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Art Exhibitions

Portraits, Paintings, Murals of the Southwest

ART EXHIBITIONS by Chuck Caplinger:

“Hollywood Faces” 2006-2007
Oil paintings at M.Hale Gallery, Palm Springs

Hollywood Entertainment Museum
“A Tribute to Marilyn Monroe” 2001

Edward-Dean Museum
“From the Reservation to the Range” 2001

“Art of the American West”
Western paintings for Norco, CA, 2004-2006

Ongoing Series:

“Southwest Images”
Landscapes, critters, desert artifacts

“Desert Dreaming”
Whimsical portraits of hi-desert friends

Desert “Oasis” Exhibit
Oasis of Mara palms and history

Open Studio Art Tours
“The Mystical Desert” series 2005 & 2006

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Exhibitions
“Old Friend” - Oil on canvas. First Place and People’s Choice award winner at The Southland Show, 29 Palms Art Gallery, November 2001.
“Magic Thumb” portrait from Desert Dreaming series. Morongo Valley Art Colony 40th Annual Show, First Place ribbon, Morongo Valley, CA, October 2004.

* “Eclectic Mix” - 29 Palms Art Gallery, CA (Sept. 26 - Oct. 28, 2007)
* “Desert Rainstorms” - Hi-Desert Water District, Yucca Valley, CA (Aug/Sept. 2007)
* “Hollywood Faces” - M. Hale Gallery, Palm Springs, CA (2006 - 2007)
* “Marilyn Visits” - A Roadside Attraction, 29 Palms, CA, Retrospective paintings of Marilyn Monroe (Oct. 14 - Dec. 9, 2006).
* Solo exhibition - Water Canyon, Yucca Valley, CA (April/May 2006).
* “Heads” exhibition - 29 Palms Art Gallery, CA (April 26 - May 21, 2006).
* Morongo Valley Art Colony Annual Spring Show (April 22-23, 2006).
* 29 Palms Artists’ Guild Annual Members Show (March 29 - April 23, 2006).
* City of Norco’s 10th annual “Art of the American West” juried exhibition - Norco, CA (2006). [3rd place Premier Division (2005); 1st place Premier Division (2004).]
* “The Mystical Desert” - Open Studio Art Tours, duo exhibit with internationally renowned night sky photographer Wally Pacholka, three-time winner Time-Life Picture of the Year award, Desert Art Studio & Gallery, 29 Palms, CA (Nov. 2005, Nov. 2006).
* Joshua Tree National Park 10th Anniversary Exhibition - Gallery 62, 29 Palms, CA, (Nov. 2004 - Jan. 2005).
* Arts Council of San Bernardino County Members Exhibition - Arts on 5th Gallery, San Bernardino, CA (Oct. 2004).
See The Artist and Resume sections for complete listing of exhibitions.

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2005 AWARDS:
Chuck Caplinger with award winners (above right) and oil landscape (above) sold at Norco’s 9th annual “Art of the American West” juried show, Norco, CA. February 2005.

Many of Chuck Caplinger’s desert oil paintings are custom-framed with old wood, artifacts, desert driftwood, feathers, turquoise stones or gold leaf.

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Chuck Caplinger’s oil paintings are regularly featured at the 29 Palms Art Gallery, A Roadside Attraction, 29 Palms Inn, Wonder Garden Cafe, as well as his Desert Art Studio & Gallery (by appointment), in Twentynine Palms, CA, in the Mojave Desert near the entrance to Joshua Tree National Park. His work is also shown in Morongo Basin Cultural Arts Council exhibitions and in Palm Springs. Caplinger is available for commissioned portraits, paintings, and murals. (760)361-2305

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