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Anthony Holdsworth August 9, 2016

"De Las Calles de Mexico a Las Calles de La Mision"

Paintings created in Mexico and the Mission District of San Francisco
by Anthony Holdsworth.
The Juan Fuentes Gallery, 2958 24th Street
Oct 22 - November 26
Reception: Oct 22, 6 - 8 pm. With guest musician Francisco Herrera.

I have been painting the Mission District for the past four years. I consider these works distinct from my other California cityscapes.
The Mission District is a window on Latin America. When I paint here, my experience of Latin America, especially Mexico, enters the paintings.
I look forward to this opportunity to show paintings created in Mexico alongside the Mission District Series.

Above: Detail from "Un Rincon de La Plaza Grande, Patzcuaro, MichoacanBelow: Detail from "On the Red Road, Balmy Alley, Mission District, San Francisco — Above: Detail from "Un Rincon de La Plaza Grande, Patzcuaro, Michoacan
Below: Detail from "On the Red Road, Balmy Alley, Mission District, San Francisco

About the artist

Anthony Holdsworth was born in England in 1945. He was introduced to oil painting in high school by the New England painter, Loring Coleman. Holdsworth embarked on a painting career while working as Head of Outdoor Restoration for the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy after the flood of 1966. He continued his studies at the Bournemouth College of Art in England where he studied with master draftsman Samuel Rabin and color theorist Jon Fish and at the San Francisco Art Institute where he studied with Julius Hatofsky, Bruce McGaw and Fred Martin. He has shown with major galleries in Oakland, San Francisco, Sacramento and Los Angeles. He has participated in two exhibitions at the Oakland Museum. He was included in the California Cityscapes exhibition at the San Diego Museum. He was a recipient of WESTAF-NEA fellowship in 1990. His work is in corporate and private collections worldwide.

"De Las Calles de Mexico a Las Calles de La Mision"

Anthony Holdsworth

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