Cover | Jon Francis
It’s Tim Time (oil on canvas, 2012). Jon Francis’s “It’s Tim Time” portrays that increasingly common distraction, the smartphone. Even the exploits of a Cy Young Award–winner on the field are pulled into cyberspace for this techie in the stands. Exploring the urban landscape, the artist captures the multi-tasking fan at the ballpark while Tim Lincecum creates his own magic on the mound. Francis left a successful career as an advertising art director to start his own firm, Bass/Francis Productions. With his wife, he produced and directed more than 1,500 TV commercials before retiring to his Northern California studio to concentrate on painting. Francis has exhibited at the Bolinas Museum, Napa Valley Museum, Sullivan Goss Gallery in Santa Barbara, and the George Krevsky Gallery. The painting is featured in Art of Baseball: 15th Annual Exhibition at the Krevsky Gallery in San Francisco, 77 Geary St. The show runs through April 28, Tuesdays through Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. For more info: (415) 397-9748 or georgekrevskygallery.com.
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LAST CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Through April 16, The Monthly is accepting personal essays (non-fiction, first-person prose) of up to 900 words for possible publication in our summer literary issue. The theme:
What you don’t see
A distinct, compelling voice is what we’re after here. We favor the specific and personal over the vague and general, and request that you not use the phrase “What you don’t see.”
To submit, paste the essay into your email to editorial@ themonthly.com and attach as a Word document (“.doc,” not “.docx” file). You must include your name, email address, and phone number in the body of your email and at the top of your essay document. Also, please be aware that as a regional magazine, we prioritize submissions from those who live or work in the East Bay. Deadline: Monday, April 16.
