News

JANUARY 2010

Peggy Kingsbury participated in the benefit paint-out for Camp Fire USA in October. The four-day event included 35 invited artists painting the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Each artist donated one piece for a December auction/sale. In addition, each donated a two-hour “quick draw” painting for a silent auction at the Champagne reception on the final day. Kingsbury was awarded second place for her quick draw painting of Ashley, one of the quick draw models.

Judy Crowe states, "I was very very excited to receive an invitation right before Thanksgiving to become a signature member of American Women Artists (www.americanwomenartists.org). I was not expecting this at all since I have not been in any of their shows. It was out of the all since I have not been in any of their shows. It was out of the blue so needless to say I was very surprised but very thankful and excited to become a member."

Ann Templeton reports, "I have joined two new galleries, Wimberly and Fredericksburg, and will have a one-woman show in Claremont, Georgia on Memorial day. I am also rejoining Ann Buell's in Ruidoso in the spring."

Libby Tolley will be participating in the following events:

	The Glenna Hartmann Invitational Fine Art Exhibition and Sale - February 19, 20 & 21, 2010
	Sierra Foothill Conservancy Invitational Plein Air Paint Out - Saturday, March 13, 2010 and Sunday, March 14, 2010
	Elizabeth Tolley Exhibition of New Paintings - The Vault Gallery, Saturday, May 1, 2010
	California Art Club's 99th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition - June 13 - July 4, 2010
	Hearst Castle Plein Air Invitational - June 5, 2010
	Acadia Invitational Exhibition 2010 - Saturday, August 7th
	Sierra Foothills Plein Air Invitational - August 7, 2010

And the following workshops:

	Landscape Painting: Plein Air & Studio with Libby Tolley - Fallbrook School of the Arts, California - July 19-23, 2010, (Mon-Fri)
	Plein Air Painting with Libby Tolley - Studio on the Park, Paso Robles, California - May 17-21, 2010, (Mon-Fri)

Pam Flanders describes her activities... "It HAS been a busy end of 2009 and beginning of the 2010 for me...I am in 4 simultaneous shows this month, not counting the show ending at the Studio on the Park in Paso Robles. They were/are all local shows. One of my venues was a new contemporary condominium building at 2121 SE Belmont St that had empty lease space on street level near downtown Portland. The large empty office space was offered to me free of charge until rented. The residents were so pleased to see me filling those empty walls with fine art and hoped I would make it an official gallery. Ah, ha....lots of great compliments and a few sales. However, it seems my presence there for 3 months enticed someone to finally lease the space after 2 years of seeking businesses to do so. They achieved their goal and I had great exposure in a new upcoming area of town. A solo show at another downtown building on the SW Waterfront: www.theardea.com at the 30th floor Penthouse Gallery began in Nov and continued through the end of the year. Now I still exhibit there with 2 other local art buddies through the end of this month. It participates in Portland's First Thursday Art event originating in the famous Pearl District. I also have a solo show at the US Bank Lobby on 16th and Weidler St in Portland continuing to the end of this month as well as a group show at the Aurora Gallery in Vancouver, WA."

Arizona Artist, Ginger Bowen, was recently asked to become a Master Signature Member of American Women Artists. She also won the prestigious National Arts Club Award at the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 113th Annual Open Exhibition, held in New York. Upcoming events include the newly formed AZ-Eight Art Group's "Color Fast" Show and Sale. The show opens March 10 and runs through April 10, 2010 at SunDust Gallery in Mesa, Arizona.

Ann Dettmer reports exciting news...

"Sometimes a different perspective is good; I have one this year.

For a year I neither created nor sold much visual art. Instead I created, as best I could, a safe and loving environment in which my mother could live her final year in her home. Sometimes when I thought about my career during that time of caretaking, I thought: "I used to be a painter."   I can exhibit a flair for the melodramatic when pressed.

So now, almost four months after Mother's passing, I again have solitude, opportunity for long stretches of contemplation and reading... the things which feed and inspire me to play with color and shape and to make marks on paper and canvas. My gratitude is poignant and, yes, bittersweet, for it was her passing which opened again this space of quietude which has always been so important to me.

I am again open to the the energy, excitement, magic which inform my work and allow it to thrive, inspiring myself and others. I am not starting over but certainly continuing fresh, new, in some ways innocent... yet deepened.

So while many of you may be talking about paints, framers, which galleries are doing best, classes you are teaching, shows, painting trips, etc... I am relearning how to float in the stardust at night, to find the universe in a poetic line, and to walk even through grief, fear and regret (along with joy, love and kindness) with a sense of the magic of life. This feels deeper than exciting to me; it feels more like renewing.

