On View
August 13 - September 27, 2026
Inner Worlds: Shadows, Borderlands and Untold Stories
Works by painter and writer, Daniel Penner Cline.
monca invites you to join us for the opening reception celebrating
this new exhibition on Friday, August 14, 6 to 8 PM.
Admission to opening reception is free.
Assorted beverages will be available at the museum’s No-Host Bar.
Exhibit Statement
The Museum of Northern California Art will be featuring the work of writer and painter, Daniel Penner Cline, a multi-talented artist who has explored various forms of creative expression throughout his life.
Having spent much of his career as a writer, Penner Cline uses this series of paintings, entitled Inner Worlds: Shadows, Borderlands and Untold Stories, to explore the early stages of storytelling and world building. The work represents the dawn of an inner world, or worlds. It is an invitation through the veil of waking life, to a labyrinth where the local becomes ancient. Step into scenes that explore the difference between darkness, shadow and shade. In this twilight realm of yet-to-be-told stories, the question, “What does it mean?” becomes a window, even a doorway, to an experience that is both the artist’s creation and a collaboration with the viewer.
The Beauty and the Burnt, by Daniel Penner Cline.
