September 2012

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Orange County Fine Arts Inc. is a non-profit corporation that seeks to stimulate community interest in the Fine Arts by providing special programs, exhibits and demonstrations by well-known artists; to furnish a place for viewing works of art; and to provide scholarships to deserving art students. Membership is open to anyone; there are no restrictions.

CELEBRATING 46 YEARS OF CREATIVE EXPRESSION AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.

Muralist Kelsie Nicole to deMoNstrate at septeMber 27 art foruM

How does one capture what’s unseen in an image? Kelsie Nicole is a fine artist and

muralist living in southern california, whose fields of expertise include figurative work, portraiture and rain forest scenes rich with color and liveli-ness. through her paintbrush she explores nature, the figure, faces, colors and emotions.” i have an intense connection with the feel of paint dragging across the canvas at the end of a brush,” she says.

“i love color and the satisfaction of beautiful but unexpected combinations. i paint people so that i may look deeper into them, know them better. i use slight exaggerations of features to empha-size uniqueness. i paint the beauty of nature to feel closer to it; my studies of the natural world

immerse me in its wonder. i design my paintings and murals to draw the viewer in to examine the relationships between form, color and subject.”

she is greatly influenced by the italian renaissance masters bernini, Michel-angelo, and leonardo da Vinci. You can view much of her mural work at Rainforest Cafes in costa Mesa, anaheim and ontario, california. she hosts a video artist vlog and tuto-rial channel at: www.youtube.com/pinktinkkelsie and displays much of her artwork at: www.facebook.com/kelsienicolefineart. she has work available for purchase at: http://www.etsy.com/people/kelsieparker.

Join us in welcoming Kelsie as our guest demonstrator september 27 at 6:30.

Ocelot with Golden Lion Tamarins, airbrush on wall. Bubbles, oil on canvas.

President’s Message

—Laura Rice Robinson outgoing OCFA President

Well, i Guess tHis is WHat you were all looking for. right?

What artist doesn’t love to look at new babies. if you don’t, i just don’t want to know about it.

so … this is where i’ve been for several months — just holding baby Kai. He is 16 hours old here in this picture, and when i left northern california he was 6 weeks old. i miss seeing him learn something new every day. His supposedly blank canvas is filling very rapidly, and his mom and dad will now be the primary witnesses of that. He is a dynamo.

i wish i could fill a new canvas as rap-idly as he. i am always in awe of this thing we know of as time. as most of you know, i am certainly not a master of it. to me it seems too elastic, and thickens and thins before my very eyes. so long a time stretch until i pick up a brush, and then it races when i feel it is standing still as i paint. so it is to be an artist — as a baby when time stands still, but is racing.

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Xanadu Gallery recently began an online discussion about whether or not an artist should date his paintings. it was

a question that i had often pondered, not knowing which was “correct.” i had no idea that the art world was pondering the same question.

What do you think about it?

personally, i love to go to museum retrospectives and enjoy seeing the dates listed on the wall labels. i want to see how the artist changed over time and at what point of career path he was on when a painting was done. but in a commercial gallery, who wants an old painting that was done seven years ago? they want bright new shiny ones. seeing a date is not an asset.

so when all my work is put up on the walls of a museum in the distant future, it may just be a blob of work, not a career path over time without those telltale dates. Maybe it’s just time to change. put a date on it — or not? What do you think?

thanks to Stephen Austin for a pro-gressive year in which we improved our communication with an expanded,

practical and informative website, and for bridging the administrative transi-tion into the 2012-13 year. thanks to Ann Jones, Jila Hakimi, and Vivian Kiyani for supporting the administra-tion and financial house during this transition. thanks to the old timers and new comers for keeping the ship steady and keeping it energized. are you helping us row the boat?

