NEXT MEETING

DATE:              5^th Saturday, August 30, 2008

TIME:               2:30 p.m.  Time change

PLACE:           Community Room, Campbell Library, 77 N. Harrison, Campbell, CA

FUTURE MEETINGS

            Please mark your calendars:      September 27, 2008 Time change:  2:30-5:30pm

                                                                        Teresa Hsu, watercolor

                                                            October 25, 2008      1-4 pm  Peggy A. Brennan, oil

            Note:  We will have a white-elephant silent auction at our October meeting (in addition to our regular meeting & demonstrator) to raise money for the guild.  So start putting aside those things you can donate to the auction.  Doesn’t have to be art related but in good condition.  No used clothing; what doesn’t sell, you take back home so bring things that will sell!

ARTIST OF THE MONTH

1^st place     Slava Shabrov              “Sand Harbor Pine” (Photo)

2^nd place     Egnalya Aznaran           “Vanessa Portrait” (Oil)

3^rd place     Janice Santos                “Des Moines River” (Oil)

BLUE RIBBON GALLERY

Blue Ribbon Winner in July:         Pat Hunziker, “3 Kids at the Fountain” (Watercolor)

The following members are eligible to compete in the Blue Ribbon Gallery:

Jim Rogers, Artist of the month in April for “Mountain Rhythms”

Raja Guha Thakurta, Artist of the month in May for “Inner Light”

  Pat Hunziker, Artist of the month in June for “Golden Gate Bridge”

Slava Shabrov, Artist of the month in July for “Sand Harbor Pine”

OUR NEXT PROGRAM(S)

Sandra Jones is equally accomplished in the media of pastel, charcoal, and airbrush, and is captivated by the human form.  The August demonstration will be a session in figurative realism featuring a high contrast, black and white charcoal on toned paper. Meticulously rendered, classical representation of the female form.  www.artsopolis.com/profile/detail/948 and www.stratfordstudio.com

September:  Teresa Hsu  'Presents watercolor technique favoring soft values and subtle shadowing for dramatic composition. Works capture an immediate quality and sense of the natural world.' www.mesart.com  & www.svos.org (can use artist Search, by name for a profile)

October 25:  Peggy A. Brennan 'Working in rich oils that capture the spirit of the old masters, the artist presents a fresh look at the time-honored genre of still life! Focus is on the individual vibrancy of subject matter. A sensory quality pervades each image, as nature's fruits, time-worn vessels are infused with properties of light, lustre, texture and color.'  www.peggyabrennan.com

LAST MONTH’S PROGRAM

Ed Lucey demonstrated the ‘alla prima’ technique in Windsor & Newton water soluable oils, using a water pond subject.  He uses no medium but water and Princeton synthetic brushes in sizes 16 to 8  (6300 series).  In order to stay loose, he stated that it’s best to stay with the largest brush you can, for the longest time that you can.  And check your work looking back over your shoulder with a mirror, especially if perspective is an important part of your subject. www.geocities.com/edlucey

ROSE SHENSON SHOW, TRITON MUSEUM, Drop off August 30th

Drop off, August 30^th, 12-2 pm.  Please make every attempt to come as soon as possible after 12 noon so Dale and her helpers can get across town to attend the CAG meeting at 2:30.   Remember the Artists’ Reception on September 23, 1:30 to 3:30.

****Angel at the Bar, Jazz on the Plazz - Artist Riki R. Nelson.  August 4th - Mid Sept 2008, 10am-6pm -- Mon-Sat, Noon-5pm – Sunday.  Peabody Fine Art Gallery, 11 N. Santa Cruz Ave., Los Gatos.  Introducing Angel at the Bar a unique suite of original oil paintings of the local "uptown" Bar Scene - with a twist. A double whammy of painter R.R. Nelson's unique interpretation of the good life in the Silicon Valley. Not to be missed.  www.riki-arts.com/angelatthebar.html

****Richard Diebenkorn, Artist,  & Carey Stanton, Collector: Their Stanford

Collection.  Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, 328

Lomita Drive (at Museum Way), Stanford. July 23-October 26, 2008, Wednesday-Sunday 11 am-5 pm, Thursday 11 am-8 pm.  This exhibition includes close to 50 drawings, paintings, and prints by Richard Diebenkorn from the private collection of Carey Stanton.  www.museum.stanford.edu/news_room/dienbenkorn.html