ARTrails Preview Exhibit and the Landscape Seascape exhibit is on display through November 5, 2011 at the Pelican Art Gallery & Custom Framing. There are 45 pieces of artwork from oils and watercolor to steel and stone sculptures in the ARTrails preview exhibit. ARTrails is Sonoma County’s premier juried open studio event and this preview show has just some of the 130+ artists. Our preview show is a great way to discover your favorite Sonoma county artists and to help you decide which artists you just have to visit at their ARTrail Open Studios in October.

The Landscape Seascape exhibit contains over 30 plein air and studio paintings from Ray Roberts, Peggi Kroll Roberts, Carole Gray Weihman and Alfredo Tofanelli. They depict scenes from Sonoma County, California and across the country.

Ray Roberts has a couple seascape plein air sketches and and a beautiful landscape titled “California Pastures” depicting oaks in the rolling foothills. There’s also a beautiful limited edition of old town Petaluma in the rain. Ray Roberts is a member of the Plein Air Painters of America (P.A.P.A) and has just received Best of Show at the 2011 Maynard Dixon Country in Utah and also at the Plein Air Magazine’s Salon in July. Ray also recently taught at Weekend With the Masters put on by American Artists magazine.

Peggi Kroll Roberts has also received numerous awards including a Best of Show at the American Impressionist Society and the Laguna Plein Air Invitational. Kroll Roberts also teaches painting workshops around the country and just finished one here last week in Petaluma. She has taught one or two here each year since 2004. Kroll Roberts has some of her classic beach scenes of children and families on the beach and also some watercolor still-lifes on display for this show.

Carole Gray Weihman has received numerous awards at plein air events across the country. Gray Weihman was recently invited to paint at the Carmel Art Festival and also at Plein Air Magazine’s “Paint the Adirondacks” in New York. She is also featured in the October issue of American Art Collector magazine’s “Artist Focus”. Gray Weihman has a couple of the Adirondack paintings in this exhibit along with some Sonoma county scenes and various other beautiful scenes. The paintings range in size from 6″ x 6″ to 16″ x 8″.

Alfredo Tofanelli received best of show at the 2009 Plein Air Biennial, and has also had two Solo Exhibitions at the Napa Valley Museum with the current exhibit up through October 1, 2011. Tofanelli has also traveled around the country to participate in plein airs events and has received his share of awards including at the Carmel Art Festival and the North Tahoe Plein Air. Tofanelli has both seascapes and landscapes in the exhibit from Sonoma county and from around the country. His sizes range from 6″ x 8″ to a 20″ x 24″ Point Reyes seascape.

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Categories: Gallery Exhibits, Resident Artists

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