Press Release

Date – August 14, 2000

Phone – 510-595-2083

Gabrielle Moore-Gordon

      Africa Artist Chosen to Exhibit at Sausalito Art Festival

Watercolorist Gabrielle Moore-Gordon, a 10-year resident of the Sausalito houseboat community, is from Zimbabwe and specializes in painting her fascinating but endangered native African wildlife. Her extensive work is internationally known, with numerous exhibits in North America, Asia, Europe and Africa. 

Gabrielle’s strong but loose watercolor style gives her wildlife paintings an intensity, liveliness and intimacy not usually found in most wildlife art. But then her subject matter is very close to her heart as Zimbabwe’s animals and people go through their current tragic crisis. 

Gabrielle is one of only 260 artists out of 1500 entrees chosen to exhibit at the Sausalito Art Festival – recognized as the #1 Outdoor Fine Arts Festival in America. Gabrielle will be exhibiting not only her African wildlife paintings but also many works of local animals and birdlife. 

Gabrielle’s watercolorist career has spanned 25 years starting with her art education in Geneva, Switzerland and Hong Kong through her present work in N. California. She and her works were recently featured at the pre-release screening of A Walk with Lions, starring Richard Harris, the story of the George Adamson of Born Free fame. 

The Sausalito Art Festival will be held Labor Day weekend, September 2,3, and 4, 2000. The Festival hours are Saturday and Sunday, 9 AM to 6 PM; Monday 9 AM to 5 PM. The Festival is held at the Bay Model Visitor Center and Marineship Park on the historic Sausalito Waterfront. 

The Sausalito Art Festival continues its long-standing mission of supporting the arts and community non-profit organizations through grant programs, artist awards, scholarships, and the Sausalito Chamber of Commerce’s community service programs. Through this support, the Festival has made a significant investment in the future of its community since 1952.