Jim Promessi, Bay Area artist and retired Art Professor at Skyline College, does California landscapes, figurative and still life work. Favored mediums are oil on canvas and soft pastel on paper. Juried exhibitions in California museums include: Phelen Awards Show, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco; Triton Museum, Santa Clara; Pioneer Museum and Haggin Art Gallery, Stockton: Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento. His award-winning work has appeared in Pastel Highlights and American Artists Publication, Collectors Edition. American Artist Magazine awarded him the Grand Prize in their National Competition commemorating their 60th year in print. Member of Oil Painters of America and an Artist Member of the California Art Club, est. 1909. www.promessi.com"Traditional artwork transcends time. It never grows old. Its universal appeal is magical, beautiful and always current." –– Promessi