Dos Tres Renaissance Man. Artist, Musician, Sculptor

Dos Tres has exhibited talents in a number of fields of art including jamming with the band to making mobile installations to painting and photography. As featured artist in THANKFUL, we are grateful for these works of art::.

"Thankful" Perspective of an Artist: Dos Tres

On Thankful In our world of uncertainty and peril I express thanks for the healing power of art. The artist journey is reflection.. a moment, an arrival, a survival.. An old family painting is serenity… a situation, a memory, a loss.. A mobile teaches balance, yet on the way poses affront, an attack.. collapsing into a chaotic dangling tangle of despair.. then sorrow somehow morphs into rising newfound purpose.. Entering Getty’s Rotunda I’m drawn into a magnificent artist’s trap: One small perfect pencil line begs another, then another even better, then an arc greater still.. until they fill.. ten tablets?!! Growth.. art is expansion beyond toxic illness.. paralyzed fingers grateful for the healing power of art medicine and the medicine bringers.. Dylan’s prescription is vision, perception, honesty.. depth of character.. The art student learns perspective.. a quiet chapel on a hill.. a distant tree horizon.. Art’s salve is a taste, a feeling, a color.. the scent of a vanishing moment

Dos Tres _ Dylan's Dream _ H: 37" X W: 41" _ 3D Multimedia: oil, acrylic, enamel/ hemp hair, guitar strings, frets, bone nut, ring, cufflink, glitter _ $23.000

Dos Tres _ Floral Blaze _ 16" X 20" _ acrylic on art board, natural leaf applique _ $5,000

Dos Tres _ Medicine Bringer _ 20" X 24" _ acrylic on art board _ nfs

Dos Tres _ The Moment _ photograph

We at the Van Hook Foundation are pleased that Dos Tres is participating in our show "THANKFUL" during this season of gratitude. This is a resident of Inglewood and thus also represents our selection of featured artists for the Inglewood Open Studios which happens every year, just before the Thanksgiving Holidays. Dos Tres is an artist we met in Inglewood and have followed the course of his career since 2008.

Meet Featured Artist for THANKFUL Dos Tres, Don Oliver Scott III an Inglewood Artist

Artist Bio Dos Tres 2022 Dos Tres (b. Don Oliver Scott III, Oakland, CA, 1948) was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. A child of the 60’s he was greatly influenced by the art and expressive music of the San Francisco psychedelic scene. In high school he enjoyed painting lessons from S. F. artist/mentor Jim Scott, and his retail village concept/model earned first place at the California Industrial Arts Exposition in Sacramento. Architecture studies at U.C. Berkeley (’69 -’70) opened his eyes to the historic relationship between humans and the natural environment. His model of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon was prominently displayed in the lobby of Wurster Hall, home of Berkeley’s Department of Architecture. Attending a lecture seminar and discussions with architect Richard Neutra convinced him that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. Work for NorCal architects and engineers followed. In 1978 Dos Tres came to Los Angeles where he drafted Hilton and Hyatt Regency interiors for Hirsch Bedner Associates, now the largest hospitality design firm in the world. Around this time Dos was invited to the home of Muhammad Ali, who autographed his airbrushed oil painting of Ali fighting in the ring. A stimulating ’85 –‘86 stint at Walt Disney Imagineering doing set design for Disneyland LA also provided the opportunity to flex his musical side and venture into audio design for the Life-Health Pavilion’s ‘Journey Through the Body’ at EPCOT Center. Exposure to Disney’s elite force of artists encouraged him to up his game and absorb new techniques. Living in LA Dos Tres has painted murals in restaurants, music studios, professional offices and private homes. He created super-graphics, redesigned the cafeteria and served as a facility planner for Allied Signal Corporation in Torrance. In 2007 Dos began work for the J. Paul Getty Trust at both the Villa and Getty Center Museums, immersing him in the great artistic milieus from the ancients to the modern masters. In 2010 his ‘Ubersketch’, a fantastical color pencil rendering of Tim Hawkinson’s Uberorgan installation, was displayed at the Getty’s bi-annual Underground exhibit. He gave a lecture on its creation at the Getty Research Institute with Getty curatorial staff and guests in attendance. Recently retired from the Getty, Dos Tres is now free to explore his insatiable passions for writing, music, painting and video production. Testimonials “That’s a million dollar painting..” - Muhammad Ali, 1980, referring to G.O.A.T., painting now in the collection of Dr. David Schwartz “Your wonderful sketch of Uberorgan is quite beautiful and whimsical and makes me very nostalgic for the Getty!” - Peggy Fogelman, Director of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston “..It’s a very beautiful work in its own right but also a fantastic reminder of how wonderful the installation was. I envy you for having spent so much time with it.” - Michael Brand, renowned art historian and former Director of the J. Paul Getty Museum “Thanks so much for letting us see the terrific drawing of the Uberorgan installation! Bravo & all the best,” - John Walsh, Founding Director, the J. Paul Getty Museum

