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Six Members

12/19/2018

December 2018 Demonstrations—Six Simultaneous Members!

RAY TUCKER
I enjoy all art mediums, but my favorite is acrylic. Its’ ver- satility allows me to explore my favorite subject, the land- scape, in my own unique style. My process puts together the elements and principles of design in a impressionistic interpretation. I emphasize color, light and the poetry of the subject at hand. My landscapes are the result of my imagination, not from photographs or onsite observation. The result is combination of vistas that I have seen in my travels through the landscape.

MICHI IKEDA
When I paint with water- color I focus on colors and shapes by rearranging what I have in front of me. I studied with Tom Fong for years and have taken classes and gone on some trips with Chris Van Winkle. George Haft was
3 my beginning teacher.

VALYA HRISTOVA
When I paint I like to be spontaneous... to stop thinking and just trust my intuition. Sometimes I like to leave some things out or give little hints. This way I can encourage the viewer’s to use their imagination to (mentally) complete my piece in a personal way, and engage them deeper into my work.

FELICIA HAZELTON
I discovered Yupo and TerraSkin paper about 4 years ago and now have to force myself to use anything else to paint on. Both surfaces are made from synthetic polymers and were initially made for the advertising industry for sighs, bags, posters and banners. This substrate floats the paint on the surface ethic creates cute a challenge in control but fits my personality for its “happy accidents” and constant surprises of chance. It gives an advantage of being useful for imaginative compositions in either watercolor or acrylic which rubbing alcohol, col-
lege, ink, pencil and caran d’ache crayons may be added for additional textures. While I love painting nature items,
I have become addicted to rocks and canyons as sub- jects. Painting 3 days a week motivates me to paint more and inspires me to share
my work in numerous area shows and area completions. Let the fun begin.

LYNNE FEARMAN
I love to play with paint when not painting in plain air. So I play with dark masses and look at it until it speaks to me and suggests a pattern or a scene. I love to make up scenes and sunsets and forests. I enjoy abstracts too, which may be my plan for this next meeting.

ARMANDO RUIZ
Armando is motivated to communicate his impressions through abstract art. He is combed to communicate the feelings and emotions, which exist in nature and scriptural subject matter through abstract expressions. His goals are directed to communicate the beauty, complexity and mystery of creation. He hopes to generate art which provides enjoyment to the viewer and enhances an appreciation of the author of life.

Christina Ramos

10/17/2018

October 2018 Demonstration

Christina Ramos is a nationally recognized artist from Southern California. Specializing in figurative realism, Christina was recently named as an “Artist to Watch in 2015” by Southwest Art Magazine, and as one of America’s Great Painters by American Galleries. Her work has been shown throughout the United States and has been honored with awards from the Portrait Society of America, the Society Acrylic and Casein Painters, the National Acrylic and Oil Painters Society, the International Society of Acrylic Painters and many more.

Raised in a family of artists, craftsmen, and musicians, Christina’s talent was recognized at an early age. Although she studied architecture and interior design during college, it was not until she was home raising her four children that she began focusing on painting. She refined her skills in figurative painting at the Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art. Her innovative use of acrylic has made her
a much sought after demonstrator and instructor. She is currently a Golden Working Artist representing Golden Artist Colors, Williamsburg Handmade Oils, and QoR Watercolor companies.

Christina’s work has been shown at the Santa Paula Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of the Living Artist. International Museum of Contemporary Masters of Fine Art, Pacific Asian Museum and many galleries throughout the United States. Christina is an active member of the Portrait Society of America. National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, International Society of Acrylic Painters and the California Art Club. Christina’s work is held in many private collections in the United States and Europe. Christina will be painting an acrylic still life due to time limitation. Her specialty is portraiture.

It is my passion to portray mankind in all his beauty and ugliness, his joy and sorrow, his strength and frailty while honoring the Creator and the created with the work of my hand.
—Christina Ramos

Jan Wright

9/19/2018

September 2018 Demonstration

Our own MVAL member Jan Wright began painting watercolor almost 20 years ago. As she studied with various instructors, she found herself on a fascinating journey—traveling to hundreds of painting locations, viewing thousands of paintings and creating hundreds of her own. That journey has led her to embrace non-objective subject matter (although tree forms will always finish a close second).
She believes we are hard wired for art. Every primitive society produced art, advanced societies value it and current art forms using new technology abound. Art is at the center of humanity. Visual art transforms the ordinary by combining imagination and creativity with visual experience and re-visioning reality. In addition to celebrating the familiar, the visual artist has an obligation to take viewers beyond the obvious by engaging them as participants in the re-visioning process.

Brenda Swenson

3/15/2017

Brenda Swenson is the artist author of two books, Keeping a Watercolor Sketchbook (Award of Excellence Finalist) and Steps to Success in Watercolor. Her paintings and sketches have been featured in Splash 11, 12 & 14, Artistic Touch 4, Watercolor Artist, Watercolor Magazine, Watercolor Highlights, and numerous other publications. Brenda has been awarded signature membership in Watercolor West (WW), Northwest Watercolor Society (NWWS), San Diego Watercolor Society (SDWS, and she has won numerous awards for her paintings. An active participant in the arts community she has served on the board of directors for the National Watercolor Society and Water- color West. She is in demand to teach and demonstrate her painting and sketching techniques to groups nationwide and abroad.
Website: http://www.swensonsart.net
Blog: http://brendaswenson.blogspot.com

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