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Keith Linwood Stover - Curator
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The Cyber Art Show
"Bringing the Museum to You"
Gallery #553
August 23, 2017
Twelve Pieces by Contemporary Artist
Margaret Larlham (Born 1948)
 Margaret Larlham - Rock Pool #3 |  Margaret Larlham - Glazed Passage (pastel) |  Margaret Larlham - Acacia Saligna |
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 Margaret Larlham - Golden Meadow |  Margaret Larlham - Jurassic Coast |  Margaret Larlham - Cactus Chatter |
 Margaret Larlham - Volcan |  Margaret Larlham - Beckoning Gold |  Margaret Larlham - March Mist |
 Margaret Larlham - Shady |  Margaret Larlham - Tidepool, Cabrillo Point, CA |  Margaret Larlham - Rushing Water, Mission Dam (pastel) |
- Image of the Day -
"Rock Pool #3"
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Feature Artist Bio
By permission of the artist, The Cyber Art Show is pleased to feature the first of two 12-piece exhibitions of works by American
landscape painter Margaret Larlham (born 1948 in Durban, South Africa).
Margaret moved to San Diego with her husband, Peter, and children, Daniel and Emily in 1986. While waiting for legal residency in the United States she returned studies of art, in the Fine Art Department at San Diego State University. She began exhibiting paintings in local galleries soon thereafter, while working part-time for the Department of Theatre at SDSU, and later, for San Diego City Schools, Visual and Performing Arts Department.
Highlights of her career in the arts include being co-founder and choreographer of Barefoot Dance Company at University of Natal, Durban, South Africa, 20 years as Playwright, Director in Theatre for Youth at San Diego State University, with a strong focus on diversity, a long-standing relationship with San Diego art community and a featured presence at Santa Ysabel Art Gallery.
She is currently Emerita Professor in the School of Theatre, Television, and Film at San Diego State University, is a full-time artist and travels widely.
Solo Exhibitions
2016 BRIAR WHISPER: Paintings of the Chaparral, Solo, Santa Ysabel Art Gallery
2015 PRESENCE, Solo, Santa Ysabel Art Gallery
2012 FLOW, Solo, Santa Ysabel Art Gallery
2012 TRAILS, Solo Exhibition of Landscapes in pastel and Oil, Mission Trails Preserve, Visitors Centre Gallery.
Awards
2017 First Place for Desert Wash, SOCALPAPA “Spot of Color” Juried show
2017 Honorable Mention, Pastel Society of San Diego Annual Juried Exhibition.
2017 Blue Mountain Pastel Award, Arizona Pastel Society, National Juried
2016 Masters Circle / International Association of Pastel Societies
2016 Pastel Society of New Mexico, Dick Blick Purchase Award * (* indicates presence in listed weblinks)
2016 Degas Pastel Society *
2016 Pastel Society of San Diego, Canyon Path#4, Third Place
2015 Artist Magazine Finalist 32nd Annual Competition
2015 Pastel Journal November Feature in Jamie Markle’s Critique Corner
Juried Shows
2017 IAPS Masters Circle Exhibition, Albuquerque.
2016 IAPS webshow, “Chia” and “Buckwheat Rust”*
2016 Richeson 75, Animals, Birds, Wildlife
2016 Pastel Society of America / Enduring Brilliance
“Chaparral Mallow”
2016 IAPS 28th Juried, Salmagundi Club New York, “Face”
2016 San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild Annual
2015 IAPS Online
2015 IAPS 26th Juried
2015 San Diego Centennial Art of the Park (Marston House)
2015 San Diego Dreaming
2015 San Diego Museum of Art Artists Centennial Show in collaboration with Oceanside Museum of Art
Group Exhibitions
2015 From Life... Santa Ysabel Art Gallery
2015 Art in the Park at Mission Trails Visitors Centre
2003 – 2015 Annual Plein Air Group Show, Santa Ysabel Art Gallery
2013 - 2014 Randy Higbee Gallery 6x6
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
“To go out into nature to paint is critical. I am interested in investigating more deeply the places familiar to me and also sharpening my responsiveness to the special character of new places I encounter along the way.
For larger studio paintings I use references of plein air sketches, photographs, and personal experiences. I sometimes include figures or portraits.”
