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| Greetings fellow artists!
I hope that you are getting excited about our upcoming Spring Meeting and Show in Duluth. I am sure that it is going to be a wonderful gathering. I’m looking forward to seeing you there. As an aside though—if you have display panels that you would be willing to let the folks in Duluth use could you please let Tom Hoff or me know as soon as possible. It would help with the planning.
Right now I am in Charlottesville, VA, doing some illustration and design work as part of my sabbatical project. I have had the luxury of time to spend doing pen and ink illustrations (about as old fashioned as you can get) and then switching over and using the computer to color a drawing in an amazingly short amount of time. I have also had the chance to meet a number of really interesting biologists, artists, and designers, and hear their opinions on various and sundry aspects of my project. All-in-all, it has been a great experience. One of the great side benefits of spending time in Virginia at this time of the year is that it is really spring and the progression of flowering plants is truly amazing. I have gotten to watch the progression of pears, redbuds, dogwoods and many other flowering trees and shrubs. And if you can drag your eyes away from the spectacular trees and look at the forest floor there has been a wonderful transition of hepaticas, bloodroots, spring beauties, and we’re now getting May apples, bellworts and trilliums coming in along with dozens of other “minor” players. Frogs and tree crickets are calling at night and birds are filling the daytime hours with song. It is a great place to celebrate spring. Tomorrow I plan to visit Monticello and
see the Jefferson gardens. That should be fun.
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So make your plans and get on up to Duluth. There will be great people, great art, and fun stories to share.
See you soon.
Peace,
Jim
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| PS. Here’s a little guy I’ve worked on today. Just to reassure you that I am doing some work down here. |
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| Friday, April 30 |
| 5 – 8 p.m. |
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Registration, Great Lakes Ballroom
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| 7 p.m. |
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AOM Board Meeting, Lyric Room, Superior Street Level |
| Saturday, May 1 |
| 8 – 10 a.m. |
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Registration |
| 10 a.m. |
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Show closed for judging |
| 10 a.m. – 12 |
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Joyce Gow demo |
| Noon – 2 p.m. |
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Lunch on your own (or buffet if prepaid) |
| 1 – 5 p.m. |
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Exhibit open to Public |
| 2 p.m. |
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Scott Lloyd Anderson demo |
| 5 p.m. |
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Ballot deadline/Creativity & Theme |
| 6 p.m. |
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Banquet |
| Sunday, May 2 |
| 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. |
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Exhibit open to the public |
| 9 – 11 a.m |
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Lisa Stauffer Demo |
| 11 a.m. – 12:30 |
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Brunch and prizes |
| 1 p.m. |
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Ballot deadline for Peoples Choice Award |
| 2 p.m. |
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People’s Choice announced, then checkout |
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Directions to the Holiday Inn, Duluth
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From I-35:
Coming into downtown Duluth, take Lake Avenue exit.Turn left onto Lake Avenue and proceed to First Street (approximately 2 blocks). Turn left onto First Street (a one-way street).
Go about 2 blocks just past the intersection of First Street and Second Avenue West to the Hotel entrance ramp which will be on the left.
From Highway 53 (from the North):
Continue into Duluth on Hwy 53 until it becomes Central Entrance (you will pass the Miller Hill Mall on your right). Turn right at the intersection of Central Entrance and Mesaba Avenue (First Methodist Church, the “Copper Top” Church will be to the left). Proceed down Mesaba Avenue to the Second Avenue West exit on the right.
Take the exit and go down to First Street (about 4 blocks). Turn right onto First Street and almost immediately left into hotel entrance ramp.
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| "Still Life with Fabric", watercolor by Joyce Gow |
Joyce Gow, a watercolorist from Two Harbors, began painting and teaching in the 1960s. She believes in the workshop environment, crediting her own studies with John Peyton, Ed Whitney, Frank Webb, Birney Quick, Miles Batt, Robert E. Wood, Christopher Shink, Barbara Nechis and more for the guidance she received. She has taught watercolor workshops throughout the Midwest, in Idaho and Florida. “If you have received talent,”she says, “it is your obligation to share it.”
Joyce’s work has been represented in many publications and national competitions. She has a long history of serving in leadership roles in a number of art organizations (a past president of our own group).
Joyce is a signature member of Midwest Watercolor Society. Her work, currently is available at Art Dock, Duluth, and Kah-Nee-Tah, Lutson.
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| "Flying Cable", oil painting by Scott Lloyd Anderson |
Scott Lloyd Anderson (show judge)
In 2001, after 22 years as a magazine designer, Scott left his computer to go outside and paint. He’s quickly becoming recognized in the plein air field. Southwest Art magazine listed Scott as an “Artist to Watch” in 2007 and featured him in last year’s Plein Air issue. Scott has wopn many national awards and Last year he was cited as the "Best New Artist" at Easton, Maryland's plein air event.
Scott will demonstrate his studio oil painting technique on a wide panorama canvas. His reference will be a small field study, or "pochade," that he created this past March. He will also use photographs he shot on location. In the time allowed, he will show how he starts a painting and describe what he seeks to accomplish in studio painting's first session.
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| "Dancing Maples", soft pastel with watercolor underpainting by Lisa Stauffer |
Lisa Stauffer studied illustration at Parson’s School of Design, NYC, and received her MA in Design from the UofM. She taught art at the UofM, Minneapolis and St. Paul schools, community education and clay classes at the Northern Clay Center. Represented by Lizzard’s Gallery, Waters of Superior, and the Art Dock, in Duluth, She teaches classes at Waterfront Art Works and from her studio in Duluth’s Canal Park.
Her artist statement: “I am fascinated by the interplay of light and color that I see in the beauty surrounding me and I work to capture the mood of those special moments in my paintings. I choose to paint with soft pastel for the incredible richness and intensity of the color possibilities. I can be found painting en plein air all around town and far beyond.”
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