Moraga Art Gallery announces a new exhibition, “Moments in Time”, open through August 13. The show features the works of member artists, Debby Koonce and Judy Miller with guest artist, Dinah McFarlane.  

The exhibit will include works by more than two dozen gallery members and guest artists. 

Debby Koonce An impressionistic landscape painter throughout her life, Debby Koonce continues to paint local scenery with an emphasis on Mt. Diablo and Contra Costa. Her focus is on light, shadow, atmosphere, and color. She also paints scenes from her travels around the globe and draws inspiration from the new environments that these unique places bring.

Judy Miller A friend walked by as I was sculpting one of my gestural figures and exclaimed “Wow, I felt like that the other day.” This emotional response is what my work is all about. My narratives focus on everyday life, familiar objects, and situations and experiences. I strive to create a narrative by combining texture, form, and movement.

Guest Artist, Dinah McFarlane Weaving is a slow meditative process that allows for time to embed a memory in the material. Whether from a plant or animal, the fiber also has its own behavior and memories from harvesting to packaging ingrained into the strands. Each version of a design ends up only being an inspiration for the final piece because the process is about working with the movement of the material while infusing my own energy into it.