Water-Based Oil Painting Demo - 10/27

This month La Jolla Art Association will be featuring member-artist Virginia Howlett during it's 4th Thursday Demonstration Series held at La Jolla Community Center. Virginia will demonstrate using water-based oils on canvas to create an impressionist-style landscape painting from a reference photo. Virginia will show the differences between acrylic paint, traditional oils and water-based oils, and describe the difference between photo-realism and impressionist styles of painting. She will be painting an impression of the fluid, reflective surface of water. This is sure to be a fascinating demo, so please mark your calendar and plan to attend - Thursday, October 27th from 4-6pm at LJCC. Attendance is free, so feel invite a friend or two to join you.

Here's a bit of background on Virginia. She creates abstract landscape paintings, photographic collages, and large installation pieces - all inspired by nature. She is fascinated by the contemplative experience of landscape and uses a variety of media to communicate the sense of calm and mystery we feel in the natural world.

She has an MFA from the Art Institute of Chicago and was an Assistant Professor of Painting, before a career as a software interaction designer. Virginia creates her work at an island cabin in British Columbia and in her San Diego studio. Her exhibitions include shows in San Diego, Seattle, New Mexico, Virginia, Ohio, and Chicago. Some examples of her work are shown below. You can see a larger body of her work by clicking here - www.virginiahowlett.com

It's a Full House!!

This past weekend, LJAA hung it's October /November Exhibition featuring a whopping 91 pieces of new art! This new show features 11 local artists with works in oils, acrylic, watercolor, digital arts/photography and mixed media. Preview photos are shown at right (to see them larger, click on any image and then click the arrow to scroll through all the images). To view the list of artists by Gallery, please click here.

To celebrate this new show, we will hold an Artist's Reception on Thursday, October 20th from 4-6pm. Please plan to join us at the LJCC to tour the Galleries, talk to the Artists and enjoy refreshments on the patio. Please feel free to bring your friends.

Exhibit Deadline Today

Hi Members! Just a reminder that Artwork Intake Day is this Saturday, October 1st from 9-11 am. That means that your Wall Tags need to be submitted to Dan Pressman by the end of the day today, Thursday September 29th!! You can read the Call for Entries by clicking here and the Member Exhibit Entry Requirements by clicking here. Please remember that you are limited to 6 pieces of artwork and the entry fee is $30. Only original work, properly framed and identified, which has not been exhibited with us for a year, will be accepted.

All relevant documents for entry, including the Wall Tag template, are on our website under the "Exhibition" section of the "For Members" menu option.

As a further reminder, the Reception for this Exhibit is Thursday, October 20th from 4-6pm at the LJCC.

Need help keeping on top of LJAA activities and dates? We have a one-page calendar of events that outlines Art Intake Days, Demonstrations and Receptions throughout the remainder of 2022 and 2023. Click here to access these calendars.

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday.