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"I make art to pay tribute to the spirit within. I use the body, born of Earth, |
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Media: Sculpture: Ceramic, Bronze . Painting: Watercolor . Photography . Monotype Prints
Born: Rochester, N.Y. 7/26/47; 1969 BS Cornell University, Clothing/Textiles; San Francisco State, Sculpture: Steven DeStaebler; Private Study, Photography: Lars Speyer; Painting: Paul Pratchenko |
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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:2018, Cafe Borrone, Menlo Park, CA, "What's Next", Watercolors, Giclee Prints. 2016, Ridge Vineyards, Montebello Rd, Cupertino, CA, "Life Cycle of the Vine", watercolors 2016, Galleria della Stanza 245, Reinhardt, Mills College, Oakland, CA, "Montepulciano", watercolors 2016, CattleTrack Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ. "Just Imagine" Watercolor Paintings, Bronze Sculpture, Book 2015, Galleria Dell’Opio 27, Montepulciano, Italy, “Montepulciano Nei Miei Occhi”, Watercolor Paintings 2015, Cafe Borrone, Menlo Park, CA, “Just Imagine”, watercolor paintings 2014, Hair by Monique, Palo Alto, CA, “Foothills Park” watercolor paintings 2013, Brava Theatre, San Francisco, CA, “Resurrection of She”, Paintings, Posters of Rhodessa Jones 2012, Hair by Monique, Palo Alto, CA, “Sunrise, Sunset” watercolor paintings 2010, Sargent Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA, “Photolution”, Photos, “Storyteller” Ceramic Sculpture, “Blue Stories” acrylic paintings, banners, pages from "Photolution" book 2008, Chow, San Francisco, CA, “Watercolor Paintings and Prints”, Prints, Watercolor Paintings 2007, Mike’s Café, Palo Alto, CA, “Fruit in the Landscape: Boats and Water”, Prints, Watercolor Paintings 2006, Mike’s Café, Menlo Park, CA, “Fruit in the Landscape”, Prints of watercolors 2006, West Valley Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ, “Alaska Suite” portfolio plus watercolors 2006, Studio Place Arts, Barre VT, “Palm Reading”, watercolor; “Hands in Clover”, photo 2004, Cattle Track Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, “Alaska Suite”, Publication, Watercolor Paintings 2003, Café Borrone, Menlo Park, CA, “From One-A-Days”, Watercolor Paintings 1999, Sculpture House and Gardens, Carmel Highlands, CA, “Five Women”, life-size Bronze 1999, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA, “Five Women”, life-size Bronze Sculpture 1999, San Jose City College, San Jose, CA, “Facets: Five Women”, life-size Bronzes, painting 1995, Richard Sumner Gallery, Palo Alto, CA, “Erato”, life-size Bronze Sculpture 1993-4, Holmes Gallery, San Jose, CA, Sculpture, Watercolors 1992, Sushi Gallery, San Diego, CA, “The Blue Stories”, “Rhodessian Suite”, 9-4x8’ paintings 1991, Zen Center, San Francisco, CA, “Sakyamuni Buddha: A Story”, Ink/Wash Drawings 1990, Mission College, Santa Clara, CA, “Sakyamuni Buddha: A Story”, Ceramic Sculpture 1990, 3-Com Corp., Santa Clara, CA, Lobby Exhibit, “Maiden”, ”Matron” Ceramic Sculpture 1990, Inst. of Buddhist Studies, Berkeley, CA, “Sakyamuni Buddha: A Story”, Ceramic panels 1988, National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester, NY, “Hand Signals”, Watercolors 1987, Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose, CA, “Mythic Site/Daily Sights”, Retrospective Exhibit of Sculpture, Watercolor Painting. 1987, Watercourse Way, Palo Alto, CA, “Dream Shower”, Ceramic Fountain, Watercolors 1986, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA, “Three Ages of Women”, Ceramic Sculpture 1985, St. Michael’s Alley, Palo Alto, CA, “Three Suites in Two Rooms” Watercolor :silk, paper 1983, 833 LaPara, Palo Alto, CA, “Hands”, Archetypal Ceramic Sculpture 1982, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, “Hands”, Ceramic Sculpture 1981, St. Michael’s Alley, Palo Alto, CA, “Bodies”, Watercolor Paintings |
