It's time for RAL Studio Days again! Explore your creative side. Don’t miss this opportunity to paint with some of the best artists in the Rockwall area. It does not matter if you work in oil, acrylic, watercolor or colored pencil or any other medium, we have something for everyone. Join us for Studio Days at the Harry Myers Park Community Center located at 815 East Washington Street in Rockwall. You may be surprised how much work you can accomplish in a day with no interruptions.

Harry Myers Community Center is a wonderful Rockwall facility with perfect lighting and lots of tables and chairs. We request that everyone bring newspapers or a plastic cloth to protect the table tops. Other than that, just bring whatever you want to work on. Rockwall Art League members will be participating and our artists are always willing to share advice and provide suggestions and guidance. We do have some of the very best local artists. Studio Days begin at 9:00 AM and end at 3:00 PM with a break for lunch. Linda McCasland jimmymc2@verizon.net is our volunteer and will be on hand to open and close the studio for us.

Studio Days are open to the public, you do not need to be a Rockwall resident or a member of RAL to participate. There is a nominal charge of $5.00 to participate or you can pay $15 and that entitles you to participate in all seven Studio Days during 2012. RAL will provide coffee and dessert. All attendees should plan on bringing a sack lunch and any other beverage of their choice.

For more information contact Betty Hoaglund
Phone: 972-772-0582
Cell: 214-226-9942
bettyjean.hoaglund@gmail.com 

Location: at Harry Myers Park Community Center in Rockwall.

Schedule:

Tuesday, March 6

Tuesday, April 10

Wednesday May 16

Tuesday, June 12

Tuesday, July 17
12:00-5:00 PM

Tuesday, August 14

Wednesday, September 19

Tuesday, October 9

Tuesday, December 11

January 25, 2012: Poured Acrylics by Elizabeth Padgett

Elizabeth is a signature member of SWS. She has been in numerous international and national exhibitions She is in Art Place Gallery in Dennison, Fine Art Events and Gallery in Plano, Art Holdings, Dallas and Minneapolis. Elizabeth works in watercolor and acrylic on a paper or canvas support. Her Kimono Series is collaged from hand painted French papers torn up and constructed into the classic shape of a displayed Kimono; she also paints expressive Abstracts using vibrant colors and a high key palette, her latest work is Landscapes inspired by the terrain and cultures of Northern New Mexico.

She has been in numerous international and national exhibitions attaining her Signature Status with Southwestern Watercolor Society and has won awards, ribbons, and cash and material prizes. She has had several solo shows including at the Irving Center for the Arts and Verizon’s Corporate Headquarters.

Her work is in private and public collections and currently is available through Art Holdings (Dallas and Minneapolis), Artplace Gallery of Denison, Fine Art Events & Gallery, Plano and Mr. J’s of Richardson. Visit her website: www.padgettefineart.com.

Feburary 29, 2012: Maureen Killaby demonstrates traditional graphite portraits and still life

Maureen Killaby is a working artist of 10 years from Oregon and Washington State.  She moved to Lindale, Texas in 2004. She has taught art classes in continuing education at Tyler Junior College since 2006. Her passion for art began years ago with oil glaze paintings and in recent years grew to include pencil art. She has spent many hours studying the history and art of the Old Masters.

After receiving a law degree Maureen picked up the pencil and painting as a hobby and quickly became obsessed with graphite and now is a full time artist and teacher. Maureen teaches graphite and colored pencil classes for adults as well as lead instructor for kids camps in the summer.  She received her first commission in 2001 and has since received additional commissions from patrons in Tyler andas far away as Phoenix, Arizona and Wisconsin. She teaches privately in her studio and at workshops in Texas.

The Creative Arts Center in Dallas has been a new teaching venue for her as she conducts two workshops a month specializing drawing techniques.

Maureen Killaby teaches at Tyler Junior College and holds private lessons for adults and children in graphite and colored pencil. Vist her on the web at http://www.killabyfineart.com.

