March Meeting

Our new Challenge- please check out the Challenge Lists added to the side bar for details about this, and past Challenges.

Challenges

Three pieces by Michael Waters:

A Digital Collage from vintage black and white photos, Digital Collage and Frame based on the Black & White Challenge Photo, and Micheal's Kardonne inspired painting.

July Meeting

Lynne Jessick's Cigar Box challenge entry: a beautifuly marble box with 12 different small canvases inside. Eaxh one can be velcro-ed to the inside lid for display.

Black And White Challenge

Cigar Box Challenges

Cigar Box Challenges

Black & White Challenge Paintings

Paintings by Judy Mattox and Gail Foran

Digital Versions

Here's a photo of Barbara Hymer's digital print. Below that is a download of the same image she sent me via e-mail. A good exampe of how colors can vary with different representations of digital imagery.

Last is my digital collage.

January Meeting - The Post Card Challenge

Rae Jaffe holds up her painting, a univeral small town street scene.

Jim Penland's mixed media pieces based on a 'time postcard' theme.

Island inspired watercolors by Annette Maynard.

Post Card Challenge

A water color by Kelly Hughey inspired by a postcard featuring Marie Natale.

Wood block prints of frogs, along with an acrylic painting of frogs, by Diane Brown.

Post Card Challenge

A close up of Diane's block print of frogs.

Assemblage by Michael Waters.

Assemblage by Lynne Jessick.

The Post Card challenge

Sue Rau's watercolor based on the post card "reptiles from textiles."

A series of  Island scenes by Doris Botts.

A self portrait by Jay Stevenson welded together from nails and steel.

Symbolism

As a topic, symbolism generated an interesting discussion, and even more interesting works of art.

Michael Waters started us off with "Mandala."

(Michael and Annette both mentioned a possible series from their pices on this topic... more to come? )

Jim shares his thoughts on line and symbols...

Symbolism

Oil painting by Jim Penlan and a sparkling mixed media painting by Dianne Brown.

Symbolism

Here is a textured, mixed media piece by Annette Maynard and a wonderful watercolor by Doris Botts.

Symbolism

Oil painting by Jim Penland

Oil painting by Lynn Jessick  "Eggs."

Primary colors and shapes by Shirley Hawthorn.

Symbolism

Acrylic painting by Isabel Samul "Egg Head" at the 'Feed Your Your Head Cafe', home of the famous Memory Loss Cocktails, Mind Altering Apps. and Brain Fried Potatoes.

Sue Rau's watercolor "Whatever" (the white shape in the upper right corner is glare from the overhead lights and not part of the painting.)

This collaged paper heiroglyph is by Lois Adam. If you can't decipher the message, I've added it below.