Sarah Shepard Gallery is thrilled to announce Artist In Residence, an inaugural weekend artist residency and solo exhibition with Bay Area artist Jean Pettigrew Whelan. For one weekend, a corner of Sarah Shepard Gallery will be transformed into the artist’s “studio” where Whelan will join us on-site to paint a new book stack still life.

To accompany this ex situ studio exercise, a collection of Whelan’s paintings will be on view including her iconic book, fabric, and milk crate stacks, and an assemblage display of some of her studio tools, props, and paintings. Whelan will be on-site at Sarah Shepard Gallery Saturday, June 7, 12-3pm, and Sunday, June 7, 12-3pm, painting a new work from her book stack series featuring art books hand-selected by Sarah Shepard, owner of Sarah Shepard Gallery.

Whelan will take commissions of her 16 x 20 in. acrylic on canvas book stack and fab- ric stack paintings throughout the show. Interested parties should bring their selected stack of books (three to seven books) or textiles to the gallery by June 17. A form will be available to fill out for commissions, and objects should be labeled and in a box or bag that is also labeled with the commissioner’s name and contact informa- tion. Commissioned paintings will be made in Whelan’s studio after Artist in Residence closes.

Opening: Saturday, June 7, 4-6 pm.
Whelan’s live painting sessions: Saturday, June 7, 12-3 pm and Sunday, June 8, 12-3 pm.