Serena's Art

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Perceive Me is on the move again. Next stop San Diego Mesa College. Open March 16th! https://www.instagram.com/p/Co_a9m2rULM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The ground breaking for the Hilbert Museum Expansion was quite the shindig. When completed, it will be very impressive. Sat next to the man who is restoring a Millard Sheets mosaic that will be on the front of the building. So happy they are preserving this. Stop by the temporary space in the mean time- just off the circle in Orange. Mary Platt is director extraordinaire. (at Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University) https://www.instagram.com/p/CotsEbjLqCM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I meant to post this completed painting before the Holidays, but was side tracked. The composition for this painting was inspired by the 1928 painting "In my studio" by German/Swedish painter Lotte Laserstein. Title: Laserstein Summer Oil on canvas with metallic gold paint 30" x 40" 2022 #socaldreaming #staycation #selfportrait #serenapotter (at California State University, Fullerton) https://www.instagram.com/p/CngO91rLyje/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Contemplating work in progress. Multiple trips to Utah to care for Mom this fall, have resulted in delays. Each time I come back I have to find that zone again. That’s not always easy. It’s getting close though. https://www.instagram.com/p/Clrgy_5ygpJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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What's lurking outside your window? Happy Halloween! "Enchanted Apple" (cropped to fit) Oil on canvas 30 x 20" 2021 DM me for enquiries. https://www.instagram.com/p/CkZEqcDyrcU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Halloween 2022 Embracing the bizarre! Thanks @kristineschomaker for the classic pic. #bizarre #socalartist #thewatchers https://www.instagram.com/p/CkYvWFTJL9C/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Detail of new painting for the "Perceive Me" at Coastline Art Gallery, exhibition. (spots are metallic gold) Title: Daydream Medium: Oil on canvas Size 30x40" #perceiveme #serenapotter #figurativenarrative https://www.instagram.com/p/ChVS6l6P0bA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Seeing spots. #oilpainting #perceiveme #gamblinmetallicoilpaint https://www.instagram.com/p/ChQcavzP0-W/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Shenanigans with @kristineschomaker today. She has no fear. Let’s see what comes of this. (at California State University, Fullerton) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfxXRXKpm-W/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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2022 arrived on the heels of a solo show and the burn out that often comes with it. I retreat into nature when I need recharging and decided that was where my studio focus needed to be this spring. When much of the country is still in winter hibernation, Southern California is in blooming abundance and for me nothing shows this quite as much as our citrus trees. The Fullerton Arboretum has a lovely grove that inspired this painting, which is less of a tree, but more of a portrait of a very particular tree. I have visited it many times over the past five months, watching it shift from spring to summer. My process was a little different on this project. Rather than multiple composition sketches and photo references, I dived right into the canvas, working my way from branch and cluster and leaf to leaf, playing with light and color. It requires a few more weeks before I can varnish it, which will really make the color pop, but I couldn't wait to share. So here is "Like Poetry". Oil on canvas. 4' by 3’. #serenapotter #californiapainting #socalarts #orangetree #fullertonarboretum https://www.instagram.com/p/CfAoQHgrVzX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Detail of this semester’s project. It’s nearly there. My self imposed deadline is Wednesday. https://www.instagram.com/p/CeZ5nyaFjs5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Last demo of the semester @csulb I had a really lovely group of students and great models. Todays model was @artmodelmobius 💛 https://www.instagram.com/p/CdPDkSYPURB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Take a break from the race today! Happy Easter 💛 The Egg Race, Oil on canvas 26 x 38" in the permanent collection of The Hilbert Museum of California Art. #serenapotterart #californianarrativeart #fullertonhighschool (at Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ccdpv6svNTe/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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My heart is full with gratitude. Thank you to @theccae for showing my work so well! Thank you to those who sat in traffic to come to the open and thank you to those who will 😁 The show is up til May 4th. #californiamuseums #Sandiego #Escondido #narrativeart #georgelucusmuseumofnarrativeart (at California Center for the Arts, Escondido) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbkiGHKrG1L/?utm_medium=tumblr

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I am happy to announce that my triptych "Masquerade" will be on view at the California Center for the Arts Museum, Escondido March 26 - May 15 There is an opening reception this Friday from 5 - 7. Tickets and more information can be found here. https://artcenter.org/museum/ #serenapotter #sandiegoartscene #museumofnarrativeart #narrativeart https://www.instagram.com/p/Cbc5AonL11t/?utm_medium=tumblr

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ARTIST TALK! TODAY 1pm PST on zoom!! "Perceive Me" artist talk with the Kansas City Chapter of the Fulbright Association in celebration of Women's History Month! This is going to be a fun panel with "Perceive Me" artists Ellen M. Friedlander Holly Boruck and Serena Potter Thank you Z Hall for the invitation! RSVP to get zoom info!! https://kansascity.fulbrightchapters.org/2022/03/06/perceive-me-an-artist-talk-in-celebration-of-womens-history-month/?fbclid=IwAR3VPJdMHoqsF-S9EtVQceWAmsIfnlG-TjBH1Z-XMyIpH5Hw7GKhafyrptA https://www.instagram.com/p/CbVW4N3JqTN/?utm_medium=tumblr

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People ask what I’ve been up to- a lot of this. The down side of painting large is that I now have a personal relationship with the vans at Placentia U-Haul. Meet Jump Start Jiggles. Tuesday’s ride was Smooth Sally. Thank you to my co-pilots this week @macallpotter and @cynthiasitton 💛 The closing of Let Me Talk @TheBrandLibrary was well attended and I was having such a nice time catching up with old and new friends that I forgot to take pics till the way out. Hence this lovely shot of @matgleason and @leighsalgado (who had beautiful work in the show). Today I am on an artist panel as a representative artist in @kristineschomaker s Perceive Me project. Join us at 1:00. I’ll share her post for details. (at Brand Library & Art Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbVVk9KJ0kb/?utm_medium=tumblr