Volume 51 Issue 3

This Project is funded in part by the City of Richardson through the Richardson Arts Commission

November 21, 2017 6:30- 8:45 PM

Richardson Public Library

Pete Quaid Oil

The human soul needs beauty as the body needs nourishment. Beauty causes a satisfying emotional response and comes in many forms; all of our senses can detect it. Fortunately, we are surrounded by it. Beauty is everywhere - from the shape of an oak leaf to the grandeur of a mountain. Light reveals beauty, and there are so many forms of light; the soft morning rays ofsunlight, the diffused brilliance of a cloudy day and the golden glow of a sunset reveal ever-changing ways to view our environment. Accu-rately portraying light with paint on the surface of an object both challenges and satisfies me. The making of art should be a pursuit of excellence, one that inspires and evokes appreciation.

I’ve been painting for 30 years. As a young man I started my own business contracting the painting of billboards. After gathering some years of experi-ence, I signed a contract with a Dallas company and painted their pictorial work in a studio environment for eight years. With the advent of large print-ers, I chose to transfer my skills to painting murals. My clients have in-cluded PepsiCo, GE, Southwest Airlines, Landry’s (Saltgrass, Rainforest), Simon Properties and many schools and restaurants. I feel fortunate that I’ve been able to support myself with a paintbrush for over 30 years.

For the most part, I am self taught. However, I’m grateful to all of the artists whose work I’ve studied because they have continued my education. In particular, Connie Erickson has provided her honest critique and her en-couragement in my pursuit of fine art. Beauty inspires me; training the eye to see color, values and design while pursuing the beauty that light reveals is a lifelong adventure. John Pototschnik, Andrew Wages and Kaye Frank-lin have shaped my understanding of color.

I reside in rural Collin County near Weston with my wife, Laurinda. My hob-bies include cooking and beekeeping. The Gallery representing mywork is Orison's on the Square in McKinney.

Understanding color, values and composition, combined with drawing skills and being able to manipulate the medium in a way that captivates the viewer are the marks of fine craftsman-ship. I encourage you to consider investing in a work of art.

Cecy Turner was prepared for her oil landscape with a canvas on which she had made a simple sketch with a light brown color of the trees she was planning to represent on the canvas. She was inspired by the position of the trees from a photograph she had made.

She was working with a limited palette: Phthalo Blue, Quinachrodone Red and Cadmium Yellow.Once the basic composition was blocked in, she had other paints available for use: Cadmium Lemon, Viridian, Burnt Sienna, Ultramarine Blue, Radiant Green.

When painting a landscape, Cecy feels she is very conscious of the values. She used a painting she had done outdoors to give her the correct colors for this painting, as well as the value scheme. She was able to use the previous painting by keeping it in Photoshop. She also did a value sketch. She envisioned three levels of values.

She paints an oil like she paints a watercolor. She began by painting the background dark to outline the trees. She mixed a red and a blue to get a pur-ple to do this. Then she mixed a little red and blue into yellow for other areas.

She started with the dark areas. The brush she used was actually a flat watercolor brush. The canvas area representing snow was left white until everything else was painted in color. She then used white paint to which she added the appropri-ate color for that area.

One piece of advice: if you want something to stand out, use a palette knife.

Once you get the basic values and colors, then it’s just a matter of refining. She used a warmer green to warm up the foliage in the background. At one point she placed a frame over the painting to see how it looked in a frame.

OCTOBER DEMONSTRATION Cecy Turner Oil Landscape

GETTING TO KNOW YOU

Personal Art History of RCAS Members

2017 MEMBERSHIP SHOW

Winners

Linda Bauer Linda first became interested in art by watching her Dad draw and paint. She took art classes in high school and then received a BS in art education from the University of Dayton and the Dayton Art Institute. The program included a few watercolor classes, but it wasn’t until she saw the paintings of a local artist in her town in Illinois that she realized the beautiful pos-sibilities of watercolors and was inspired to start painting again. Since moving to Dallas almost thirty years ago, she has had the chance to take classes from some of the very best and most distinguished artists, including Frank Webb, Jane Jones, Ann Smith, Don Andrews, Margaret Martin, Donna Zagotta, Chen’s KeeChee, Barbara Nechis, Stephen Quiller, Alvaro Castagnet, and Joseph Zbukvic. She feels that Dallas is an outstanding place for painters to build skills and stay motivated because of the quality of these teachers, but also the work of her fellow painters.

Linda works in watercolor, acrylic and collage, and likes to add touches of water pencils and crayons. She paints mostly closeups of flowers, and small seg-ments of her photos of roots and rocks, but she occa-sionally paints totally intuitively, trying to bring order out of chaos. Since she paints what pleases her, there is no shortage of subject matter, and she is now fo-cusing on painting better street scenes, interiors and people. James Richards, a recent demo artist for SWS, said something that really stuck, “Don’t worry about doing great work. Be prolific and the great will come.” She aims to be more prolific.

She is a Signature member of SWS and her awards include a Best of Show in their member exhibition. Her work hangs in many private collections and public places.

Linda’s Artwork

Best of Show

DATE ARTIST MEDIUM

December 17—Party Benjamin Vincent Graphic Ink

January 16 Soon Warren Watercolor

February 20 George H. Jones Watercolor

March 20 Guy Beals Collage

April 17 Frank Sowells Jr. Acrylic

May 15 Nel Dorn Byrd Watercolor

MEETING DEMONSTRATIONS

RCAS ART SHOWS

DATE SHOW CHAIRS

Art Demonstrations &

Show Schedule

General Meeting and Art Demonstrations are 6:30p.m.– 8:45 p.m. Third Tuesday of the month, September through May

Basement Meeting Room, Richardson Public Library

Altrusa World Peace Show

Young People’s Show

Rosemary Cheney Show

Spring Show

Regional Show at Eisemann

Beth Eschbach

Debbie Langham Marianne Phelps

Susan Martin

Pat Fekete and Lari Howard

Mickey Archer Juli Lewis

TBA

Mickey Archer and Juli Lewis

November 7— Dec

1 Dec 2 - Jan 6

Feb 22 - Mar 22

Mar 25 - Apr 29

Apr 30 May 29

July 14 - Aug 25 Summer Show

Huffhines DisplayHeigh ts Display

Changing eve ry 6 weeks

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Thanks to Asel Art and Artists Showplace for their continued support

of the RCAS Painting of the Month competition.

Richardson Civic Art Society P.O. Box 831027 Richardson, TX 75083-1027

December Party Benjamin Vincent

Graphic Ink

Message From The President — Jones McConnell

The Membership Show was a great success, thanks to the hard work and leadership of Susan Martin and Kathy Elliott ....and all their volunteer helpers.

November brings the Altrusa / World Peace Show to the Library, so visit the third floor soon to enjoy the art of our younger school children artists!

November has begun to decorate herself in lovely autumn colors, so I hope you will find time to get outside and try a little plein aire paint-ing or urban sketching before our cooler temperatures move in. Bring your results to our next meeting to share!

As Thanksgiving rolls around, I hope we will each remember and bethankful for our family, our friends, our God-given talents, our coun-try......and pie !!

Jonesy