O’Brien Estates Winery “Night of Unrestrained Reserve” highlights Richard Thomas Sculptures

Richard Thomas, Sculptor, Barb and Bart O'Brien celebrating and enjoying "A Night of Unrestrained Reserve"

Richard Thomas, Sculptor, Barb and Bart O'Brien celebrating and enjoying "A Night of Unrestrained Reserve"

Saturday evening, October 17th, was ”A Night of Unrestrained Reserve” hosted by Bart and Barb O’Brien at their beautiful estate winery in Napa, CA.  (www.obrienestates.com) The evening began with wine, of course (!) and a dazzling sunset.  Bart and Barb O’Brien very graciously offered to display Richard Thomas’ sculptures in their tasting cellar where the event was held.  Richard’s bronze sculptures, “Loving Life” and “Early Harvest” were a hit with party goers.  The romantic theme of the sculptures and Bart and Barb’s love story seem to go hand in hand.  The O’Brien’s  visited Napa Valley on their third date over 20 years ago and fell in love with each other as well as Napa Valley.  The rest is history! For a real treat, you must sample their flagship wine, “Seduction”, which is absolutely amazing!!

Richard Thomas, Sculptor with David Yorgensen, Winemaker at O'Brien Estates

Richard Thomas, Sculptor with David Yorgensen, Winemaker at O'Brien Estates

Richard Thomas, Sculptor with his wife Sheri Ziebell, toasting to O'Brien's Seduction (with "Loving Life" in the background!

Richard Thomas, Sculptor with his wife Sheri Ziebell, toasting to O'Brien's Seduction (with "Loving Life" in the background!)

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Sanford Decker, Sculptor and President of Decker Studios, a Fine Arts Foundry lead a discussion of “Cast in Bronze: French Sculpture from Renaissance to Revolution” at the Getty Center

Sandy and Karen Decker at The Getty Center

Sanford and Karen Decker at The Getty Center

Decker Studios, a  Fine Arts Foundry is the foundry that fabricates Richard Thomas’ bronze sculptures.  Decker Studios, located in North Hollywood, CA, (www.deckerstudios.com) , is owned and operated  by Sanford Decker, a hands-on sculptor himself, as well as a consultant to the Getty Center in Los Angeles, CA.  Richard Thomas, Sculptor and Sheri Ziebell, Richard’s wife, had the honor to hear Sanford Decker talk about the art and fabrication of bronze sculpture in conjunction with the exhibit:  “Cast in Bronze:  French Sculpture from Renaissance to Revolution”.   His talk was interesting, informative and he had the audience captivated as he traced through the history of bronze sculpture.  Richard and Sheri had the pleasure of spending some time with Sanford and his wife Karen and enjoyed a wonderful afternoon together.

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Live Sculpting Demonstration by Richard Thomas, Sculptor, intrigued crowds at Cheers! St. Helena

Sign in front of Art On Main On Friday night, September 4th, Richard Thomas, Sculptor, exhibited his completed bronze sculptures and worked on two of his “in-process” sculptures at Art on Main (www.imagesnapavalley.com) in St. Helena, CA.  Cheers! St. Helena, a social event, brought nearly 4,0000 visitors to Main Street in St. Helena to enjoy live music, a marching band, shopping. food, wine and naturally art!

Richard Thomas explaining the clay to bronze process to guests

Richard Thomas explaining the clay to bronze process to guests

Richard was more than happy to field questions from the visitors who were genuinely interested in his sculptures.  The spirited people who came to Art on Main were happy, friendly, full of smiles with lots of laughter and enjoyed the gallery atmosphere and wonderful art.  Art on Main gallery owners, Tom and Nancie Brown were at the gallery for the event, as well as Suzanne Perkins, Gallery Director.  Sandy Maus, Director of Marketing for Tin Barn Vineyards (www.tinbarnvineyards.com) graciously poured wine tastes for the streams of people flowing into the gallery.

Sheri Ziebell with Richard Thomas, Sculptor posing with Richard's Grapes of Joy

Sheri Ziebell withRichard Thomas, Sculptor, posing with Richard's "Grapes of Joy"

Suzanne Perkins, Art on Main, Richard Thomas, Sculptor, Sandy Maus, Tin Barn Vineyards with a smiling, toasting Bacchue

Suzanne Perkins, Art on Main, Richard Thomas, Sculptor, Sandy Maus, Tin Barn Vineyards with a smiling, toasting Bacchus

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Richard Thomas, Sculptor, will Present Live Sculpting Demonstration at Cheers! St. Helena

Richard Thomas, Sculptor, will be at Art On Main, our St. Helena art gallery (www.imagesnapavalley.com) presenting a live sculpting demonstration on Friday, September 4, 2009.  St. Helena,  in beautiful Napa Valley hosts Cheers! St. Helena (http://www.cheerssthelena.com) on the first Friday of the month, May through October and is a non-profit social event held in downtown St. Helena to celebrate friends and wine.  Art On Main, the Napa Valley gallery representing  Richard Thomas, is one of the donors for Cheers and graciously invited Richard to sculpt on-site at the gallery.  Cheers! has recently attracted more than 3000 visitors who enjoyed food, wine, entertainment and of course, ART!  Art On Main has teamed up with Tin Barn Vineyards (www.tinbarnvineyards.com) and Tin Barn Vineyards  representatives will be at the gallery pouring wine tastes.  If you have a chance to stop by the gallery on September 4th, both Richard Thomas and his wife Sheri would love to meet you and share a toast!

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Richard Thomas with Suzanne Perkins at Art on Main in St. Helena, California

The serious strategy meeting!

High Level Meeting between Suzanne Perkins, Art on Main and Richard Thomas, Sculptor

Richard Thomas, Sculptor  and Suzanne Perkins from Art on Main in St. Helena, California, www.imagesnapavalley.com (click on ”What’s New” under Art on Main for Richard Thomas) are in a high-level serious meeting discussing the next sale!  Suzanne had just completed a sale of Richard Thomas’ “Loving Life” so Richard and Sheri stopped into Art on Main to congratulate her.  We really appreciate Suzanne’s efforts in representing Richard’s sculptures and feel we have a great team supporting us!

As we always say, “Life is just too short to be taken too seriously!”

Suzanne Perkins with Richard Thomas

Suzanne Perkins with Richard Thomas, Sculptor, on a more serious note - but not too serious!

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