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NEWS ARCHIVES LINKS Patricia on myspace
Photo by Jeffrey Nemenzo @ Double Punch Gallery
NEWS PAGE:
Exhibitions News:
At this time I have the following confirmed exhibitions:
Solo Show at Seyhoun Gallery, Los Angeles. April 2010. Opening: Saturday, April 17th.
Delicious Annual Group Show, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Opening: Sunday, May 9th, 2-6pm.
This exhibition will be held from May 5th - June 6th.
Group Show, International Contemporary Masters 2010, Vol. III, Southern Nevada Museum of Fine Art, Las Vegas, June 2010.
Opening: Saturday, June 19th. Exhibition will be held from June 19th - September 4th.
Two Person Show at San Francisco's historic Old Mint, in collaboration with the San Francisco Museum and Historical Society. Fall 2010
Stay tuned!
Book Publication News:
My painting, Metamorphosis II, has been included in new book entitled, International Contemporary Masters 2010, Volume III, by World Wide Art Books. Curator, Despina Tunberg. This book features over 230 artists around the globe, and will be published in January 2010. The Book Release and Group exhibition will be held at Southern Nevada Museum of Fine Art, in Las Vegas, June 2010. Book will be available for purchase at Amazon.com, Borders, Barnes & Nobles Bookstores as of January 2010. You can find my work and bio on page 27, "Araujo". Go to this link to view Book Preview.
To view past exhibits, check ARCHIVES section.
BOOK RELEASE: SOMA SEEN - Available for purhcase online and at William Stout Architectural Books in San Francisco!
SOMA SEEN- Featuring paintings and drawings by Patricia Araujo of the South of Market Architecture
For those interested in SOMA SEEN and to learn more go to: SOMA SEEN
If you have any inquiries, exhibition opportunities, pricing requests/comments/feedback, etc, feel free to leave me a message here, and I shall get in touch with you within two working days.
Thank you for visiting Abstract Metropolis!
Patricia Araujo
Photo by Karina Marie Diaz.
ARCHIVES - LIST OF PAST EXHIBITS:
Click on the following list to view past exhibitions and news:
9th Annual SFAI Winter Art & Gift Fair
SOMA SEEN
"HEART OF THE CITY"
News for January 2008
News for July 2007
News for October 2006
News for September 2006
News for August Part One - 2005
News for August Part Two - 2005
News for May 2005
News for March 2005
News for February 2005
News for January 2005
News for May 2004
News for March 2004
News for February 2004
News for 2003
News for November 2001
News for December 2001
Patricia on myspace
Patricia @ ARTslant
Artists:
Alexander Thynn
Jean-Francois Albert
Yun Bai
Brian Barneclo
Adam Blue
Adam Cahoon
Kristin Calabrese
Kim Cogan
Symona Colina
Chloe Early
Ala Ebtekar
Mark Ellinger
Carla Falb
Ana Teresa Fernandez
David Garavito
Raylene Gorum
Kira Inglis
Ilan Itach
Karolina Jacklewicz
Caitlin Karolczak
Ruth Kneass
Ilan Laks
Laurie Lipton
Irving Norman
Jeffrey Nemenzo
Yoshiko McFarland
Maria McLaughlin
Jeremy Morgan
Brian Douglas Morrison
Wilma Parker
David Platford
Yuri Psinakis
Brett Reichman
Alejandro Rivera
Jean-Pierre Roy
Grant Searl
Mona Caron
Nathan Spoor
Terry St. John
Sander Steins-Visual Clash
Micke Tong
Beth Waldman
Jereon Witvliet
Alan Wray
Photographers:
Colette Photography
Karina Marie Diaz
George Csicsery – Zala Films
Josef Hoflehner
Mike Humbert
Marc Thomas Kallweit
JM Reed
Alexander Trejo
Galleries/museums/institutions, etc:
Alla Prima Studio
Alphonse Berber Gallery
American Institute of Architects, San Francisco
Arcadia Fine Arts
AR+ SPACE Gallery
ArtBusiness.com
Art Room Galeria
Artists Alley Fine Art Gallery
ArtSlant.com
Audio Cinema.org
California College of the Arts
California Historical Society Museum
California Society of Pioneers
Camorra Fine Art
Coos Bay Art Museum
DA Arts
Fecal Face
Fine Art Museums of San Francisco
Fox Theatre, San Francisco
Galeria Riegner
Gray Area Gallery
Hang Art
Hibernia Center for the Arts
Johansson Projects
Locks Gallery
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
Modern Painters
Museum of the City of San Francisco
National Museum of Women in the Arts
North of Market and Tenderloin Community Benefit District
Pigman Gallery
Phyllis Stein Art
Phillip de Fury
Rare Gallery
Salomon Arts
San Francisco Architectural Heritage
San Francisco Art Institute
San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Museum and Historical Society
