'California Sunset, Drake's Bay' by Duane Wakeham, 1997, San Francisco, Pastel Society of America, Extra Large Oil Landscape

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Signed lower right, 'Wakeham' for Duan Wakeham (American, born 1931) and dated, verso, 1997. Additionally titled, 'Estero, Drake's Bay'.
Previously … Read more Signed lower right, 'Wakeham' for Duan Wakeham (American, born 1931) and dated, verso, 1997. Additionally titled, 'Estero, Drake's Bay'.
Previously with: Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco.
Framed dimensions: 73.5 H x 2.25 D x 61.5 W inches

Born in Michigan, Wakeham attended Meinzinger Art School, Detroit, and later earned degrees in painting from Michigan State University (1959) and Stanford University (1961). During this time, he also traveled and painted in Europe for two years, living the second year in Florence, Italy.

A teacher, Wakeham taught drawing and painting at Stanford and art history and oil painting at College of San Mateo. He has conducted workshops, taught master classes, and juried exhibitions in California, Nevada, New Mexico, Hawaii, New York, Washington, D.C., and Ontario, Canada. An active member of the Pastel Society of America, he taught a workshop for the society (1997) and performed demonstrations (2001, 2004, 2005) and assisted in hanging “Pastels Only” each year since 1998. In 2000, Wakeham was elected to the Pastel Society of America's Hall of Fame in 2000 and, in 2009, named Pastel Society of the West Coast Pastel Laureate. In 1995 he was named Master Pastelist, PSA and Distinguished Pastelist, Pastel Society of the West Coast. He is a member of PSA Board of Governors, the IAPS Board of Directors and the Editorial Advisory Board of The Pastel Journal.

Duane Wakeham exhibited with success in California including at Ankrum Gallery, Los Angeles (1974-1988); Gallery 30, San Mateo/Burlingame (1985-1995); and was represented by Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco (1995-2005). He has had 27 solo exhibitions. In addition to his landscape work in both pastels and oils, he maintains a weekly schedule of drawing and painting the figure. He has lived in California since 1959 and now divides his time between his home in San Francisco and his studio in Sebastopol.

Publications include:
A Painter’s Guide to Design and Composition (North Light Books, 2007); Pure Color: The Best of Pastels (North Light Books, 2006); The Pastel Journal (Sept/Oct 2000; Mar/April 2003); American Artist (Nov 1977; Aug 1994; Sept 2005); The Best of Pastels (Rockport, 1998); The Artist and the American Landscape (First Glance Books, 1998); 20 Oil Painters and How they Work (Watson-Guptill, 1978). He was revision author of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th editions and co-author of the 6th and 7th editions of Mendelowitz’s Guide to Drawing (1982-2007). See less