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MARCH 2018 PASTEL SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
VOLUME 3 ISSUE 2
PRESIDENT’S JANUARY EDE STREIFF
OTTO STÜRCKE
MESSAGE MEETING DEMONSTRATION WORKSHOP
President’s Message
Dear PSSC,
It’s almost showtime!
By now you should have received your jury results for our 9th
Annual PSSC Members’ Exhibition, which debuts March 17. Once
again, pastel will reign, as we open the doors of the Torrance
Lexus Service Center for the public to view one of the most
beautiful pastel shows anywhere in Southern California!
The Exhibition features 144 paintings by nearly 60 artists, and
they are spectacular! You all have gone beyond excellence,
continually pushing yourselves to create higher levels of art, by
taking advantage of PSSC’s many workshops, classes, demos,
paint-ins and paint-outs, sharing and critiques. We have already
had amazing workshops this year with Otto Stürcke and Joe
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Mancuso, and our line-up of heavy hitters for
PSSC Officers and Chairmen for
2018-2019 rivals any I have ever seen.
July 2017-June 2018
A big thank you goes to our esteemed exhibition juror, *President - Lynn Attig
Liz Haywood-Sullivan, for selecting the final pieces in
*Vice President – Dori Dewberry
many categories, including Novice, Miniature, Silver
and Gold—a fabulous showcase of talent. Please invite *Vice President: Communications -
David Wolfram
your friends and family members to come see the
exhibit and attend our celebration reception on *Treasurer - Nancy Veits; Assistant -
Marsha Burnett
Sunday afternoon, April 22, when Tony Allain will do a
pastel demonstration on site and present awards in *Recording Secretary - Catherine
Cunningham
each category.
Vice President: Exhibition – Mike
I want to thank everyone who is working hard to make Ishikawa
our Exhibition top notch, especially all of our board
Vice President: Workshop Chairman
members and other PSSC volunteers who are assisting – Arturo Fribourg; Assistant - Robin
with installation, take-in, the reception and take- Kirk
down. You are awesome! Vice-President: Programming – Paula
Somma
If you are a new PSSC member or did not otherwise
Sponsorships - Virginia Kamhi
participate in this show, you will have another
opportunity to exhibit your work at our second annual Paint-Outs - David Wolfram
small group PSSC show at the Malaga Cove Library in Paint-Ins - Suzanne Kuuskmae,
August. More information will be given at the March 10 Critiques - Fran Nichols
General PSSC Meeting at Riviera UMC. I encourage all Membership - Marlene DeLugish
of you to attend and see our own extremely talented
Ways and Means - Kathleen Weil
Ede Streiff, who will present a pastel demonstration
for us. Publicity - Bernard Fallon, David
Wolfram
I hope you are all busy framing your accepted artwork,
Webmaster - Lupe Backe
and I look forward to seeing you at our March 10
Online Newsletter - Gayle Uyehara,
meeting and at the Take-in, immediately following the
Lupe Backe
meeting, at the Lexus Center.
Historian - Gayle Uyehara, Jane
Congratulations, and see you then! Shibata
Hospitality - Kate Doll, Bob Barrett
Lynn Attig,
Technology Director - Otto Stürcke
PSSC President
*Denotes Corporate Director
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“The Painting Surface”
March Demonstration by Ede Streiff
Ede will show us a homemade surface and a
professional paper and how their differences impact
the finished painting.
I am a Southern California artist who loves to paint and be outdoors. I have painted in oil
but more recently I have been focused on watercolor and pastel. Painting is fun for me
and I enjoy the process of creating a new piece. As often as I can, I paint on location.
When painting in my studio I use photos and sketches gathered from traveling to various
interesting places. I have enjoyed painting trips to France and Italy. I have studied with
accomplished artists and instructors in Italy, France, New Mexico, Arizona, Hawaii, and
locations along the west coast of the US.
I have memberships with: Watercolor West, Huntington Beach Art League, Studio 250, and
Pastel Society of Southern California.
It should be about having fun and if something good is created, great.
