Exhibits, Events & News
Big Sur Autumn, 18x24, Oil on Linen
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Jan. 1 - Feb. 28 |
Capitola Plein Air Competition Exhibit Honorable Mention Award Exhibit of winners, Gayle's Bakery, Capitola |
Nov. 9 - April 5th |
Central Coast Landscapes, Celebrating Nature in Painting Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History Reception: Saturday, November 9, 5:00pm - 7:00pm |
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SCOTTS VALLEY ARTISANS GALLERY |
Saturday, September 14, 10am - 6pm |
ONE DAY SHOW AND SALE SCOTTS VALLEY ARTISANS |
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Center for Health 555 Soquel Ave, #260 Santa Cruz, CA 95062 |
Previous Exhibits
Yosemite Valley, Tunnel View ~ Oil on Canvas ~ 24x36
Painting our Parks
September 17, 2012 – January 18 2013 ~ Santa Cruz Oil Painters Curated by Joan Blackmer
Our local Santa Cruz Oil Painters group is hosting an exciting of show of Parks Paintings at
all Branches of the Santa Cruz County Bank’s Art Collaborative .
20% of sales made during this exhibition will benefit Friends of Santa Cruz County State Parks
Painting our Parks, features over 100 plein air paintings of County, State and National Parks in California,
from the quiet beauty of the pond at Quail Hollow, the grandeur of the rocky coast at Garrapata,
to the majestic cliffs of Yosemite. The paintings were produced by fourteen Santa Cruz artists
of the Santa Cruz Oil Painters. Their images have captured the magic and the treasure of California’s natural beauty.
Point Lobos Poppies, o/c, 18x24
Preview Karin's Paintings at this show
Artists’ Reception: 5:30-7:30pm on Thursday, September 27th Santa Cruz County Bank, 720 Front Street, Santa Cruz.
Meet the artists, purchase artwork and network with other art lovers.
Exhibit at all Santa Cruz County Bank offices:
Aptos:7775 Soquel Drive ~ Capitola:819 Bay Avenue ~ Santa Cruz:720 Front Street ~ Scotts Valley:4604 Scotts Valley Drive ~ Watsonville –
595 Auto Center Drive
Exhibition Viewing Hours: Monday – Thursday 9am – 5pm Friday 9am – 6pm Excluding Holidays.
Exhibiting Artists: Coraly Hanson, Frances Travers, Jean Thomas, Judy Miller, Karen Scarborough, Karin Leonard, Linda Mitchell,
Lorraine Catania, Marnie Dufau, Mary Garon, Michele Hausman, Richard Klevins, Skip Andreae, & Suzanne Elliott.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Luminous Landscapes Celebrating California
ARTIST RECEPTION: Friday, March 6th 5-9pm (group reception for this 5 artist exhibit) County Government Center 5th Floor, 701 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz, CA Exhibit: February 2 - April 1, M-F 8-5pm Info: call Karin at 724-5400 |
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karin's painting "Wild Garden by the Sea" featured on a wine label: Limited Release Savignon Blanc 2008
© 2006 Karin H. Leonard ~~~ (A Giclee Print of the above painting is currently on display at York Gallery and Hair Heaven, in Santa Cruz, CA We had an exciting day, thank you for visiting!
Bottle signing, Art Show of Karin's paintings & Wine Tasting |
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Watch a brief TV program with Karin painting en Plein-Air: As I was painting en plein-air, at my favorite stomping ground Point Lobos, a TV crew from News Channel 10 (Sacramento) happened to pass through, and interviewed me. You can see a segment of this in Jonathan Mumm's well done "California PostCard" on Point Lobos. The whole program is only 3.5 minutes, the brief segment with Karin is towards the end. Click on the image below to watch:
Spirit of Point Lobos, oil on canvas, 24x24 |
| 2009 Exhibit Schedule | |
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| Ongoing |
York Gallery |
May 30th - June 28 |
Irreplaceable Places: Contemporary Landscape Painters of California, California Statewide Exhibit (juried by Kevin McPherson), Art League, Santa Cruz Artist's reception Sat. June 6th, 3-5pm |
| February 2nd - April 1st | County Government Center , 5th Floor, 701 Ocean Street. Artist's reception Friday, March 6th, 5-9pm (group reception for this 5 artist exhibit) |
| February 6th - March 1st | "Local Essence" - Artleague Membership Show 526 Broadway, Santa Cruz Artist's reception Saturday, Feb. 14th, 3-5pm |
| April |
Sarah's Vineyard, Gilroy Santa Cruz Oil Painters, Group Show Artist's reception & Paintout Saturday, April 18th |
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Center for Health 555 Soquel Ave, #260 Santa Cruz, CA 95062 |
| 2008 Exhibit Schedule | |
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| Ongoing |
York Gallery |
| February 15th - May 15th | Children's Mental Health Agency, County of Santa Cruz, Emeline Street |
| June - July |
Solo Show Artist's reception Saturday, July 26th, 5:30-7:30pm 2001 Rossi Road at Highway One, Pescadero, 22 miles north of Santa Cruz, in the conference room Enjoy 30+ of Karin's paintings, wine, cheese & music |
July 19th |
Bottle signing, Art Show of Karin's paintings & Wine Tasting 11 am - 5pm Special release Savignon Blanc featuring Karin's painting Wild Garden by the Sea 2364 Bean Creek Road, Scotts Valley, CA 95060 Directions Free Admission, Wine & gourmet cheese tasting $15 (complimentary with Santa Cruz Mountains Passport) |
September 17 - November 12 |
Michael's Restaurant on 2591 Main St., Soquel Reception with the artist October 3rd, 3-5pm |
September |
Karlene Dahlmeier's gallery & Acupuncture office Reception to be announced |
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Center for Health 555 Soquel Ave, #260 Santa Cruz, CA 95062 |
Poppies Greeting Whales Meadows glow with California gold, Oceans cool with heaven's silver. Two giants spout spring's joy, Countless tiny cups serenade their passage. ~~~ After a meditation retreat at my favorite hermitage, this meadow on Big Sur Highway One, vibrating with poppies, stopped my heart and car. Hastily heisting my everready easle in place, I was rewarded with whales spouting in the azur waters. Talk about a plein-air painter's paradise! May you be poppy and whale blessed ... ~~~ |
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About Greeting Cards & Giclée
Prints
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Interested in having my
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| About Giclée Prints |
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Through reproduction, more
people can enjoy a favorite image. On this website you will notice a
few giclée (ghee-clay) prints. At this time, 28 of my paintings are
available as high quality giclée prints. The art of printing has
become even more precise and affordable with this printing process.
A giclée print is as visually rewarding as it is technically amazing,
featuring brilliant, exquisite color and razor sharp detail, almost
identical to the original.
The cornerstone of this process is an enhanced digital inkjet printer, which is specifically designed for the precise criteria of fine art collectors and connoisseurs of museum quality prints. The word giclée is French, and means spurt or squirt, in this case meaning "spray of ink" From hundreds of inkjets more than a million droplets of ink per second are sprayed on watercolor paper. A completed image is compromised of almost 20 billion droplets of ink. The resulting print has no perceptible dot pattern. It's an endless array of richly saturated color, and every nuance of the original image. |
Art Greeting Cards are a popular and inexpensive way to enjoy
favorite paintings. Close to 40 of my images are available as
greeting cards through my website, and at local stores such as Bookshop
Santa Cruz, Papervision and Capitola Book café.