Bruce Barnes, Hyatt Lake Hideaway
The Artists’ Workshop 27th Annual Art Show & Sale
The Artists’ Workshop of Jacksonville celebrates its 27th annual Art Exhibit, from August 20 through 28. The exhibit will showcase the finest work of the area’s best known artists. Many of the paintings depict familiar Rogue Valley scenes and historical places. The paintings are in all media: watercolor, acrylic, printing, pastel, and oil. The show and sale will be in the Grand Ballroom of the historic U.S. Hotel at Third and California streets in Jacksonville. Exhibit hours are 11 to 5 daily. There will be an open house reception from 2 to 4 PM on Saturday, August 20. A further reception for the public to meet the artists, will be held in conjunction with Jacksonville’s Art Amble, August 26 from 5 to 7 PM.
The Artists’ Workshop is a group founded by Elaine Witteveen over 25 years
Elaine Witteveen
ago. Elaine founded the group to provide a weekly opportunity to paint “en plein air” and to gather members for constructive critiques. Elaine still maintains her gallery on Oregon Street.
The members of the workshop all have extensive backgrounds in the arts. Many are teachers in the arts and are members of a variety of art societies. Most have shown extensively in galleries and exhibits. Artists in this year’s show are: Bruce Barnes, Sue Bennett, Steve Bennett, Nancy Block, Peter Coons, Grace Dye, Kim Faucher, Marjory Foster, Virginia Govedare, Lynda Haghan, Dodie Hamilton-Brandon, Mae Heideman, Marilyn Hurst, Gwen Kirk, Pauline Mainwaring, Wanda Pepin, Dolores Ribal, Carolyn Roberts and Anne Schurman.
The works of several artists are being showcased as representing the spirit of the Artists Workshop and are of locales familiar to area residents. “Hyatt Lake Hideaway” by Bruce Barnes is this years featured work. Bruce is a master of the plein air style. He often paints from the front seat of his car when the weather does not allow him to set up outside. He travels to Europe each year to experience and see the scenes of the master landscape painters He loves the immediacy of expression that watercolors offer and his paintings capture the expressiveness and harmonies in nature.
Marilynn Hurst, A Time Gone By
Other notable works that will be on display include: “Historic Home” by Nancy Block; “A Time Gone By” by Marilynn Hurst.
All lovers of the arts are urged to come meet the artists, enjoy their latest work, have some refreshments at the artists reception and perhaps add a new painting to their collection.