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Demonstrator Biographies - Past
Years
2008/2009 Season:
September
4 –
Carl Burger
www.njskylands.com/clartist5.htm
A watercolor demonstration will be given by W.
Carl Burger. Burger's drawings and collages are inspired by gothic and
Renaissance imagery, architectural forms and European and American landscapes.
He uses graphite, bronze and colored pencils to capture the textures of
illuminated manuscripts and the flaked fresco walls of Renaissance churches. He
is a professor emeritus at Kean University, where he taught design and drawing
for more than 40 years.
October 2 – Ann Kullaf
www.kullaf.com
Ann Kullaf will be demonstrating using oil paints.
The main demo is in oil, but she also shows how
she work in charcoal, pastel and acrylic to work out ideas and create studies
before approaching a finished painting.
Anne Kullaf studied
graphic design and fine art at the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut and
at The Art Students League of NY. Her work has been exhibited at the National
Arts Club, and will be featured in a 2008/2009 traveling museum exhibit,
"The New Reality: The Frontier of Realism in the 21st Century”. She
regularly exhibits her work in New York City at the Salmagundi Club and the
Michael Ingbar Gallery. She is an elected-artist member of the following
professional organizations: Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club,
Salmagundi Club, and International Guild of Realism. Additionally, she is a
faculty member of the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey and the Somerset Art
Association.
December 2 - Dannielle Mick
www.danniellemick.com
Our guest artist for the evening is Dannielle Mick, who
will do a demonstration in pastel. She
creates works of art in all mediums. Her art is
inspired by the natural world, featuring, sea, sky, and landscapes. She likes
to maintain a sense of simplicity and finds beauty in every day surroundings.
Dannielle studied at the Art Students League, New York,
National Academy of Fine Art, NY, New School of Parsons, NY and the Chicago
Institute of Art, IL. She has studied with Wolfe Kahn, PSA, and Elizabeth
Mowry, PSA.
Her work has been exhibited both internationally and
nationally. She has appeared in Taipei, Taiwan at the International Pastel
Artists Invitational; National Arts Club, NY; Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art
Club, NY; The Salmagundi Club, NY; Audubon Artists, NY as well as in many
shows in NJ and Pa. Dannielle is a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of
America and an Associate Member of many other pastel and artist societies
including Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Arts Club, Audubon Artists, Allied Artists
of America, Millburn Short Hills Art Center, Connecticut Pastel Society,
Pastel Society of New Jersey and the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey.
She has received many awards and honors and in addition,
this year she has served as the President of the Pastel Society of New Jersey.
Some of her most recent honors and awards include, Salmagundi Club Annual
Non-members Exhibition 2007; Connecticut Pastel Society Award; Allied Artists
93rd Annual Open Juried Exhibition 2006; Pastel Society of America
Award; Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Arts Club, 110th Annual Juried Exhibition,
2006 (Medal of Honor, Grand Prize – Pastel/Graphics) plus many more, including
Best in Show at both the Paper Mill Playhouse and the NJ Center of Visual
Arts.
The Artist’s statement : There is a story in the
landscape which I am curious to uncover. However, as in all great mysteries, I
am deliberate in not giving away the ending... so I keep my story minimal and
intriguing. Using subtle tonal variations, mixed with increasing color, I
selectively provide just enough information to pique your interest and invite
you to further investigate possible endings. Nature is such a tease...
Mar 5 – Ed Sprafkin
Contemporary
artist Edward J. Sprafkin will do an oil painting demonstration. The
artist is an instructor at the
Morris County Art Association, a member of
the Art Center of New Jersey,
New Jersey Society of En Plein Air Artists,
and an associate member of the Oil Painters of America. Being a predominantly
self-taught painter, Edward studies the work of the great masters of the past
and also finds inspiration in many of the masters of today.
The artist is drawn to the little
things that many of us simply overlook such as the way the light falls upon an
everyday object to the many moods experienced as part of the great
outdoors. The New Jersey native states “Everyday, nature orchestrates a
magnificent performance. My aim is to capture these moments." When
painting outside, he strives to capture light and the essence of the
scene. Edward instinctively sees art and beauty in spectacular views to the
simplest corners of a setting. He continues to join exhibitions at local art
galleries and remains active in en plein air events in and around NJ.
