Landscapes of California native plants, land and animals
American Artist Larry Bryson   Novato, CA  info@larrybrysonarts.com
 
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A highly successful painter of landscapes and native plants in the San Francisco Bay area, Larry is known for presenting modern aspects in composition, paint use, color, and in his personal expression of a carefully selected scene. Larry's rich and colorful paintings prompt the viewer to sense the artist's emotional response to specific images in nature, and to also experience the uplifting, positive feelings associated with fresh air and sunlight.

CURRENT GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Rousseau's Fine Arts, Novato

SOLO EXHIBITS
Visitor Center, Point Reyes National Park 2002
The Gallery at Glendeven, Mendocino, 1999
Starbuck's, San Francisco 1998
The Cookie Shop, San Francisco 1997
Crêpes on Cole, San Francisco 1997
Rousseau's Gallery, Novato, 1996

INVITATIONALS
Eco Fest Fairfax 2008
"Art on the Farm", Toby's, Pt. Reyes 2006
"MSW Annual Auction" 2006
"Taste of Marin" annual Auction, 2006
"Marinscapes", Larkspur, 2007, 2004, 2001
Point Reyes Paint-out 2003, 2004
Blue Jean Ball auction, San Rafael 2001
St Vincent DePaul's Art and Garden Party 2000
Art with a Heart auction, San Anselmo 2000

JURIED SHOWS
Marincsapes 2004,7,8
Oakland Museum "Art of Seeing" 2006
"All-California Exhibit 2000", San Diego Museum of Art;      Distinctive Merit Award
Napa County Fair 1999, 2004, 2005
     First place Award 2005
"Lay of the Land", Artisans, 2006
"En Plein Air"  Sebastopol Center for the Arts 2006
"Lay of the Land" Artisans, 2006
Marin County Fair, 2005
Sonoma's "Salute to the Arts 2004
"Contemporary Realism", Artisans, 2004
Art in Embassies program, Nairobi 2002-6
Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station 2002
Mill Valley City Hall, 2001
Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival, 2000
Marin Arts Festival, San Rafael, 2000
Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, 1999
Napa Town and Country Fair 1999

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
"the Mighty Oak" San Geronimo, 2007
Art on the Farm, Pt. Reyes, 2004, 2006
"Taste of Marin" 2007, 2006
Ristorante Fabrizio, Larkspur 2002
La Toscana Restaurant, San Rafael 2000
Art Center Gallery, San Rafael 2000
Café Arrivederci, San Rafael 1999
Indian Valley Artist's Ninth Annual Exhibition, 1998

FORMAL EDUCATION
San Francisco State University Masters Program in Art (under Wes Chamberlain) 1968
Whitworth College (under Pauline Haas and William Koehler), B.A. (Art)1966
Wheaton College (under Karl Steele and Miriam Hunter) (Art)1965

VISUAL HERITAGE
California Hills, Van Gogh, Monet, Gile, Wendt, Lautrec, Albers, Kahn, Strong, Cassatt, Corot, Homer, Bierstadt, Rembrandt, Vulliard, Motherwell, Dürer, Chicago Art Institute, Norton Simon Collection, Legion of Honor, Oakland Museum of Art
 

LARRY'S PERSPECTIVE ...
"Art is about expression and communication. If all is working in top form, an intense relationship appears that excludes all else. The values and hues, the drawing and subject, the day and moment all join up into a totally new entity. This is intense and all-absorbing, a great moment to be alive. During that time a painting also happens and is the footprint of that time.