Featured Artist for September Wed 5

 

Wednesday    Sept. 5th

7:30 P.M.      

                  Brunswick City Hall

                     4095 Center Road.  

Marleen Farley is our featured artist for September 2012.

Maureen Farley is inspired by the grace and beauty of animals and the natural world. She has enjoyed a lifelong love of painting and drawing which lead to a B. A. degree from the University of Nevada in psychology and fine art. Her artistic achievements include receiving the Douglas County Historical Association Photography award, the Carson Valley Library Award, as well as many awards from the Nevada Artist Association and Western Nevada College.

Her favorite media are colored pencil, digital photography, and transparent acrylic collage. She is known for painting original harmonious images of birds and animals. 
"At this time I am exploring mixed media and collage to produce free flowing abstract assemblages." The assemblages appear to have a fluid quality as they represent the interaction between mankind and our natural environment. She arranges interesting found objects such as colorful rocks or leaves with man made materials including transparent glass and beads. 

The creations are designed to be felt as well as seen due to the depth of the textural qualities. After she fuses the elements aesthetically they are permanently sealed with a non yellowing transparent acrylic glaze. 

She has been selected to join the Avant-Garde Art and Craft Shows organization  in North East Ohio. 

To view more of her work visit: http://maureenidafarley.artistwebsites.com or www.fineartamerica.com/artists or www.nevadaartists.org. You can contacted her by email at mifarley@live.com.

Please Join Us For Talks, Presentations and Demonstrations

                           Wednesday    Sept 5,  2012

                                         7:30 P.M.      

                                Brunswick City Hall

                                     4095 Center Road.  

                           Brunswick, Ohio         44212

free   

Artist of the Month is Always the First Wednesday of the Month

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Morning Critique Group, 4-9-2012

Helen Jeglic, Pastel

Mary Ann Peto, Watercolor

David Fawcett, Oil

Valorie Snell, colored pencil and mixed
 media

Lee Beuther, Watercolor

George Harth, Watercolor

Peggy Lantz, Watercolor

Lee Beuther, Oil

Mary Ann Peto, Watercolor

Helen Jeglic, Oil

We had a wide variety of styles and media at this morning's critique group.  Above are the paintings, in various stages of completion, that we critiqued.  Thanks to everyone for being willing to risk, by sharing  work and allowing everyone to share their opinions.  Critiques are scary business.  The artist being critiqued is risking, but so it the person doing the critique.  The payoff is that we all learn through the process.  And, although you don't see them, we did have real, live artists there!  Bill wasn't able to be there and the person filling in (me) simply forgot to photograph the artists!  I figure everyone would rather see the artwork anyway.

Kelley Lohr - Creative Whimsey

Artists trading cards and collage on canvas

Altered Altoid tins

Kelley Lohr

Butterfly Girl

From now on when I hear the word creativity, I'll think of Kelley Lohr.  In her fascinating presentation last evening, Kelley talked about her artistic journey, nurtured first by her parents and now supported by her husband, that has resulted in her being hired to create entire lines of artistic items for manufacturers.  She loves to share her passion, which was readily apparent as she spoke, and she teaches workshops locally.  For more information, visit Kelley's Let's Bee Crafty Blog.  You may contact Kelley by email at beeingcrafty@gmail.com, or by phone at 330-329-9539.

Kelley Lohr, Mixed Media Artist

 HOW I GOT STARTED IN 

MIXED MEDIA

You are invited to come and listen as Kelley Lohr shares the story of her evolution as an artist, resulting in her involvement with mixed media.

Kelley Lohr is an accomplished Mixed Media Artist who enjoys all types of arts and crafts, working with a vast combination of various mediums, teaching techniques, and promoting the benefits of making handmade items. Kelley has been working within the scrapbook manufacturing industry for the last five years and scrapbook retail for the last 10 years, and both exposed her to another perspective on her creations.  She has had a lifetime of being exposed to all kinds of arts and crafts, and different mediums. Kelley enjoys all aspects of art, and pulls much of her work from nature and color, working with materials found and collected.  Her nieces and nephew are also sources of inspiration—she loves being able to have craft time with them.

Kelley has a passion for teaching different classes and techniques and helps to develop projects and classes for use in retail stores, kit clubs, and class retreats. She is a "go to" person amidst many friends, when seeking a supply, vintage find, or just a source of endless ideas. One might say that Kelley’s creative mind never rests. 

Kelley was influenced and impacted at a very early age by a HUGE box of art supplies one Christmas, along with her parents’ encouragement—they could see her natural ability, and wanted to keep her creative juices flowing.  She has been "art and crafting" since a small child, beginning with learning to sew along side her mom when she was only 3 years old---Kelley cannot imagine her life with out some sort of art and creativity every single day. She resides in Akron, Ohio--near the Cuyahoga Valley National Parks with her super supportive and encouraging husband Eddie, as well as their two other family members—Riley the Dog and Boo-Boo Kitty.

Mel Grunau Workshop...COLLAGE!

Mel begins his demonstration.

Now it's OUR turn!

 

 

 

 

Mel with his completed painting