65 artists explore lines, textures and marks at Belvedere-Tiburon Library

‘Mark Making: Dots, Lines, Textures’ at the Belvedere-Tiburon Library includes, clockwise from top left, ‘Stop Making Sense’ by Pat Moseuk, ‘Wave Chaos at North Beach’ by Sue Dedina, ‘The Republic Proclaimed’ by Advay Mengle and ‘The Astronomer’ by Eduardo del Rio.

Pat Moseuk is a painter who rarely uses a paintbrush.

To create her contemporary, abstract works, she typically puts paint on canvas with a credit card and makes marks using a wide variety of objects, such as jar lids and hinges.

She says her works are inspired by the grids, geometric lines and shapes found in everyday life and are filled with layers of color.

Residents can see her work on display as part of the Belvedere-Tiburon Library’s newest exhibit, “Mark Making: Dots, Lines, Textures.” The show, which features 65 artists chosen by a jury from an open call to Bay Area artists, runs Sept. 17-Nov. 11. An artists’ reception is set for 6-8 p.m. opening night.

The theme “speaks to reading the layers and texture of a canvas — to trying to discern how the artist’s hand, holding a loaded brush or fingers wrapped around a color pencil, left the marks they did,” says Diane Green, who chairs the library gallery and the exhibit. “Was it intentional or unconscious? This exhibition is, in part, about trying to unpack an artwork.”

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