Tag Galley presents new works by Diane Rudnick Mann, Valerie Nielsen Mendez and Joan Vaupen through May 22. The opening reception is set for May 8 at the gallery, 2525 Michigan Ave., D3, at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica. ‘ Mann offers meticulously rendered still-life paintings of pencils, jellybeans, pimiento-stuffed olives and rusty old keys. ‘I like to paint everyday objects, something you would walk by and never notice,’ she explains.’ Painter and innovative artist Mendez worked in mixed media, producing images that are both obscured and revealing. The Pacific Palisades resident passed away on March 15 at the age of 62 while finishing her last pieces for this exhibit. The show features two forms of’Mendez’s artistic interpretation of contemplative communication. One is her traditional use of Plexiglas, and the other is her recent exploration of layers on canvas sans Plexi.’Her piece ‘Clear Signs of Life’ maintains the visual idea of layers through the use of circles. In Vaupen’s new experimental work,’the Palisadian continues pouring and’dropping watercolor and acrylic paint in and around the surface of paper, moving it with her hands and fingers. Contact: 310-829-9556.
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