March  /April  2017  

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May  2016  

,jhgvjvuyvuvc  PRESIDENT Gloria D. Lee

VICE PRESIDENT Jody Wiggins

VICE PRESIDENT Pat Wooley

TREASURER Charlotte Moore

RECORDING SECRETARY Sylvia Smullen

PUBLICITY Gloria D. Lee

PROGRAMS CO-CHAIRS Herlinda Giandalia Barbara St. John

WORKSHOP COORDINATOR Gale Driver

MEMBERSHIP Etty Andreani

NEWSLETTER Elaine Baldwin

The next SBWS meeting will be held on March 13 at 7 pm in the Garden Room, Torrance Cultural Center.  

 

March 13 Demonstrator – Ruby Wang   Eve Pericich began painting seven years ago, shortly before retiring from a long career in education. She remembers her first experience with acrylic collage in a class taught by Logan Fox at Harbor Community Adult School. rom the beginning, the San Pedro native saw the medium as a way to paint recognizable portraits and landscapes with the depth and texture that she feels “only collage can impart.”        From a large collection of photographic images taken from books, magazines and newspapers and objects found in nature, such as tree bark, dried plant material, reptile skin, coffee beans, shells and sand, the images and objects are combined with acrylic painting in a way that makes it difficult to tell what is collaged and what is painted. All manner of paper, from wallpaper to rice paper, as well as textile, jewelry and common household elements, find their way into Eve's work. She attends Dael Patton's Abstract Acrylic Mixed Media class at PVAC for “inspiration from Dael and insight into abstraction.” Eve has shown her paintings at 608 North Gallery in Redondo Beach, several exhibitions at South Bay Lexus Service Center, Art in Our Library at Peninsula Library in Rolling Hills and Palos Verdes Art Center. Findings Art Center and Le Grand Salon (a pop-up gallery Eve helped organize), Point Gallery and The Corner Store are San Pedro venues where she exhibits her work often. She belongs to SBWS and Paletteers. Eve's painting Many Hues in the Garden was chosen for the opening of the Stuart Haaga Gallery at Descanso Gardens in La Canada. Her most recent painting, the 24” by 72” View From Marymount, was commissioned by the Board of Trustees of Marymount California University for the Office of President Lucas Lamadrid in honor of his investiture. Eve looks forward to sharing with the SBWS adventures in finding and applying collage elements to acrylic painting at the November meeting.  

Ruby H. Wang, was born in Nanjing, China and grew up as a native of Wuxi near the port city of Shanghai. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts fromTaiwan Normal University in Taipei, Taiwan and studied with the respected Professor C.P. Huang. She pursued advanced studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She currently lives with her husband, Irving, in Torrance, California and travels extensively for inspiration.  

Christina Ramos was the January 9th Demonstrator  Christina  gave  a  demonstration  with  examples  of  Golden’s  products,  explaining  the  uses  and  comparison    of  properties  in  Heavy  Body  Acrylics,  Golden  Fluid  Acrylics,  Golden  Mediums,  Iridescent  Acrylics,    Interference  Acrylics,  High  Flow  Acrylics,  and  Grounds.    Christine  discussed  the  chemistry  of  the  paints    (modern  vs.  mineral),  and  showed  or  discussed  several  methods  of  using  all  products:    acrylic  paper,  Gelly    Prints,  rubber  stamps,  encaustic,  image  transfers,  and  collage.                                                                Christina  introduced  the  Golden  QoR  Watercolor  products,  made  with  an    aquasol  binder,  not  Arabic  binder  as  other  artist  paints,  therefore  allowing    for  more  pigment  in  the  paints  for  bright,  bold  colors.    Several  examples  of    the  watercolors  being  used  were  passed  around  the  members.      Christina  handed  out  several  Golden  samples  to  all  members  present.        

   

1st Place Doug Stenhouse

“I love Yupo”

2nd Place Eve Pericich

“Cattle Ranch”

3rd Place Bobbie Davison “Cheshire Cat”

Congratulations to the winners of the Popular Vote Competition:

No raffle, all members present were given samples of Golden products

Thank you Sylvia  Smullen,  Dawn  Quinones,  and  Gloria  Lee  for bringing the refreshments to the March meeting.

Be sure to bring a painting to the meeting for the Popular Vote Competition. Ribbons will be awarded for First, Second and Third Place.

Art Events

Al Setton will present a Landscape workshop on Saturday June 3 and Sunday June 4, 2017. The cost will be $150 for members and $200 for nonmembers. The location will be at Destination Art in Torrance. Anyone interested in signing up should bring their checkbook to the next SBWC meeting on March 13 as Gale wants to give the SBWC first opportunity to sign up before she advertises it to other art groups. Gale can be reached by email @ galedriver@mac.com or by phone at (310) 371-2866.

         South  Bay  Watercolor  Society      c/o  E.  Baldwin      3760  Ruthbar  Dr.      Hawthorne,  CA  90250                              

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CA 101 2017 It Takes a Village show, June 2 – 11, 2017, 219 Avenue 1, Riviera Village, Redondo Beach. Entry Deadline: Thursday, April 20th, 2017 midnight Notification: Sunday, April 30th, 2017 Take In: Tuesday, May 30th 10am-6pm Opening Reception: Friday, June 2nd, 5pm-10pm Exhibit Dates: Saturday, June 3-Sunday 11, 2017 12-6pm Friday, June 9 12-9pm Closed Monday, June 5thArtwork Pick Up: Monday, June 12 10am-6pm.

Art Events

The Thirteenth Annual SATURDAY IN THE PARK WITH THE MASTERS is SATURDAY, APRIL 1st from 10am to 3pm at Marantha HIgh School in Pasadena. Milford Zornes was an avid supporter of this MVAL event, proceeds are used for art scholarships and grants within the area. At 2:30 pm the Master Artists will speak about the process. For more info contact Debbie Abshear, 310-989-9906.

We are sad to report that Susan Lefkowitz, member of SBWS since 2014, passed away on November 27, 2016.  

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