Brewer - Bruce & Johnson Marina -- 7 August 2014

Greetings to All,

What a beautiful morning for eight painters -- Sally, Betsey, Hans, Bob, Patty, Judy, Jay, and me. The marina is a big place, and we spread out in loose clusters -- Sally, Jay, Betsey, and Bob on the east end, and Hans, Judy, Patty, and me on the west end. This was Sally's first outing with us since she broke her (non-painting) wrist, although she did paint with Jay's MAS group last week also. Typically, she would be skipping these deep summer paint-outs because of the heat, but with weather like this and a goose-bump breeze in the gazebo area, she made history. She worked in her new water-based oils.

On the other end of the yard, Hans worked in his sketchbook at the waterfront, looking for his new looser, more suggestive than descriptive style, and then joined Judy and me by the sailboats "on the hard" for another sketch of a little skiff. Patty found just the right power boat, not far from us, no doubt thinking of her boat-lover Kip while she painted.

So many stories behind these boats that languish in the yard in mid-summer...

When I stopped painting at Noon, everyone already was at the gazebo eating. I had not brought lunch, as I had asked my husband Bob to join us at Dockside for lunch on their outside deck.  So I shot the photos of our paintings while everyone was eating lunch and then sat to chat while I waited for Bob to arrive. Judy also had not brought lunch and had ordered a take-out lobster roll from Dockside and brought it over to the gazebo to eat with the byo-ers. Hans ate his sandwich at the gazebo and then joined Bob and me on the Dockside Deck for a lobster roll and a Long Trail!

Since everyone was enjoying just sitting and talking, I decided against interrupting to stage a group shot of paintings or people.

Next week -- Mercy Center in Madison..

Brewer B&J

Mike Eagle Demo -- ADDENDUM

Just one small detail missing -- the date -- THURSDAY, 7 AUGUST at 6:30 PM, Old Town Hall (the yellow building, upstairs).

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Greetings to All,

In case you had not heard about this demo...

Watercolor Demonstration by Mike Eagle

The Madison Art Society is pleased to present a watercolor demonstration by award winning artist Mike Eagle.  The demonstration, focusing on techniques for transparent watercolor landscapes, will take place at 6:30 PM. on the second floor of Memorial Hall, 8 Meetinghouse Lane, Madison (by the Green).  The public is invited.

A resident of Old Saybrook, Mike Eagle enjoyed a long career as an illustrator.  A member of The Society of Illustrators since 1970, he created assignments for many clients; including Houghton-Mifflin, Sports Illustrated, Reader's Digest and General Electric. In recent years he executed mural art for The Mystic Seaport, The Nautilus Museum and The Connecticut River Museum.

Although his demonstration will feature the landscape, Mike will bring examples of past illustration art and will be available for questions before, during and after the demo.

Hyland House 2014

Greetings to All,

Just a few images from our Hyland House show. I could wish I had done a better job of shooting the photos. Again trying to do it too fast. But I wanted to at least get enough to give a feel for how this show is done, for those of you who may not have seen or participated before. We are not allowed to put nails in the walls, so it is mounted only on easels and on the floor and on a little stairway in the front hallway -- my hallway photo was not good enough to include here.

We did have four sales -- three framed paintings and a matted work, and one other trade of artwork between exhibitors. Congratulations to all the artists who sold paintings.

Thanks to all the artists who participated, to the Hyland House organization for providing this opportunity for us to show and sell our work, and to Sandy and Veronica, who continue to work with the Hyland House board to take care of all the details that make this show happen.

Stony Creek Show ADDENDUM

In my last post, I mentioned that one of Jay's (two) paintings (the oil) had won the second place in show award. I knew that because I had a round of emails with him yesterday. What I found out this afternoon at the opening was that third place in show went to Betsey for her watercolor, and the dedicated watercolor award went to Pam Morgan, who painted with our Dudley Farm studio group this past winter. So three of the 11 awards went to CTSA members. Congratulations to all for some very beautiful work.

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Stony Creek Summer Art Show -- OPENS TODAY

The Annual Stony Creek Summer Art Show at the Willoughby Wallace Library in Stony Creek opens today with a reception from 4-6 PM. This is always a nice little show, and this year, the second prize goes to one of our own -- Jay Babina. I know other CTSA members also have paintings in this show. So if you have an hour or two to spare, come on down this afternoon, see the show, mix it up with friends old and new, and applaud the prize winners.

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Hyland House Take-Down --Tomorrow -- 4 August 2014

To all of you who have paintings and/or easels in the Hyland House exhibit, please remember to pick up tomorrow, Monday, between 10 and Noon. If you're not able to come tomorrow, and you have not already made arrangements with someone to pick up for you, now would be the time.

Thanks.

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