California National Parks: Stories of Water
September 23, 2023 - February 19, 2024
Michael Miner, Water Study Part I (Redwoods National Park), 2015, Fiber-based silver gelatin print struck from 8 x 10 in. sheet film negative, Courtesy the Artist.
1st place winner, Nancy Yaki, Holding Stratus Pose, Tenaya Lake (Yosemite), 2023, Acrylic on canvas, Courtesy the Artist.
1st place, Nancy Yaki for Holding Stratus Pose, Tenaya Lake, Yosemite
2nd place, Allegra Bick-Maurischat for Public Domain (California), Yosemite
3rd place, Vicki Conley, Golden Canyon, Death Valley
Honorable Mention, Margaret Luo, Flash Flood Warning, Joshua Tree
Honorable Mention, Nic Stover, Perfection, Kings Canyon
Honorable Mention, Bill Saltzstein, Mt. Lassen and Milky Way in Reflection Lake, Lassen
The California Nature Art Museum is pleased to present its third juried exhibition showcasing California’s nine national parks this fall. California National Parks: Stories of Water will feature 37 artists and 39 selected artworks juried from a pool of more than 240 submissions by artists across the U.S., competing for $4,000 in awards.
The exhibition explores various impacts of water – or its lack – in California’s national parks through a wide range of media and techniques, from acrylic, oil, and watercolor paintings, to photography, mixed media, and textile art.
The California Nature Art Museum is grateful to juror Nathan Vonk, owner of Sullivan Goss – An American Gallery, located in Santa Barbara, for judging the impressive number of entries. Works featured in the exhibition are available for sale with 40 percent of proceeds benefitting the California Nature Art Museum.
Questions? Contact info@calnatureartmuseum.org or call (805) 686-8315.
Generous support for California National Parks: Stories of Water provided by exhibition sponsors The Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation, Pete & Becky Adams, Penny & Joseph Knowles, The Poomer Fund for Anne Smith Towbes, George & Denise Rose, Margaret Weiss, and donors to the Patti Jacquemain Exhibition Fund.
Featured Artists
Allegra Bick-Maurischat, Bob Canepa, Chris Chapman, Vicki Conley, Trevor Coopersmith, Michael Blair Davies, Jym Davis, John Evarts, Nancy Fint, Irwin Freeman, Jan French, David Gardner, Kevin Gleason, Patricia Gould, David Gregory, Kelly Hildner, James Hodgson, Christine Huhn, Ray Hunter, John Iwerks, Larry Iwerks, Christine Kierstead, Diane Lamboley, Margaret Luo, Susan Makov, Michael Miner, Jennifer Morgan, Eric Newnam, Bill Saltzstein, Laurie Schafer, Séraphine, Nic Stover, Denise Taylor, Gary Wagner, Nina Warner, Suze Woolf, and Nancy Yaki.
About the Juror | Nathan Vonk
Nathan Vonk is the owner of Sullivan Goss - An American Gallery, where he oversees all sales and acquisitions, advises clients on building collections, and directs social media and advertising initiatives. The gallery offers approximately twenty exhibitions each year, including solo shows for contemporary and historic artists as well as curated thematic exhibitions. Through its research efforts, Sullivan Goss is also involved with scholarship and research for American artists and also has an active publication program.
Vonk grew up in a small farm town in Iowa, received a B.A. from Reed College in Portland, Oregon and a masters in Critical Theory in Literature in Brighton, England. On weekend train trips to London he taught himself art in the museums. After returning to the U.S., he taught English at Ventura College before joining Sullivan Goss.