Tomiko Bailey Oil Painter

   Tomiko says: “Nature never reveals the exact same scene again: light, colors, shapes constantly shift with time. It is thrilling and rewarding to be painting outdoors, tiptoeing around the canvas to capture my impression of the landscape while realizing that I am part of it. Every scene exalts feelings and creates a state of mind. My intention is to paint a scene so open and unlimited by the frame that the viewer feels free to enter.”
   As a child in Japan Tomiko loved collage, drawing, watercolor and she received top awards in three city art competitions. She taught herself for many years hoping to find a great art teacher some day. In her mid twenties, she moved to San Francisco and met her husband who was raised in the art world. Together they went to many art events around the world. They moved to Tokyo for eight years to live Japanese art and culture. Tomiko was attracted to study the aesthetic style of Zen temple cuisine along with the occasional tea ceremony in magnificent settings. She taught Temple cuisine in Tokyo and California for eight years and her students loved studying this artful cuisine of health, taste and beauty.
  A great desire to paint arose again in her heart in 1997 while watching her daughters growing up with dance, music and art here in Moss Beach, California. That year she painted still-life scenes and landscapes with acrylics. She slowly gravitated to classes in drawing, watercolor and oil painting. She met excellent teachers and was encouraged to join the California Academy of Painters where she learned “plein air” or “open air” painting.
   She favors the “alla prima” technique of completing a painting in a single session with thick coats of oil paints, a method used by many impressionists.She loves painting outdoors. It’s exciting for her to capture fresh impressions and to depict as much as possible in a few hours on location. California offers numerous beautiful places to paint with intense light from the sky accentuating the earth tones.
   Plein air painting allows her to work with concentration and spontaneity.She participates yearly in plein air competitions & shows where she has received several awards. She paints productively outdoors and also in her studio where she composes larger paintings which are mostly expansions of the smaller field paintings.

GALLERIES:
Mountainsong Galleries
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Portola Art Gallery
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AFFILIATIONS:
Oil Painters of America
Laguna Plein Air Painters Association
Los Gatos Art Association.
California Art Club

EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS:

Portola Art Gallery Presents:
Tomiko Bailey: "Impressions of the Land and Sea"
Recent Summer paintings from September 1-30, 2009.
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Alameda 2009 Frank Bette Plein Air Show
Honorable Mention Award
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Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History "Plein Air Affaire 2009"
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Carmel Art Festival 2009
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Portola Art Gallery Presents: New Artists
January 1-30 2009.
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Tahill Gallery Solo Art exhibition
November 1st to 30th 2008
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Portola Art Gallery
Allied Arts Guild Paintout & Exhibit
September 13th 2008
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University Art Exhibition in San Jose, Ca.
September 6th to 27th 2008
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Frank Bette Center for the Arts
August 1st to 30th, 2008.
Quick Draw Best People's Choice Award
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Alameda 2008 Frank Bette Plein Air Show
July 19th 2008
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Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History "Plein Air Affaire 2008"
Invitational Paintout & Show July 12th and 13th 2008.
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Santa Cruz Art League: "Poems without Words" Juried Show
May 31st to June 29th 2008.
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Carmel Art Festival 2008 Juried Paintout and Show
May 15th to May18th 2008.
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Los Gatos Art Association Annual Juried Show 2008
At the Los Gatos Art Museum April 3rd to May 2nd 2008.
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Los Gatos Art Association Annual Juried Show 2007
At the Los Gatos Art Museum October 25th to November 30th 2007.
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Los Altos 2007 Plein Air Painting Competition & Show
September 21st to October 31st 2007.
Awarded 2nd place
Committee For Green Foothills' "Nature's Inspirations" Exhibit.
Sunday September 2nd, 2007. 
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Morro Bay Art Association Gallery  
Central Coast National Fine Art Competition 2007.
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Mother Lode National Art Exhibition in Placerville, Ca.
August 12 to August 26, 2007.
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Frank Bette Center For The Arts: Plein Air 2007 Paintout, Alameda, CA.
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Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History“Plein Air Affaire”2007, Santa Cruz, CA.
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Los Altos Cultural Association 1st Annual Plein Air Painting Competition, Los Altos, CA.
September 2006. Awarded third place.
Filoli Center Peninsula Plein Air Art Exhibition, Woodside, CA. 
August and September 2006.
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Los Altos History Museum "Los Altos Impressions" Exhibition , Los Altos, CA.
May to September 2006.
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Silicon Valley Open Studios, Stanford, CA. May 2006.
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Sonya Paz Fine Art Gallery, Santa Clara, CA.
April and May 2006.
Foster City Art Gallery, Foster City, CA.
April 2006.
Hidden Villa Paint Out Competition, Los Altos, CA.
October 2005. 
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Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA.
August 2005 Exhibition.
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Sobi Gallery, Burlingame, CA.
On permanent exhibition from October 2003 to December 2004.