I do have two solo shows summer 2010: oils at Smith Klein Gallery in Boulder CO and mixed media explorations at the Durango CO Art Center Art Library. I guess having a chance to rebuild my career and my attitude is the good news I have to report. And that I am alive, thriving and learning to celebrate it all. I wish you all well.

AUGUST 2009

Ann Templeton was recently named "Master Landscape Artist" by three organizations: The Nomades del Arte, Plein Air New Mexico, and Plein Air Colorado."

Mary Ulm Mayhew participated in the 44th Annual Manito Art Show in the fabulous North Woods (Manitowish Waters, WI) July 16th through 19th.

The juror was Nancy Lamers, Art Professor, Alverno College, Milw. WI. The judge’s comments on Mary’s painting, “Mississippi Migration”: "This is a gem of a painting, small yet full of impact. The gestural hand in laying down individual strokes of paint is deft and experienced. Selected daubs of color, pink spots connecting to pink above and below and blue spots in the foliage connecting to the blue of the sky make good use of color repetition. The oil paint itself is juicy with gorgeous strokes, their built-up edges being allowed to speak for themselves as beautiful paint."

Mississippi Migration, Oil, 10x12

Mary adds, “As an interesting note, Manitowish Waters is the home of "Little Bohemia" where "Public Enemies" was filmed in part. Pretty exciting to see the real bullet-riddled windows in the lodge; and the place was filled with tourists, so we had a big turn out at the exhibit and tons of sales."

From Pam Flanders:

“I am in three simultaneous exhibits here in OR at the moment. I am very pleased to be in the upcoming statewide exhibit for PAPO (Plein Air Painters of Oregon) entitled "Celebration Oregon", honoring Oregon's Sesquicentennial. Forty artworks were juried into the show, which will be displayed for the month of October at the High Desert Museum Gallery in Redmond, OR and will be highly publicized. The opening reception will be Oct. 2nd from 5-9 PM.”

Pam’s work is also in the Arts Alliance of Clackamas County's "Art in Public Places" juried exhibition, which will hang through August. She also has seven works at the Developmental Services Building Gallery through Sept 11th.

MARCH 2009

FROM LIBBY TOLLEY:

Libby has a brand new website; check it out at: http://www.elizabethtolley.com.

Her book, Oil Painter's Solution Book: Landscapes, has sold so well that it's going into reprint!

She has upcoming workshops in Fallbrook, CA (class is full); in Farmington, NM, May 4-8; Los Osos, CA, September 14-18; and Paso Robles, CA, September 21-25. She will also be participating in the California Art Club 98th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition, April 26 - May 17, and Twilight on the Terrace, Hearst Castle - The Inaugural 2009 Plein Air Invitational, June 6. Look for details on these events on Libby's website.

FROM CHARLOTTE ABERNATHY:

I've been putting most of my creative energy into poetry these days, putting together some chapbooks of my poems, and participating in poetry readings around the state. Right now, I'm trying to incorporate some of my paintings with my poetry to publish an illustrated collection. I do have a few art items to share: I'll be giving an oil painting demo this month for the Southern Oregon Society of Artists, in which I'll show some ways capturing the excitement of outdoor painting while painting from photos or slides. This summer I'll be participating in a weeklong artists' residency at the Fields Project in Illinois, followed by an exhibit.

January 2009

From Ginger Bowen:

"Alternate Reality", 2 Person show with Ginger Bowen and Fred Calleri;
February 23-March 9th; Gallery MAR, Park City, UT.
Artist's Reception: Friday, February 27; 6-9pm.

Ginger Bowen's painting "Up on Blocks" was accepted into CAC's 98th
Gold Medal Exhibition 2009.

From Ann Templeton:

I’m a signature member of an organization called Plein Air of Colorado, and
was recently named (per artists' vote) "Master Landscape Artist" for their
group. Consequently I will be the featured artist for their group when they
do their annual show in Dallas, early April, at the Southwest Gallery of
Art.

