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Victoria Dalkey: Sacramento-area galleries present new works by two women

The life-size figure of a woman holding an oil-slicked shorebird in her arms greets you at the entrance to "Edge of Extinction," a powerful show of mostly ceramic sculptures by Lisa Reinertson at the Pence Gallery in Davis.

Light unifies the landscapes of Hearne Pardee

It's a long way from Manhattan's Lower East Side to suburban Davis. Hearne Pardee's journey to California covers 30 years of painting, exemplified by the 20 oils on view in his retrospective at Alex Bult Gallery in midtown.

Victoria Dalkey: Clay takes on many forms at Roseville's Blue Line

May is clay month in the Sacramento Valley. Long recognized as a hotbed of ceramic activity, the region has an extensive history of prominent ceramic sculptors, many of whom studied with the late Robert Arneson at the University of California, D...

Victoria Dalkey: Late artist's work forms basis for collaborative exhibit

"The Last Collaborations of Laureen Landau" at Archival Gallery is something of a contradiction in terms. Because Landau died in 2009, she couldn't participate in a process defined as two or more people working together.

Victoria Dalkey: Roland Petersen retrospective at Elliott Fouts Gallery

Geometric abstraction and narrative figuration vie in Roland Petersen's masterful paintings at the Elliott Fouts Gallery. A mini-retrospective, the show moves from nonobjective abstractions from the 1950s to fresh-off-the-easel works from hi...

Galleries offer new and time-tested art

Second Saturday: Galleries offer a collage of new and time-tested art

Elliott Fouts Gallery - "Forever Picnics" is a show of 20 works by nationally known figurative painter Roland Petersen.

Victoria Dalkey: Exciting show by Robert Ortbal at Jay Jay Gallery

"Kind of Like a Sound," a bouquet of trumpetlike flowers, greets you on the first wall of Robert Ortbal's exciting show at Jay Jay. It's quirky yet beautiful, an elegant comedian made of unexpected materials.

Art review: Crocker's 'Approaching Infinity' comes full circle

Abstraction was a staple of art in the 20th century until it was rudely displaced by Pop Art in the 1960s. While abstraction took a secondary role for a time, it is once again popular with artists in the 21st century.

Victoria Dalkey:Two midtown art shows share water theme

Though they are worlds apart, two shows at midtown galleries share a common thread.