Mental Shoes, (Footwear and the Life of the Mind), a online PDF magazine featuring art and writing, has featured a selection of my recent figure paintings in their 15th issue, out now! 

Have a look at:

www.mentalshoes.com

Art Zone 461 Gallery will be displaying my work in the first major International Art Fair of it's kind in several years.  I will be present at the gallery's booth on Friday, May 21, so come and visit and browse the offerings from great galleries from all over the world.  It will be a visual feast, no doubt.  The gallery also has some passes for the fair, so contact them if you are interested in getting a pass.

www.artzone461.com

www.sffineartfair.com

Keep your eyes peeled for "Best of the Bay", an annual issue highlighting the best and brightest the Bay Area has to offer--this time including a little feature about my paintings.  "Your San Francisco" is the theme this year.  The issue hits newsstands on May 19th,

"From Coit Tower", 2007, at right, will be included.

www.sfweekly.com

High-Quality prints of my paintings are available online, at reasonable prices!  Many kinds of paper are available, as well as a variety of sizes for each image.  You can even have them framed and shipped straight to your door!  For more information, click here, or on the links below.

www.gageopdenbrouw.imagekind.com

www.imagekind.com

"Dia de los Muertos" @ Bakersfield Museum of Art

6 paintings from my "Dia de los Muertos" series are included in an exhibtion of works inspired by the Mexican holiday.  The show includes traditional forms, as well as works by artists inspired by the tradition to create new takes on it's imagery and themes.

The artists in the exhibit include:

Jose Guadalupe Posada prints and etchings, El Diablito Rojo by Miguel Linares, Mark Vallen, Dirk Hagner, Paul McMilllan, Gregg Stone, Frederick Chiriboga and roughly 50 local artists each decorating a ceramic skull for a local display.  The exhibit is on view through November 22nd.

for an article about the work, and the exhibition, at examiner.com, in the SF Museum Examiner, go to:

http://www.examiner.com/x-13996-SF-Museum-Examiner~y2009m10d9-Dia-De-Los-Muertos-at-Bakersfield-Museum-of-Art

Bakersfield Museum of Art:

www.bmoa.org

My paintings were included in 2 juried exhibtions in Marin this summer. Hours and locations below.

The first exhibtion is entitled "Painting Large", a 2 venue joint exhibtion by Artworks Downtown and Dominican University, both in San Rafael, CA.

My 2005 painting "November" was included, image at right.

San Marco Gallery, at Dominican University, San Rafael

50 Acacia Avenue, San Rafael, CA, 94901

for more information, contact:

Art Works Downtown,

info@artworksdowntown or (415) 451-8119

Also, my painting "Christmas Past" was included in the Marin Society of Artists 2009 National Exhibition.  The show was juried by Scott Shields, PhD, Chief Curator at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, CA.

Two of my sketchbooks are included in this show, curated by professor Tim Massey, focused on artistic process and exploration, at the Tower Gallery, at SUNY Brockport.  The show travels in December to the University if Tenessee Downtown Gallery.

More information can be found at:

http://www.brockport.edu/newsbureau/1330.html

"Windows", solo show at ArtZone 461:  March/April 2009

Quiet and intimate paintings, some of my most traditional yet, "Windows" is an exploration of the view out my kitchen window, and an attempt to paint the modest beauty of everyday things.

To view some of the work, click here.

From the Archives: 

A review, by DeWitt Cheng, of my 2007 solo show "Silence and Distance", at the late Charles Campbell Gallery:

This never made it to print, but turned up recently--I believe it was intended to be published in Art Ltd but scheduling got screwed up.  Anyway, I think it's an eloquent description of the work.  Better late than never!  Click here to read the review in .pdf format.

The 75th Crocker-Kingsley:
California’s Biennial

January 10 – February 6, 2009

I'm proud to announce that my recent painting, "Spring Day", was included in this prestigious annual juried show put on by the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento. For more information, go to

http://www.crockerartmuseum.org/kingsley/index.html

Victoria Dalkey's review in the Sacramento Bee had some kind words for my painting, "Spring Day":

"...As one might expect of juror Bishop, the sculptor who made the once-controversial fox railing around the balcony of the Galleria, there are a number of strong three-dimensional pieces in the show. I liked best Maxwell Stolkins' painterly reclining ceramic heads installed in the entryway to the library, Sole Grant's ceramic landscape "Main Street," which is reminiscent of Robert Arneson's Alice street tableaux though done in earthy red clay, and George Jercich's perspective-altering giant mousetrap made of wood, steel, blown glass and graphics.

On the other hand, there aren't a lot of strong paintings in the show, although Anna Efanova's "Transformation," Rogelio Manzo's expressive "Day One," and Gage Opdenbrouw's nostalgic "Spring Day" stood out. Despite the drawbacks of the show, it is free this year, courtesy of the library...."

For the complete text of the article, click here:  http://www.sacbee.com/art/story/1543122.html