Leti Stiles has jumped in and cut her teeth on one show and is setting up for another in october. i didn’t see your name on the card. it is not too late to join these early birds for that show. Will you be in it? Will we see you at avantGarden or aelaguna this coming month? collectors are buying artwork now. i hope they will buy something of yours!

see you soon,

News from AVANTGARDEN – The Art Gallerydowntown santa ana

look what you missed out on if you skipped the september art Walk! cosmonaut art at avantgarden! but lucky for you, they will still be here the last two weekends in september. Melrose artist Jose Torres’ whimsical robots

were the featured artworks this month. along with returning artist Inna Pankratova, guest photographers Adrien and Amanda Martinez, Nick Treadway’s new “cat” installation, student artist Natacha Nielsen, and lots of new work by resident artists there was a lot of energy in the gallery.

and on top of that we were proud to host a book signing for photographer Ra-mona Lee Visconti to promote her beautiful new book, The Art and History of the Garage Door. and thanks to Jacquemo for donating his Confessions to benefit the ocfa scholarship fund. the winner of the raffle and recipient of this beautiful work was Dave Simon.

in august we were proud to exhibit student artist Anthony Cervantes’ iphone photographs, paintings by Joseph Hawa, Claudia Norris and avantgarden’s very own webmaster, Matt Olson.

coming up in october we will feature the work of fiber artists Teresa Shippy and Deborah Stanley, and we welcome ocfa artists Guillermo Perez and Rachel Reinert. be sure to mark your calendars for the next art walk, saturday, october 6!

New avantgarden artists for august

clockwise from top left: Victoria Wood selling new necklaces; teresa shippy, thomas tom and Jacquemo; Jacquemo’s “confes-sions”; ramona Visconti signing books; Nick treadway’s “cat” in-stallation; photographs by adrien Martinez; inna pankrotova.

Young bear street Gallery artist Kayla McFarland had a very successful two month tenure at bear street, attracting a following and making sales of her exceptional artwork.

Art Lover Movie Night and PotluckWant to have a cheap date? Join us for an evening of art ap-preciation and community. it’s a great way to spend a friday night. We’ll be gathering at 7:00 pm to share food and an art Movie. the september movie led to a lively discussion amongst the attendees. Keep an eye on your email for an-nouncements of special dates.

Art Shows on October 20Many ocfa members will be displaying their work in the following shows on this same date in three cities — irvine, tustin and costa Mesa. in order to make the most of your day we suggest you spend the morning in irvine at the uci arboretum as the fall art and flower festival begins at 10 am on the corner of Jamboree and campus; tustin artwalk in the afternoon until 5 pm; and costa Mesa in the evening, where things will still be hopping until 10 pm. What a great day of art! it can be a moveable feast for you and your friends. be sure to say hello to all the ocfa artists that you know and love, Marie Taggart, Dennie Hahn, Marilou Hoge-boom, Teresa Shippy, Deborah Stanley, Leti Stiles, Irene Engard and many more.

Enclave Community Art Showlocated in the south coast Metro area, the show was boiling hot and heated up almost $1000 in sales for ocfa artists. it was the first year for the show. Next year the wrinkles will be ironed out and hopefully will be held in cooler weather! congratulations to all who participated in this show.

congratulations also to Max Yamada for his great showing at the Jewish community center in irvine and the well deserved publicity that he got from the daily pilot—a half page color centerfold. Way to go, Max!

leti c. stiles is exhibiting at the Mesa Verde library for the month of october.

Any members interested in showing are invited to contact Marie Taggart at 714-546-0784

Mesa Verde Branch Library2969 Mesa Verde drive east, costa Mesa

Member New united artists of santa ana had a recent fundrais-ing event at the santora building. avantgarden artist Alicia Rojas is the current president of uasa.

Jared Millar will be exhib-iting at the los angeles printers fair october 6 at the international print-ing Museum in carson. http://www.printmuseum.org/printersfair/

Max Yamada won first place in the juried art exhibit “My Jewish Journey,” held at the Merage Jewish community center in irvine on sunday, september 9. all of the paint-ings submitted had to relate to how Judaism has affected the artist’s journey in life. Yamada’s painting Jo’s Gefilte Fish reflects his “culinary” Jewish Journey as a Japanese husband married to a Jewish wife. the exhibit will run until october 20 in the slutzky Gallery at the Merage Jewish community center.

