JWS Fall Show 2010 - St. Augustine Art Association thru Nov. 28th

Member Margaret Billesimo

Pen Women at large:  Yvonne VanDerLinden & Margaret Billesimo

Yvonne VanDerLinden currently serves as Co-president of the St.
Augustine Branch of the National League of American Pen Women.  Yvonne
is one of the six members of the National Music Committee who were
challenged to write something based on Eric Carle's book "I See a Song"
  Without having seen the book, Yvonne penned an original poem and song
titled "Do You See a Song."  The opening lines are:  "Do you see a song
in many colors?  Do you feel the magic in the air?  As they all blend
in together, Music ev'rywhere.  Once the National Chair knew of
Yvonne's compositions, she sent her the book, asked if she had an
artist friend to illustrate this work.  Enter Margaret Billesimo, a
newer member of the St. Augustine Branch.  Margaret is active in the
art word, and passionate about her work.  Both women will be attending
the Pen Women Biennial in Little Rock Arkansas in early April to
present the song, and the painting to the national gathering of NLAPW.
(National League of American Pen Women.)  

Leigh Murphy at RRoberts Gallery

GALLERY OPENING THIS FRIDAY & SATURDAY
Meet Master-painter Leigh Murphy

R. Roberts Gallery hosts The Women of The Port
We have teamed up highly acclaimed master painter and friend LEIGH MURPHY with the important travelling exhibition "Women of The Port" to bring you a DYNAMIC showcase of femme realism, on many fronts. Please don't miss our soiree this Friday from 6-9pm and Saturday from 1-4pm. Our wine fete is Friday with an Art Encounter hosted by Leigh herself Saturday...come get inside the mind of a hyper-realism painter!
See you then!

Jen & Heather
Rarefied Light ~ Acclaimed Realism Artist LEIGH MURPHY ~ Opens Friday & Saturday
A selection of new work, two gallery favorites so far...

R. Roberts Gallery
Historic Avondale
3606 St. Johns Avenue
Jacksonville
FL
32205

Member News

From member Lynn Wehrmann:

I'm very excited to share this with you all.

I just found out this week that BOTH of my entries into the student show at UNF were accepted.

That means that my paintings will be hanging at the Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art now into mid-April.

It's quite an honor to me to be able to show my work in a real museum of art.  The opening reception is at the museum this Thursday evening.  There were about 175 entries, 57 were accepted from 47 artists. 

I will be at the reception and hope that you can make it down to the museum at least while the show is up.

This old lady has worked hard for this!

Thanks for being there as my friend through the years.....Lynn

Get ready for an enjoyable learning experience in our spring workshop. Bring your regular watercolor supplies and large watercolor paper, 22x30, 140 lb or 300 lb. Total cost is #350.00 including lunch and coffee all day. See Joan Dorrill to pay or mail it to her at: 144 Marshside Drive, St. Augustine, FL 32080 Make check out to JWS and include email address.

JWS Critique with Richard French

This is a collage of all the artwork that was critiqued last night at our general meeting. Richard French drew a large crowd and did a superb job of critiquing our work. Thank you Richard!