23 days. 1500 miles. 32 paintings. “Free Range: California” is a new series of paintings by Matt Beard showing at the BeardArt Gallery located inside the Neighborhood Board Shop warehouse at 1925 Alliance Rd. in Arcata. Each painting in this series was created on location during a recent road trip across entire length of the state, where he stopped to paint roughly every 50 miles, slept in his van nightly, and enjoyed the diverse beauty this state’s coastline has to offer. The entire series will be on display from September 5-13, with a reception on Friday September 11 from 6-9pm.