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| Larry Brooks has been juried into the Oil Painters of America's Western Regional show with his painting "Backstage." The exhibit opens on September 12th at the Devin Gallery in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. The painting is also featured in a related article in American Art Collector Magazine's current September issue. |
Larry Brooks, Backstage |
Patti Cliffton has been juried into the Oil Painters of America's Western Regional show with her painting, "Live Crab." The exhibit opens on September 12th at the Devin Gallery in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
| John Deckert had two paintings accepted in the California Watercolor Association's Juried Exhibition at Gallery Concord; one titled "The Watercolorist" won second place. |
John Deckert |
Nancy Seamons Crookston won the Master Signature Member Award of Excellence at the 17th Annual National Juried Exhibition of the Oil Painters of America.
| Mark Farina was recently awarded Best of Show for his painting at the Santa Cruz Plein Air Affair. |
Mark Farina |
| George Gallo recently directed the film Local Color, about a young artist studying painting with a master, which premieres in theaters across the United States on November 7, 2008. Click the film title above to go to the official movie site, where you can watch trailers, read reviews and more. |
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Art Guevara's portrait of Tony Forster will be on view
at the Historical Society in San Juan Capistrano, as well as a series
of portraits exhibited at the Library of Mission San Juan Capistrano.
Maggie Renner Hellmann recently participated in the 2008 juried Estes Park Plein Air Event, Paint the Parks. Her painting, "Waterfall, Alluvial Fan" was created in Rocky Mountain National Park. The exhibit of paintings from the event is on display at Earthwood Collections in Estes Park, Colorado from August 23rd thru Sept. 30th. 2008.
A painting by Ms. Hellmann was also selected for publication in Artist's Magazine's 2009 National Limited-Edition calendar. |
Maggie Renner Hellmann, Waterfall, Alluvial Fan |
| Trish Kertes will be holding a solo exhibition of oil paintings at Gale's Restaurant in Pasadena from August 9 - September 19, 2008. An opening reception will be held Sunday, August 17 from 4-6 p.m. |
Trish Kertes |
| Abel Márquez was awarded the "Art Spirit Foundation - Dianne B. Bernhard Gold Medal Award" at the Pastel Society of America's 36th Annual Open Juried Exhibition. The exhibition was held September 5-20 at the Main Gallery of the National Arts Club in New York City. |
Abel Márquez |
| Eric Merrell is featured in the September issue of Southwest Art, in the article "21 Under 31." Written by Bonnie Gangelhoff, this annual article covers 21 young artists across the United States. |
Eric Merrell, Threshold of Summer |
Shirley McWhorter Moss is currently completing a project of five
life-size military figures for the town of Naperville, IL. The grouping
is of five WWII veterans from Naperville that received the Silver Star
award and other major awards for their service. The uniqueness of this
monument is that these five veterans were from this small town of less
than four thousand people, (at that time), and attended the same school
together.
Lisa Mozzini-McDill is featured in a recent article in the Press Enterprise: "Works of Inland artist Lisa Mozzini-McDill have been exhibited at several places throughout Southern California recently."
Robin Purcell was awarded 3rd Place in Watercolor at the 78th Annual Statewide Exhibit of Contemporary Landscape Painters at the Santa Curz Art League; Jean Stern, Executive Director of the Irvine Museum, served as juror. She is also featured in the Local Voice Exhibit at the Bedford Gallery, juried by Phillip Linnares, Chief Curator of the Oakland Museum. Her Painting "Green Day" was published in Splash 10 in May of 2008, a biennial publication of the Best in Watercolor.
| Elena Roché's watercolor painting "Epiphyllum Cactus Fruit" won Second Place in The Best of California competition and was published in a Kennedy Publishing Co. book entitled "The Best of California Artists and Artisans." This painting was also featured in "The Watercolor Flower Artist's Bible" from Chartwell Books, along with eight of Elena's other floral watercolors. In the same compeition, Elena received an Honorable Mention for a floral watercolor titled "Iris #4." |
Elena Roché, Epiphyllum Cactus Fruit |
Dorothy Shepard has received Special Recognition for each of four Chinese Brush watercolor landscapes entered in the July online Juried Exhibition of the Upstream People Gallery. Additionally, she received the only Merit Award for Watermedia Class given by the online American Art Jury in the Spring 2008 competition.
| Yvonne Steinbach has been awarded a solo showing of twelve paintings, now displayed at the John Wayne National Airport, May 28-July 30, 2008, in the non-secure arriving and departing sections of the airport. Steinbach also won "People's Choice Award" for her two paintings, "Marble Canyon," and "Twilight Of The Morning" at the Ironstone Vineyards' 11th Annual Spring Obsession Art Competition in April 2008. |
Yvonne Steinbach, Marble Canyon |
| Jeff Yeomans' painting "The Girls of Summer" was recently accepted to the Oil Painters of America's Western Regional Exhibition. |
Jeff Yeomans, The Girls of Summer |
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