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:2018, Coastal Art League, Annual Member Show, watercolor painting 2017, Milton Marks Gallery, San Francisco, CA, WCA, “Visions”, 2 large watercolor paintings 2017, Triton Museum of Art, Salon Juried Exhibition, “Cloud Race” watercolor painting 2017, Coastal Art League, Half Moon Bay, CA, Southwest Show, watercolor paintings 2017, San Mateo Library, WCA, “Out of the Comfort Zone”, monotype prints 2017, Pacific Art League, Member Show, watercolor painting 2017, Coastal Art League, Member Show, Watercolor painting 2017, Coastal Art League, "WCA< "New Work", Giclee Prints 2017, Coastal Art League, "California Coast", watercolor painting 2016, San Mateo City Hall Art Gallery, WCA, “Out of the Comfort Zone”, monotype prints 2016, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA, 95th Anniversary Exhibition, “Storm”, watercolor painting 2016, WCAPeninsula, Redwood Shores Library, Redwood City, CA, “Identity”, watercolor paintings 2016, WCASiliconValley, Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, San Jose, CA, “Intentions”, Watercolor Paintings 2016, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA.86th Annual Land/Sea Exhibit, “Cloud Race”, Watercolor 2016, Coastal Art League, Half Moon Bay, CA, 31st Annual Juried Show, Watercolor Painting 2016, Peninsula Art Institute Gallery, Burlingame, CA, “Seasons of Life” Watercolor Paintings 2015, Trianon Theatre Art Gallery, San Jose, CA, “New Beginnings”, “Air, Earth, Fire, Water” Painting 2015, San Jose History Park, San Jose, CA, “Air, Earth, Fire, Water”, Paintings, with poetry by Nils Peterson 2015, San Mateo City Hall, San Mateo, CA, “Breaking Ground”, “Poppy”, Delphinium”, Watercolor 2015, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA, 85th Ann.Landscape Show, “Knitting Needles, Watercolor 2015, Bankhead Theater, Livermore, CA, SWAN Day Exhibition, “Knitting Needles”, Watercolor paintings 2015, Peninsula Art Institute, Burlingame, CA, “Seasons of Life”, WCA, Watercolor Painting 2014-15, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA, “Triton Salon” Juried Show, “Knitting Needles”,Watercolor 2014-15, Coastal Art League, Half Moon Bay, CA, 30th Annual Juried Show, “Sipapu”, Watercolor 2014-15, WCA, Peninsula Art Inst.,Burlingame, CA,”Seasons of Life” Show, “Easel”, Watercolor 2014, WCA, Coastal Art League, Half Moon Bay, CA,”Water” Show, “Keyboard”, Watercolor Painting 2014, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA, “In a Golden State” Juried, “Knitting Needles”, “Table” 2014, Coastal Art League,, Half Moon Bay, CA, Members Show, “Ahihi Kinau”, Watercolor Painting 2014, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA, Members Show, “Wine”, Watercolor Painting 2014, WCA, Daly City City Hall, Daly City, CA, “New Beginnings” Show, “Awakening”, Watercolor 2014, Galleria Hugo Anaya, Guanajuato, Mexico,“Feed the World”,“Nectar for the Goddess”,Monotype Prints 2013-14, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA, Statewide Competition, “Sipapu”, “Table” Watercolor Paintings 2013-14, Coastal Art League, Half Moon Bay, CA, Juried Show, “Pencil Lines”, Watercolor Painting 2013, WCA, Palo Alto, CA, Member Show, “Wine”, Watercolor Painting 2013, WCA, Coastal Art League, Half Moon Bay, CA, “Color” Exhibit, “Red Suit”, Watercolor Painting 2013, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA, “Local Essence” Show, “Crane”, Watercolor Painting 2013, Coastal Art League, Half Moon Bay,CA, “Small Wonders” Show, “Palms”, Watercolor Painting 2013, Santa Clara City Hall, Santa Clara, CA, Indoor Sculpture Exhibit, “Birth of Venus” Bronze Sculpture 2012, WCA Member Show, Palo Alto, CA,“Marionette” Watercolor Painting 