Showing posts with label Gallery Shows. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gallery Shows. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

"Fall into Pastels" ... in Ojai!

The Ojai Show is up and running! We had a great opening reception and everything looked great! It's at the Ojai Art Center until the 29th, so if you are in the neighborhood, come on by!


 "Best of Show"
Road Side Design
by Carrie Givens 


What a great place to have a show, right?


This is "Hunter," a Border Collie from the Search Dog Foundation. He was there with his handler Bill Monohan, a Captain from the Los Angeles County Fire Department, because 30% of the proceeds from our sales and 100% of raffle tickets sold, go to the National Search Dog Foundation.  Among other deployments, Hunter and Bill helped bring 12 people to safety in Haiti after the catastrophic earthquake.

To read more about Hunter and Bill, click here.  This dog is a total sweetheart!


A few of our "mini" paintings! Great for gifts and collectors on a budget ... easy to fall in love with these little gems!


Honorable Mention
"Edwin"
Sydney Kopeiken

 

Pamela doing a pastel demo!




Seascape 
by Terri Taber



Second Place Ribbon
"In the Zone"
by Judy Koenig



Third Place Ribbon
"Sunset Coyote"
Kathy Coleman




First Place Ribbon
"Ojai Magic Hour"
by Lucinda Keller


Lori Corradi, Catherine Cunningham and Nelda Gruenthal ...





Lori, the chairman of the whole show, Meli Caulkin's with her "Artists' Choice" ribbon and our president Lynn Byrne Simon.

 

Artists' Choice
(voted on by our membership)
"Shell Beach"
Meli Caulkins



For directions and more information on the Ojai Art Center, click HERE.

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul,
and paints his own nature into his pictures.

~Henry Ward Beecher


Monday, October 15, 2012

Step Up for Pastels! ~Santa Barbara

What a lovely place to have a show! ... Gallery 113 in Santa Barbara. Some of our members were able to take advantage of a wonderful opportunity to show their work in this lovely space. Have a look!



This is at the closing reception. Isn't it a great space? Our artists work was upstairs ... thus the name "Step Up for Pastels."


Prickly Pear Cactus ~ by Carrie Givens



Silver on Red and Gold by Judy Koenig



Twilight on the Pacific by Lucinda Keller



Rocky Surf by Lynn Simon


Some of our members, upstairs at the closing. A great group!



The gallery was in the "La Arcada Courtyard" on State Street in Santa Barbara. Such a charming area!




I've shown just a sampling of our members' work but there will be much more to come and one of the great things we have (not to boast, but it's true!) is a huge variety of styles and subject matter in the group. I am so excited to share their work!

Looking forward to our next show in Ojai, California on November 3rd! 
More information to come on that!

The purpose of art is 
washing the dust of daily life
off our souls.
~Pablo Picasso