Coast Highway Artists

Gallery at 284 Main St., Point Arena, CA 95468 - 707-882-3616

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Jack O'Rourke

Jack O'Rourke lives and paints on the northern California coast. An MFA graduate of Vermont College, he works in watercolor and acrylics, and also in charcoal, soft pastels, and oil pastels. Jack’s technique and style are influenced by artists Alex Powers, Don Andrews, and Charles Reid in figurative work, and owe much to early sixties’ plein air workshops with Bill Zacha of Mendocino.  

The nude figure is a favorite subject, mostly done in realism, but occasionally whimsical, as pop art or manga art. Other paintings include plein air, rugged coastline vistas found near his home, close to Manchester Beach and the sand dunes. His paintings occasionally revisit scenes collected in sketching journals from work and travels abroad as a civil engineer. His paintings have earned awards at a number of exhibits, and are included in private collections.

Printmaking is another enjoyable, change-of-pace art form, using his sliding table art press, and the carved relief block or intaglio processes.    

j-e-orourke.com

orourke@mcn.org

Painting, printmaking

The following pieces are offered from the artist's studio collection,or are on exhibit at our Point Arena gallery. You may contact the artist directly at the phone number or email given above to inquire about the current availability, or if you have any questions, about the pieces shown here.

Point Arena Lighthouse Station

Coast Highway Artists

Gallery at 284 Main St., Point Arena, CA 95468 - 707-882-3616

Jack O'Rourke

Painting, printmaking

Point Arena Lighthouse Station

Watercolor, 18" x 24"

Liz and Curtis

watercolor, 18" x 24"

Girl with Crimson

watercolor, 16" x 24"

Hurdy Gurdy String Band

Oil ink Print, 11" x 14"

Pomo Flute Player

watercolor, 18" x 24"

Tara

watercolor, 18" x 24"