Congratulations to our
First Place Award of Excellence Winner
Warren Bakley

Warren was awarded the first place for his oil painting, Winter.

About Warren Bakley:

Warren is a painter, clay artist and designer.  He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from The Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA.  He has studied clay at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Maine and the New York School of Ceramics, Alfred, New York.  His working experience includes exhibit design with The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC and several years of color and interior design planning with architectural design firms. 

He has taught design at Moore College of Art and at Drexel University in Philadelphia PA, also, at San Diego State University, Southwestern Community College and the Cuyamaca Community College in California and has been a lecturer on Renaissance art at Trenton State University in Florence, Italy.

His work has been included in many public and private collections:  the Museum of Contemporary Crafts in New York City, Norfolk Art Museum, Norfolk Virginia, the Public Libraries of San Diego, The San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California, the Mingei International Museum, San Diego, California, the Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, California and the United States Information Agency Traveling Exhibitions. 

He is an Associate of Clay Associates, a non profit educational foundation, and is a member of the Allied Craftsmen of San Diego California.  He is currently represented by Clay Associates, 3667 Adams Avenue, San Diego, California, and the Santa Ysabel Gallery of Art, Santa Ysabel, California. 

About WINTER / MORNING LIGHT

An homage to the subtle gifts of nature.  A primordial wooded setting, a specific location, a moment in time during a winter morning following an overnight snow fall when the warmth of the frail February morning sun releases from the trees a mist of powdery crystals. Can nature hear this beautiful sound and feel the touch of this ethereal moment?

This painting was accomplished in the artist’s studio following Plein air sketches and photographs.