Campbell Heritage Theatre, Campbell - Thursday, April 19, 2018

Spring has been teasing us for several weeks now but today, finally, it seems to have truly and finally arrived!    Breezy, clear and sunny in the morning, today was a day to paint shadows of which the Art Deco / Spanish Colonial Revival Campbell Heritage Theatre (formerly the Campbell High School auditorium) cast many on the off-white walls of the building:  abundant ornamentation, open grillwork, metal lanterns, ceramic urns, columns, arches, etc.   And if that wasn't enough, there were the colorful, large glass balls floating in the large ponds in front of the building.  (I'd always assumed the glass balls were ornamental until Dick explained that they were intended to keep ducks from landing in the pools --- no ducks today so they did their job.  Also, I was later told that the glass balls light up at nite and the effect is spectacular ---- maybe worth an evening visit.)

For more information about this historic site, see: 
Campbell Heritage Theatre
(Note: there is ample free parking adjacent to the Theatre, nice restrooms, and a Psycho Donuts just across the street --- what more could one ask of a morning Paintsite venue?)

Upcoming Paintsites - See the SCVWS website or the April & May Newsletters for details.:

• Saturday, April 21, 2018: San Jose History Park
• Thursday, April 26, 2018: Cummins Iris Garden, Scotts Valley
• Thursday, May 3, 2018: San Jose Municipal Rose Garden
• Thursday, May 10, 2018: CharMarron Peony Gardens, San Jose
• Thursday, May 17, 2018: To be determined
• Thursday, May 24, 2018: Cooper-Garrod Vineyards, Saratoga
• Thursday, May 31, 2018: Holbrook-Palmer Park, Atherton

Other Important dates to put on your Calendar:

• Closing May 1, 2018:  SCVWS 50th Annual Member's Show (the biggest - 104 paintings - and best ever!) at the Addison-Penzak Jewish Community Centre of Silicon Valley in Los Gatos.   See the SCVWS website for details.

Silicon Valley Open Studios: ( Official website with dates, locations and artists ).  If you follow this blog you've seen many of our Paintsites artists' fine plein air work.   This is a great chance to meet them and see their excellent studio artwork. 

• Saturday and Sunday, May 5th & 6th:
• Jeanne  De Campos-Rousseau   +   Karen Druker   +   Annie Haines 
• Kaaren Marquez   +   Christine Oliver   +   Karen Olsen   +   Jane Saltman
• Saturday and Sunday, May 12th & 13th:
• Jeanne  De Campos-Rousseau   +   Karen Druker   +   Christine Oliver
• Karen Olsen
•  Saturday and Sunday, May 19th & 20th:
• John "The Painter of Rusty (and other) Things" Ediger   +   Annie Haines
• Don Paquin

Artists  & their Artwork:

Salinda and Dick

Salinda & Dick and the Heritage Theatre 

Salinda's painting of the arches

Dick's painting of the pool

Helen

Helen's painting of Salinda & Dick painting the Heritage Theatre

Rich scouted the site last week and decided that ...

... the east end of the complex, with the round stained glass window and the peculiar orange ornamentation draped over the corner walls, spoke to him.

While Broncha, at the opposite end of the complex, felt the call of these arches.

Brad's painting of the Theatre

Grace found a great spot from which to paint both the Theatre and the glass balls in the pools.    An added bonus was the wonderfully fragrant Jasmine blooming next to her.

Grace and a few of the glass balls.

Grace's painting of the Theatre and the pool with the glass balls.

Annie

Annie's painting of the adjacent Delphi Academy (also formerly part of the Campbell High School) looking across the pools

Jane P.

Jane P.'s painting of the Theatre captured the handsome grill-work and some of the glass balls.

Kaaren "pool side"

Kaaren's first painting --  a few of the glass balls

Kaaren's second painting -- this of a side wall of the Theatre

Tanvi

Tanvi concentrated on the large ornate wall lanterns and the fascinating (and very complex) shadows they cast  (it didn't help that the shadows, not surprisingly, kept moving on her).

Art show

After lunch, the Art Show in which we "Show & Share", then pose for our group photo