Seyhoun Gallery
SFMOMA
Squarecylinder
Southern Nevada Museum of Fine Art
Stella Tango
Studio Gallery
Thomas Reynolds Gallery
Walter and McBean Gallery
Wiegand Gallery
William Stout Architectural Books
Vampira's Attic
Companies/places/web design services, etc:
Unu2.com
19d.org
J Grant Design
Make Architects
Westfield San Francisco Shopping Centre
Longleat
Bonfire Communications
Beyond Chron.org
Chelsea Cooper Designs
Sunshine International
SkycraperPage
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9th Annual SFAI Winter Art & Gift Fair
I participated and showcased my small works at SFAI Winter Sale.
I presented paintings of the architecture of Soma/Mid-Market districts, futuristic landscapes,and works inspired by Jacques Torres chocolate storefront and cityscape of Brooklyn, NY.The art fair was well received with consistent flow of visitors and collectors.
Thank you to those who attended the fair. It was a fun day!
Below are photos from the event:
Photo below: Dear friend and Art Critic, Jerome Tarshis
Photo below: Patricia's wall & booth display of her paintings
Photo below: Jon and Pilar Pheils
Photos below: Courtesy by San Francisco Photographer, Barry Calero.
Patricia re-arranging her display booth
Photos below: Photography by Barry Calero
Patricia among friends...
Photo below: Wilma Parker and Patricia
Photo above: Painting by Patricia Araujo, Enchanted Brooklyn IV, oil on panel.
May you all have a wonderful holiday season.
Patricia
BOOK RELEASE: SOMA SEEN
Paintings and Drawings by Patricia Araujo of San Francisco’s South of Market
While living in the South of Market, Patricia Araujo was a witness to many of the changes taking place in this redeveloping neighborhood. Her fascination with domes, towers, sacred and municipal structures began with daily observations of the Golden Gate Theatre at Sixth and Market. Her beautiful book gracefully captures the mixture of architectural styles characteristic of downtown San Francisco in the twenty-first century.
“Araujo echoes the discipline and practicality of architectural drawing but also evokes the surreal quality of Giorgio De Chirico's urban dreamscapes. Her paintings and drawings portray such survivors of Beaux-Arts San Francisco as the Hibernia Bank building, the Palace Hotel, and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church at Folsom and Seventh Streets as being at once old and new”.
“In this book, as in downtown San Francisco, the nineteenth century lives on in the service of the twenty-first. All that is left of The Emporium, a department store built in the 1890s, is its splendid classical dome, which sits atop the almost parodistically classicizing interior of the Westfield San Francisco shopping center.”
“Araujo reminds us that the buildings of our cities' commercial neighborhoods were architects' fantasies before they became assertive new realities and then, after the passage of time, objects of nostalgia. All three stages of that evolution live side by side in this book. These paintings and drawings depict praiseworthy examples of San Francisco architecture, some utilitarian and others grandly ornamental. The book as a whole reaffirms the city's daydream of itself as a uniquely beautiful amalgam of past and present.” Jerome Tarshis, Art Critic
Patricia Araujo’s SOMA SEEN Book Release will coincide with the upcoming two person art exhibit titled “Heart of the City” – an exhibition of paintings and drawings by Patricia Araujo and photographs by Mark Ellinger. The show is a tribute to the beauty and splendor of decaying and abandoned architecture and iconic city landmarks that distinguish the Tenderloin, mid-Market Street and 6th Street/SoMa. The North of Market/Tenderloin Community Benefit District, and in celebration of its new offices, is pleased to host this exhibition at 134 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco. The opening will be held on November 21st, from 6 to 9pm, and this exhibit will run through April 11th, 2009. Visiting Hours: Fridays, 2-5pm and by appointment, call (415) 440-7570. Web:http://www.nom-tlcbd.org/
SOMA SEEN presents 13 drawings and 22 paintings, dated from 2002 to present, and full color illustrations. Also accompanied are candid photos by Patricia of the places which in turn became the basis for the SOMA series. All art work, text and photography by Patricia Araujo. Foreword by Wilma Parker. (80 pages total).
