“Celebrating Life” opens at Cannery Row in Redondo Beach
“Along Came a Spider” by Jeanne Zaske Five years ago, when he was still an idealistic young man, Richard Stephens presented a mother-daughter show at Cannery Row Studios. He’d met Jeanne Zaske through Wilfred Sarr and took a class from her. “I learned to not be so critical of other artists or to belittle their attempts at art,” he recalls. “‘Speak from experience and knowledge,’ Jeanne would say; ‘don’t let the ego sway your opinion.’ I can still hear Jeanne’s voice echoing in my brain.” Zaske, who studied art at the Art Students League in New York and has a masters degree from Cal State Long Beach, has weathered many physical problems, breast cancer and shingles among them. Her painting, though, keeps her going. Or, as Stephens puts it, “Her excitement about painting has not faltered since we first met.” Lynnie Sterba, Jeanne’s daughter, studies with Frank Minuto at the Palos Verdes Art Center. Stephens points out that her Fauve-flavored art is reminiscent of André Derain and Henri Matisse, the movement’s co-founders. It’s also clear that her mother has had a strong influence on her style and palette. Both women paint in colors that are strong and imposing. Among other artists in…
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