"Art from the Heart" is the 23rd annual art auction benefitting the University Art Gallery - an evening of art, food, and fine wine, featuring modestly-priced works in many mediums sold during a silent auction from 6-9 p.m on Saturday, Feb. 10. Free previews of the artwork are scheduled on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Thursday, Feb. 8, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; and Friday, Feb. 9, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.
This year more than 150 artists from Sonoma County and across the United States have created original works of art especially for Art from the Heart, including Chester Arnold, Todd Barricklow, Ray Beldner, Pele DeLappe, Poe Dismuke, Stephen Galloway, Cynthia Hipkiss, Bob Hudson, Kurt Kemp, Tony King, Judith Linhares, Jim Melchert, Jann Nunn, William O'Keeffe, Cornelia Schulz, Sylvia Seventy, Richard Shaw, Marg Starbuck, Jennifer Sturgill, John Watrous, Shane Weare, and Sam Woolcott, among many others. $30 donation at the door.
For further information, phone Carla Stone, (707) 664-2295 or visit http://www.sonoma.edu/artgallery/heart.html
Above, is Charles Hobson's "Heart Ache, 2006."