Apr 2 –
Ann Taylor
Award winning Verona watercolorist Ann Taylor will
give tonight's demonstration.
Mrs. Taylor finds challenge in interpreting a wide
variety of subjects, frequently utilizing water as a compositional element.
Her love of color and light is evident in most of her paintings.
A graduate of the High School of Industrial
Arts in Manhattan, she has a B.A. in Fine and Applied Arts from Brooklyn
College. Further studies include courses at The School of Visual Arts, the New
School for Social Research and the Yard School of Art, Montclair, NJ.
She is an exhibiting member of The
New Jersey Watercolor Society, The Garden State Watercolor Society and the
Essex Watercolor Club to name just a few and has recently completed a
three-year period as President of the Essex Watercolor Club. She is currently
First Vice-president of the New Jersey Watercolor Society.
In the past 15 years, Mrs. Taylor
has won more than 50 awards many of them being Best in Shows and Awards of
Excellence. Among the more recent are: Best in Show, Milburn-Short Hills Art
Center’s Juried Art Exhibition, Fall 2006; Lennie Steinhart Award for Best
Watercolor, West Essex Art Assn., January 2007 Open Juried Exhibit and The
Garden State Watercolor Society Award, GSWCS Fall 2006 Open Juried Show.
Mrs. Taylor has had seven solo
shows and has been included in select juried exhibitions at the Trenton and
Monmouth Museums. Her paintings are included in many private American and
international collections. She is currently represented by Essex Fine Art
Gallery in Montclair. Presently, Mrs. Taylor is on the staff of the Livingston
Arts Association and Bloomfield Art League, where she teaches watercolors. Ann
also runs watercolor workshops for Elderhostel.
May 7 –
Jinnie May
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Jinnie May, a local award winning
artist, who will do a watercolor demonstration. Art has always been
in the artist's life; however she did not start to pursue it
seriously until she retired in 2000. Through Art Encounter
Workshops, run by AAR artist Nina Harlan, she has studied with the
country’s best watercolor instructors. In addition she enjoys
painting holidays with friends in the US and abroad.
For May,
creating watercolors is 24/7 and she wouldn’t have it any other way.
Her main inspiration and distinct style is derived from the
California Watercolor artists of the past - large, bold and loose,
The artist is an elected member of
the New Jersey Watercolor Society (for which she is the recording
secretary), The Garden State Watercolor Society, The Baltimore
Watercolor Society, Landscape Artists International, Best of
Artists.com and several local NJ clubs.
Competing only since 2004, May has
won over 30 awards including six best in shows. Her paintings are
included in private collections in both the US and abroad.
Jun 4 –
Professional Critique and Art Supply Sale
Our annual professional critique will be led this year by
Thomas Valenti, a nationally and internationally known
artist. Works in the form of paintings, photographs and collages will be
critiqued. Everyone is encouraged to bring a piece of
art that you have been working on, either finished or in process, for Tom's
comments. Look for more information about Tom in the June newsletter. Our
critiques are always very informative and fun.
In addition, we will have a sale table where members can
sell art related items, such as surplus art books and art supplies. All
sales are between the seller and buyer. Please mark your items for sale
with the price and your name so the buyer will know whom to pay. Also,
please take home any item that does not sell.
Past Demonstrators the 2007 - 2008 Season
Demonstrator Biographies
2007/2008 Season:
September 6 – Mark de Mos
www.studio7artgallery.com
Mark de Mos will be demonstrating using watercolor and Yupo. He will paint an
interior scene or do a semi-abstract work.
Mark, a graduate of the New
Jersey Institute of Technology, has worked in pen & ink, etching, watercolor and
pastel. He has continued his studies in art with many well known artists, such
as Robert Sakson, Ed Havas, Ferd Petrie, Lee Hughes and Frank Zuccarelli, PSA,
and more recently George James, AWS, working on Yupo paper. His work is
influenced by John Singer Sargent, and he strives for a dynamic realism that is
painterly and not photo realistic.