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Images from our January Meeting and
Joe Mancuso Workshop
Photos by Lynn Attig and Sue Kuuskmae
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Joe Mancuso Demonstration
Photos by Sue Kuuskmae and Lynn Attig
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Otto Stürcke’s Workshop
Photos by Lynn Attig
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Otto’s Workshop continued Photos by Sue Kuuskmae
HTTP://WWW.PASTELSOCAL.COM !7MARCH 2018 PASTEL SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VOLUME 3 ISSUE 2 Otto Stürcke Workshop By Jill K. Berry Otto Stürcke taught a three-day workshop at the beginning of the new year that I was fortunate to attend. I am a new member and have not touched pastels for years, but like the others in the society am blown away by the precision and beauty of his work. It was good that I was rested because this man came prepared to teach us an immense amount of stuff. We had lots of demos that included what materials he uses and why, how to transfer a drawing from a photograph to your surface, setting up a still life for a dynamic composition, making our own pastels, cleaning filthy dusty old ones, setting up the perfect painting station, photographing your still life, to sharpening the unusual set of pencils he uses in his craft. We learned about the principles of light and shadows, reflections and contrast. We learned about value, and this is something I thought I understood until he broke it down. He said color and hue matter the least while value matters the most in good paintings. He gave us each a value chart that we used all weekend to check the source compared to the value of the pastel we intended to use. It was a game changer for me and for others in the class who were not new to this art. Each of us set about making a painting using only black and white pastels and pencils to create a still life with accurate values. It was more challenging than it might seem and a valuable exercise. We did watercolor under-painting on boards he showed us how to prepare, and I learned that more detail on the under-painting was not a wasted effort. Otto was so full of energy, so generous with his expansive knowledge of all things having to do with the art of pastel that I can honestly recommend his class to anyone interested in this medium even if his style does not align with yours. What he teaches applies to anyone who paints with pastels and you will walk away with a truckload of new information. He has gathered all the tricks of the trade because he is endlessly curious about how to do things, how to make things work better and easier in pastel painting and he is more than willing to share what he has learned with each student with enthusiasm. His work is brilliant and precise, his manner warm and inviting. He presents as much as the participants can handle and then works the room to cover the needs of each person. He never sat down. The last day Otto showed up in a shirt with a lightening bolt on the front of it and I thought "yeah" the energizer teacher! HTTP://WWW.PASTELSOCAL.COM !8
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Member News! News!
Congratulations to Paula Brown for her 1st place award
at the Santa Barbara Art Association's November-
February Members's show. The SBAA's Quarterly Juried
Members Show exhibits at 1919 State Street in the halls
of all three floors of this medical building. The exhibit
changes every February, May, August, and November.
Congratulations to Jean Choi for being included in
California Art Club’s “A Hint of Light: California
Daybreak”.
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Tony Allain PSSC Pastel Workshops 2018
April 16 - 18, 2018
April 19 - 21, 2018
Award winning painter, instructor
and author Tony Allain has been
painting for over 40 years. He is
a self-taught painter of colour, light
and movement with a complete
understanding of his surroundings.
Born and raised in the Channel
Islands, he moved to paint and live in Cornwall to capture the unique
clarity of light living on the peninsular of the West Country.
Tony has exhibited extensively over the years, and his work can be found
in many leading galleries as well as private and corporate collections
worldwide.
The workshops will take place both days at Riveria UMC, 375 Palos
Verdes Blvd., Redondo Beach, CA 90277. Each day will run from 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. with an hour for lunch.
To register, click on the "Start Shopping" button below and it will take you
to the store, where you will select a session and pay online for the
workshop. Space is limited to 16 students per session. Your receipt is
your confirmation. Workshop fees are non-refundable.
If the workshop is filled and no spaces are available in the store, please
send an email to lynnattig@gmail.com as soon as possible. If enough
people desire to take the workshop, we will seek to open a second
session with Tony.
http://www.pastelsocal.com/tony-allain-workshop/tony-allain-
workshop
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PSSC 9th Annual Member's Show 2018
Call for Entries!
Entries are OPEN
Entries close: February 12, 2018
Enter through Online Juried Shows at https://onlinejuriedshows.com/Default.aspx?
