An arrangement of light on color and shape in shallow space. A picture I refer to as watching light on dry paint. Like many of my compositions, it took several attempts to arrange and capture the elements in the right balance and relationship to each other, beginning with the placement of the foreground object to set up the depth of the space, and dividing the shapes into horizontal and vertical forms. Sharp focus contrasts against the soft out of focus cool color which emerges from the warmth of the shadows. Another version is included in the Urban Notes post.

view of the bay from the Berkeley Hills

Last week I was in the Bay Area. Saw some good exhibits in Oakland, at the Museum of California and some of the newer galleries around 23rd and 25th. In San Francisco on one block of Geary, there were three beautiful shows, first at #49, Katy Grannan’s new work, The 99 at Fraenkel, and upstairs at Haines, John Chiara’s photographs, de • tached. Across the street at Paule Anglim at #19, I was able to have a preview of Carrie Mae Weems new show Subject and Witness while it was being installed. This beautiful show runs through April 18th.