February Art Exhibit: rock/water reverie/
Salmon Lake/ Rock Island. 12” x 30”. Watercolor, go9uache
ROCK/WATER REVERIE/, Kay Russell’s Art Exhibition will run from February 4th through March 1st, 2025. On Tuesday February 4th we will host an artist reception from 5-7pm in connection with the Mill Valley Tuesday Art Walk. Viewings of the show are available by appointment, or during show hours. If you wish to make an appointment or have questions about the show please contact us at info@142throckmortontheatre.org or (415) 383-9600.
KAY RUSSELL ARTIST STATEMENT
Rocks/ Water/ Reverie
My paintings have always been a composite of recollections combined with evolving observations of the familiar. Subjects have ranged from landscapes, to rain, to cherished family objects. In recent years the landscape paintings have enticed me into closer observation of rocks, water and reflection which have led me to revisit and focus on selected, sacred locations. Locations represented are Salmon Lake and Sand Pond in the Sierra Buttes, Salt Point on the Northern California coast, and Cedar Point Ranch near Yosemite. The paintings are connected by family visits and observations made of each location over time. Also, the subjects have great appeal to my love of color and texture. The images form narrative reveries which hold a special place in my history and my heart, past to present. All are united by a common presence of being anytime, anywhere.
All the paintings share my representational and interpretive process. They are primarily watercolor, and gouache, with occasional additions of metallic pigment, monotype paper, collage, and thread. Printed papers are used under a painting or as part of a border, and are added by hand sewing, to embellish the main image. Together images and techniques create the narrative.
ABOUT
KAY RUSSELL www.kayrussell.com.
Current position- Artist, instructor of private classes, Kay Russell Studio, 1986-present.
Education
•M.F.A., majoring in painting and drawing, June 1974, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
•B.S., majoring in art, 1968, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.
Previous Teaching Experience
•Professor: Watercolor, drawing, City College of SF, San Francisco, CA., 1988-2012
•Instructor: Watercolor, University of California, Berkeley Extension, San
Francisco, 1986-98
•Instructor: Watercolor, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, Ca., 1986-7.
•Instructor: Figure Drawing, Painting, Watercolor, de Young Museum Art School,
de Young Museum, San Francisco, Ca., 1979-87.
•Instructor: Drawing, Design, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, 1976-79.
Curatorial Experience
•Associate Curator, Art Exhibition Program, San Francisco International Airport,
San Francisco, Ca., 1980-82.
•Curatorial Assistant, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1978-80.
Selected Exhibitions
• Memories, Fallkirk Cultural Center, Juried Exhibition. San Rafael, CA., 2025
• California Watercolor Association, 55th Annual International Juried Exhibition, Lafayette,
CA.,2024
•California Dreamin’, juried exhibition, Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA., 2024
•Accessories, Juried Exhibition, Sebastopol Art Center, Sebastopol, CA., 2023
•Harmonic Materials, Juried Exhibition, Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA., 94901, 2023
•Falkirk, juried winter exhibition, San Rafael, CA.,2021
•Marin Open Studios, pop-up center, Bon Air Center, Greenbrae, CA., 2021,2023
•Harmony, San Anselmo Cultural Center, San Anselmo, CA., 2021
•Falkirk Winter Annual, juried exhibition, San Rafael, CA., 2021
•Crossing the Divide, juried exhibition, Gallery Route 1, Point Reyes Station, 2020
•Expressions, juried exhibition, Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA. 2020
•Sense of Place, juried exhibition, Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA., 2019
•Wall, national juried exhibition, Petaluma Art Center, Petaluma, CA., 2019
•Bartolini Gallery, Marin Civic Center, One person show, Marin County, CA., 2019
•Marin Community Foundation, Juried 25th Anniversary of Open Studio, San Rafael, CA . 2018
• California Watercolor Association, national juried show, merit award, San Rafael, CA . 2017
•Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce, one-person show, Mill Valley ,CA. 2017.
• Zeitgeist, juried exhibition, Petaluma Art Center, Petaluma, CA., 2017
•Open Studios,1995-2024. 2019, Marin County Fair.San Rafael,CA 2016.
•Marin County Fair, Watermedia.Special Award, San Rafael, CA.,2016
•Camel Cans Chrome Architecture, one person show, San Rafael, ,CA., 2015
• Fire and Water, ArtWorks Downtown, juried exhibition San Rafael, CA.2015
•Recollections,Triton Museum, one-person exhibition, Santa Clara, CA., 2014.
•Lakes Basin Review, one person show, ArtWorks Downtown, San Rafael, Ca., 2014.
• Shadows, 3-person show with Patricia Ancona , ClaudisTarantino, ArtWorksDowntown, San Rafael, CA., 2013
•Morris Graves/ Kay Russell,Reflections from the Lake, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA.. 2012
• Elements, Art Works Downtown, juried exhibition,San Rafael, CA., 2012.
•Retrospective/Introspective, Kay Russell, Helen Stanley, and Rodger Jacobsen City Arts Gallery, San Francisco, 2012
•Falkirk Annual Juried Exhibition, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA. ,2012.
• Asia Observed, juried exhibition, Marin Art Council, San Rafael, CA, 2011
• Landscape Abstracted, Marin Art Council, San Rafael, CA., 2011
* Geography of Hope, Art at the Cheese Factory, invitational, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA. 2011.
• Small Works, juried exhibition, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA., 2010
•Private Eyes, Artist’s Visions, juried exhibition, Marin MOCA, Novato, CA., 2010
•Falkirk Auction Exhibition, Fallkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, Ca., 2010, 2011, 2012
•Marin County Fair, merit awards, 1st place, 1st in category- San Rafael,1995-2019
•Five Bay Area Painters, invitational exhibition, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas. CA., 2010
•Ways of Seeing, juried group exhibition, Marin Art Council Gallery, San Rafael, Ca., 2010
• Kay Russell, Helen Stanley, Patricia Ancona. three person exhibition, Fallkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA.., 2010