SOMA SEEN is sold via internet, and this book can be shipped internationally by purchasing online. If you contact me here, I will be glad to place order on your behalf and sign your book!
2009 NEWS: As of March 2009, SOMA SEEN is also available for purchase at the California Historical Society Store, located at 678 Mission Street, San Francisco, and at William Stout Architectural Books, located at 804 Montgomery Street, San Francisco.
Although as of September, 2009, the California Historical Society store had to close, yet thankfully their museum is till open for business, offering beautiful and interesting exhibitions.
For any inquiries, comments, feel free to contact me here
For those interested in purchasing SOMA SEEN online, and/or go to: SOMA SEEN
HEART OF THE CITY: Paintings, Drawings and Photographs of San Francisco's Central City -
Two Person Art Exhibit and Book Release - Patricia Araujo and Mark Ellinger
Exhibit has extended its duration through April 11th, 2009!
P R E S S R E L E A S E:
"HEART OF THE CITY"
The North of Market/Tenderloin Community Benefit District, to celebrate the opening of its new offices at 134 Golden Gate Avenue, is pleased to announce “HEART OF THE CITY”, an exhibition of paintings and drawings by Patricia Araujo and photography by Mark Ellinger. The opening reception will be 21 November 2008, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at 134 Golden Gate. Featuring new work by both artists, the show is a tribute to the beauty and splendor of decaying and abandoned architecture and iconic City landmarks that distinguish the Tenderloin, mid-Market Street and Sixth Street/SoMa.
While living in the South of Market, Patricia Araujo was a witness to many of the changes taking place in this redeveloping neighborhood. Her fascination with domes, towers, sacred and municipal structures began with daily observations of the Golden Gate Theatre at Sixth and Market. Mark Ellinger has lived in San Francisco since 1968, residing on Sixth Street and in the Tenderloin since 2001. He has devoted the past five-and-a-half years to documenting central city SROs, theaters and abandoned architecture. The artists are united by their admiration of such structures as the Golden Gate Theatre, the Furniture & Carpets building (6th and Market), PG&E power plant (6th and Jessie) and the Hibernia Bank building at Jones and Market, a source of controversy for many years. Enchanted by the magnificent presence of these sites, both Patricia and Mark have been galvanized by a desire to preserve the architectural heritage and historical identity of San Francisco’s central city neighborhoods. This exhibit will be the artists’ first joint show and the opening will coincide with the release of Patricia’s book, SOMA SEEN, which features drawings and paintings of South of Market architecture, and Up from the Deep Part Two:Mid-Market Street, the first published volume of Mark’s Hotel Project.
To learn more about the artists and their work, please visit their websites: www.AbstractMetropolis.com (Patricia Araujo) and http://upfromthedeep.wordpress.com (Mark Ellinger).
TO VIEW PHOTOS FROM THE OPENING, visit this link:
http://picasaweb.google.com/metropolis137/HeartOfTheCity
TO READ CURRENT PRESS AND REVIEWS ABOUT THE EXHIBIT, follow these links:
Heart of the City/SOMA SEEN, ARTslant, dated January 28th, 2009, by Wilma Parker
Resuscitating the Heart of San Francisco, by Heather Knight, SF Chronicle, dated December 24, 2008
"Heart of the City": Structures Built to Last, by Reyhan Harmanci, SF Chronicle, dated November 27th, 2008.
