Local painter Richard L. Perri is having a reception today at my place of work.

The reception is in theory for his “Java Hut series” documenting local old-school coffeeshops, like Wolfe’s Lunch, below:

Wolfe's Lunch

but perhaps more interesting to Left in SF readers are his portraits of Gavin Newsom:

Gavin Newsom

and Matt Gonzalez:

Matt Gonzalez