The Plein Air Scene

Suzanne G. D'Arcy
435 Hanover Ave.
Oakland, CA 94606-1115
www.suzannedarcyart.com510-836-3453email Suzanne

California plein air locales; San Francisco and the East Bay, Carmel and Monterey, Elk Creek, Yosemite; and Virginia City, NV & Kauai, Hawaii. Studio work includes portraits, clothed figure, still lifes / florals, and theme work - race and draft horses, sports (team and racing), the human figure and music, window interiors, etc.
Price range: $400 - $1600

Born & Raised:
Born in Los Angeles, CA; raised in Fair Oaks near Sacramento, CA...a Californian through and true.

Training:
U.C. Davis Bachelor of Arts in Art Studio and Art History, Academy of Art ABA in Illustration, workshops with Craig Nelson, Van Waldren and Ken Auster

Major Influences:
"Craig Nelson, Academy of Art, whose steady encouragement and skill in teaching figurative painting helped shape my confidence and choices; Van Waldron for his knowledge and sophisticated artistic imput; my Friday Painters."

Favorite Painters:
Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida, John S. Sargent, William Wendt, George Bellows, Ken Auster, Randy Sexton

Galleries:
The Vault Gallery, Sonora, CA; Artists Camp Gallery, Angels Camp, CA; Fraser Fine Art, San Francisco, CA; Galleria Scola, Oakland, CA

Clubs & Societies:
American Society of Portrait Artists, California Art Club, Friday Plein Air Painters, Society of Western Artists

Awards:
2004 Crockett “Art and Wine Festival”, First Place; 2004 Epperson Gallery Plein Air Paint Out, First Place; 2001 Selected Participant C.R.E.E.C. Fifth Annual Scene on the Strait; 2001 Society of Western Artists, Honorable Mention in Annual Show, 2nd and Honorable Mention in regional shows, 2000 Selected Emerging Artist, ProArts Association; 1999-1991 Alameda County Fair, various yearly awards - Patron Purchase, Merit, Silver; - more at www.suzannedarcyart.com

"I knew early on in my life that painting and drawing were integral to my self. I knew that the world of representational art would be my focus. I haven’t been disappointed: Life is a daily miracle for me. There is such beauty in the ordinary city street, open field, sea edge, a person’s face that I have never been without motivation or subject matter for painting. To be an artist and engage the imagination through creative process and build the technical knowledge is a wonderful path in life. I’m on this road and I love it."

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