CHICO, CA (PNAN) – Currently on view and recently opened at the Museum of Northern California (monca) are two exhibitions.
Titled “Life is Short, Art is Long – Dobbin von Puck” runs through Sunday, October 5, 2025. Dobbin von Puck, aka Dr. Robert Puckett, paints what he sees between his ears. Artist von Puck views his paintings as colorful poems stuffed in a bottle and thrown into the sea of time. If retrieved someday, they must speak for themselves, tell their own story.
The dual exhibition highlights the subtle and the striking, the personal and the political—work that reaches beyond the surface to tell us something you want us to hear. Titled, “Don’t Kill the Messenger” on view through Sunday, October 12.
The artworks included in the exhibition carry a message: whispered truths, layered meanings, quiet resistance, or declarations that won’t be ignored. Pieces vary from vibrant and playful collage to metal sculpture and quilled paper art.