2012, Coastal Art League, Half Moon Bay, CA, Juried Show, “Buddha Sunrise”, Watercolor Painting 2012, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA, Best of the Central Coast, “Sylph”, Watercolor Painting 2012, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA, “Secret Gardens” Show, “Bouquet Bodhisattva”, Watercolor 2012, Casa Colonial, Oaxaca, Mexico, Monotype Workshop Exhibition, “Goddesses”, Monotype Prints 2012, San Mateo County Fair, San Mateo, CA, “Quilt”, Second Prize, Paintings on Fabric Quilt 2012, Coastal Art Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA, “Untitled”,Watercolor Painting 2012, SBAWCA :“40 Watts”, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA,Watercolor Painting 2012, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA, Best of the Central Coast, Watercolor Painting 2011, Coastal Art Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA, “Glass Falls”,Watercolor Painting 2011, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA, Best of the Central Coast, Watercolor Painting 2011, Coastal Art Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA, Watercolor Painting 2011, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA, “Scapes”, National Competition/Exhibit,“Glass Falls”, Watercolor 2011, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA, National Exhibit: Works on Paper, “Quilt”,Watercolor 2011, Coastal Art Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA, “Quilt”, Watercolor, Honorable Mention 2009, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, California, 79th Statewide Exhibit: Contemporary Landscape Painters of California, Watercolor Paintings 2009, Santa Clara Biennial Indoor Sculpture Exhibition, Santa Clara, CA, Sculpture 2008, Jesuit School of Theology, Berkeley, CA, “Beauty The Color of Truth”, Sculpture,Watercolor 2008, Santa Cruz Art League, Member’s Exhibit, Santa Cruz, CA, Watercolor Painting 2007, SBAWCA, Los Altos Library, Los Alto, CA, “Just for Fun”, Watercolor Painting 2007, Santa Clara Biennial Sculpture Exhibition, Santa Clara, CA, “Reclining Shell” bronze 2007, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA, “Statewide Watercolor”, “Window Shade” Watercolor 2004, Tressider Union, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, SBAWCA, Watercolor Painting 2003, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA, “A Woman’s Place”, SBAWCA, Watercolor 2002, Biennial Watercolor Show, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA, “Vilandry”, Watercolor Painting 2001, Santa Clara Biennial Sculpture Exhibition, Santa Clara, CA, “Storyteller”, “Piece of Cake”, Ceramic 2001. Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA, “Making Her Mark”, SBAWCA, Watercolor 2001, Aspect Communications, San Jose, CA, Nine Watercolor Paintings 2000, 3-Com Corporation, Milpitas, CA, Nine Watercolor Paintings 2000, Quantum, Milpitas, CA, “Dream Arches”, ”Piece of Cake”, ”Storyteller”, ”Couch Tomatoes”, Ceramic 1999, ColorMagic, San Francisco, CA, “Dream Arches”, “Piece of Cake”, “Storyteller”, Ceramic Sculpture 1996, Koret Gallery, Palo Alto, CA, “Piece of Cake”, Ceramic Sculpture 1996, Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA, “Hands”, Archetypal Ceramic Sculpture 1995, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco Open Studio; Sculpture, Watercolors |
