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B. Sakata Garo

“Red Gloves” by Jean Opperman, watercolor on paper, 2015.

“Red Gloves” by Jean Opperman, watercolor on paper, 2015.

Where: B Sakata Garo, 923 20th Street; (916) 447-4276; www.bsakatagaro.com.
Second Saturday reception: July 9, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Through July 30.
Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 6 p.m.

Swoops of the brush plotting down abbreviated lines and hints of color are enough to convey the motion, emotion and beating heart of Jean Oppermann’s painted figures. The details are created in what’s left out of the painting, allowing the viewer’s brain to complete the movement and expression, and there will be plenty of figures for viewers to contemplate in Oppermann’s July show, aptly named Figure it Out, at B. Sakata Garo.