Open Call for Submissions to the show "Thankful" Deadline Oct 30th, 2022

The Van Hook Foundation is pleased to announce our Open Call: GROUP SHOW: “THANKFUL” EXHIBITION Looks for artwork that revels in the gratitude of life and its unique blessings. Artwork that expresses appreciation and celebration of life’s many seasons. What are you thankful for? Submission deadline: October 30, 2022. The "Thankful" exhibition is scheduled to run in Gallery 1820 and on-line, November 13 to December 20, 2022. TO SUBMIT TO THIS SHOW PLEASE SEND YOUR JPG IMAGES and details with dimensions, media, title, artist, price, & city to the email below and make a donation on the website for your entry fee. Your contributions are tax deductible. Please be sure to title your images ArtistName_WorkTitle and coordinate the artist name & details on the subject line with your submission so we match your donation to your images. Emailed JPG images must be 1MB or under. Email to: images.vanhookfoundation@gmail.com Detailsfor submissions are on the website vanhookfoundation.org under News and Events Miniature artworks welcome. Any small sculpture requires your own pedestal. For questions you may contact Curator Ginger Van Hook gingervanhook@vanhookfoundation.org Entry fees for submitting works are the following: Two images Donation of $50. Four images $100. When you make a donation the subject line should identify you as the artist and medium: For example: Artist: Ginger Van Hook, Medium: Photography or Artist Luke Van Hook, Medium: Painting To Email images, send them to : images.vanhookfoundation@gmail.com For additional questions you may contact Curator, Ginger Van Hook, gingervanhook@vanhookfoundation.org

THE VAN HOOK FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES RE-OPENING: FLORA KAO, PERSISTENT GARDEN

The Van Hook Foundation is proud to announce artist Flora Kao to exhibit at the Re-Opening of the Fine Art Exhibition Space at Gallery 1820 in Duarte, California. 1820 Evergreen Street, Duarte, CA 91010 www.vanhookfoundation.org FLORA KAO artist exhibition: Persistent Garden Curated by Ginger Van Hook opens October 1, 2022 and runs through November 02nd, 2022 Reception and Artist talk dates: ARTIST RECEPTION: SUNDAY OCTOBER 09, 2022 ARTIST TALK: SUNDAY OCTOBER 23, 2022 Artists Flora Kao and Ginger Van Hook explore the resiliency of the persistent garden. Photography and Installation depict the nature and ecostructure of growth despite obstacles.

Welcome 2022

 

My dearest readers of Ginger's Art Journal, I'm back. 

There is joy and there is much sadness too. There are flowers blooming and flowers in decay. I admit, I did drop out of traveling to art exhibitions during Covid19, but it was a couple years before that, that I had to slow down. I took on my family responsibilities as care giver and had less and less time for travel and art. But I did find respite in my photography through my cellphone. Imagine that, 'I thought to myself,' a traditional photographer that had spent numerous hours in a darkroom developing images and now compared developing a picture at light speed with a click of an index finger on my cellphone and then I can even fix the picture in edit mode. Photography has indeed come a long way.

When I did see the difficult moments confront me in real life, I could turn away and find a flower to photograph and immerse myself in the escape to beauty right there on my cellphone. Dang thing. But I didn't ignore the arts during these challenging golden year changes. I was able to use my cellphone as the connection by which I didn't lose my connection to the world, I didn't miss the openings, because I could see the wonderful pictures on Facebook and social media. I did stay connected. And now, my fingers are itchy to write again, to drive across town, put on a mask, and dust off my digital camera and do my photo-journalist thing that I do. I have not abandoned my deepest ambitions to curate some art shows, to have a space of my own, to be able to invite folks back inside and to get all "creative" again. I can't predict anything in this unique new spring that I feel is coming to my life now, at this present moment in time. I just know I've been away and I'm ready to pick up where I left off. Here's to progress and getting through 2022!