“dreaming of 255” by Araujo, on view at the drawing room april 26th & 27th during hospitality house silent AUCTION 40th anniversary!
“Dreaming of 255”, 16” x 21”, oil on canvas, by Patricia Araujo
I’m so honored to have my work included in the upcoming TTHE Auction- Hospitality House 40th anniversary this April! My painting ‘Dreaming of 255” will be included in the online auction preview at https://www.thheauction.org/preview, and it will be available to bid on April 25 - May 1 through the online auction platform. For more information about my painting and this event, please scroll down.
There will be an in-person preview and art crawl on Saturday, April 26th & Sunday, April 27th from 1-5 pm at five independent galleries. My work will be on view at the Drawing Room (2675 Mission Street, San Francisco).
There will be an in-person live auction event on Wednesday, April 30th, 5:30 pm at Saint Joseph’s Art Society. Keep in mind, my artwork is part of the Silent Auction and will be on display at the Drawing Room Gallery (Mission St. location) and available to bid on online.
“Dreaming of 255”, (16” x 21”, oil on canvas) presents an abstract representation of the building facade located at 255 Golden Gate Avenue, in San Francisco. A one-story brick structure; Corinthian order with arches in bays; temple front composition, of Renaissance/Baroque ornamentation. Original owner: Edward McDevitt. Architect: Reid Brothers, 1916.
This building was originally one of several film exchanges built in the Tenderloin after the 1906 earthquake. They were close to the theaters on Market Street and designed to be fireproof, since early film stock was so volatile.
255 Golden Gate Avenue is a place I'm confronted by and admire every day on the route to the neighborhood. It has a clean front and I painted it in pastel tones. Its entrance is adorned by large arched windows and atop enhanced by beautiful motifs. Behind this façade is a modern residential unit, juxtaposed against this more classical setting. “255” is a personal site I enjoy seeing and wish to re-capture painted on canvas!