New Exhibit "Elements" featuring the paintings of Judith Anderson and Katherine Leighnor at Baxter Chang Patri Fine Art.

The paintings of two California based women artists will be featured int the new "Elements" exhibit at Baxter Chang Patri Fine Art, 222 Mason Steet, Hotel Nikko, San Francisco March 4th through May 4th, 2004. A reception for the Artists will be held March 4th, 5:30-8:30PM.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (PRWEB) February 19, 2004 --The paintings of two California based women artists will be featuredin the new Elements" exhibit at Baxter Chang Patri Fine Art March 4th through May 4th,

2004. A reception for the artists will be held March 4th from 5:30-8:30PM.

Water, fire, and earth link the thematic concerns and imagery of Judith Anderson and Katherine Leighnor richly colored works. Andersons layered and poured canvasses are inspired by the unique properties of the Pacific Madrone tree and the larger arena of transformations in nature. Katherine Leighnors watercolor and resin creations evoke the radiant energy of light as well as immersion in water.

San Francisco based artist Judith Anderson has created works inspired by an interest and study of the Pacific Madrone Tree. She investigates the intersection of the organic and the scientific. They meet in an abstract forum in the search for harmony and life. Anderson observes and photographs details of the Natural world in various stages of growth and decay.

Using these images as a departure point, multiple layers of oil color are poured on the canvas to create nebulous shapes of emerging form conjuring a sense of place that is both familiar yet suspended in time and space.

Katherine Leighnors work is inspired by the phenomena of Sunspots, the cyclical increase of electromagnetic activity that occurs on the sun and the mystery of how its radiant energy effects us. The paintings are watercolor on paper, mounted on wood panel, resin coated and then sanded.

The matte surface has a quality that is both sensuous and inviting while being repellent at the same time, and thus attaining a mysterious effect.
   
San Francisco art critic Kenneth Baker writes, Leighnors pictures are abstractions in which materials- watercolor and resin- and process determine much of the visual outcome. Yet her pieces irresistibly suggest astronomical photographs: infrared images of sunspots or views of distant nebulae in negative."

Leighnors work is in numerous collections including the Banana Republic and the Gap Collections in San Francisco.

Later in the month, on March 24th both artists will speak their work to a group of women professionals gathered at Baxter Chang Patri Fine Art during National Womens History Month and sponsored by American Express.

Located in the Hotel Nikko at 222 Mason Street, Baxter Chang Patri Fine Art specializes in contemporary painting, sculpture and photography. The gallery is co-owned by Holly Baxter and renowned San Francisco architect Piero Patri of Patri Merker Architects. The gallery brings an international array of established contemporary artists works to the San Francisco art market. Business hours are Tues-Sat. 10AM until 6PM and by appointment.

CONTACT                                             
Holly Baxter
415-397-2000

New Exhibit Elements" featuring the paintings Judith Anderson and Katherine Leighnor at Baxter Chang Patri Fine Art.

WHAT: New Exhibition Opening
WHO:     Elements" featuring paintings by Judith Anderson and Katherine Leighnor
WHEN: March 4th- May 4th, 2004

Reception for the artists on March 4th from 5:30pm to 8:30pm
WHERE: BAXTER CHANG PATRI FINE ART
222 Mason Street, off the main lobby of the Hotel Nikko
RSVP (415) 397-2000
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