James McGrew called today with great news—he’s on the road from Zion National Park and headed our way, hoping to be here Saturday for the opening reception for Beloved California IX.
But there could be a hitch: he’s going by way of Yosemite and it’s supposed to be snowing up there and might be too beautiful to leave! We’d sure love to see him here, but in any case, he’ll be present in spirit. The exhibition includes three of his Yosemite paintings, and two are exquisite snow scenes. “Sentinel Rock and Clearing Snow Storm,” 12″ x 9″, at right, graces the show’s postcard, in fact.
“Half Dome, Oxbow in Winter,” 8″ x 12″, below, is also an oil on linen on board. Its frame is a 2-1/4″ wide stained quartersawn white oak cove with carved elements at the sight edge and back edge and a white gold slip.
Please join us from 2 to 4 this Saturday, November 16, for the opening of “Beloved California IX: Twenty-Two Painters with a Passion for Place.” We’re expecting many of the artists—and hoping James makes it! But if we don’t see him we’ll rest assured he’s doing his part in celebrating our state’s incomparable beauty.
“Beloved California IX” will run through the end of the year, and will be online as well.
James McGrew painting Yosemite in the snow.
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