BEAR STREET GALLERY

united artists of santa ana fundraiser

showcase Gallery features the work of George Kaczmarek in the show “Vietnam today,” running through october 7. please note the longer hours for thursday 7pm and friday-saturday 7:30.

Beauty and the Brushit is still not too late to enter “beauty and the brush.” showcase Gallery features award winning watercolorist Joan Boryta in this exhibition from october 10 until November 30. take in will be october 7 from 3:30 until 5pm. for a prospectus, go to the ocfa website at www.ocfinearts.org and download it.

artist eye Gallery presents september featured artist Nancy Swan.

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artist eye laguna Gallery will feature new sculptures by John H. Stewart, from october 1 through 31. an artist reception, with live celtic music by David Lally, will be held at the gallery from 6 to 9 p.m. on saturday, october 6.

John’s latest sculpture of two sea lions chasing each other around a spiral of kelp entitled “follow the leader” will be

on display prior to going to the foundry.

customers interested in purchasing the piece will receive a significant pre-cast discount for purchasing it prior to being cast into a bronze sculpture.

in addition to his sculptures, John will also be exhibiting some of his photographs depicting the awe of nature. those attending the reception can participate in a free drawing to win one of John’s framed, signed and numbered limited edition photographic prints.

Artist Eye Laguna Gallery1294-a south coast Highway, laguna beach

reception 6-9 p.m. saturday, october 6

OCFA Art Center:South Coast Plaza Village3851 South Bear St., Suite B-15Santa Ana, CA 92704

•Showcase Gallery & Art Shopocfa_showcase@sbcglobal.net714-540-6430Open Wed., 10:30 am–2 pm; Thurs.–Sat., 10:30 am–5:30 pm; Sun., 11:30 am–3 pm;

•Bear Street Gallery/Studiosocfinearts.org/bear-street-gallery.html714-825-0592 Open when studio artists are at work

•OCFA Studios714-825-0592Open when studio artists are at work

Avantgarden-The Art Galleryocfa_avantgarden@sbcglobal.netSantora Arts Building207 North Broadway, Suite B-7BSanta Ana, CA 92701714-558-8843Open every Saturday 6-10 pm and by appointmentwww.artavantgarden.com

Artist Eye Laguna Gallery1294 South Coast Hwy., Suite ALaguna Beach, CA 92651949-497-5898 Hours: Sun., noon–5 pm; Mon.–Thurs. 1–6 pm; Fri.–Sat., 11 am–9 pm; (until 9 pm the 1st Thursday of the month)www.artisteyelagunagallery.com

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General Meetings are held the fourth Thursday of each month except July and December at Showcase Gallery and begin with a short informational session followed by refreshments at 6:30 and an artist’s demonstration at 7:00. Guests are always welcome.

Orange County Fine ArtsAn Association of Artists3851 S. Bear St., Suite B-15Santa Ana, CA 92704

ocfa@sbcglobal.netOfficers:President Laura Rice Robinson laura7777@att.netSecretary Ann Jones 714-832-4252Treasurer OPENPast President Stephen Austin saustin@ocfinearts.org

Directors:Artist Eye Laguna Ann Jones 714-832-4252AvantGarden Ellen Seefeldt 949-361-0388AvantGarden Victoria Wood 949-891-1017Bear St. Gallery Jila Hakimi 949-548-7387Showcase Gallery Leti C. Stiles 949-233-6321Artist Studios Touraj Hakimi 949-548-7387Comm’ty Liaison Tracy Evans 949-293-6033Director At Large Marillyn Brame 949-951-5971Director At Large Thomas Tom 949-231-8866Director At Large Vivian Kiyani 949-413-7259Marketing Victoria Rivett vrivett@ocfinearts.orgMembership Max Yamada 949-650-3832Showcase ArtShop Victoria Rivett vrivett@ocfinearts.org

Chairpersons:Programs Linda Brooks 714-389-5875Historian Sally Wilson 949-631-2232Newsletter Editor Jared Millar 714-979-5597Publicity Deborah Stanley 949-679-2470Scholarships/Ed. Casey Sullivan 949-244-9042

Officers and DirectorsNEXT MEETING: September 27