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Julie B. Smiley

  • Let's Pretend
  • See & Feel: A Whole Person Approach of the Arts in Support of SEL
  • "We Are Worthy" Collaboration
  • Ink Flow Figures
  • 2020 Series
  • Echoes Series
  • Southern California Series
  • Here and There Series
  • From Here Series
  • SkyLines Series
  • Notes
  • Contact
In my dream world I would offer foods as local as my paintings at this reception: like these sweet-gems that are literally drying on the vines just step south of the driveway to the farm I've been painting at again this week. How about these sun-kis…

In my dream world I would offer foods as local as my paintings at this reception: like these sweet-gems that are literally drying on the vines just step south of the driveway to the farm I've been painting at again this week. How about these sun-kissed fruit drizzled with the olive oil that is pressed from the trees that line either side of the same driveway, and then tossed with some roasted walnuts from the tree just to the east? How about crowning this with a fist of crushed rosemary that grows over the sidewalk by our closest Greenbelt playground? What about lemon bars from my neighbor's North Davis lemon tree, some crustini topped with preserved figs from my friend's tree on Sycamore? Slices of Jenny's persimmons and mounds of seeds from our lush pomegranates? Then there's countless eggs in town to use. Anyone making their own goat cheese?  Also, I would have some awesome local musician there for when the party was ready to really jam. 

I like food. Come to the show!

October 28, 2015

All of the Skyline series are framed, stacked, and waiting to be hung at the gallery.  

The catalog is written, the invitations mailed.

In preparation of fine appetizers for the opening reception, I'm already in the 4th turn of my Danish- scratch that- my local dairy butter-based pastry dough.

Um, well, not so much on that last bit. But in my consultations with Saveur, Martha, Pinterest and all other Google suggestions for fantastic finger foods, that's probably where I need to be at this point if I'm going to be ready in time to meet you with ma' bells on!

I've got my paper bag... thinking I'll be wearing that over my head when I greet you. I'm assuming you'll hear the bells tinkling, so you'll know it's me.  Yes, I'm nervous!  And when I'm nervous I like to eat, and think of eating. Where else in the world can one be nervous and eat so well as in middle-class, mid-valley California?!  We live in <bleeping> Produce-Mecca, I say, Bring on the nerves!

Come see if I meet my expectations for extreme-local food, the perfect pastry, and elegant bag-wearing: at the John Natsoulas Gallery on 2nd Street; the party starts at 7pm on Saturday November 14th!  

If you want to just see the paintings and not count my puff pastry's layers, pop in anytime between November 4th and December 5th. 

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