Review in ArtBusiness.com, November 21st Issue, "Heart of the City" by Alan Bamberger, 2008
Tenderloin CBD Gets New Office; Art Exhibit Tonight!, by Paul Hogarth, November 21st, 2008 @ Beyondchron.org
"Heart of the City", SF Bay Guardian Weekly Pick for November 21st, 2008. by Michelle Broder Van Dyke (read below):
SF BAY GUARDIAN BEST WEEKLY PICK
EVENT/VISUAL ART – November 2008
"Heart of the City"
Patricia Araujo and Mark Ellinger have resided in the areas showcased in their art: SoMa, Sixth Street, mid-Market Street, and uptown Tenderloin District. Araujo paints and draws with a fixation on the tops of buildings, as evidenced by silhouettes of domes, towers, spears, clocks, even the pattern of the cross atop the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Ellinger began photographing single room occupancy hotels about five years ago with a one-megapixel digital camera rescued from the garbage. His knowledge of photography has grown rapidly since then, but his obsession has remained fixed on these small rooms — their insides and outsides. Both Araujo and Ellinger search for the stories within these places of constant flux that some people want to tear down. (Michelle Broder Van Dyke)
To view Mark Ellinger's new book, entitled, Up from the Deep, Part Two: Mid Market Street, click here:
Patricia Araujo's SOMA SEEN is sold via internet, and this book can be shipped internationally by purchasing online. If you contact me here. I will be glad to place order on your behalf and sign your book!
MARCH 2009 NEWS:
As of March 2009, SOMA SEEN is also available for purchase at the California Historical Society Store,
located at 678 Mission Street, San Francisco, and at William Stout Architectural Books, located at 804 Montgomery Street, San Francisco.
For any inquiries, comments, feel free to contact me here.
To purchase online, click on banner below, and/or go to: SOMA SEEN
News for January 2008
Photography and Art Show
January 12th, 2008
Harlow's MoMo Lounge
Sacramento
Below are photos from the opening:
Patricia's boyfriend, Michael Clay
Photo below: Patricia next to her painting, Magic City
Photo below: Left to right: Patricia's friends, Maria McLaughlin, Beth Waldman, and Patricia's mother
Photo below: left to right: Maria McLaughlin, Beth Waldman, Patricia, and Little Bella Ash.
At the far right top and bottom, Patricia's Private Collectors: Bob and Charlotte Blasier
Photos below from opening:
Photo: Patricia next to her painting, New Hibernia
Photo below: Patricia's mother next to New Hibernia 
Photo below: Patricia chatting with friends Beth Waldman and Adam Shandobil
Photo below: Patricia with Kevin Brennan and Adam Shandobil
Photo below: Patricia and Michael Clay
Photo below: Patricia, Karina, Tracy and Patricia's mother
Photo below: Patricia's mother - Patricia Valencia, and Patricia's close friend, JM Reed
Photo below:Patricia and her mother
Photo below: Karina Marie Diaz and Abe
Photo below: Maria and Ed Lewis
THE GRAND NEW OPENING AT SAN FRANCISCO'S WESTFIELD SHOPPING CENTRE
Paintings by Patricia Araujo - The Old Emporium
San Francisco's Old Emporium building's 2004 renovation involved the elevation of its rotunda 60 feet off the original ground level. While the Old Emporium is being converted into the new West Coast Wesfield San Francisco Shopping Centre in September 2006, the rotunda still remains inside the building as it has for over 100 years. Without the renovation, the spectacular dome could not be seen from its exterior. Through these series of drawings, Patricia Araujo unfolds the dome's brief revival.
Next to Patricia's works, is a temporary exhibit by the California Historical Society Museum, presenting archives and photos of the Old Emporium.
Location: Westfield San Francisco Shopping Centre, @ 5th and Market Streets. Level Four
Opening: September 28th, 2006. Exhibition duration through July 15th, 2008.
