June / May 2010 June-May 2010 - Page 1 NEWSLETTER June Demo artist: MARY ASLIN - Pastels Composing a painting to mimic nature's harmonies is an endeavor where I am a grateful participant in a grand mystery. My heart beats fast when I see the way light plays across forms...the petals of a flower, the planes of the face, or the sharp, clean edge of a sun struck wave, building or tree. It is enthralling to see light softly diffuse through the atmosphere or illuminate the poetic drape of a flower stem or the graceful pose of the body, and harmoniously organize shapes and shadows and edges into a beautiful melody. The revelation of nature’s truth and beauty through light, is the real star of the show and I applaud with each paint stroke.” Mary Aslin is a traditional representational painter, inspired by the profusion of beauty in people, still life, and landscapes. Her richly colored, dramatic pastel and oil paintings are usually completed alla prima—all at once—in order to capture the immediacy and poetry of her subjects. Her collectors and peers are consistently drawn to the color and light in her work. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Washington in 1984 and has studied at The Gage Academy of Art and with several noteworthy artists. She is a signature member of the Pastel Society of America and the Northwest Pastel Society and is an exhibitor at the prestigious Festival of Arts in Laguna Beach. She is also a member of the Southern California Plein Air Painters, the Southern California Artists, and the California Art Club. Mary maintains a studio in Laguna Beach, California and is represented by Chemers Gallery, Tustin, California. Her award winning work can be found in private collections in the U.S., Europe, Australia, and Asia. MAY 11 MEETING and RECEPTION Saddleback Art League is pleased to honor the winners of the Spring Reflections Juried Show now on display at the Mission Viejo Library through June 3. Our artist reception will be from 6:30-8:30 in the Mission Viejo Library Community Room. All members and their guests are welcome. Everyone is asked to bring an appetizer or dessert to share. Drinks will be provided by SAL. Awards will be presented and we will have a special program by our sponsor, San Clemente Art Supply. Lou Reeves, an independent rep for Holbein, Ampersand and several other companies will be there with owner, Patty Herdell for hands on demos and a drawing for a door prize. Lou is very knowledgeable and a terrific guy. Don’t miss this fun meeting to learn about new materials and supplies! MARLENE GERLOFF SANDRA GOLDRUP CAROLINE VERHAGEN JACKIE SORENSEN SAL - JURIED SHOW WINNERS
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June / May 2010
June-May 2010 - Page 1
NEWSLETTER
June Demo artist: MARY ASLIN - Pastels
Composing a painting to mimic nature's harmonies is an endeavor where I am a grateful participant in a grand mystery. My heart beats fast when I see the way light plays across forms...the petals of a flower, the planes of the face, or the sharp, clean edge of a sun struck wave, building or tree. It is enthralling to see light softly diffuse through the atmosphere or illuminate the poetic drape of a flower stem or the graceful pose of the body, and harmoniously organize shapes and shadows and edges into a beautiful melody. The revelation of nature’s truth and beauty through light, is the real star of the show and I applaud with each paint stroke.” Mary Aslin is a traditional representational painter, inspired by the profusion of beauty in people, still life, and landscapes. Her richly colored, dramatic pastel and oil paintings are usually completed alla prima—all at once—in order to capture the immediacy and poetry of her subjects. Her collectors and peers are consistently drawn to the color and light in her work. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the U n i v e r s i t y o f Washington in 1984 and has studied at The Gage Academy of Art and with several noteworthy artists. She is a signature member of the Pastel Society of America and the Northwest Pastel Society and is an exhibitor at the prestigious Festival of Arts in Laguna Beach. She is also a member of the Southern California Plein Air Painters, the Southern California Artists, and the California Art Club. Mary maintains a studio in Laguna Beach, California and is represented by Chemers Gallery, Tustin, California. Her award winning work can be found in private collections in the U.S., Europe, Australia, and Asia.
MAY 11 MEETING and RECEPTION Saddleback Art League is pleased to honor the winners of the Spring Reflections Juried Show now on display at the Mission Viejo Library through June 3. Our artist reception will be from 6:30-8:30 in the Mission Viejo Library Community Room. All members and their guests are welcome. Everyone is asked to bring an appetizer or dessert to share. Drinks will be provided by SAL. Awards will be presented and we will have a special program by our sponsor, San Clemente Art Supply. Lou Reeves, an independent rep for Holbein, Ampersand and several other companies will be there with owner, Patty Herdell for hands on demos and a drawing for a door prize. Lou is very knowledgeable and a terrific guy. Don’t miss this fun meeting to learn about new materials and supplies!
MARLENE GERLOFF
SANDRA GOLDRUP
CAROLINE VERHAGEN
JACKIE SORENSEN
SAL - JURIED SHOW WINNERS
May / June 2010 - Page 2
Become An Ambassador For SAL We are in the process of growing our membership. We need your help in recruiting new members. You can help by simply introducing our league to potential members by inviting the people around you who have an interest in art to come to our meetings for FREE. Please keep three brochures in your car handy to give to prospects. Many of you take art classes. It is an ideal recruiting ground. Please announce our meetings and take copies of the upcoming artist announcements with you. I have found that my art teachers are more than happy to allow me a few minutes to inform the class about our upcoming demo. Some teachers have allowed me to write the information on the blackboard. Discuss our league with your friends, other artists, and family that has an interest in art. When you attend art shows or other art venues do mention SAL. In overcome their objections about driving at night let them know that we can look a member who can car pool with them.
