MTC ART GALLERY

MTC and Cafe Metro present:

Pastel Drawings by
Michele Manning
www.michelemanning.com

Cafe Metro
101 8th Street, Oakland

March 21 - May 31, 2000

7:30 am to 3:00 pm weekdays

Michele Manning received her bachelor of fine arts degree in 1983 from the Academy of Art in San Francisco, spending the next 16 years as a freelance illustrator. Landscapes and city scenes have always been among her passions, and she is now pursuing a fine-art career fulltime. The current show reflects her interest in the beauty of nature coexisting with our modern world. "The vibrant colors and lively texture of soft pastel on colored paper allow me to be spontaneous and sketchy, capturing the intensity and rhythmic vitality in these bustling scenes," Manning says. "I much prefer drawing with color to the mixing and brushing on of paint. Drawing freehand from photos I've taken allows me to work in the comfort of my beautiful studio in Berkeley, capturing the transient nature of light and the activity in street scenes." Her work is being installed in the lobby and rooms of the newly renovated Hilton Hotel at S.F.'s Fisherman's Wharf, opening in May.