Photos below from the opening:
Photo below: Patricia's mother
Photo below: Patricia infront of her display
Photo below: Patricia's paintings, left to right: Rising and Metamorphosis II
Solo Show, RECONSTRUCTING SOMA
A New Series of Paintings and Drawings by Patricia Araujo
DA Arts. 135 Sixth Street, San Francisco
September 1st - 27th, 2006
"San Francisco's Old Emporium building's 2004 renovation involved the elevation of its rotunda 60 feet off the original ground level. While the Old Emporium is being converted into the new West Coast Westfield San Francisco Shopping Centre in September 2006, the rotunda remains inside the building as it has for over 100 years. Without the renovation, the spectacular dome could not be seen from its exterior. Through these series of drawings and paintings, Patricia Araujo unfolds the dome's brief revival."
To read two past reviews from this exhibition at DA Arts, go to:
Architecture for Bloomingdales and DA Arts Paintings Selected for Bloomingdale's Opening
Photo below: At DA Arts. Drawing by Patricia, Elevation
Photo below: During installation week, friends Patti and Paula Cuneo
Photo below: Paula and Patti Cuneo
Photo below: Patricia next to her painting, Towering Dome, Phase One (sorry for the blurry picture!)
Photo below: View to 6th Street
News for August Part One - 2005
Ghost Town - "Visual essays on the concept of ghost towns"
Group Exhibit at AR+SPACE Gallery
1286 Folsom Street, San Francisco
August 2005
Artists: Tara Lisa Foley, Michelle Schlachta, Clint Taniguchi, Oliver Halsman Rosenberg, Josh Berkowitz, Scott Campbell, Patricia Araujo, Bert Bergen, Brian Carraway (Caraway), Paul Allan, and Mike Donovan.
Photo below: dear friend Amanda Miller and Patricia
Photo below: Patricia next to her drawings, SOMA Series
Photo below: Patricia and Tracy Mulligan
Photo below: Amanda Miller and Kimberly Johansson
Photo below: Andrew Burmester
News for August Part Two - 2005
GROUP EXHIBITION
PIGMAN GALLERY
Paper!Awesome!
AUGUST 6 - 31, 2005
150+ ARTISTS 450+ WORKS ON PAPER
OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY AUGUST 6 2005 - NOON TO 6PM
OVER 150 ARTISTS.
Concept: present drawings by scale of 11" x 8.5"
Drawings by Patricia Araujo, presenting the Composing Series
Photos below from the opening: Photography by George Csicsery
Left to right: Gallery owner, Brian Moore, Patricia and dear friend Kimberly Johansson
Photo below: Patricia
Senior Show
Walter and McBean Gallery
San Francisco Art Institute
Opening reception: Saturday, May 21st, 2005
Photos from opening: Patricia with boyfriend Michael Clay.
Painting behind them by Patricia, Towering Dome
Photos below from graduation celebration the following day, at Clara Street Studio, San Francisco:
Patricia and Michael
Photo below: Patricia and Michael
Photo below: Patricia and Brian Egg hanging Patricia's painting, The Extraordinary Among Them, at garden party.
Photo below: Patricia and Gretchen Kimball
Photo below: Wilma Parker and Martine Miller
Photography courtesy by George Csicsery. 
Photo below: left to right: Tracy Mulligan, Patricia's mother and Bill Hahn
Photography courtesy by George Csicsery.
Photo below: left to right: Tracy Mulligan, Patricia's mother, Bill Hahn and Maria Mclaughlin
Photography courtesy by George Csicsery.
Photo below: Patricia with Arnaldo Rodriguez and Wilma Parker
Painting to the right, by Patricia, SOMA Scene
Photo below: Patricia at the far right, next to her mother and accompanied by Patricia's friends and their mothers!
First Art Salon, at private collector's home, Jerry Shapiro, in Sausalito, CA
Friday, March 5th, 2005.
Art Talk by two artists: Patricia Araujo and Wilma Parker.
Each artist as presenter and lectured to a group of docents from SFMOMA and San Francisco Fine Art Museums, (FAMSF).
Patricia exhibited her paintings, the Copper Series and presented video: New Paintings.
This video is live footage of a past solo show by Patricia at SOMA Gallery, San Francisco, 2004.
This was the first and only "First Art Salon" held by Jerry Shapiro. Jerry died a few weeks after this event. He was an avid collector and loved the fine arts. During his later years he devoted his time as a docent at SFMOMA and at the de Young Museums.
