"Two Visions Emerge” Opens at Dolphin Gallery June 12 Glass Artist Mark Guthrie and Mixed Media Artist Larain Matheson

     The new exhibit, ”Two Visions Emerge”, opens at the Dolphin Gallery, Saturday, June 12. The exhibit features two northern California artists: glass artist Mark Guthrie, and multi-media artist Larain Matheson. The exhibit continues through August 8, 2021. Hours during the Saturday opening are 11:00am to 7:00pm. A preview for members is set for Friday, June 11, and regular gallery hours at the Dolphin Gallery are 11:00am to 4:00pm Thursday thru Monday.

     Berkeley-based artist Mark Guthrie has been working with glass for about ten years. Though stained glass is his “true love”, he frequently creates kiln-fired art glass objects (and multiple other aspects of glass art) as well. Guthrie adds, “its magic has everything to do with the light – the way it reflects, the way it shines through”. He is a co-creator of the East Bay Glass Guild, a member-based glass working space in Berkeley, whose mission is to foster the glass arts. He finds nature to be his greatest inspiration and muse. There will be a selection of Guthrie’s colorful kiln-fired art glass bowls on display and for sale at the exhibit.

     Larain Matheson is a multi-media artist who has worked in encaustic beeswax and oils for more than a decade. Her work embraces an ancient (2000 year-old) medium from Greece and Egypt that has been rediscovered in the contemporary art world for the past half century.

     Matheson received her M.F.A. from U.C.L.A., and worked in oils, drawing, and acrylics, painting abstract and figure work for numerous years. As a member of the Encaustic Art Museum in Santa Fe, N.M. her work was exhibited there throughout the year. In fact, it has been shown and represented in many galleries in northern California including the Discovery Gallery, Mendocino Art Center, Berkeley Art Center, galleries in Tucson, Arizona and Colorado and, of course, the Dolphin Gallery. Her work is also in many collections throughout the United States, and often reflects living on the Mendonoma Coast. “Living here, my work takes much inspiration for the region’s light, composition, and color. I abstract from nature and call upon the Elements: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. When I paint I layer each surface with beeswax and oils, and then fuse the colors with a torch and heat gun. The transparency and sensuality of the wax colors building up is my focus in the moment. Mine is a contemplative journey to capture that magic moment where the seen and unseen is made more ‘visible’.” Matheson will also be exhibiting at Studio Discovery Tour this fall. More information is available at larainmathesonart.com.

     Dolphin Gallery is in North Gualala’s Gallery District, at 39114 Ocean Drive, Cypress Village, Gualala, 95445. 707.884.3896. The exhibit continues until August 8, 2021.