Please join us as we welcome multi-media artist Mathilde Lombard as our June Artist, featuring her acrylic paintings on paper and canvas for her show, Number of Years. Lombard curated our Art Wall for 20 years and passed the job on to Beverly Alison about 20 years ago. We welcome back her fine art and friendship! The congregation and the public are invited to a Gala Artist Opening Reception for Mathilde Lombard on Sunday, June 7th, 2015, 12 Noon to 2:00pm, UU Santa Monica, Forbes Hall.

Mathilde Lombard has been curating art and creating her own works for many years. Lombard’s formal training was at the Beverly Hills Adult School and from mentors, including Keith Finch. Lombard uses watercolor, ink, acrylic and other media to make striking and memorable images.

Lombard explains her passion, “I believe that each of us has creativity within expressed in many different ways. The question is whether or not one is moved to explore it. Visual art has been a major force in my life… I work intuitively, without preconceived notions and allow the painting to lead me. Truly, art is a never ending exploration -- rich and exciting, frustrating and joyful!”

Lombard has been featured in many galleries in Southern California and has won a number of awards. She is a member of Women Painters West and the National Watercolor Society. From 1992 to 2006 she was represented by the Art Rental and Sales Gallery of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Her work has also appeared in a number of publications including “Faces” by Jack Selleck, “The Art of Collage” by Gerald Brommer and “The Best of Watercolor, Volume 3, Selected by Serge Hollerbach and Betty Lou Schlemm.”

The show will run through Sunday, June 28^th, and is free and open to the public on Sundays from 9am – 1pm and on weekdays by appointment. Follow the signs to free parking at the parking structure just south of Arizona and 16^th. Handicapped parking is available behind the church.

Contact Nancy at assistant@uusm.org, 310-829-5436 ext. 102 for info or appointments.

Contact Beverly at balison@aol.com, for further info about the artist or about exhibiting on the Art Wall at UU Santa Monica.