OJSID=19909
Take-in Juror: Liz Haywood Sullivan
Judge of Awards: Tony Allain
Show runs March 10-May 5 at the South Bay Lexus Service Center, Torrance
All PSSC Members in good standing are guaranteed at least one painting in the
show.
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The Fallbrook Art Association will Host this years
Plein Air Competition/Show
April 25th, 2018 at
Grand Tradition in Fallbrook
Go to grandtradition.com to see pictures of the grounds and
gardens more information will be available on our website
fallbrookartassn.org
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PSSC Meeting Dates
January 13, 2018
March 10, 2018 and (Exhibition Take-in 1-4pm)
May 5, 2018 and (Exhibition Take-Down 1-4pm)
July 14, 2018
September 8, 2018
November 10, 2018 and (our holiday party)
RIVIERA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
375 PALOS VERDES BLVD, REDONDO BEACH
CA 90277
Directions HERE
HTTP://WWW.PASTELSOCAL.COM !1 4MARCH 2018 PASTEL SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VOLUME 3 ISSUE 2 Classes in Torrance www.destination-art.net PAINT-INS – Every Tuesday. 9:30 – 2:30 $10 Associates. $15 others. Design Forum & Gallery Talk Richard McKinley | Event | Tue, March 06, 2018 | $10.00 A special night with International Association of Pastel Societies President Richard McKinley and select representatives of the South Bay's architecture, real estate and interior design professionals. 6:30 - 8:30 sign up on our website: www.destination-art.net DAVE WOLFRAM: March 12 - April 9 Mondays from 9:30 - 12:30 Underpainting Techniques $180 sign up on our website: www.destination-art.net OTTO STURKE - His Feb 17 class is full; however, you should let us know if you would like to sign up for the next one in April. LocalArtists@destination-art.net DESMOND O’ HAGAN - September 7-9 $265. 9:30-4:00 The following PSSC members teach pastel workshops at Destination: Art: Bernard Fallon (http://www.bernardfallon.com/) Dave Wolfram Fran Nichols Mike Ishikawa Joe Mancuso For Destination: Art workshop information, please contact Sue Kuuskmae: kuuskmae@verizon.net HTTP://WWW.PASTELSOCAL.COM !1 5
MARCH 2018 PASTEL SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VOLUME 3 ISSUE 2 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Headline: The Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation and Porch Gallery Ojai present Thomas Fire Artists’ Recovery Exhibition Show Dates : February 1 - March 11, 2018 Photo: Gary Lang, Stars , 2013 Ojai, CA, January 9, 2018 The Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation and Porch Gallery Ojai are pleased to announce the Thomas Fire Artists’ Recovery Exhibition to benefit the Thomas Fire Artist Recovery Fund - a grassroots initiative to raise, match, and distribute unrestricted cash grants to members of the Ventura and Santa Barbara counties’ creative communities seriously affected by the Thomas fire. The Thomas fire, which started on the evening of December 4th is now the largest in California history. The first phase of the Thomas Fire Artist Recovery Fund was to gather information about the impact the fire had on our creative communities. The second phase of the Thomas Fire Artist Recovery Fund will include a matched fundraising campaign led by the Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation, with a public program of free and ticketed events, as well as a fundraising art exhibition hosted by the Porch Gallery Ojai featuring artworks donated to benefit the Fund. As of January 1, 2018, The Thomas Fire Artist Recovery Fund had received 15 requests for support from artists that have been severely impacted by the Thomas Fire, half of whom have lost either their home or studio, or both. The Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation and Porch Gallery Ojai plan to raise over $30,000 in order to offer unrestricted gifts of $5,000, $2,500, and $500, to these artists, depending on need. Thomas Fire Artists Recovery Exhibition will be held at the Porch Gallery Ojai. As of January 9, 2018 the participating artists are: Joshua Abarbanel, Akka B., Richard Amend, Susan Stinsmuehlen-Amend, Wyatt Amend, Phil Argent, Bobbi Bennett, Jane Callister, Norman Clayton, Russell Crotty, Lynn Cunningham Brown, Ann Diener, Sally England, Penelope Gottleib, Patrick Hammerlein, Cassandra C Jones, Gary Lang, Jeff Mann, Hugh Margerum, Dennis Mukai, Victoria Pearson, Mick HTTP://WWW.PASTELSOCAL.COM !1 6
