On Monday, April 8, the El Cerrito Art Association will be hosting a critique for member artists by Barbara Fracchia, a local plein air, landscape and figurative painter. All media may be presented for critique, but each artist may present only one piece due to time limitations.
Ms. Fracchia’s paintings are mostly figurative and landscapes. She painted plein air for many years and exhibited in local shows and galleries before furthering her education in traditional art. Her figurative paintings have won awards and have been published in American Art Collector and Fine Art Connoisseur. Her colorful paintings of hills and landmarks in Northern California landscapes are predominately painted in a plein air style. Humorously composed themes of Barbara’s ‘Fast Food and Its Consumption’ are the main subjects of her figurative paintings. Bay Area and East Coast cityscapes is another popular subject appearing in her paintings
Barbara belongs to Pleiades Gallery in New York, Montserrat Contemporary Art in New York, and the Allison McCrady Fine Arts Gallery in Orinda where her main body of paintings are shown. Her club affiliations are Oil Painters of America, Allied Artists of America (elected member), Salmagundi Club, American Artists Professional League, and California Art Club.
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The April meeting will be held in the Garden Room of the El Cerrito Community Center, 7007 Moeser Lane in El Cerrito. The evening begins at 7:00 pm with social time, a “mini art show” of members’ work, and a brief business meeting. The program will begin afterwards, at approximately 7:30.
El Cerrito Art Association meetings are open to the public, and visitors are always welcome. For further information about this program, contact Joanne Taeuffer at 510-526-6241. For more information about the Association, see www.elcerritoart.org. The Community Center is handicapped-accessible.