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SALLY STRAND
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SALLY STRAND’s painting "Bedside AM" was chosen
by Dr. Louis Zona and the curatorial staff of the Butler
Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio, for inclusion
in the Pastel Society of America Legacy Collection, held in
the permanent collection of the Butler. This collection was
established to honor their late founder, Flora Giffuni and is
comprised of works by PSA "Hall of Fame" artists.
Sally participated in NYC in PSA’s 39th Annual Open
Exhibition at the National Arts Club and, in Denver, CO at
the Pastel Invitational at Abend Gallery. In December she is
in the 21st Annual Miniatures Show, 12/2 - 1/7/12, at
Abend Gallery in Denver, CO.
A 2012 workshop at Fallbrook School of the Arts in
Fallbrook, CA, Feb 16–20 is coming up (Brigitte
Schlemmer 760.728.6383). Another March 12-16 in
Leesburg, FL for the Pastel Society of Central Florida,
(Sherese Mesko, 352.638.0973), March 26–29 at
Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, Kansas (Kathy
Sweeney 316.634.2787). For more information, go to
http://www.sallystrand.com
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MARY ASLIN
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MARY ASLINs painting "Five Letter Word for Paris
House of Fashion?" was accepted into the Pastel
Society of America show. Her work will be published in
the new Best of Pastel book. Her work will also be
published in a forthcoming book on floral painting.
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ADA M PASSARO
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ADA M PASSARO won First Place for "Keeler
Memories" in a group show at Loma Linda Cultural Arts
Association. She will be exhibiting and Chairing a
PAAR group show at the Whitewater Preserve Visitor
Center. Paintings done on site will be on display. Show
runs Sat., Nov.19 (reception 1-3pm) to Sun., Dec.18.
"Colorful Commemorations" was exhibited in the
Riverside Community Arts Assoc. group show. "Plaza
Perspective" was juried into the annual CCAA Museum
of Art Show held at Filippi Winery/Rancho Cucamonga.
"Home Sweet Home" was exhibited at APC Fine Arts
Gallery - Torrance for the annual Henry Fukuhara show.
She was invited to demo at La Sierra University. She
painted and introduced Plein Air painting to the
students. It's was a first for them. In the spring, PAAR
members will be doing a paint along with the students
from their art department.
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SCOTT JONES
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SCOTT JONES was the lucky recipient of a Patricia
Rose Ford original at our meeting November 10th!
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MINNIE VALERO
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MINNIE VALERO has a solo show Nov.19th "Summer
Dreams" at La Jolla Villas Clubhouse, University City, San
Diego. Reception 10am-1pm. A group show at SDAI -
Nov 26 -Dec11: Museum of the Living Artist, Balboa
Park, San Diego. Opens Nov 26th - 5 - 8-pm. And a
group show at Pool Art Miami, Miami FL on Dec 2 & 3.
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MARJ LIGHTLE
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MARJ LIGHTLE’s acrylic which was shown in the
Huntington Beach Art League's Member Show this
month, won Best of Show and, a pastel was awarded
First Place in the Pastel and Drawing category. Show
runs at the Huntington Beach Central Library through
November 28, 2011.
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BARRY KELLER
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BARRY KELLER won a Dori Dewberry original at our
meeting on October 13th! Lucky man!!
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Feature News
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Barry Keller
Barry Keller added a striking new piece of furniture to his studio last month, a custom hand-made poplar and birch table, made with Barry's own hands.
"It only took 18 months but I finally finished my new worktable for my studio. It comes in four pieces and took four of us the better part of an hour to get it up the winding staircase in our house, into my studio and assembled. I have filled it with artwork, frames, papers and boards. I started a woodworking class on Saturdays, yeah, 19 months ago. All I wanted was to build a table for my art studio. It seemed easy enough. I wanted something tall enough so that I didn't get a sore back when I worked on cutting a mat or framing a piece of art. I also wanted some sort of flat-file system to hold my papers ...and finished drawing, plus something to hold my mat boards and mat cutter and other things as well.
"I showed a drawing to the instructor and she never said anything like, "Isn't that a little ambitious for a first project?" though she should have." The table is made for Barry's size; it is six feet long, 43 inches tall and 33 inches deep. The five flat-file drawers are 44 inches wide and 30 inches deep. "The thing I like best is that it is 100% wood; no fiberboard of any kind," says Barry. Of his plans now that the project is completed, Barry says it would be "nice to actually do some painting for a change." |
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