The South Bay Area Women's Caucus for Art is giving a valentine to the community in the form of an art show and sale with a "Heart to Heart" theme. The show, in progress through Feb. 28, includes the works of Cupertino artists Diane Cassidy and Kate Curry and Sunnyvale artists Connie Rizzuto and Eaton.

"It's a celebration of love's colors, textures and forms," says Eaton, president of the 40-member group established in 1989 as a local chapter of the national Women's Caucus for Art.

A 2004 Cupertino distinguished artist, Curry's award-winning work hangs in private and corporate collections in Russia, Bolivia and the United States. Her worked has been exhibited in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's artists' gallery and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service national headquarters in Arlington, Va. Vigorous brushstrokes and bold usage of color define her Eden-like landscapes.

Cassidy, 75, has won many best of show awards for her multi-layered images. When Cassidy retired in 1990, she earned a master's degree in photography and began her current work, which she calls digital collages. She combines two or three layers of photo images, and sometimes more, to create something new. She says her finished pieces often take on surprising new meanings.

Cassidy's piece "Karma" in this show is created from two images with the grill work coming from a third. The dominant picture is of a father, daughter and grandmother. Cassidy says the love this piece reflects is of family.

Eaton's pieces in the show are "Hearts and Hope" and "Frills of Love." She says they are joyful pieces.

"Frills has different textures," Eaton says, "which captures the idea of love's many textures."

Eaton--who began her art career in college studying painting and weaving--has ended up in making prints. The works are a monotype, which involves creating an image from ink and various materials on plexiglass. She transfers the image with a press onto wet paper. The textures, not the materials, transfer.

Eaton, 54, says art is problem-solving.

"I'm always having a dialogue with my art about its design and color," Eaton says.

Eaton says when a person puts a piece together, it has to work.

"It's like putting together a dance or a musical composition," she says. "It all has to go together."

Rizzuto is also a printmaker, but she uses the sun and solar plates to create her images. The piece she has entered into the show is called "Midnight Insight," an award-winning print inspired by a sketch of a model.

Eaton says this is the first time the women's art group has staged a valentine-themed show. About 20 of the members are participating with 30 pieces.

Freestanding or sculptural exhibits are not allowed at Quinlan, so the show is a mix of paintings, prints, photographs, digital prints and mixed media ranging in size from 6-by-6-inches to 30 by 40 inches. Most of the pieces at the show are for sale.

The South Bay Area Women's Caucus for Art group show "Heart to Heart" is at the Cupertino's Quinlan Community Center, 10185 N. Stelling Road, through Feb. 28. Hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays and closed on Sundays and holidays. For information on the Women's Caucus, visit www.sbawca.org.