ART

► Alice Kelmon works in varying degrees of abstraction, always seeking freshness, naturalness and intimacy in her images. Often her work suggests a landscape she has seen or imagined, but mostly she portrays an atmosphere or frame of mind. While the pieces in this exhibit lean toward calm reflection and reverie, lately Alice is drawn to study chaos. Two ongoing bodies of work are Open Book which refers to the nature of narrative, revelation and ambiguity in art, and Kyoto Agreement which is inspired by the relationship of Mother Earth and all her denizens.

To an extent, Alice's fascination with mediums drives her work. She loves the translucency and sense of impermanence of watercolor, and the discovery allowed by the processes of encaustic and monoprint. On occasion, she feels compelled to play with and combine materials, breaking into the 3rd dimension.

Since receiving her BA in Painting and Printmaking at SFSU in 2004, Alice has shared Studio 3 with Betsy Wolff at Sanchez Art Center where she enjoys working on exhibits and community art events. Alice has exhibited in juried shows at Sanchez, the Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara, and the O’Hanlon Center for the Arts in Mill Valley. She likes to share her love of experimentation, teaching an Intro to Printmaking class for up to 4 people in her studio.

► Betsy Wolff often thinks of painting as a dance of sorts, not only the process itself, but also the resulting play of color, line, texture and light. While her media and subjects often change, She is always concerned with color and gesture, and usually with conveying movement in the static surface of the panel or canvas.

Betsy has most recently been working with abstract images, but often find herself drawing on images from the garden. Sometimes it is because they are the perfect vehicle for the play of brushwork and color, but also because the garden, secret, real or imagined, is a retreat and a place of enjoyment for her, so its images often return in her work.

Most recently, Betsy has been using mixed media with acrylic as the base, but also works in oil paint and other media, and occasionally dabbles in illustration. Betsy is a Pacifica resident, and shares a studio with Alice Kelmon at the Sanchez Art Center.