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Exhibit showcases artist’s portraits, panoramas, playing cards

“The Art of Kathy Gray” is on display in at Tiburon Town Hall July 7-Aug. 27. An artist’s reception is planned for 6-8 p.m. July 8.

Diane Smith
By DIANE SMITH · 1 min read
Corte Madera artist Kathy Gray’s portrait of Walt Disney with Mickey Mouse is displayed at Tiburon Town Hall as part of ‘The Art of Kathy Gray’ exhibit running through Aug. 27.

Back when Kathy Gray was painting commissioned portraits, she started to think about ways to show prospective clients how true-to-life she could make her art look. She figured if people didn’t know the person she painted, they would not know if it was a good likeness, so she chose to paint a man almost everyone would recognize: Abraham Lincoln.

That portrait, which measures about 4 feet by 6 feet, greets visitors to a new Tiburon Town Hall exhibit of Gray’s work, “The Art of Kathy Gray,” on display in the upstairs gallery July 7-Aug. 27. An artist’s reception is planned for 6-8 p.m. July 8.

Among the other paintings on display in the show will be a portrait of Walt Disney. Gray says she happened to be thinking of all the joy Disney had brought to the world when she saw a photograph of the entrepreneur. In that photo, Disney is holding some papers, but Gray substituted Mickey Mouse in her painting.

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A version of this story appeared in the July 2, 2025, print edition of The Ark. See something wrong? Request a correction.
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