Photos below from lecture reception:
Patricia next to her painting, Enchanted Brooklyn
Photo below: left to right: Wilma Parker, and docent at SFMOMA, and Jerry Shapiro
Painting behind them by Wilma Parker.
Effection-Retrospection
Group Show
La Terra Gallery
511 Harrison Street, San Francisco
Opening: Saturday, February 27th, 2005
About Effection: "Raising awareness and support for charity are the main goals here at Effection but we also believe that Art and design can change the way people think about society. Here at 'Effection' we bring art, design and Architecture together because they all draw upon the same influences when being created. The creative process and positive social messages engrained in Art and Design are often overlooked or misunderstood. 'Effection' events offer the participating artists and designers another voice in mainstream society. It is our hope that positive social ideas and thinking may infect the minds of people who attend our events and possibly change society for the better. Effection is not just a collaborative of people...it is an idea that we can all support something larger than ourselves: One idea at a time, one person at a time, one city at a time and maybe a whole society."
Photos below from the opening:
Photo below: Patricia's painting, Towering Dome
Photo below: Patricia
Photo below: Patricia with friends, Beth Waldman and Victor Keenan
Five
Double Punch Gallery - Group Show
San Francisco
Photos from the opening:
Left to right: the 5 artists: Alvaro Lacayo, Antonio Contreras, Jeffrey Nemenzo, Ricardo Gonzalez and Patricia Araujo
Photos below: Opening night. Photo courtesy by Jeffrey Nemenzo
Photo below: Artist, Jeffrey Nemenzo. Behind him, paintings by Antonio Contreras
Photo below: Patricia next to her piece, The Musical in Form, (oil on canvas)
Photo below: Artists, Antonio Contreras (center) and Ricardo Gonzalez (far right)
Photo below: Artist, Alvaro Lacayo. Paintings behind him by Jeffrey Nemenzo
Photo below: Antonio Contreras. Painting behind him by Patricia Araujo, Departure, oil on panel, (center) and far right, paintings by Alvaro Lacayo.
Photo below: Patricia and Gretchen Kimball
Photos below: Courtesy by George Csicsery
Left to right: Kira Inglis, Ana Teresa Fernandez and Patricia
Photo below: Patricia with friend and art critic, Jerome Tarshis
Photo below: Patricia and Wilma Parker
Photo below: left to right: Sybil Conn, Patricia, Wilma Parker, and Merrill Conn
SOLO SHOW: PERFUME - Drawings by Patricia Araujo
SOMA GALLERY
1045 Mission Street, San Francisco
SOMA Gallery has converted to Art Engine Gallery as of mid 2004.
Photos below from the opening:
SOLO SHOW - New Paintings by Patricia Araujo
SOMA GALLERY
1045 Mission Street, San Francisco
SOMA Gallery has converted to Art Engine Gallery as of mid 2004.
Photos from the opening:
Photo below: My dear friend, Gretchen Kimball
Photo below: my Great Uncle, Samuel Arango (RIP), and my mother
Photo below: Stella Ling, dances a tango, finalizing an incredible reception
To view a live video footage from this exhibition, go to Patricia Araujo: New Paintings.
A candid live video recorded by my friend Peter de Pavloff, during its grand opening, March 4th, 2004.
Followed by a silent walk through by me! This video has been compressed to fit into youtube.
To view video at a better resolution, I am glad to send you a cd! To inquire about the cd, send me a message here.
Effection - Boundaries: A Show to Benefit Upward Bound
Group Show
February 21st, 2004
La Terra Gallery
511 Harrison Street
San Francisco
The Upward Bound project was created by the 1964 Economic Opportunity Act. Upward Bound is a highly successful, college based program of rigorous academic instruction, individual tutoring and guidance counseling for low income disadvantaged high school students, most of whom are the first generation of their families to consider postsecondary education.
