New Fall Exhibits Reception at the Wildling Museum

Join us in celebrating two new fall exhibitions at the Wildling Museum at a public reception on Sunday, October 9, 2022, 3 – 5 p.m. with exhibiting artists Hilary Baker and Bob Canepa.

On view in the Wildling’s first floor main gallery is Wildlife on the Edge: Hilary Baker, featuring new and recent acrylic paintings from Hilary Baker’s Predators series alongside a new series of animal portraits on birch wood. From a group of common pigeons to an elusive cougar, Baker’s subjects make themselves at home in urban locales inspired by Los Angeles landmarks past and present. Coupled with Baker’s alternatingly bright and moody color palette, viewers are provided a fanciful peek into the secret lives of their wild neighbors, often hidden in plain view.

And on view in the Second Floor Valley Oak Gallery is Dunes: Visions of Sand, Light & Shadow, featuring new black and white photography by Bob Canepa. The unique terrain of the Oceano Dunes has served as a wealth of inspiration for Canepa, who has visited these dunes weekly for years. From sweeping vistas of light and shadow to grains of sand caught in dewy moisture, he has surveyed these weather-sculpted dunes from a range of perspectives, always finding something new in the shifting landscape.