Local Artist
Larain Matheson -
Mixed Media Painting, Acrylics, Pastels
I am a multi media artist who has worked in many mediums: oil, acrylic, pastels, photography and film. I received my MFA from U.C.L.A in 1972, and was fortunate enough to work closely with well-known California and international painter, Richard Diebenkorn. My past work has been large, mural size canvases which I have exhibited in some museums in California.
My inspiration and passion comes from nature: rocks, landscapes, skies, ocean and then I abstract from them with paint and mixed media, to become a new space and form. I have painted and lived in Mexico and the Southwest, which has been influential in my work. I produced a group of paintings that have shown in galleries there, in Colorado and New Mexico. My work with indigenous elders to sacred sites has brought me a deep appreciation of the land and elements.
I also continue figure paintings and drawings along with the inner landscapes I paint. I am influenced by the natural architecture of the land and the connections in life through the language of line, color and shape. My paintings try to capture that magic moment where the seen and unseen is made more "visible."
Art Exhibits and Galleries
- 2008 Sea Ranch Lodge Front Gallery - Group Show "Connections To The Universe"
Paintings and co-curator
- 2008 Gualala Art Gallery - Figure work
- 2007 Dolphin Gallery - member North Coast Artists Guild
- 2000-08 Colorado Artisans Gallery shows and New Mexico
- 2007 Bear Totem project-painted bear sculpture -
Alamosa College, CO
- 1992-95 Art Educator and mural projects -
Richmond, CA. Schools
- 1999 Richmond Art museum group show
- 1992-94 Produced documentary of Huichol Indian Culture
and Art: "Huichol Sacred Pilgrimage to Wirikuta"
Awards: Mill Valley & San Antonio Film Festivals
- 1989-94 College Of Marin - Art Instructor
- 1988-91 Art Exhibits, Marin Civic Center
- 1990 Cirrus Gallery, Mill Valley
- 1977 Illuminarium Gallery, Mill Valley
- 1974 San Pedro Art Museum - 2 woman show
- 1974-75 Faculty shows - Riverside City College
- 1973-75 Faculty Show - Santa Ana Jr. College
- 1973 U.C.L.A. Gallery - Graduate Painting Show
© copyright 2008 - all rights to the images are retained by the artist
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