About Effection: Raising awareness and support for charity are the main goals here at Effection but we also believe that Art and design can change the way people think about society. Here at 'Effection' we bring art, design and Architecture together because they all draw upon the same influences when being created. The creative process and positive social messages engrained in Art and Design are often overlooked or misunderstood. 'Effection' events offer the participating artists and designers another voice in mainstream society. It is our hope that positive social ideas and thinking may infect the minds of people who attend our events and possibly change society for the better. Effection is not just a collaborative of people...it is an idea that we can all support something larger than ourselves: One idea at a time, one person at a time, one city at a time and maybe a whole society."
Photos below from the opening: My dear friends Gretchen Kimball and Beth Waldman.
Painting behind them by Patricia, Cityscape Silhouette
Photo below: Beth Waldman next to her sculpture chatting with Jerry Shapiro (R.I.P.) and Marilyn Langer
Photo below: My friends Chelsea Cooper and John Clarke
Photo below: Chelsea Cooper-Clarke and Patricia
Photo below: friends, Joshua Birch and Victor Keenan
Painting Expeditions to Longleat, U.K. - two expeditions, the first one was in October 2000 and the second trip was in March 2003.
Both painting expeditions with friend and painter, Wilma Parker.
"Longleat House is widely regarded as one of the best examples of high Elizabethan architecture in Britain and one of the most beautiful stately homes open to the public".
Longleat house was completed by 1580 and now home to the 7th Marquess of Bath, Alexander Thynn. Longleat House is set within 900 acres of ‘Capability’ Brown landscaped parkland with a further 8000 acres of woodland, lakes and farmland.
Wilma and I had the privilege in meeting Lord bath, Alexander Thynn. Alexander is a writer and painter. He has some amazing murals at his home. He welcomes artists to visit Longleat as it offers magnificent landscape and architecture. I was inspired by Longleat's majestic rooftop, and I devoted a series of paintings titled, Longleat Series.
Below are photos from Longleat's House and surrounding estate:
Photo below: Patricia unloading art supplies and about to paint outdoors at Longleat, (November 2000)
Photo below: Wilma Parker painting at Longleat, (November. 2000)
Photos below: The majestic rooftop at Longleat House
Photo below: Halloween night, Oct. 31st, 2000 - Left to right: Lord Bath, Wilma and Patricia
Photo below: Patricia's drawings of Longleat, Installation at SFAI, April 2003.
Photo below: At Longleat with Lord Bath and his dog Boudie, Wilma and Patricia. March 2003
Vivir es un Placer, San Francisco Art Institute
Collaborative Mural with 5 San Francisco Art Institute students and visiting Artist-in-Residence, Kristin Calabrese.
We painted a mural next to the wall of Walter and McBean Gallery at the Art Institute. This mural endured thru December 2001.
Artists: Patricia Araujo, Fred Alvarado, Jason, Jennifer, and Sean
Patricia painted Mondrian influenced squares in bright colors and copper tones, and the Magic Theatre. Sean painted "Jim Bean" bottle designs, Jennifer’s use of spirals, Kristin’s clown, Jason painted a loving couple, Fred presented an industrial setting, men at work.
Photo below: left to right: Fred, Kristin, Jennifer, Jason, Patricia and Sean
Photo below: Kristin and Fred
Photo below: Area painted by Jason - loving couple
Photo below: Patricia's Magic Theatre and squares
Photo below: Patricia's squares
Photo below: Patricia
Photo below: Artist-in-Residence, Raul Cordero
Vivir es un Placer, @ Clarion Alley, (Mission District), San Francisco, CA.
December 2001- January 2002.
Collaborative mural with 5 San Francisco Art Institute students and visiting Artist-in-Residence, Kristin Calabrese.
This time we were commissioned to paint a mural on a wall part of Clarion Alley, in the Mission District, between 15th and 17th Streets. We were challenged by the weather as it was very cold and raining daily. We were also affected by the neighborhood's visitors, many homeless which added an interesting mood. This mural lasted through end of January 2002.
Photos from mural:
Photo below: Beginning stage of mural- Kristin's clown, followed by Patricia's Magic Theatre, to Jason's figures.
Photo below: Kermit painting and industrial setting
Photo below: Jason and Kermit
Photo below: Patricia's Magic Theatre
