News Release
Premiere Reception: Saturday, September 16, 2023, from 4 PM to 6 PM
Exhibition on view from September 16, 2023, to January 14, 2024
SANTA PAULA, CA – The Santa Paula Art Museum is pleased to present “The Art of George Lockwood,” a solo exhibition by Santa Barbara County artist and Santa Paula native George Lockwood. The exhibition, which is the second show Lockwood has created for SPAM, features over 35 paintings representing scenes and subject matter from Santa Paula to the Central Coast to the Pacific Northwest. Meet the artist during the exhibit premiere party on Saturday, September 16, 2023, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Admission to the premiere reception is $5.00 for SPAM members and $10.00 for non-members. “The Art of George Lockwood” will be on view at the Santa Paula Art Museum from September 16, 2023, to January 14, 2024. All of the artworks are available for purchase.
“I’m a Santa Paula boy,” says George Lockwood. Lockwood was born in Santa Paula in 1960 and he still remembers the art lessons he received at Isbell Middle School and Santa Paula High School. While earning his Agricultural Business Management Degree at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, he spent the summer months packing mules in Yosemite National Park. After college, his experience with livestock and the outdoors took Lockwood to Alaska where he obtained his guide license.
For 19 years, George guided clients to some of the most remote and beautiful corners of Alaska. In his free time, Lockwood would sketch the wildlife that he observed on his tours. It was only after a client asked to purchase his small sketchbook of drawings that George considered a career as an artist. Lockwood retired from the guide business in 2003 and has been a full-time painter ever since. He has won numerous awards and gained national recognition for his work, including 20 state duck and game bird stamps; Nation’s Best Duck Stamp Design twice; Foundation for North American Wild Sheep Artist of the Year; and the Award of Excellence from the Society of Animal Artists National Tour. Birds and other wildlife remain his favorite subjects to paint.
About the Santa Paula Art Museum:
The Santa Paula Art Museum occupies two historic buildings located at 117 N 10th Street and 123 N 10th Street in downtown Santa Paula. The Museum features rotating exhibitions of historic and contemporary art, art classes for children and adults, creative community events, a well-curated gift shop, and more. Regular museum hours are Wednesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and Sunday from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Regular admission is $4.00 for adults, $3.00 for seniors, and free for students and museum members.
Contact the Museum: (805) 525-5554 or [email protected]
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Website: www.santapaulaartmuseum.org
