Art show trip to St. Mary's in Moraga

At one of our member's urging, we got out to St. Mary's to see an art show. This was so unique, over 100 works, I think, on display, collected by a man named Roger Epperson. He was an East Bay Regional Park ranger who spent many years collecting art at antique stores, galleries, garage and rummage sales, and more recently, online. 

He collected works by many well-known and not-so-well-known painters. You can read a little more about who here 

There was also a wonderful exhibit of a local painter & pen/pencil artist Richard Gayton. His "exquisite and meticulous" drawings were all done within one square mile in the Mt. Diablo area.

We were very inspired by all this wonderful art, so had to sit down and do our own sketches, basking in the warm sun at St. Mary's.

St. Mary's College in Moraga

Susan, sketching in the shade of an Italian Cypress at St. Mary's College

Brennan's

Since it was a cold night, we headed over to Brennan's. It's now in the old train station and has great dark-green walls. Eating is cafeteria-style, hearty food, irish coffees are a mainstay if you don't mind a wobbly line! (I didn't participate in that this time...). 


I started with the woman in the distance on the right, I had no idea if I would ever get to the other side of the page, much less the other side of the OTHER page, but I did. It took up the whole evening but I enjoyed every minute of it.
Here's the panorama—

and the right page first then the left if you want a closer look.

UC campus - Doe Library, Hearst Mining

I started the sketch of the Doe Library in May of last year, so I just colored it in. The entrance has this wonderful figure above the door, looking like a cross between a Roman warrior and a stylish 1920's-era woman. There is a beautiful, wood-panelled library within the Doe Library which we would love to visit and sketch in, it's just to the right as you enter the front door.


Then we walked up to the Hearst Memorial Mining Building, which is now quite visible since they've removed the obstruction which was directly in front of it.