Mark is a signature member of
The New Jersey Watercolor Society, The Garden State Watercolor Society,
Baltimore Watercolor Society, and the North East Watercolor Society. He has
appeared as a juror of selection for both the North East Watercolor Society and
the New Jersey Watercolor Society, and has received six awards from these four
organizations. Mark’s work has also appeared in two “Best of Watercolor” books
put out by North Light Press.
The artist has participated in
nationally juried shows with the Salmagundi Club, Non-Member Show (Pastel
Society of America Plaque and Watercolor Award of Excellence), Hudson Valley Art
Association, Audubon Artists of America, and the Allied Artists of America (Jane
Peterson Memorial Award). Many other awards include three juror’s awards from
the Perkins Center for the Arts Watercolor Show, two Best in Shows from the
Roxbury Art Association, numerous awards from the Essex Watercolor Society, plus
many awards from various outdoor art exhibits around New Jersey. He has had
several one man shows, and is in numerous collections across the country and
abroad including former New Jersey Governor Tom Kean.
In 2005 Mark helped found
the Pastel Society of New Jersey, of which he is the current President. He can
be found teaching watercolor and pastel at the Somerset Art Association,
Livingston Art Association and Lakeland Arts in Denville. His work can also be
viewed at Studio 7 in Bernardsville, NJ.
Oct 4 -
Alice Harrison
www.aliceharrison.artspan.com
Alice Harrison will demonstrate her
watercolor and collage technique. Her work has been exhibited widely in
galleries and universities throughout the United States and has been shown
also in Europe, Mexico and New Zealand.
Her work has been recognized with numerous awards and can be found in many
private collections as well as in the collections of the Noyes Museum and
Johnson & Johnson Corporation and in several publications. She has been the
recipient of two Geraldine Dodge grants as well as a grant from Soaring
Gardens in PA.
The artist works in layers, technically,
intellectually and spiritually to create images and sensations of movement,
color, harmony and joy. Much of her work is inspired by the various
materials she has collected, as well as by traditional materials in her
studio. She states, "Combining things with a former life with new materials is
a wonderful challenge. I have been very affected by Stanley Kuntz’s poem “The
Layers” and try to “Live in the layers, not on the litter." And "I am not done
with my changes."
Nov 1
- Auction
Dec
6 -
Elissa Prystauk, Pastel
www.elissaprystauk.com
Elissa Prystauk will do a demonstration in pastels.
Elissa Prystauk is an international award winning impressionist painter who
works in pastels and oils. Her work is now appearing in a figurative show at the
Butler Art Institute in Ohio , an invitational show in Taiwan , and an Eastern
Shore Art show in Alabama where she won an Award of Merit. She also won an award
in the Art du Pastel show in Giverny , France . This past winter, her work
appeared in a traveling show with Butler Art Institute in Ohio and in the John
Brown University Gallery in Arkansas .
Her
paintings and pastels have also been featured in "The Best of Oil Painting"
Northlight books; the pastel book, L’Art du Pastel en France; Savvy
Living magazine; Morris Magazine and on the cover of New Jersey
Calendar 2005.
The
artist's work has appeared at the Cropsey Museum in Hudson Valley , and at the
Hunterton, Monmouth and Morris Museums in New Jersey. In Manhattan , her work
has been exhibited at four prestigious clubs: the Salmagundi Club, the Catharine
Lorillard Wolfe Art Club,
Pastel Society of America , and at the Pen & Brush. She was the recipient of
the AAPL Medal of Honor at the 76th Grand National Exhibition in New York City .
This past fall, Elissa spoke on a four-artist panel on the topic “Artists Talk
on Art” at the School of Visual Arts in NYC.
Elissa is an artist member of the Salmagundi Club, a signature member of the
Pastel Society of America as
well as on the board of directors, a member of the Pen & Brush, a fellow of the
American Artist Professional League and a member of the Hudson Valley Art
Association in New York . Her work can be found in numerous private, corporate
and collegiate collections.
A
New Jersey native, Elissa received her BFA from Rutgers University and continued
her studies at the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Art, the School of
Visual Arts in New York , Brooklyn Art Museum , and Urbino University in Italy .
Elissa is listed in Who’s Who in American Art.
