First Annual People’s Choice Best of Show for the Year at Fallbrook Art Center.

 by Patricia Frischer

 

Rosemary KimBal, The Blues Piano,
with  Buzz Blodgett's glass sculpture

At every show held at the Fallbrook Art Center, the public is invited to write down the name of their favorite artist and deposit that slip into a bowl. All those entries are tallied and saved and this People’s Choice show is the result of those votes. It is not curated by a single individual or a committee, but by the patrons of the Art Center. It is democracy in action…just like your right to vote right now in our national elections!

But there is one featured artist chosen by the director Brenda Andrews and Rosemary KimBal’s Contemporary Zen Paintings  are represented by 6 works. KimBal is a Zen Brush painter who sometimes used enormous brushes and the technique of one breath with a stroke. “To paint one stroke and show the variation of the ink from dark to light and end up with flying white is a desired effect in brush painting,” is one of her stated goals,  “Sometimes painting is about not thinking.”

Rosemary KimBal holding one of the giant brushes, center, with Brenda Andrews, Director of Fallbrook Art Center. (Photo by Raymond Elstad)

Brenda Andrews in front of a trio of works by Rosemary KimBal

Rosemary KimBal

Rosemary KimBal

Rosemary KimBal

Rosemary KimBal

Rosemary KimBal "When the stroke in a breath becomes a circle, it means the heart and mind are one. Otherwise, it's a frozen moment."

The following selection of work is a tiny taste of the variety on view in the gallery. Notice the public comments that have been threaded together and are on view. A particular favorite is the mosaic dog by Ann Abbott with instruction to name man’s best friend…no voting for a favorite artist this time.

Frank Waters

Frank Waters

Christine Alfery

Nic McGuire

Ann Abbott

Karen Williams Smith

 
 

A quick glimpse into the gift store on the right displaying a huge variety or styles, mediums in all price ranges.  

Casey O'Connor - vases just right for Halloween!

First Annual People’s Choice Best of Show for the Year’s  at Janice Griffiths Gallery at The Fallbrook Art Center
Oct. 19, 2024 - Nov. 9, 2024
103 S. Main Ave, Fallbrook, CA 92028
760.728.1414  info@fallbrookartcenter.org
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