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exhibitions

A Gallery Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA

29 Palms Art Gallery, "Differences in Common: A Contrapuntal Exploration of our American West"—exhibition and artist's discussion

City of Brea Art Gallery, "31st Annual Made in California"—juried exhibition Archangel Gallery, Palm Springs, CA

Palm Springs Art Museum, "Artists Council Exhibition"—juried exhibition

Reference Location
San Francisco, CA

17 Reasons

Acrylic on canvas
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2015
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48" x 60"
Painting of a San Francisco rooftop billboard reading 17 REASONS above a leasing sign, its steel scaffold against a pale blue sky.Painting of a San Francisco rooftop billboard reading 17 REASONS above a leasing sign, its steel scaffold against a pale blue sky.
Part of
Motels & Roadside Signs
California

A large rooftop billboard in San Francisco, California, on a steel scaffold reads 17 REASONS in tall teal letters, with a white LEASING 777-5000 panel and a torn red price tag, its leading digit ripped away. Flashes of orange and yellow show through the frame against a pale blue sky.

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