MARCH 2018 PASTEL SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VOLUME 3 ISSUE 2 Reinman, Maria Rendon, Catherine Ruane, George Sanders, Ro Snell Sanders, Carol Shaw Sutton, Ashleigh Sumner and Seyburn Zorthian. The opening reception, February 3r d , will feature a performance by Ojai resident, Andrea Brook aka Sonic Butterfly. Brook will be "stringing the Porch" with her own design of long-string harp, Sonic Butterfly, a two octave, chromatic, acoustic harp with 60 foot long strings and projection - more - and/or LED wings. The 60ft strings will span out across the roof of the porch, turning the gallery into an instrument and creating a full sensory experience. In conjunction with the exhibition, The Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation will host On Love & Loss , a public podcast series. The foundation’s Executive Director, Frederick Janka, will lead the conversations which will feature artists Cruz Ortiz, Sharon Louden and one to be determined. About the Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation: The Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation, a 501(c)3 public arts organization, was founded in 2015 by family and friends of esteemed art patron and private art dealer Carolyn Glasoe Bailey. Currently based in Ojai, the Foundation is committed to the welfare of artists and advocates for life- long art learning beginning in elementary school. Current programs include unrestricted cash grants for artists, funding for arts education initiatives, an artist residency program in Ojai, CA, as well as a series of public programs and events including a podcast artist conversation series available on iTunes. About Porch Gallery Ojai: The Porch Gallery Ojai is located in a historic building in downtown Ojai at 310 E. Matilija Street. Porch Girls Productions, owned by Heather Stobo and Lisa Casoni, officially took over management of the gallery in May of 2013. Porch Gallery represents emerging and established contemporary artists and produces artistic events throughout the Ojai Valley. “Thomas Fire Artists’ Recovery Benefit Exhibition” will be at the Porch Gallery Ojai February 1 - March 11, 2018 HTTP://WWW.PASTELSOCAL.COM !1 7
MARCH 2018 PASTEL SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VOLUME 3 ISSUE 2 Porch Gallery – Ojai is located at 310 E. Matilija Ave., Ojai, CA 93023. For more information please go to www.porchgalleryojai.com . Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation is located at 248 South Montgomery Suite A, Ojai, CA 93023. For more information please go to www.carolynglasoebaileyfoundation.org. CONTACT For questions regarding the exhibition and image requests please contact: Lisa Casoni Co-Director Porch Gallery Ojai 805-620-7589 info@porchgalleryojai.com For questions regarding the fund and events please contact: Frederick Janka Executive Director Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation 646.334.1006 fjanka@carolynglasoebaileyfoundation.org HTTP://WWW.PASTELSOCAL.COM !1 8
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2018 Member Show Prize Donations
Richeson Art $150 gift certificate
$125 gift certificate
$100 gift certificate
Terry Ludwig $160 gift certificate
Michele Aplin 1 box 50 Girault still life
Art Spectrum Colourfix 2 pads Colourfix Original paper (1 warm, 1 cool)
Canson 4 packs full sheets of Canson Mi-Teintes
Guerilla Painter Guerilla Pastel Carrier box & pastel carrier bag
Dakota Art 2 sample boxes of 6 Blue Earth primary colors
Diane Townsend 1 gift set soft pastels, 6 wet/dry pastels, 2 dry form
pastels
Four Sticks Picture Framing $50 framing gift certificate
HTTP://WWW.PASTELSOCAL.COM !1 9MARCH 2018 PASTEL SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VOLUME 3 ISSUE 2 Artist Resources Girault Pastels http://www.pasteletc.com Email: michele@giraultpastels.com Michele Aplin is a member of PSSC and is always happy to bring you new pastels. HTTP://WWW.PASTELSOCAL.COM !2 0
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