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Multi-media artist Monty Monty and Sculptor Bill Rivas have participated in ARTrails at the Blue Gum Farm. Rudy the dog just has fun.

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Archives: 2000 - 2009

Passages, September 2009
Fragments, September 2008
Art at the Source, June 2008
The Land, August 2007
Emerging Artists & Friends, October 2006
The Embrace, September 2006
ARTrails 2005, October 2005
Secret Beach, June 2005
Art at the Source, June 2005
ARTrails 2004, October 2004
2D-3D-2D, June 2004
ARTrails 2003, October 2003
Art at the Source 2003, June 2003
ARTrails 2002, October 2002
Art at the Source 2002, June 2002
ARTrails 2001, October 2001
Art at the Source 2001, June 2001
ARTrails 2000, October 2000
Art at the Source 2000, June 2000

Passages, September 2009

Dates: Labor Day Weekend, September 5 - 7, 2009
Collector's Reception: Friday, September 4, 6:00-8:00pm
Exhibit Hours: 1:00-5:00pm, Sat & Sun; 1:00-4:00pm Mon

Passages continues the on-going annual collaborative exhibit that Northern California artists Warren Arnold, Jocelyn Audette, and Hanya Popova Parker hold each year and is the seventhshow that this trio has held at the Blue Gum Gallery.

In this year’s exhibit, they take a radically new approach and explore the significant stages of life, or passages, that occur from conception to beyond death, providing their interpretations in stone, drawings, oil, and encaustic.

The exhibit begins with drawings by Jocelyn Audette that take the viewer from Alpha through young adulthood. The second set of drawings by Hanya Popova-Parker continue the theme from courtship through to Omega. Warren Arnold’s sculpture supplements and supports the drawings and paintings throughout the exhibit. Once again, the artists employ the process of interpreting drawing into sculpture into painting, segueing from two-dimensional work to three-dimensional to two-dimensional again, or 2-3-2.

While their diverse experiences and personalities influence their approaches to the media and the theme, it is the collaborative aspects that underlie the exhibit and give it a unique dynamic energy.

• Artists
- Warren Arnold
- Jocelyn Audette
- Hanya Popova Parker



Fragments, September 2008

Dates: Saturday, August 30 through Monday, September 1, 2008
Times: Opening Reception, Friday, August 29, 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Exhibit hours: Saturday, August 30 thru Monday, September 1, 1:00pm to 5:00pm

Fragments is the sixth annual show in which this trio of artists collaborate, this time to create art inspired directly from found objects. The show explores two dimensional to three dimensional and back to two dimensional interpretations of those objects, first as 2D drawings, then as 3D sculpture, and finally again interpreted as 2D paintings, with only the first interpretation actually working from the found object while the others work from the first and second interpretations respectively.

Sculptor Warren Arnold, and painters Jocelyn Audette and Hanya Popova Parker will show their depictions of fragments from the coastal shore, drawing inspiration from the same objects collected on beach walks and expressing their observations, each in a different form and dimension — sculpture, drawings and paintings. While their diverse experiences and personalities influence their approaches to the form, media and the theme, it is the collaborative aspects that underlie the exhibit and give it a unique, dynamic energy.

• Artists
- Warren Arnold
- Jocelyn Audette
- Hanya Popova Parker


Hanya Popova-Parker, Drawing


Warren Arnold, Sculpture


Jocelyn Audette, Painting

Art at the Source, June 2008

Dates: May 31-June 1 and June 7-8, 2008
Exhibit Hours: 10:00am to 5:00pm

Art at the Source is an annual Open Studios event hosted by the Sebastopol Center for the Arts. More than 100 artists participate. Resident sculptor Aileen Cormack will be joined by painters Tamsen Donner and Christine DeMeo to showcase their art in the Blue Gum Gallery during this popular event. Don't forget to also visit nearby studios of painters Hanya Popova-Parker and Paula Smith. Hanya will be sharing exhibit space with glass artist Branka Harris, while Paula will be joined by painter Mylette Welch - making this a super corner of the art universe to visit!

