Oil Painting Demo - 8/25 4-6pm

Just a quick reminder about this week's art demonstration hosted by La Jolla Art Association. This week we are featuring Sherry Roper demonstrating the "indirect" method of oil painting. The demo will be held this Thursday from 4-6pm at LJCC.

Sherry is inspired by classical realism. She looks for beauty in everyday scenes and objects. She is intrigued by the details and complexities of her subjects, and is drawn to dramatic light and shadow in both still lives and landscapes. Sherry‘s hope is to inspire a sense of wonder and mindfulness in the viewer. Click here to check out Sherry's work.

In her demonstration, Sherry will describe and demonstrate the classical "indirect" method of painting, which the Dutch masters of still life used to create their masterpieces. She will describe how a careful drawing of the subject is transferred to the canvas, after which a gray-scale underpainting is completed followed by layers of color in transparent and opaque glazes, resulting in amazing realism.

This demonstration is free and open to the public. It starts at 4pm this Thursday, August 25th at LJCC. Please plan to join us for what will be a fascinating look into the techniques of the old masters. (At LJCC, proof of vaccinations or recent negative COVID test is required, as well as a mask. Click here for more details.)

August/September Exhibition is Live!

On Saturday, August 6th, a group of volunteers, including several new members, gathered to make our August/September Exhibit happen. This new show features 10 artists and 78 works including digital art, oil, acrylic, watercolor and mixed media pieces. A slideshow with some of the works is shown at right.

In this month's show, we are pleased to have several new members hanging in Gallery G including Jose Luis Nunez, Christopher Conroe, Dan Kilgore and Eileen Mandell. Beverly Brock and Mark Sherman are in Gallery P. To view the map of Galleries at LJCC, click on the image below.

Mark your calendar for Thursday, August 18th from 4-6pm and plan to join us on the patio a LJCC for a Reception to honor these artists. There will be light refreshments and an opportunity to meet new members and the exhibiting artists. Please feel free to bring your art-loving friends. You can tour the LJCC to see all the beautiful and thought-provoking work in this month's show.

LJAA Members Accepted to Circle of Life Competition

The La Jolla Merchants Association sponsored a Circle of Life art show in conjunction with Disney’s Broadway production of The Lion King coming to San Diego at the end of August. Artists were invited to submit art that focused on conservation, family, friendship, leadership, coming of age, wildlife, scenery – even betrayal.

Congratulations to those members who submitted artwork and were accepted into this exhibition. The show takes place during the La Jolla Art Walk this Friday, August 5th from 4 - 7 pm at Sotheby's located at 1111 Prospect St., in La Jolla. For more info on the La Jolla Artwalk, click here.