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS, CONTINUED:1994, Works Gallery, San Jose, CA, WCA Group Show, “Nut and the Bodhi Frog”, Sculpture 1993, Synopsis Corporation, Mountain View, CA, “Piece of Cake”, Ceramic Sculpture 1992, Bade Museum, Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA,“Sakyamuni Buddha: A Story” Ceramic 1991, Bade, Museum, Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA, Ceramic Sculpture 1990, Ford Aerospace, San Jose, CA, Ceramic Sculpture 1990, Loral Corporation, San Jose, CA, “Hand Signals”, Watercolor Paintings 1990, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA, WCA Poets and Artists Show, “Temple of Mind”, Ceramic 1989, Ogle Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA, “Contemporary CA Women Artists”, Ceramic Sculpture 1989, Metro Gallery, Foster City, CA, “Framed Figures: Altar to Venus”, Ceramic Sculpture 1988, Cadence Corporation, San Jose, CA, Ceramic Sculptures 1988, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA, “Women Artists ‘88”, “Dream Arches”, Ceramic Sculpture 1988, Natsuolos-Novelozo GalleryDavis, CA, Ceramic Sculpture 1986, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA, “She”, “Dream Shower”, Ceramic Fountain 1985, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA, “Celebration of Sculpture”, Ceramic Sculpture 1985, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Surrealist Show, “Sleeping Butte” Ceramic Sculpture 1985, Clock Tower, Benecia, CA, “Benecia Art Explosion”, Ceramic Sculpture 1984, Civic Center, San Francisco, CA, “Arts Festival”, Ceramic Sculpture 1978, Precita Park Café, San Francisco, CA, “Mothers and Children”, Photography,Sculpture 1976, Palo Alto Studio Show, Palo Alto, CA, “Exposures”, Photography, Sculpture 1975, Women’s Fine Arts Invitational, Palo Alto, CA, Watercolor Painting, Photography |
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WORK IN THE COLLECTION OF:Bruce and Ellie Heister, Palo Alto, CA, “Easel”, commissioned watercolor painting Barkley Fields, Woodside, CA, “Barkley”, commissioned 1 ½ x life-size Bronze Sculpture Insight Meditation Center of the Mid-Peninsula, Redwood City, CA, “Mahapajapati”, Bronze Sculpture Dan and Sally Kranzler, Bellevue, WA, “Tree of Life”, “Erato”,” Observer”, life-size bronze Zen Center Hospice, San Francisco, CA, ”Buddha’s Death”, Large Ceramic Relief Sculpture Palo Alto Buddhist Temple, Palo Alto, CA, “Sakyamuni Buddha: A Story”, Ink/Wash Paintings Frank Koch, Half Moon Bay, CA, Ceramic Tile Installation Andrea Goodkin, Redwood City, CA, “The Maiden”, The Matron”, Ceramic Sculptures Apple Computer, Cupertino, CA, “Cambridge Award”, Bronze/Acrylic Sculpture Museum of Modern Art, Theo Jung Collection, San Francisco, CA, Color Photographs Hall Kelley Organization, Sunnyvale, CA, Portrait Bust of F. Hall Kelley, Bronze Sculpture Antic Publishing, San Francisco, CA, “Six Yellow Cylinders”, Ceramic Sculpture |
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PUBLICATIONS:2015, AIR EARTH FIRE WATER, Painting/Poetry Collaboration with Poet Nils Peterson, Skymuseum Publications, Palo Alto, CA, 28 Watercolor Paintings, Book Design 2015, SHE APPEARS. Sandy Boucher, Goddess-Ink, Berkeley, CA, Watercolor Paintings 2015-1992, INQUIRING MIND, Spring, Fall, on-going illustrations, Watercolor Paintings 2006, COASTAL NIGHTS & INLAND AFTERNOONS, Al Young, Angel City Press, CA, Cover 2004, ALASKA SUITE, Portfolio of 14 Prints of Watercolors, Cattle Track Press, Scottsdale, AZ 2003, THE MONTHLY, Emeryville, CA, Nov. Issue, “Shell Mound Shaman”, Watercolor 1999, SUZANNE’S STUDIO, video interview, Foothill Studios, Los Altos, CA, 2-30 min. seg. 1997, HANDBUILT CERAMICS, Kathy Triplett, Altamont Press, Inc, Ashville, NC,” “Three Ages of Women”, Ceramic Sculpture, page 135 1997, COLLAGE, video interview, Burlingame TV, Burlingame, CA, 30 min. segment 1996, JOURNAL OF SACRED FEMININE WISDOM”, Wheel of Life”, “Hands” 1996, CORNELL FOCUS, Cover Photo, “Hands”, Ceramic Sculpture 1996, CORNELL HUMAN ECOLOGY NEWS, “A Life-sized Dream” by Will Burbank 1996, CONJUGAL VISITS by Al Young, Creative Arts Book Co., Berkeley, CA., ‘Storyteller” 1996, CERAMICS MONTHLY, February, “Lorraine Capparell”, Up Front, by Anne Telford 1996, THE SPIRIT OF CLAY by Paul Piepenberg, Pebble Press, Farmington Hills, MI, “Three Ages of Women”, Ceramic Sculpture 1995, PENINSULA LIVING, 8/4 San Jose Mercury News, “A Dream Becomes Real”, by Anne Telford 1992, WIND BELL, Winter, Zen Center, SF , Essay and Ceramic Relief “Life of the Buddha 1991, SCULPTING CLAY by Leon Nigrosh, Davis Pub., Worcester, MA, “Sleeping Butte “ 1991, TURNING WHEEL, Summer, review by Susan Moon of ETHICS OF ENLIGHTENMENT by Ron Nakasone, “Her simple fluid style goes well with the text”. |
