Playing with color
In her studio at The Alameda Artworks in San Jose’s Rose Garden neighborhood, artist Ayelet Gal-On does not just paint; she builds.
Layering oil, acrylic and plaster on canvas, her art is a process of accumulation, textures applied to capture the brush of wind and the shift of light.
Gal-On’s signature subjects for “Taken by the Wind, Swept by the Light,” her upcoming solo exhibition at Gallery 9 in Los Altos, are white dresses that appear to hang on a line, defying the stillness of the canvas.
“I love the process of playing with color,” she says. “It’s about finding a way to translate the sensation of the wind and the warmth of light into a visual experience.
“The layers are both literal and metaphorical,” Gal-On adds. “Just as we are made up of our past experiences and hidden depths, the paintings hold their own history in the layers of material.”
“Taken by the Wind, Swept by the Light” runs March 3-29 at Gallery 9, 143 Main St. in Los Altos. An opening reception will be held on Friday, March 6, 5-8 p.m. For more information, visit gallery9losaltos.art
One-act ‘Goes Wrong’
Playful People Productions is staging a one-act version of the hit comedy “The Play That Goes Wrong” March 6-22 at the Trace Elementary Theatre, 651 Dana Ave.
The play follows the antics of the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society, whose members are trying to stage a production of a 1920s murder mystery while props go missing, actors forget lines and the cast starts to crack under the pressure.
The original play, written by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields of Mischief Theatre Company, won Best New Comedy at the 2015 Laurence Olivier Awards.
Tickets are $22-$30 at https://www.playfulpeople.org/tickets.