January - No Meeting
February
7 - Group Critique
A group critique is planned for
the February meeting where members will bring unfinished and finished art in the
form of paintings, photographs and collages. Works in progress that are of
concern to the artist will be discussed as well as finished works of interest.
As always, these critiques can be informative and educational.
March
6 - Jamie Allen
Jamie Allen will do a
demonstration in watercolor. She
is a graduate from the Rhode Island School of Design with a Bachelors Degree in
Illustration. While a student, she was taught by many talented and influential
professors. Her studies there included a degree project in watercolor with her
inspiring professor, Thomas Sgouros. After graduation she returned back home
to New Jersey to start her career as an artist. During the summer, she taught
art classes at Montclair Kimbereley Academy as well as a watercolor class
through the Morristown Art Association. She is attending the Master of Fine
Arts Program at Montclair State University. There she is concentrating in
Studio to further develop her painting skills and artistic knowledge. Jamie is
looking forward to the possibilities that graduate school will offer.
When she finishes
her MFA, she will continue exhibiting and hopefully selling her work while
pursuing employment as an art professor. For now she is focusing on developing
her own style, as well as discovering the endless possibilities of mixed media.
In addition to her many
exhibits and included in her recognitions, Jamie created Governor Corzine’s
Personal Christmas Card for December 2006, and her art appeared, as the result
of winning a place in the Art in Harmony National Coca Cola Art Competition, in
a Coca Cola Commercial, aired on CBS during April 2002.
April
3 - Ed Havas
Edwin Havas will do a
demonstration in acrylics. Mr Havas who is a Professor
of Art Emeritus at Seton Hall University, South Orange,
NJ, taught for thirty years at Seton Hall University and
Seton Hall Preparatory School. A member of the American
Watercolor Society, Mr. Havas is a past president of the
New Jersey Watercolor Society as well as the Essex
Watercolor Club. He is also a member of the Bethlehem
Palette Club and the Lehigh Art Alliance.
His paintings have earned
over one hundred awards. While serving with the Air
Force in Japan, he received a major prize in an
all-services competition for the Pacific area. Other
awards included the Grand Prix for Aquarelle in an
international juried exhibition in Monaco, as well as
the New Jersey Watercolor Society’s Silver Medal and
Best in Show Awards. The art award given each year to a
graduating senior at Seton Hall Preparatory School is
named the Edwin Havas Award for Excellence in Art. In
1992, Rotary International named Havas a Paul Harris
Fellow for his artistic contributions on behalf of the
Rotary’s International Scholarship Fund. He was
presented with Seton Hall University’s distinguished
service award, the McQuaid Medal, in 1994.
Mr. Havas’s paintings are
represented in numerous public, corporate, and private
collections, including the Montclair Art Museum and the
New Jersey Historical Society permanent collections. He
painted the Bicentennial Murals for the Livingston, New
Jersey Historical Building. Official portraits include
Archbishop Theodore McCarrick of the Archdiocese of
Newark, Mayor Sharpe James of Newark, four past
presidents of Seton Hall University, as well as other
corporate and public figures.
Ed Havas has had six
one-man exhibitions at Seton Hall University, the most
recent a major exhibit of paintings of the Delaware
Region of Northern New Jersey and Pennsylvania, titled
“Skylands” in 1996. Additional one-man exhibitions were
held at the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library in Boston,
the American Irish Historical Society in New York City,
the University of Scranton, in Pennsylvania, Sussex
County Community College in Newton, New Jersey and
numerous galleries. He has also been represented in many
group exhibitions throughout the United States including
“More Than Meets The Eye: a Century of Realism in New
Jersey, 1900-1994” at the Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ.
Mr. Havas has conducted
numerous painting workshops in Italy, Ireland, Bermuda,
North Carolina, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, New York and
New Jersey.
The artist's statement:
"I’ve
tried new media with every kind of subject matter, and I
have always returned to traditional landscape painting
in watercolor. More recently, I find myself drawn to
doing larger paintings in acrylic and oil paint as well.
"
"The
noted art critic Robert Hughes has suggested that it was
assumed that the abstract paintings of the 60’s and 70’s
had eliminated realism. Not so", he claims. "It is back
with much new vigor by younger American artists."