• Artists
- Aileen Cormack
- Christine DeMeo
- Tamsen Donner


Tamsen Donner

Aileen Cormack


Christine DeMeo

The Land, August 2007

Dates: August 31 - September 3, 2007
Reception: Friday, August 31, 6:00-9:00pm
Exhibit Hours: Saturday, September 1 to Monday, September 3 from 1:00pm to 5:00pm

From abstract to figurative, the work of Warren Arnold, Jocelyn Audette, and Hanya Popova Parker is instilled with a range of interpretations from the sublime to the introspective. While their diverse experiences and personalities influence their approaches to the media and the theme, it is the collaborative aspects that underlie the exhibit and give it a unique dynamic energy. This exhibit showcases their interpretations of a variety of the same landscapes in stone, oil and watercolor

• Artists
- Warren Arnold
- Jocelyn Audette
- Hanya Popova Parker


Hanya Popova Parker's watercolor, Untitled, 2007



Warren Arnold's marble sculpture, Untitled, 2007

Jocelyn Audette's mixed media/oil painting, Untitled, 2007


Emerging Artists & Friends, October 2006

Dates: Saturday, October 7, 2006
Times: 10:00am - 10:00pm

This one-day exhibit is the second of a three-part series of exhibits that highlight the three Sonoma County visual artists who each received a $5000 SonomaArts Emerging Artist award in early 2006 -- the largest cash prize ever offered for individual emerging artists in the Sonoma County. The 2006 awards are administered by the Arts Council of Sonoma County and sponsored by Community Foundation Sonoma County.

The award is designed to locate and recognize emerging artists in Sonoma County based upon an in-depth and objective process. Artists can be nominated by one of 50+ different arts organizations throughout the county. Nominees will be asked to provide work samples and a proposal. A team of curators will review the proposals and select 25 of the strongest candidates for the final selection by a panel of prestigious Bay Area jurors.

• Artists
- Catherine J. Richardson
- Todd Barricklow
- Seth Minor

Todd Barricklow's 3D "ceramic sgraffito".


This example of Seth Minor's site-specific work impressed the Emerging Artist jurors.


Cathy Richardson's painting entitled Night on the Estero is from her Marsh Road Project.

The Embrace, September 2006

Dates: Friday, September 1 through Sunday, September 3, 2006
Times: Opening Reception, Friday, September 1, 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Exhibit hours: Saturday, September 2 and Sunday, September 3, 1:00pm to 5:00pm

From abstract to figurative, the work of Warren Arnold, Jocelyn Audette, and Hanya Popova Parker is instilled with a range of interpretations from the sublime to the introspective. While their diverse experiences and personalities influence their approaches to the media and the theme, it is the collaborative aspects that underlie the exhibit and give it a unique dynamic energy.

• Artists
- Warren Arnold
- Jocelyn Audette
- Hanya Popova Parker

ARTrails 2005, October 2005

ARTrails is sponsored by the Arts Council of Sonoma County, and is a juried Open Studios event that showcases Sonoma County artists every year during the middle two weekends in October. More than 100 artists participate, from Petaluma to Sonoma to Bodega to Healdsburg.

In 2005, Blue Gum Gallery featured artist:
- Monty Monty

Monty's "Vintage Collectable Sculpture and Assemblage" pieces have been shown throughout the county. He was a featured artist during Sculpture Sonoma 2005.

Secret Beach, June 2005

Secret Beach was an exhibition by three Northern California artists who collaborated in creating works about the figure in the natural environment at a place they call "Secret Beach". This was the second year these artists collaborated in an exhibit that combined the eternal inspiration of the figure with each artist's own unique interpretation. In this exhibit, the resulting work was about the contrasts and connectons of the figure with the beach environment. It was about capturing the ephemeral beauty and mystery of the figure in nature.

• Artists
- Warren Arnold
- Jocelyn Audette
- Hanya Popova Parker

Art at the Source, June 2005

Art at the Source is an Open Studios event sponsored by the Sebastopol Center for the Arts to showcase West County artists every year during the first two weekends of June. More than 100 artists participate, presenting every kind of art imaginable!

In 2005, Blue Gum Gallery hosted artists:
- Robert Rice
- Carla Wilkinson
- Patrick Steiner

Robert Rice, above left, adjusts his new work before the show opens.

