Martha Dix News Today

Dix’s war painting The Trench, lost during the Second World War, is in focus at the opening

Pence Gallery: Paper trails and portraits at the Pence 3 minute read Jeff Nebeker created this portrait, “Karl Schmidt-Rottloff,” with Schmidt-Rottloff’s face in lime green and orange, much like the colors used in the late artist’s paintings. Courtesy photo Support Local Journalism A few years ago, I took a workshop at the Pence with Berkeley mixed-media artist Michael Shemchuk. While the other artists dripped paint, layered and sanded their work, I followed after them, placing drop cl...