" We have this thing with wild
places. Quiet moments in time that are felt and
experienced are what I seek, and what leads me on; an
old custom, ever new!"
May 1 -
Tom Valenti
www.thomasvalenti.com
Tom will conduct our annual professional critique.
Members may
bring in one piece of art that you would like feedback on.
Thomas Valenti, a nationally and internationally
known artist will critique the artwork of members. Works in the form
of paintings, photographs and collages will be critiqued. As always,
these events can be informative and educational.
Mr Valenti is President of Allied Artists of America which is among the most
prestigious art organizations in the nation with members throughout America,
known all over the world. He is also an Honorary Member of The Salmagundi Club
in New York, one of the oldest art societies in the United States. He is listed
in “Who's Who in American Art” and “Who's Who in America” and his work is
featured in the January 2007, 70th Year Anniversary Issue of the American
Artist Magazine, a nationally distributed publication. He is the author of
“The Tonal Technique to Watercolor Painting”, an article which appeared in an
issue of The Artist's Magazine.
The artist is the recipient of countless major awards
in National and International Juried Competitions. A few of the most recent
awards are: Traveling Exhibition – American Watercolor Society; First Place
Award – Salmagundi Club Juried Members Exhibition; Best-In-Show – St Mark's 29th
Annual Exhibition, Mendham,NJ; ArtKudos.com online International Exhibition and
acceptance into the American Artist 70th Anniversary art competition.
Thomas Valenti teaches at the Ridgewood Community
School and he demonstrates/lectures and conducts workshops in watercolors
everywhere. He was the guest speaker/demonstrator at last year's opening for
Allied Artists of America's 94th Annual Juried Exhibition in December and in
January 2008 for the opening of the Salmagundi Club's Juried Competition. He is
sought after as a Juror for many major art competitions. His works are in
numerous private collections here and abroad.
Mr. Valenti has lived in Washington Township, Bergen
County, NJ for the past 30 years. He graduated from the Newark School of Fine
and Industrial Art as a Fine Art major but is for the most part self-taught. His
inspiration and motivation comes from the belief that beauty is everywhere in
everything.
June 5 - Eli Rosenthal
www.elirosenthal.com
Eli Rosenthal will give a watercolor demonstration. In
addition there will be a sale table where members will be selling art related
items, such as surplus art books and art supplies.
Raised and educated in Baltimore, Maryland, Eli Rosenthal
came to New York City in 1953 to attend a summer session at the Art Students
League and stayed on to become an award-winning advertising art director,
graphic designer, sculptor and painter. Eli is a juried member of the
Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, the New Jersey Watercolor Society, the
Baltimore Watercolor Society and the Northeast Watercolor Society. His two most
recent awards are the Matilda Grich Memorial Award (Northeast Watercolor
Society), the Doris D. Schoonmaker Memorial Award (New Jersey Watercolor
Society) and the John Singer Sargent Award at the CAA. Eli teaches, demonstrates
and conducts workshops in watercolor painting. His work can be found in an
increasing number of private collections. He is represented by the Piermont Fine
Arts Gallery in Piermont, NY.
Demonstrator Biographies
Previous '06/'07 Season:
September 7 – Joan McKinney
Joan McKinney is
currently represented by The Chetkin Gallery of Red Bank, The Evergreen Gallery
of Spring Lake and Galleryonemain of High Bridge, NJ. She is currently a member
of the American Artists Professional League, Associate American Watercolor
Society, Garden State Watercolor Society, National Museum of Women in the Arts
and Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Club, New York City, as well as several other
groups. Joan has won many awards, some of which are American Artists
Professional League 1999, chosen for The Artist Magazine Art Competition as one
of 50 finalists out of 10,000 entries 1997, People's Choice Award 1990, Judges
Choice Award 1990, Best in Show. She has presented one woman shows including
Somerset Art Association, Clarence Dillon Library, Chatham Library, The Chubb
Group, and The Johnson Gallery. Her work resides in permanent collections at
AT&T, Chubb Insurance Group, PSE&G, Middlesex County Library, Mortimor Gallery,
Crum and Forster and numerous private collections. More biography information to
follow shortly.