Carla Wilkinson's vivid oil paintings are shown in the center photo.

Sculptor Patrick Steiner staged his large metal sculptures outside the barn as well as inside. His neon pieces were staged in a dark area under the staircase.

Robert Rice's popular Kimono series was showcased in the Upper Lofts with more of Steiner's fountains and freestanding pieces.

ARTrails 2004, October 2004

ARTrails is sponsored by the Arts Council of Sonoma County, and is a juried Open Studios event that showcases Sonoma County artists every year during the middle two weekends in October. More than 100 artists participate, from Petaluma to Sonoma to Bodega to Healdsburg.

In 2004, Blue Gum Gallery featured artist:
- Monty Monty

2D-3D-2D, June 2004

The first, very successful exhibit by a trio of Northern California artists who explored the relationship of the artist to the female figure as well as to each other's interpretations of that same figure's pose. Each interpretation was arranged as a triptych. Subtitled "The Figure: Drawings, Sculptures, Paintings", the artists sold 95% of the work on display, most as complete triptychs.

• Artists
- Warren Arnold
- Jocelyn Audette
- Hanya Popova Parker

ARTrails 2003, October 2003

ARTrails is sponsored by the Arts Council of Sonoma County, and is a juried Open Studios event that showcases Sonoma County artists every year during the middle two weekends in October. More than 100 artists participate, from Petaluma to Sonoma to Bodega to Healdsburg.

In 2003, Blue Gum Gallery featured artist:
- Monty Monty

Art at the Source 2003, June 2003

Art at the Source is an Open Studios event sponsored by the Sebastopol Center for the Arts to showcase West County artists every year during the first two weekends of June. More than 100 artists participate, presenting every kind of art imaginable!

In 2003, Blue Gum Gallery featured artists:
- Aileen Cormack
- Tamsen Donner
- Christine DeMeo
- Bill Rivas
- Ander Kase
- Don Fluitt

ARTrails 2002, October 2002

ARTrails is sponsored by the Arts Council of Sonoma County, and is a juried Open Studios event that showcases Sonoma County artists every year during the middle two weekends in October. More than 100 artists participate, from Petaluma to Sonoma to Bodega to Healdsburg.

In 2002, Blue Gum Gallery featured artists:
- Monty Monty
- Bill Rivas

Art at the Source 2002, June 2002

Art at the Source is an Open Studios event sponsored by the Sebastopol Center for the Arts to showcase West County artists every year during the first two weekends of June. More than 100 artists participate, presenting every kind of art imaginable!

In 2002, Blue Gum Gallery featured artists:
- Bill Rivas
- Cynthia Hipkiss
- Aileen Cormack
- Ander Kase
- Tamsen Donner
- Elaine Vickery



ARTrails 2001, October 2001

ARTrails is sponsored by the Arts Council of Sonoma County, and is a juried Open Studios event that showcases Sonoma County artists every year during the middle two weekends in October. More than 100 artists participate, from Petaluma to Sonoma to Bodega to Healdsburg.

In 2001, Blue Gum Gallery featured artists:
- Monty Monty
- Bill Rivas

Art at the Source 2001, June 2001

Art at the Source is an Open Studios event sponsored by the Sebastopol Center for the Arts to showcase West County artists every year during the first two weekends of June. More than 100 artists participate, presenting every kind of art imaginable!

In 2001, Blue Gum Gallery featured artists:
- Bill Rivas
- Tamsen Donner

ARTrails 2000, October 2000

ARTrails is sponsored by the Arts Council of Sonoma County, and is a juried Open Studios event that showcases Sonoma County artists every year during the middle two weekends in October. More than 100 artists participate, from Petaluma to Sonoma to Bodega to Healdsburg.

In 2000, Blue Gum Gallery featured artist:
- Bill Rivas


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Art at the Source 2000, June 2000

Art at the Source is an Open Studios event sponsored by the Sebastopol Center for the Arts to showcase West County artists every year during the first two weekends of June. More than 100 artists participate, presenting every kind of art imaginable!

In 2000, Blue Gum Gallery featured artist:
- Bill Rivas


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