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PUBLICATIONS, CONTINUED:1990, ETHICS OF ENLIGHTENMENT by Ronald Nakasone, Dharma Cloud Pub., Fremont, CA, 14 Ink/Wash drawings depicting the story of the life of the Buddha 1989, NO CALIFORNIA HOME AND GARDEN MAGAZINE, June, ART by Anne Telford “her work is rich in archetypal female imagery, dreams and Buddhist symbology”. 1988, WOMENSPIRIT SOURCEBOOK, ed. by Patrice Wynne, Harper & Row, SF, CA, “Hands”, “Three Ages of Women”, photos, text 1987, DREAMS ARE WISER THAN MEN, ed. by Richard Russo, North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, CA, “Hands” color photo, back cover, and pages 312-313 1986, PENINSULA TIMES TRIBUNE, Calendar Magazine, July 6, by Janet Tyson, “…Three Ages of Women” ….is a mysterious, beckoning presence in the outdoor sculpture garden…merge female curves with a sense of monumental strength…”, cover story 1986, OAKLAND TRIBUNE Art Scene, March 8, Charles Shere: “Lorraine Capparell’s ‘Dream Shower’” 1985, ART WELL Magazine of Creative Arts, Spring, Volume II, , “Visionary Art-Surrealism”, “The Queen”, Ceramic Sculpture, cover photograph |
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ART RELATED EXPERIENCE:42 years freelance Graphic Designer; 39 years freelance Photographer: 2018-1980, Graphic Designer, Photographer, Member, Board of Directors, CULTURAL ODYSSEY: Music, Dance and Theater with Rhodessa Jones and Idris Akamoor, San Francisco, CA 2018-1985, Daily Watercolor Painting discipline 2014-18, Italian Language Intensives: Venice, Genoa, Lucca, 2X Montepulciano, Italy; 2X Mills College, Oakland 2014, Travel to India and Japan, studying Buddhist art, architecture, sculpture, ceramics 2016-2010, Annual Monotype Workshop Participation, Glen Roger’s Studio, Mazatlan,Oaxaca,Guanajuato,Mexico and Lima, Peru 2012, Second Place, San Mateo Co Fair, San Mateo, CA, “Quilt”, Watercolor Paintings printed on Fabric and Quilted 2013, Travel to China: Szechuan, Singapore, studying Buddhist art, architecture and sculpture 2012, Travel to Thailand, Cambodia and Bali to study Buddhist, Hindu art and sculpture 2011, Buddhist Pilgrimage, India and Nepal, studying Buddhist, Hindu art 2011, Coastal Art Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA, “Quilt”, Watercolor, Honorable Mention 2009, Award of Merit, Santa Clara Indoor Sculpture Exhibition, “The Crone Enthroned” 2007, Certificate of Merit, CA Statewide Watercolor Competition/Exhibition,“Window Shade” 2001, First Prize, Santa Clara Sculpture Exhibition, “Storyteller”, ceramic sculpture Certificate of Merit, Santa Clara Sculpture Exhibition, “Piece of Cake”, ceramic 2001, Travel to Asia (Viet Nam and Yunnan, China) studying Buddhist and ethnic art. 1991, Northern Kentucky University: Taught workshop: large-scale ceramics, myths, dreams 1989, Mid-Atlantic College Art Assoc. Conference, Cincinnati, OH, Guest Panelist: “Inspiration, Meditation and the Making of Art” 1987, One of four finalists, $50,000 Sculpture Commission, San Francisco, CA 1986-87, Travel to Asia studying Buddhist, Hindu sculpture, painting, temple architecture 1983, Travel to Asia (Sri Lanka, Nepal, Burma, Japan and Hong Kong), study Buddhist art. |
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650.493.2869 | LorraineCapparell@skymuseum.com |
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