Carmel Art Association Presents GIACOMETTI'S ‘HABITATS’ SOLO SHOW, MATTESON & CARVELL TWO-PERSON SHOW ‘THE MAGIC OF PAINT’ AND GALLERY SHOWCASE FEATURING BEACH, HEWITT & WASSERMAN

Carmel Art Association
“Celebrating 81 years of local art”
Voted “Art Gallery of the Year” by the Carmel Business Association three consecutive years.
W/s Dolores St. between 5th Av. & 6th Av.
10:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M., Daily, except major Holidays.
Open to the Public at No Charge

“Founded in 1927, Carmel's oldest gallery features the work of more than 120 professional local artists, and is dedicated to presenting only the finest work for sale by artists living on the Monterey Peninsula.”

For more information, Online or (831) 624-6176.

Carmel Art Association Presents GIACOMETTI'S ‘HABITATS’ SOLO SHOW, MATTESON & CARVELL TWO-PERSON SHOW ‘THE MAGIC OF PAINT’ AND GALLERY SHOWCASE FEATURING BEACH, HEWITT & WASSERMAN

Thursday, March 4 – April 6, 2009

SOLO SHOW “HABITATS” (Center Room):
Painter/Printmaker Susan Giacometti exhibits new works on paper. View brief biography and artworks, including Cannery Row Series: "The Row" (Drypoint with Chine Colle), Cannery Row Series: "Fish Inspector" (Drypoint with Chine Colle), "Animal Fair" (Drypoint with Chine Colle), "The Birds and the Beasts Were There" (Drypoint with Chine Colle), "Fish Stories" (Collage) and "Untitled" (Collage with Gesso).

TWO-PERSON SHOW “THE MAGIC OF PAINT” (Beardsley Room, South Wall):
Figurative Painter Rip Matteson and Painter Fred Carvell present a joint show exhibiting their recent work; “each artist pursues a different genre of subject matter and technique, their respective work shares common ground in the endeavor to convey a sense of beauty, truth as they see it, and a touch of mystery.”

View painter Rip Matteson’s artist statement and three oil on canvas paintings, including “Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.” – Shakespeare 1564-1616; "From their eyelids as they glanced dripped love.” – Hesiod c. 700 BC and "Sex and beauty are inseparable, like life and consciousness."

View painter Fred Carvell’s brief biography and three acrylic paintings, including “Blue Hills," "Autumn Reflections" and "Autumn Fields."

GALLERY SHOWCASE (Segal Room):
Painter Mary FitzGerald Beach exhibits new work in watercolor and mixed media, inspired from the artist’s imagination and love of the natural world and its creatures. View Beach’s grief biography and four art works, including "Wee One" (mixed media), "Being Sheepish" (mixed media), "Winter Thaw" (watercolot) and "Allo a l'eau"(collage)

Painter Robert Reynolds Hewitt exhibits acrylic paintings including landscapes and figures. View Robert Reynolds Hewitt’s artist statement, resume and three acrylic paintings, including "Fiat," “California Central Coast Composite" and "Alley for Four."

Painter/Sculptor Gerald Wasserman exhibits recent artworks. View brief biography, Recent Solo Shows and Awards and Caffe Scenes oil paintings, including Caffe "Barocco,” “Caffe Vecchia, Roma” "Lo Stazione Bar” and "Caffe Cortona” and abstract oil paintings, including “La Madonna Romana,” “La Madonna del Latte,” "Ladies in the Night,” "Mother and Child with Vase” and “Queen and Retinue.”

Opening Reception - Saturday, March 6, 6:00 to 8:00 P.M.