Solo Show of paintings by Maxine Solomon January 6, 2012

Exhibit January 6 - March 31; Reception Jan. 6, 6 to 8 pm

EXHIBITION DATES: January 6 through March 31, 2012

RECEPTION FOR THE ARTIST: January 6, 2012 -- 6 to 8pm

GALLERY HOURS: Tuesday - Friday, 11am to 6 pm, Saturday - Noon to 5 pm

Maxine Solomon is a San Francisco painter with a long and varied career.
This solo show of paintings represents new paintings created over the past three years. The show, entitled "The Space of In Between" will consist of approximately 20 oil paintings and will occupy the main space at ArtHaus Gallery.

Solomon is an oil painter with a studio in the Mission District of San Francisco. She has many solo shows and awards to her credit, extensive curatorial experience, and has conducted workshops in the United States and abroad. Her work draws on her experiences traveling and working on 5 continents over a period of 20 years. Conducting workshops with artists in the African bush have greatly influenced her art. She has had many gallery and museum shows in the United States, Africa and Central Asia.

In a process that combines active brush strokes with quiet glazes, she, she uses both additive and subtractive processes to build up to 30 or more layers on each canvas. As she states. "I think, react and speak through my paintings. The paint itself becomes my partner -- its texture, its vibrancy, its very nature becomes a crucial component, enabling me to process and speak of that which I see in our world." The paintings draw the viewer into a world that is at once landscape and imagination. Her canvases, both large and small pay careful attention to surface quality as well as color and form. They speak not only of the beauty of our world, but also of its endangerment.

Preston Metcalf of the Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara, CA states "Her work is pure poetry and as such makes the viewing experience a true reward."

Official Website: http://arthaus-sf.com