From Lindy Duncan:

As of Jan 1, 2009, I am no longer part of the Portola Gallery in Allied Arts in Menlo Park. It was a decision I made for various reasons and I will sadly miss the other members of the gallery. I will continue to be represented by DE Craghead Gallery, Carmel, CA; Nancy Dodds Gallery, Carmel, CA; Ayre Hill Gallery, Vienna, VA; and the Banana Gallery Hawi, HI. On the happy side of this decision was the move we made to Atherton and the wonderful studio space I now have. It is providing me not only a sunny and beautiful place to paint but with an opportunity to invite people to view my art and buy from me at the studio. Please feel free to contact me if you would like to come by. I will continue to teach workshops so please feel free to contact me. My fall schedule will include Santorini, Greece, October 3-10. For information on this workshop and early sign-up discount see www.toscanaamericana.com. This is a wonderful painting location and will be a trip to remember. Bring home beautiful memories in your paintings that will last a lifetime.

November 2008

Ann Templeton has moved! Her new address is:249 Moss Rose Lane. Driftwood. TX 78619,
Phone 512-722-3186. email anntart@austin.rr.com.

Ginger Bowen has two upcoming shows:

	JURIED EXHIBITION & AWA MASTER SIGNATURE MEMBERS AND SIGNATURE MEMBERS SHOW Gallery Gabrie, 597 E. Green Street, Pasadena, CA 91101, 626-577-1223 December 2-27, 2008 Reception: Friday, December 12; 5:00-8:00pm
	ALTERNATE REALITY- Two person show with Arizonan artists Ginger Bowen and Fred Calleri. Gallery MAR, 580 E. Main Street, Park City, UT 84060. 435-659-9659 February 23-March 9, 2009 Reception: Friday, February 27; 6:00 - 9:00pm

Julia McKee will have a February solo exhibit of Oklahoma landscapes at Wolfe Productions, a gallery in Claremore, Oklahoma.

Libby Tolley has shows planned and will be teaching several workshops in 2009. For a complete list of events, places, and dates, check her website at www.elizabethtolley.com.
While visiting Libby’s site, you can also order her book, Oil Painter’s Solution Book: Landscapes.

July 2008

Mary Ulm-Mayhew’s painting, “Lady of the Lake,” won an An Award of Excellence in Milwaukee’s Downer Plein Air Painting Competition, held May 23 through May 30.

Pam Flanders is the Featured Artist for July at:

Aurora Gallery
1004 Main St
Vancouver, WA 98660

Also, Pam was juried into the PAPO (Plein Air Painters of Oregon) show in Bend, OR. held at

Mirror Pond Gallery
875 NW Brooks St
Bend, OR 97701

Reception and Awards 5 PM Friday July 4, 2008

Ginger Bowen will be teaching a workshop through American Women Artists at the Scottsdale Artists School, December 3-5, 2008. The workshop is titled "Still Lifes with Personality". Cost is $350 and includes an evening at Ginger's studio.

Also, Ginger has joined two new Galleries: Gallery at Rich Designs, in Colorado Springs, CO and Gallery MAR in Park City, UT.

Rose Hohenberger is the featured Art Walk artist at J. Bangle Gallery in Galveston, TX, for the month of July. Opening was July 5.

Susan Greaves is the featured artist at McCloud Book Gallery in McCloud, California, through September, 2008. Also, her work is now shown in ongoing exhibits at Art and Soul Gallery in Ashland, Oregon. She still sells her work on eBay, as well.

June 2008

From Pam Flanders: I have a solo show month of June downtown Portland at:

Urban Wineworks
407 NW 16th AVE
Portland, OR
(located between 16th and 17th on Flanders St)

Artist Reception
Thurs June 5th
5:30-8:30 PM

For more details: http://www.urbanwineworks.com/buzz_thursday.html

From Judy Crowe: I am back from France. The workshop was a real success even though it rained a LOT while I was there. I did get some work done, lots of photos and hope to get busy soon getting some large paintings done.

Helgy White is moving from Taos to Grand Prairie near Dallas sometime in the near future. She does not have email anymore.

Mary K. Forshagen is in Colorado near the Crested Butte area for the summer. Call her at 970-642-0404 if you are in the area and want to paint.

May 2008

Ann Templeton was voted “Master Landscape Painter” by the Nomades del Arte group of plein air painters. She also exhibited in the “Cowgirl Up” show in Wickenburg, AZ, for the second year and in the Outdoor Painters Society annual show in Dallas, TX. Ann will be part of a two-person show in September at Total Arts Gallery in Taos, NM.

From Judy Crowe: I'm teaching a workshop in France leaving next week May 9. Woo Hoo. Teaching a workshop there and then staying on until June 3 to paint. As I said, a big woo hoo!

Rose Hohenberger is having a one-person show at J. Bangle Gallery in Galveston, TX, in July. Opening is Saturday, July 5.

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