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Sally Owens is a painter working in watercolor, and a longtime member of the Yosemite community, having settled in the area in 1988. If you’ve visited The Ansel Adams Gallery you’ve likely seen her artwork; spare and subtle depictions of subjects that populate Yosemite and the Sierra foothills.
Yosemite has been the throughline. A recreational destination in childhood, a refuge that shaped my adulthood, an endless supplier of fascinating subjects to paint. Home.”
Sally Owens
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Education
- Multiple Subject Teaching Credential, Sonoma State University
- B.A. Studio Art, College of Creative Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara
Selected Exhibitions
- Water + Color, Solo Exhibit, The Ansel Adams Gallery, Yosemite, CA June 9 - August 3, 2024
- AVIAN: Birds in a Changing World, Gallery 5, Oakhurst, CA December 6, 2017 - January 14, 2018
- Fig Tree Gallery Invitational, Fig Tree Gallery, Fresno, CA August 3 - September 3, 2017, January 2013, January 2001, March 1995
- Yosemite Renaissance XXXI, National Juried Exhibit, Yosemite Museum, February 26 - May 1, 2016 + Traveling
Winters 2011, 2010, 2006, 2004, 2002, 2000, 1998, 1997, 1995, 1991, 1990 - Yosemite Impressions: Works on Paper & Canvas, The Ansel Adams Gallery, Yosemite CA November 2015 - January 2016
- Miniature Show, First Street Gallery, Turlock, CA Fall/ Winter 2015, 2009, 2008, 2007
- Statewide Watercolor Exhibition, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA December 8, 2012 - February 3, 2013, December 6, 2008 - February 22, 2009
- The High Sierra: Two Views, with Tom Killion, The Ansel Adams Gallery, Yosemite, CA October 1 - November 19, 2012
- California Works, California State Juried Fine Art Exhibit, Sacramento, CA July 12 - July 29, 2012, Summer 2004, 2001,1995,1992
- Yosemite: In Detail, Solo Exhibit, The Ansel Adams Gallery,Yosemite, CA September 27 - November 7, 2010
- California Watercolor Association 41st National Exhibit, Presidio of San Francisco, CA July 14 - September 19, 2010.
- Visions of Spring, Filoli, Woodside, CA March 31 - May 10, 2009
- Interplay: Yosemite Paintings, with Penny Otwell, The Ansel Adams Gallery, Yosemite, CA July 16 - August 31, 2008
- Oil & Water: Painting Yosemite, with Penny Otwell, The Ansel Adams Gallery, Yosemite, CA, October 22 – December 2, 2006
- Paintings: Two Views of Yosemite, with Penny Otwell, The Ansel Adams Gallery, Yosemite, CA, November 3 – December 16, 2004
- Fifth Annual Botanical Art Exhibition, Filoli, Woodside, CA October 3 – 18, 2003
- Innerscape: The Women Artists of Yosemite, Mariposa County Arts Council Gallery, Mariposa, CA September 27 – October 31, 2002
- Watercolors and Woodblock Prints, with Tom Killion, The Ansel Adams Gallery, Yosemite, CA, October 15 - November 30, 2001
- Local Color, The Ansel Adams Gallery, Yosemite, CA April 1 - May 15, 1999
- An Inspired Tradition, The Ansel Adams Gallery, Pebble Beach, CA February 1 - March 15, 1998
- The Ansel Adams Gallery, Group Exhibit, Yosemite, CA Summer 1996, Fall 1993, Summer 1993
- Artist’s Guild all California Juried Exhibit, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA May 30 - July 12, 1998
- Homage and Inspiration, National Juried Exhibit, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA April 2 - May 10, 1998
- Falling Leaf, The Gardener, Berkeley, CA October 16 - November 1, 1997
- The Harbinger Gallery, Arnold, CA October 1 - December 31, 1996 Sonora, CA July 1 - October 31, 1995
- California Arts Council Traveling Exhibit, November 1990 - June 1991
Selected Honors And Awards
- AVIAN: Birds in a Changing World, Gallery 5, Oakhurst, CA December 6, 2017 - January 14, 2018 Second Place Award
- Yosemite Renaissance XXXI, National Juried Exhibit, Yosemite Museum, February 26 - May 1, 2016 + Traveling
Winters 2011, 2010, 2006, 2004, 2002, 2000, 1998, 1997, 1995, 1991, 1990
7 Awards: Second Tier 2011, Second Place 2010, Best of Show 2000, Honorable Mentions 2002 & 1997,
Best Painting 1990, Yosemite Park & Curry Co. Purchase Award 1990 - Statewide Watercolor Exhibition, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA December 8, 2012 - February 3, 2013, December 6, 2008 - February 22, 2009 Second Place Award
- California Works, California State Juried Fine Art Exhibit, Sacramento, CA July 12 - July 29, 2012 Award of Merit and Kay Boron Memorial Award, Summer 2004, 2001,1995,1992 4 Awards of Merit
- California Watercolor Association 41st National Exhibit, Presidio of San Francisco, CA July 14 - September 19, 2010, Hank McDonnell Award
- Visions of Spring, Filoli, Woodside, CA March 31 - May 10, 2009 Honorable Mention
- Artist’s Guild all California Juried Exhibit, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA May 30 - July 12, 1998, Award of Distinctive Merit
Associated Contributions And Experience
Sally Owens is represented by The Ansel Adams Gallery, P.O. Box 455, Village Mall, Yosemite, CA 95389 anseladams.com