of friendship and chocolate kisses. Many of the 28 member-artists of the co-op were in attendance, along with friends and family, enjoying an array of complimentary chocolates and champagne that surely contributed to the sociable buzz.
In their new location since October at the Forge, next to Bo's Barbecue, plein air painter and founding member of the art gallery, Jill Landau, reports that many of the co-op artists are very excited about their new location. Filling the modern split level space are a wide variety of hand-crafted works that adorn the walls and shelves, including some of Landau's paintings, striking ceramic sculptures, jewelry, water colors, oil paintings and Joe Bologna's three large humorous steel dogs with rebar tails and railroad spike legs. Newest member of the co-op Steve Hobbs and his camera were happy to mingle with fellow artists; his bucolic photographs of local landscapes were easy to spot.
The gallery is open from Tuesday to Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 3420 Mt. Diablo Blvd. For more information, go to www.lafayettegallery.net. C.Tyson
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA