Portola Art Gallery Presents “Open Spaces and Quiet Places” — An Exhibition of Landscape Paintings in Pastel and Oil by M

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Portola Art Gallery Presents “Open Spaces and Quiet Places” — An Exhibition of Landscape Paintings in Pastel and Oil by Mary K. Stahl

EXHIBITION: “Open Spaces and Quiet Places” — Pastel and Oil Landscape Paintings by Mary K. Stahl

DATES: April 1-30, 2017

RECEPTION: Saturday, April 22, 1:00 - 4:00 P.M.

LOCATION:
Portola Art Gallery at Allied Arts Guild, 75 Arbor Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, 650.321.0220, http://www.portolaartgallery.com

HOURS: Monday – Saturday, 10:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Mary K. Stahl, http://www.marystahl.com


The Portola Art Gallery presents “Open Spaces and Quiet Places” - an exhibition of landscape paintings in pastel and oil by Mary K. Stahl.

Wide open expanses, as well as small intimate scenes, are featured in this exhibit of Mary K. Stahl's landscape paintings. Inspired by the play of light over the natural landscape, Mary’s quiet paintings offer the viewer a welcomed respite from the daily grind.

Mary earned her B.A. in art at West Liberty State College (now University) in West Virginia. After moving to the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1970's, she taught children's arts and crafts classes at Palo Alto’s Junior Museum and coordinated the children’s noontime art studio at Fairmeadow Elementary School in Palo Alto. She also worked as a special education aide, helping handicapped children learn through art-making.

Taking a lengthy detour from the art/education world, Mary joined SRI International and eventually became the manager of Internet host and domain registrations at the ARPA/DDN Network Information Center. She worked for several years at NASA Ames on the NASA Network Information Center project, and at Nominum in Redwood City doing technical documentation, web design and graphic design, before finally returning to the wonderful world of fine art.

Mary is a signature member of the Pastel Society of the West Coast, and her work has been displayed at the Haggin Museum in Stockton, the Triton Museum in Santa Clara, and the Butler Museum of Art in Youngstown, OH. She has participated in several plein air painting events, including the prestigious Carmel Art Festival, where she was presented with the Emerging Artist award in 2011. More information about Mary and her work is available online at http://www.marystahl.com.

About Portola Art Gallery
Portola Art Gallery exhibits high quality, representational art by 17 award-winning Bay Area artists. Painting, pastel, photography and ceramics can be viewed at the gallery, located at the historic Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park, CA.

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http://www.portolaartgallery.com

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650-321-0220