Works By Castro Valley Artists On Display

CASTRO VALLEY, CA — The Alameda County Arts Commission is pleased to present the group

exhibition Nature and Abstraction featuring artwork by seven Adobe Art Gallery Artists. The exhibition
is on view through August 2, 2018 at the Alameda County Administration Building, Treasurer-Tax
Collector’s Lobby Gallery, 1221 Oak Street, 1st Floor, Oakland, CA 94612. The gallery is free and open
to the public Monday through Friday from 8:30 am - 5:00 pm and closed for County holidays.

The Nature and Abstraction exhibition was coordinated and curated by Adobe Art Gallery Director, Leah
Virsik. The exhibition features the work of Nick Calarco, Debra Collins, Mercie Harris, Niambi Kee, Sally
Lampi, Lynne Shephard and Gerald Thompson chosen from two of Adobe Art Gallery’s 2017 annual
group exhibitions.

The seven artists utilize a broad range of media including acrylic, oil, collage, hand-dyed fabric,
experimental photography, pen, ink and watercolor. Their works include representational images from
nature and abstracted imagery suggesting the natural world. The sun convincingly reflects off the rocks
in Gerald Thompson’s Mojave Lava and fills the kitchen window with light in Debra Collins’ End of
Summer, Mendocino. Sally Lampi’s Abstract Doodle Series and Lynne Shephard’s Bird’s Eye View Series
are reminiscent of flattened landscapes viewed from an airplane window. Mercie Harris and Niambi Kee
include bits of paper or fabric in their overall textural compositions. Nick Calarco’s Patterns in Spring, a
color print, almost looks like it was painted, with similar organic forms as seen in Sally Lampi’s Abstract
Doodles.

Located in Castro Valley, Adobe Art Gallery showcases group exhibits multiple times a year. The Annual Spring Open Exhibit: The View From Here is open through May 5. The Magic of Collaboration Invitational is May 26–July 7; the inaugural Art Fundraiser happens August 11 -September 22; and the 41st Area Artists’ Annual Juried Exhibition will run October 13 - December 1.

The Adobe Art Gallery is a public fine art gallery, committed to promoting and encouraging visual arts
within the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District. For more information about Adobe Art Gallery
including calls for entry, visit adobegallery.org.

-Announcement by Alameda County Arts Commission; Image via Shutterstock