Bucci's Art

RITA SKLAR
watercolors

January 10 - February 6, 2009

Website: www.ritasklar.com

Email: RitaAtArt@yahoo.com

About the Artist
Rita Sklar's recent body of works builds on her ongoing exploration of diversity using watercolors and mixed media. Sklar skillfully juggles organic and geometric forms, transparent and opaque paint - all held together by a basic abstract underlying shape. It is this intricate dance, rendered in strong color and value, which produces her exciting paintings.

Sklar started showing her paintings only seven years ago. She has studied with nationally known artists and trained with Spanish teachers in Madrid. She draws inspiration from her life in the multi-cultural Bay Area, rich also with wild birds and extensive parks. Her latest series "Diversity in Play" was awarded a grant from the City of Oakland's Cultural Arts Fund.

Sklar's works are in private collections across the country and in Europe.

Recent Selected Awards and Honors
Selected for a commission by the Alameda Council Arts Council 2008
First Place, Orinda Library OAA August 2008
Best of Show, SFWA Gallery, May and August 2008
Selected for Pro Arts Annual 2008
Honorable Mention, John Muir Medical Center CWA 2008

RESTAURANT & BAR HOURS
Lunch: Mon. - Fri. 11:30 - 2:30
Dinner: Mon. - Sat. 5:30 - 9:30

Bucci's Bar: Mon. - Fri. 2:30 - 5:30
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