Mar 16th, 2012
Art Exhibit: Beginner’s Eye: Seeking the Zen Mind – Bonnie Spindler, March 2012
March 1 – 31Opening reception: Friday, March 16, 6:30 – 8:30 pmIn the City Center Art Lounge 300 Page Street San Francisco Bonnie Spindler was sent to art camp at age four and has been hooked on creating ever since. She studied painting at Cornish School of the Arts, and had a well-received and -reviewed show […]
Mar 18th, 2010
Architecture of a Dream
Architecture of A Dream A sense of history prevails in the works of the “architecture of a dream” series. The work hints at years spent at foreign excavations or on archaeological digs. They conger tiny dusty museums in remote locals that house specimens chloroformed and pinned to boards, Victorian dioramas, and skeletons unearthed, placed under […]
Mar 15th, 2010
Seeking the Zen Mind
There have been twenty-five centuries of Buddhist art. Carvings, sculptures, paintings and buildings dedicated to the life of the Buddha exist worldwide. Spindler sought to demonstrate that the 21st century can inform and update what has already been depicted. She communicates the Buddhist principles in today’s media and forms hoping to create relevance in today’s […]
Mar 16th, 2007
Reclaimed In Nature
We recycle bottles and cans. We compost our table scraps and we plant trees. We eat organic and use compact florescent lighting. However, I couldn’t help but think, as I am doing my art work, that the canvas is bleached cotton that was not raised in an earth-friendly manner. The acrylic paints are a petrochemical-based […]
Aug 18th, 2006
Women’s Role in Society
Bonnie Spindler started her career in the corporate world and all to often found herself being chased around tables, asked about any future plans she might have in bearing children (as children would hamper her career) and bumping up against the glass ceiling. She started to incorporate her experiences, and those of her friends, into […]
Mar 17th, 1991
Requiem for a Bride
Requiem From A Bride takes on the institution of marriage, and all it’s cultural assumptions, from the expensive white dress, to the role of the bride in society.
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