Village Art Association June Program

At Village Art Association's June meeting in the Lititz Library Community Room, I presented tips and pointers on painting with Maroger medium. Program attendees were attentive, asking many good questions & giving positive input. Rather than paint one single picture start-to-finish, I added texture details to a series of partly-finished paintings: Highlights on pewter candlestick; grainlines on onion skin; smoothly-blended sky; water droplets on grapes & puddles on a table.

LVC 2012 Juried Exhibition

In April, I was pleased to have my painting, "Rose Garden Sculpture" accepted into Lebanon Valley College's 41st Annual Juried Show. It was one of about 45 works on display. This was the 4th year in a row that I have had a painting accepted into this exhbit & I consider it quite an honor.

Arthur Hufnagle Library Artisan Holiday Show Glen Rock

In mid-November, I joined a number of other talented artists & craftsmen displaying work at the Arthur Hufnagle Library Artisan Holiday Show, Glen Rock. The show includes paintings, prints, pottery & jewelry and continues through December 29, 2011. Stop in and see some great gift ideas.

Display at Brown's Orchard

September & October was a medium-sized display of paintings & giclee prints in Brown's Brown Bag Lunch Room. Sue Myers was a great help hanging the exhibit. She handled especially well my group of iris paintings. They had a reception on the last Friday of September. Live music was going in the Brown Bean Cafe. A couple from the DC metro area came in to buy apples & chose 5 of the 6 iris paintings. Quite a thrill!

Painting at York Fair 2011

For 9 of the 10 days during 2011 York Fair in September, I painted a variety of works & answered questions. My first effort was a 4x5 oval purple iris which I put into a gold frame as soon as it dried. A few days later, a couple came by and bought it! Next painting was a sculpture in Hershey Rose Garden. Being a complex piece, it took more than 5 days to finish. Lastly I worked
on the scene from rural Virginia. I managed to do two layers & begin details but fair time was over & I had to complete it in my studio. I saw a bit more of this year's fair: the Big Cat Encounter, Pig Races, Hanneford Circus. It was such a rewarding experience I'm already looking forward to the 2012 fair.

Award of Excellence - Hanover PA Juried

On August 14, 2011, Hanover Area Art Guild's 1st Annual Juried Exhibition presented me with
one of their 6 Awards of Excellence for my painting, "Beginning of Knowledge. I received a certificate, ribbon & $250 cash. This is the most significant prize for my work to date. I was pleased that a second painting, "Sculpture, Florence, Italy," was also accepted into the show.

All 126 Juried Show paintings can be viewed online at Hanover Art Guild's website:

http://hanoverareaarts.com/show/album/index.html

Fall & Winter Art Exhibits

In October 2010 I exhibited 14 paintings at Glen Rock's Hufnagle Library. At the same time I also entered 6 paintings in a Holiday Show at Susquehanna House Gallery, Long Level. Their 2nd floor meeting room/display area is charmingly rustic & river views from windows are majestic. On Dec.5 I took part in their gala reception for customers & friends of Shanks Mare. November & December found my work at Artisan Marketplaces in Gettysburg & York, both sponsored by HACC's Entrepreneurial Studies. An exciting aspect for me were 3 days of "shop-sitting" the 2nd floor of the York Marketplace. I produced a small iris painting each of the 3 days, while chatting with visitors who browsed the marvelous array of arts & crafts assembled in YorkArts City Gallery.

December held another opportunity in the form of an exhibit at Shrewsbury Lutheran Village. Ms. Glenn wrote this glowing item for the website: "'Artist Displays Work at Shrewsbury Lutheran Retirement Village Gallery' Paulette, a renowned local artist, will showcase her artwork at the Shrewsbury Lutheran Retirement Village Gallery, 200 Luther Road, Shrewsbury, through December 31, 2010. Paulette employs classical realism to portray a sense of quiet serenity in her still-life, portrait and landscape works. She attended York Academy of Arts and Schuler School of Fine Arts in Baltimore. She is a member of Oil Painters of America and the Hershey Area Art Association."