Oct 5
- Ann Kullaf
See Ann's work
Anne
Kullaf has been drawing and painting since childhood. A native of New Jersey,
she studied graphic design and fine art at the University of Bridgeport in
Connecticut and at The Art Students League of NY.
Her work has been exhibited at the National Arts Club
in New York City, as well as at the Hunterdon Museum of Art and in galleries
throughout New Jersey. She regularly exhibits her work at the Salmagundi Club
in New York City.
Ms. Kullaf was a co-director of Nova Fine Art, an
artist-run gallery in Clinton, NJ, for several years. She was responsible for
curating exhibits, public relations and marketing
Nov 2
- Auction
Dec 7 - Annette Hannah, Pastel Landscape
Annette Hanna is the recipient of three gold medals in
painting and, most recently, out of 3,000 entries, was chosen as a finalist in
both the portrait and landscape categories of a national pastel competition. She
has written a book on painting portraits in oil, and was included in "The Best
of Pastels II", published in 1999. She teaches at Morris County and Somerset Art
Associations and is a member of Blackwell St. Center for the Arts, Cerulean
Gallery, the Pastel Society of America, and the American Artist's Professional
League.
The artist expresses some of her thoughts and goals with
the following statement: "I love the act of painting, whether it is in oils or
pastel. Painting people has always been a challenge and a fascination. Conveying
a mood and suggesting inner thoughts has always been the goal when painting
portraits or figures. Every individual is different, with their own inner life.
Landscape and still life are also wonderful subjects. There is much beauty in
nature and it is a joy to go out and paint it."
January - No Meeting
February 1 - Group Critique
Bring and unfinished piece of art for the group to critique.
More artwork by
Gene Feller
More artwork by Gene Feller
March
1 - Gene Feller
Gene Feller of Hackettstown, NJ will be our
demonstrator for March and will do a pastel seascape.
Gene is a fine artist whose love of animals and
nature enables him to capture the spirit of his subject matter so the viewer of
his work can feel the mood of the animal or scene he has painted.
Over the past
twenty years he has illustrated more than 14 books and hundreds of magazine
articles and has created artwork for advertising agencies and corporations
including Highlights for Children and Outdoors Magazine.
The artist now
devotes his time to creating fine art, working primarily in oils and pastels as
well as teaching art to adults and children which he has done for over twenty
years.
Feller's
achievements include being a Signature Member of the Degas Pastel Society,
numerous awards in local, regional and invitational shows and commissioned
paintings for executives of major corporations such as M & M Mars and Chubb
Insurance. Area newspapers and the local TV and radio stations have conducted
interviews with him. He is represented by APA Fine Art Gallery in
Milford,
PA and Art Vue., Inc. an on-line gallery.
April
5 - Doris Schwint
Doris attended Parson's school of design in New York and worked as an
illustrator in New York City. She paints in several mediums, her favorite
being watercolor in a loose flowing style. She has given many workshops
and demos in watercolor, acrylic, ink and collage throughout the area. She
has a painting on exhibit at Paper Mill Paperhouse and Art of Mill Gallery in
Lafayette.
May 3 -
Ron Orlando, Acrylic Wildlife
June 5 - Eli Rosenthal, Watercolors
Eli Rosenthal will give a
watercolor demonstration. In addition there will be a sale table where members
will be selling art related items, such as surplus art books and art supplies.
Raised and educated in
Baltimore, Maryland, Eli Rosenthal came to New York City in 1953 to attend a
summer session at the Art Students League and stayed on to become an
award-winning advertising art director, graphic designer, sculptor and painter.
Eli is a juried member of the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, the
New Jersey Watercolor Society, the Baltimore
Watercolor Society and the Northeast Watercolor Society. His two most recent
awards are the Matilda Grich Memorial Award (Northeast Watercolor Society), the
Doris D. Schoonmaker Memorial Award (New Jersey Watercolor Society) and the John
Singer Sargent Award at the CAA.
Eli teaches, demonstrates and conducts workshops in watercolor painting. His
work can be found in an increasing number of private collections. He is
represented by the Piermont Fine Arts Gallery in Piermont, NY.
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