As a result of our new relationship with the City of Mission Viejo, we will be able to offer many more venues for artists to participate in. Many artists work on their own. Interact-ing with other artists is a wonderful way to share ideas. Tell them that their work can be brought to meet-ings to be critiqued by a professional teacher and artist Marlene Gerloff. Tell them about the talented artists and teachers who have done our demos. Many artists work alone, remind them how healthy it is to interact with other artists, participate in shows, and participate as a volunteer with other artists. Encourage them that devoting one night a month for an “art night out” at a very cheap price is a fun and educational evening out. Our president Lynda Zimmer and her board are working hard to create more venues this year. Now is a good time for us to recruit new members. Please make a commit-ment to us to take it upon yourself to become an ambassa-dor for The Saddleback Art League. Carla Kiernan Membership Chair
REMINDER: SAL IS DARK IN JULY! THERE WILL BE NO JULY MEETING OR NEWSLETTER
Mark your calendars for:
PAINT SAN CLEMENTE PLEIN AIR COMPETITION
June 19th-26th 2010
BEST OF SHOW Marlene Gerloff Boat yard MASTER’S MULTI-MEDIA 1st Sandra Goldrup Yum! 2nd Jackie Sorensen Montevideo Uruguay 3rd Caroline Verhagen Heart & Soul part 3 HM Sandra Goldrup Party Girl HM Casey Hanenkrat Lee Lee OIL/ACRYLIC 1st Rosana Ward Harmony 2nd Renuka Pillai Blue 3rd Kevin Peterson Light Of The Day HM Rick Hohmann Surf Check HM Stanley Steinberg Still Life JUROR’S CHOICE Caroline Verhagen Final days
WATERCOLOR/ACRYLIC 1st Susan Fullam Reflections 2nd Susan Winslow In the Valley of the Moon 3rd Janet Rice Sedona HM Caroline Socks The Year of the Tiger HM Buff Webster Buttercup’s Window PHOTOGRAPHY 1st Randy Willox Rust 2nd Pamela Holmes Winter Silhouette Montage 3rd Randy Willox Loggerhead HM Dolly Meyerhardt Misty Duet HM Randy Willox Iridescence MIXED MEDIA 1st Cheryl Gramza Father’s Day
Spring Reflections 2010 - Juried Show - Winners
May / June 2010 - Page 3
ART BOOKS FOR SALE AT ½ PRICE 1 The Human Figure (David Rubins) $ 7 2 How to paint like the Masters (J. Sheppard) $10 3 Watercolor Portraits (M. Heussenstamm) $20 4 Fashion Illustrations $20 5 Pablo Picasso $25 6 Adventure in Acrylics $ 1 3 Arts show A frames (Pegboard stands) $15 each Sylvia Bell 949-361-1745
MUSEUM EXIBITS NOT TO MISS This time at LACMA Take advantage and see the two exhibits on the same day at LACMA. RENOIR IN THE 20
th Century on view until May 9
th.
Do not miss this rare opportunity to see these incredible works of art. AMERICAN STORIES - Paintings of everyday Life 1765 /1915 will be on exhibit until May 23
rd.
Plan to stop at Farmers Market and the Grove to make it a full day of the Los Angeles scene with friends or family. You won’t regret it. To contact LACMA for tickets call 877 522-6225 or on the internet view information at lacma.org.
IT’S FAIR TIME… again
OC FAIR COMPETITION GUIDES
and ONLINE ENTRY FORMS at:
ocfair.com/competitions
Fine Arts, Collections, Crafts, Photography, etc.
Online Entry Forms are due:
May 26, 2010
Questions call: (714) 708-1553
July 16 - August 15, 2010
LECTURE SERIES AT SAN CLEMENTE ART SUPPLY
$10 per person per class, ,SIGN UP TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT!
RICH STERGULZ : TOPIC: "Portrait in Oil" Friday, May 21st, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
HYATT MOORE TOPIC: "How to Start A Painting" Friday, June 18, 6-7:30PM
MARIA BROPHY TOPIC: The nuts & bolts of making your art a business, discussion on marketing & licensing your artwork.
Friday, July 16, 6-7:30pm;
For more details, click on the link to "Classes & Workshops-Adult" on their web-site: www.scartsupply.com
The Saddleback Art League is a non-profit organization that meets the second Tuesday of each month (except July) at the Mission Viejo Library Community Room, 100 Civic Center Drive, at the corner of La Paz & Marguerite in Mission Viejo at 6:00PM. Free parking is available at the library. Please stop by to visit one of our meetings as our guest.
SAL Upcoming event
Painting in the Park
We are working on a plein aire paint out in Melinda Park to kick off our use of the Heritage House Gallery in August. We will exhibit approximately 25 plein aire paintings done by our members in the gallery for the public view during this time. Details will be announced in the next newsletter and a sign up sheet will be at the May and June meetings.
