Monthly Archives: June 2011

Pimento Fine Art at Olive PR Solutions, Inc. is proud to present an art show by La Jolla artist Dottie Stanley. The exhibition features Dottie’s Africa collection inspired by her personal journey and interaction with the Masai people of Kenya. An award-winning internationally collected artist, Dottie is most noted for finding beauty in everyday scenes that most of us take for granted.

Please join us for an opening reception where you will have an opportunity to meet Dottie and view her work.

“The Masai people have a deep love of their tribal culture and their sense of values.  In spite of the primitive, hard lives they lead, they have a strong sense of purpose- one of them being that they create many children, and another is wanting to look beautiful through bright colored clothing and jewelry they create,” said Dottie. “I was inspired by this culture that, to many of us, is extreme hardship, but to them a natural way of life, and through all of their difficulties in these primitive villages, their spirits soar and touch your soul.”

Date: Wednesday, June 29, 6pm to 9pm

Location: Pimento Fine Art at Olive PR Solutions, Inc., 350 W. Ash Street, San Diego, CA  92101 | 619-955-5285

Guests are asked to R.S.V.P. by emailing info@oliveprsolutions.com

About Dottie Stanley:

Dottie’s passion for painting started as a young child, and was enhanced when she began studying portraits, figures and still life with Arthur Maynard at the Ridgewood Art Institute in New Jersey. Although not well known he is considered a master being a student of Frank Vincent DuMonde, in turn a protégée and contemporary of Winslow Homer.

Some of the notable artists with whom she has studied are: Everett Raymond Kinstler, official White House and The Smithsonian portraitist; David Leffel of Taos, New Mexico; sculptor Stephen DeStaebler of the San Francisco Art Institute; Harvey Dinnerstein, Art Students League, New York City; William Scott Jennings of Sedona, AZ, Ken Auster of Laguna Beach, CA, and Mary Beth McKenzie and Wolf Kahn of New York City.

Her greatest enthusiasm is working with figures, and she has had the opportunity to do so worldwide. She has developed art featuring the people who work in market places in Italy, Mexico, Kenya and Columbia – including the famed coffee man of Columbia. Native Americans are proud and fascinating people and her art features the Navajo, Apache and Plains nations. Homeless people also exhibit pride in spite of their circumstances and she has presented their character in her series about the homeless. Pride is international, and in Kenya she was thrilled to artistically capture the people, particularly the Masai.

Dottie uses her art to help charities help women through fund-raising events. For that and because of her financial investment background as a certified financial manager which she also uses to help women world-wide, she received a 2007 Living Legacy Award from the Women’s International Center. She is a Fellow of the American Artists Professional League. She is also a member of the Salmagundi Club of New York; the Allied Artists of America; Oil Painters of America; the San Diego Museum of Fine Arts Artists Guild. She is past President and Life Member of the La Jolla (California) Art Association and the founding President/Director of the Allied Artists’ Association of San Diego. She has been a member of the Art Students League of New York, the Santa Rosa (California) Art Guild, The Market Street Group (of San Diego), and the San Diego Art Institute.  In 2010, she was chosen by Kennedy Publishing as one of the best of 200 oil painters in the country and was featured in their book, “The Best of America Oil Painters, 2010.”  She will be featured again in 2011 in a book “The Best of the Best.”

Dottie’s works are in collections throughout the United States, Italy and Mexico, and are award winners in international and national juried shows. They have also been exhibited in museums, including the San Diego Museum of Art and the Bonita (California) Cultural Museum and Art Center. In addition, she has her studio in La Jolla.

About Pimento Fine Art:

Located in Little Italy, Olive PR Solutions, Inc. works with clients who are ready to make a major impact by generating positive news coverage and opportunities to guide them to branch out, think bigger, and expand their reach. The Pimento is the spicy or sweet pepper at the center of an olive. At Olive PR Solutions, Inc., the spicy center of the office is the incredible art that decorates our walls. Pimento Fine Art features art shows by a local artists year round. It is important to Olive PR Solutions to work closely with the arts and culture community here in San Diego, and we have made it a priority to support local artists to help them to gain exposure and give them an opportunity to showcase an entire portfolio of work in one place. For more information, please visit www.oliveprsolutions.com.

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Please join us at Pimento Fine Art for a glass of wine and an opportunity to view “Defying Gravity” – a new collection of artwork by Dani Dodge.
Pimento Fine Art Gallery 350 W. Ash St. #103 San Diego, Ca. 92101
Thursday, June 16, 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Although most of Dani’s work focuses on people’s relationship to the urban environment, in “Defying Gravity” she soars above that. The mixed-media paintings focus on birds, specifically crows, ravens and pigeons. For Dani, the bird is a symbol of the ability to rise above those things that keep you planted to the ground: most often the expectations of others and a lack of belief in self. www.danidodge.com.

Please RSVP to info@oliveprsolutions.com or 619-955-5285.

The Pimento is the spicy or sweet pepper at the center of an olive. At Olive PR Solutions, Inc., the spicy center of the office is the incredible art that decorates our walls. Pimento Fine Art features art shows by a local artist year round. It is important to Olive PR Solutions to work closely with the arts and culture community here in San Diego, and we have made it a priority to support local artists to help them to gain exposure and give them an opportunity to showcase an entire portfolio of work in one place. For more info, please visit http://oliveprsolutions.com/pimento-fine-art/