Valley Art Gallery

Featured Artist DEE TIVENAN LAYERS OF THE HEART Through July 25... Join us for a Reception Sunday, June 27, 4 - 6 pm

Barrels painted silk (30 x 16) by Susan Helmer, who is incorporating her love of textiles and beads into her painting. After a painting is completed and steamed the silk is then embroidered with thread and/or beads.

Whoever said money can’t buy happiness, didn’t know where to shop. - Gertrude Stein. New artwork in the Neiman Marcus windows on Main Street & Broadway Blvd. in Walnut Creek, CA.

Check out the beautiful quilting and mixed media artwork by Denise Oyama Miller now hanging in the windows at Neiman Marcus in downtown Walnut Creek.

Fishin, an expressive watercolor painting by Kathleen Stumpfel could be a tribute to your Dad, this Father’s Day. Visit Valley Art Gallery to discover what’s new!

Deborah Benioff Friedman is an artist and veterinarian living in the San Francisco East Bay Area. She works with a variety of materials, mostly repurposed. This one is made with mulberry paper and called Lysis.

Alviso adobe, acrylic on canvas, 13x 13 by Nancy Roberts, an avid plein air painter, art instructor and retired architect. Nancy’s crisp lines and joyful color put a fresh new spin on the landscape tradition. * Did you know the Alviso Adobe in Pleasanton is a rare surviving example of an early American adobe?

Kelly Claussen’s jewelry grabs your attention because the hand selected beads are one-of-a-kind with amazing color and texture.

Mindy Bush captures her emotions through color, composition and movement. In her recent work, she has been expanding her techniques by using only palette knives. She strives to achieve an overall effect of richness, depth and looser representation. Blue Bowl, 18 x 22 inch oil painting. #mindybush

Walter’s Scramble, is an acrylic collage measuring 30 x 30 inches. Walter Crew paints every day. What creative activity do you do each day?

Propagate monotype / watercolor 25 x 15 by Shari Arai DeBoer who says: I am a close observer of plant life and everyday objects and use them to evoke visual stories in my artwork.

If you’re in the East Bay, Donna Dickey’s Lone Diablo Oak is what Summer looks like here; the beautiful golden hills dotted with old oak trees. This oil on canvas (18 x 24) will be a welcomed addition to any living space.

Art is about communicating a point of view, conveying a mood, evoking emotion in the viewer. Says acrylic painter Julie Armstrong. Looking at Secret Garden by Armstrong, we feel calm and peaceful. What emotion comes to you?

Hidden Treasures acrylic 24 x 30 by Connie Ryan. About her painting process Ryan says: I usually start a painting with an image or a feeling, but if the painting goes in another direction, I follow it, giving the painting permission to be itself.

Perfect Day oil on linen 18 x 22 by our Featured Artist Catherine Fasciato. We want to wish all of our friends and followers a perfect day and a wonderful week!

Gina Koenig loves the immediacy of collecting plants and creating monotype prints the same day. She is aspired to continue experimenting with natural materials to share the wonders of nature with her viewers. Gallery hours are limited but our website is available 24/7.

Did you visit our recent show of oil paintings by Catherine Fasciato and Nancy Meadens’ Ceramics? Have you noticed the beautiful detail on this bowl with a lid? All pieces are handmade, hand painted and signed by the artist. They are oven proof & microwaveable. Exhibit ends on November 7th.

Avian Eden , linocut 20x 16 by Arline Reimann. Did you know she is listed in Who's Who in American Art and Who's Who in America, and has exhibited across the USA and Europe?

Ruth Beeve is a native Californian, and as such has an endless supply of inspiring places to paint. One such place is the high country of the Sierra Nevada Mountains known as "The Range of Light". She paints with oils and watercolors either on location or in the studio of her Concord home. * Holding On, oil on canvas 19 x 25 How are YOU holding on? We’re all in this together...come visit!