March 28, 2012: Art critiques by Maureen Brouillette

Maureen Brouillette is an accomplished artist with many awards to her credit. She teaches water media classes, conducts workshops, demonstrations and critiques. Visit Maureen's web site: http://www.mbrouilette.com

Ms. Brouillette is a full-time artist and teacher. She has won Best of Show twice in the last five Annual Juried Southwestern Watercolor Society exhibitions. Maureen has recently been featured in the Artist’s magazine and Watercolor Artist magazine. She has received numerous regional and national awards and has two paintings featured nationwide by Crate and Barrel. Maureen has work in the corporate collection of Baylor All Saints Medical Center in Fort Worth and the new Omni Hotel and Convention Center in Dallas. Maureen has shown in many venues, including the Arlington Museum of Art and the McKinney Avenue Contemporary, in Dallas. Maureen Brouillette is represented by Gallery Shoal Creek in Austin, Texas. She previously worked for 25 years as a commercial designer and art director. She now teaches classes and workshops, does demos and critiques, and is a judge for art shows.

April 25, 2012: Abstract Expressionism in Acrylics with Stan Perkins

Stan Perkins received his BA and MA in art from Southeastern Oklahoma State University. He has received best of show in Sherman Art League, judged competitions and exhibits at Artworks Gallery. His work can be seen at www.artworkfineartsgallery.com

May 23, 2012: Funny Clay Pots with Annie Chrietzberg

Annie Chrietzberg is an outstanding ceramicist who teaches, exhibits and demonstrates her work in several states. Go to: earthtoannie.com and view her creative and wonderful ceramics. www.earthtoannie.com 

AUGUST WORKSHOP: Abstract Paintings Created in Oil Mixed with Cold Wax Medium
A Rebecca Crowell Workshop

Date: August 2-4, 2012 9:30-4:30 each day

Location: North Dallas

Come learn Rebecca Crowell's method for paintings that are built up in layers, with each layer affecting and influencing those above, creating an organic texture and a sense of depth and complexity. Her use of cold wax medium mixed with oil paints give an encaustic-like look without heat and ventilation requirements of encaustics. The paintings are done on board panels. The panels give strength that allows the artist to fully experiment and explore the medium.

Since earning her MFA in painting from Arizona State University in 1985, Rebecca Crowell has led a life focused on painting. She has worked almost daily in her studio in western Wisconsin, with time out for travels and painting in England, Spain, the Western US, and the Canary Island of Lanzarote. In the fall of 2011, she was an artist in residence at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annamaghkerrig, in Ireland. Rebecca Crowell is represented by fine art galleries in New Mexico, Colorado, Toronto and Wisconsin. She has recently signed with an agent to represent her in Ireland and the UK, and was featured in an exhibit in Dublin, Ireland in October of 2011. A solo show is scheduled for Belfast, Northern Ireland in 2012.

Artist’s Statement

The sources of my ideas are varied and interwoven, with the colors and textures of nature playing a large role. Memories, impressions and personal symbols all figure in as well, as do elements of pure abstraction. There is interplay in my work between appreciation of the natural world and the desire to organize and manipulate the environment.

I use a variety of techniques for making marks and laying down areas of color, including some I learned many years ago in printmaking. I build up many layers of paint, and also scrape, gouge, and dissolve parts of the layers so that underlying bits emerge. The result is a surface that is complex in texture and nuances of color. Thus there is a correlation between the organic look and feel of my work with the process of making it.

Each painting is an open-ended exploration, undertaken with a blend of spontaneity and careful analysis. It is my hope that in the end, my work has a certain clarity and integrity that invotes contemplation.

Cost: $380
Deposit: $100
For more information contact Doris Vasek at (972) 722-5492 or by email at doris_vasek@sbcglobal.net
Phone: (972) 722-5492

Website: http://www.rebeccacrowell.com

Blog: http://rebeccacrowellart.blogspot.com

Harry Myers Community Center
815 East Washington St.
Rockwall, TX 75087