Silhouettes, Hangzhou, China

Silhouettes, Hangzhou, China

Cover | Seamus Berkeley

Silhouettes, Hangzhou, China, (2007, 5” x 4”, oil painting on canvas). This painting is a piece from his daily painting series which is available at www.aberkeleydaily.com. Berkeley uses oils to create portraits, still lifes and landscapes in a representational-impressionistic style. His specialty is commissioned portraits. Visit his studio, number 40 in the Sawtooth Building, at 933 Parker St., Berkeley, CA (beside Studio Rasa) to commission a portrait, to see works in progress or to take a weekend workshop. For more about Berkeley, go to www.seamusberkeley.com; contact him by phone: (505) 770-0737 or e-mail seamus@seamusberkeley.com. (And, yes, his family name really is Berkeley!)

Faces of the East Bay

In the Philanthropic Swim

In the Philanthropic Swim

Rockridge residents John Bliss and Kim Thompson may live far removed the gritty flats of East and West Oakland. But this philanthropic couple see themselves as one with the citizens of Oakland, particularly those who are struggling financially, and they’re leading a campaign to get their “financially blessed” peers to invest in the community like they have by funding city programs to teach kids how to swim.