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On July 9, 2008 some of the members of the Northeastern CT Art Guild gathered for the annual picnic. It was held at the home of Cynthia and Ronald Braaten in Woodstock, CT. Members that gathered together were Cynthia and Ronald, Braaten, David and Judy Stumpo, Frank and Claudette Russell, Sheryl Anderson, Jacquie Lucier, Becky and Doug Montgomery, Judy and Ralph Doyle, Diane and Rich Allen, and Steven Desjardin. Members wowed us with their pot luck contributions of food to share. It was a great time of meeting new members and seeing old friends again. All in all we had a wonderful time. |
Our Annual Picnic
An Evening with Nick Swearer On June 11, 2008 the Northeastern CT Art Guild visited the studio / foundry of Nick Swearer in Thompson CT. The members that enjoyed that fine evening were Cynthia Braaten, Tim Oliver, Tami Hamel and husband, Diane Allen, Mary Hall, Gloria McCullough, and Rebecca Montgomery. Nick is an accomplished sculptor having started at the age of 11. His sculptures are sometimes made from cast and fabricated metals. Several of those examples are includes in the following photos. He is not afraid to express himself in ways that make people think using hidden meaning and commentaries. He is notorious for his nude figures of bronze that he calls narrations of life. There is on ongoing narration of over 70 recognizable political characters called " Our Times ". Those have been included for you to see also. And don't miss the " Rat Race " on the roof of the house or the giant steel " Brother "that is 10 feet tall. Nick also showed us his self-built foundry and kiln where he works. He could not have been more gracious explaining things every step of the way. |
Thompson Library Exhibit Jane and Daryl Lanzendorfer were the EC's for this yearly exhibit at the Thompson Library in Thompson, CT. Daryl and his family are in the photograph to the left. To view more photographs from this exhibit, please select the link below.
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Our Annual Picnic 2007 The members and some with their family members had a nice time of food and fellowship at the home of president, Cynthia Braaten, in Woodstock, CT.
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Plein Aire Day 2007 On a very hot and steamy day, five artist beat the heat underneath
the shade of the old shagbark hickory trees on Braaten
Hill Road in Woodstock, CT. The artists were Cynthia Braaten,
Katherine Rivers, Keenan Rivers, Sheryl Anderson and Tim Oliver.
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Annual Exhibit Reception 2007 In July 2007 the Northeastern CT Art Guild held it's second annual exhibit reception at the Quinebaug Valley Community College in Danielson, CT.
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Informal Critique Tim Oliver graciously has a few artists from the art guild for an
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Guest Artist Sean Farrell Our guest artist for June, 2007 was our own Sean Farrell, who is one of our life-time members. Sean is an accomplished artist who as a young starving artist spent lots of time just sitting in museums looking at the masters paintings and trying to figure out how they recreated. His expertise is in still-life which he does in oils. He takes many of his subjects from his own gardens and then arranges them in different vessels in his studio. He might take a flower from each one of these if it would fit in with what he has in mind. Many of his fruit paintings look so real that you might think that you could pluck them right off the canvas. Sean was our guest artist at the QVCC exhibit in July of 2007 and has been instrumental in setting up a class for life drawing for students of that college and interested members of the Northeastern CT Art Guild. He sells his paintings in many of the galleries here in New England as well as around the world. We are privileged to have him as one of our members.
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Two-man Show Tim Oliver and David Stumpo have a two-man show in downtown Putnam, CT. Owner of Arts & Framing, Sheri Sochor, often encourages fellow art guild members to show there artwork at her shop and loft gallery.
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Guest Artist Pierre Theriault Pierre Theriault was our guest in April, 2007. He is an artist of many different mediums, but that night he taught us his techniques for using pastels. Following are notes taken: Put neutral paper on foamcore and smooth side and front For plein aire use something heavier than foamcore for the backing. Put in the darks first and lacquer or turpenoid to fill in the areas of under-painting. Let dry completely. Layer pastel on layer of pastel and blend each color and shape as you layer. Use light blue instead of white. Brush out the unwanted color and use a kneaded eraser very softly. New sticks are hard, Rembrandt medium, Sennelier are soft. Fine are used at the end for details. Thanks to Pierre for coming and answering our questions on pastel painting.
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Simple Elegance Tea Room Exhibit An elegant venue for an exhibit, the Simple Elegance Tea Room in Thompson, CT, is where we hung out artwork to be seen and sold in March of 2007.
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Guest Artist Tom Krivacs On March 14, 2007, Tom Krivacs was our guest artist. Tom has a unique way of doing artwork using plasterboard. He binds the edges and primes it. Then he applies the plaster in various ways and lets it dry. When it is dry he uses glazes and applies them with heavy duty contractors rags ( they don't break down ). While the glaze is still wet he lightens the center of the picture and when that is dry he applies three coats of a clear satin finish. When Tom is done there is a vague and soft look to his creation, but usually something that is recognizable and beautiful. Tom visited the members again in May, 2008 letting them try out this method for themselves. There was a lot of interest in this hands on workshop and Tom and wife, Kelly were only too happy to show them.
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