The Phoenix Artists Guild meets every 4th Monday of the month (except on holidays), from August through May. Meetings are held at: Arizona Artists Guild Building, at 18411 N. 7th Ave., Phoenix, AZ.
Meeting Agenda:
6:00 – 6:45pm: Critique of Member work in progress (guests are invited to watch.)
6:45 – 7:15pm: Business Meeting
7:15 – 7:30pm: Refreshments (when in person)
7:30 – 8:30pm: Guest Artist Demonstration
January 23rd
February 27th
March 27th
April 24th
May 22nd
June - no meeting
July - no meeting
(Please note: We are currently meeting in person at the AAG Building using all CDC guidelines including mandatory masks and social distancing.
Bruce will be demonstrating with Acrylics
Whether you’re viewing Bruce Marion’s compelling abstracted landscapes, cityscapes, figurative or contemporary wildlife, it’s likely his rich colorations and dramatic use of light first catch your eye. His works have a distinctive, glowing quality, as if they’re illuminated from within. He achieves this effect by applying multiple layers of paint, using palette knives, brushes, and some unconventional tools (think drywall scrapers and squirt bottles), creating complex surfaces with tremendous depth.
His goal is an expression of feelings and sensations that the viewer can readily share. As Marion explains:
“Artwork touches us on a personal, primitive level- this is why people are so passionate about art. When a piece resonates with you, you feel it in your soul, and it changes you with every viewing. Many people think of art as something to look at, but it’s so much more than that. It’s really a very interactive, and experiential, medium.”
With his wildlife series, the experience goes even deeper:
“Yes, their playful surfaces evoke a very modern feel, but I also try to capture that sense of history with each animal; these are magnificent beasts, with a strength and presence, with a lineage, that is stretches so far beyond us - it’s both admirable and humbling.”
Classically trained, Marion received his BFA in 1978 from the prestigious Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, where he studied with world-renowned artist Pat Nagel, and Lorser Feitelson, the father of Post-Surrealism. He taught at the Otis Parsons Institute of Art in Los Angeles, before moving to Arizona in 2000. His passion to keep art alive in the next generation has led to several grants to implement month-long art programs for Arizona elementary schools. He teaches his two-day workshops, “Breakthrough!” and “Quantum Leap,” to aspiring artists across the United States, and has recently taken his teachings overseas. In 2015, he and his wife Lee led a two week art workshop tour of Greece, followed by another workshop tour of Italy in 2016. He was awarded a major public commission for Sam Houston State University; the ten large works now reside in the new Social Sciences and Humanities building at the Texas college. His streaming weekly online painting lessons are available through his Bruce On Art program at www.BruceOnArt.com.
Art by PAG's artists at the Thunderbird Arts Center (Feb 10-March 14, 2020)
Artist of the Month for August 2021
BetteLou Tobin for her Scratchboard painting titled
"Meerkats"
Artist of the Month for August 2021
(tie)
Cynthia Chambers for her watercolor painting titled
"Agave"
Artist of the Month for September2021,
Gary Merrill for his oil painting titled
"King of the Jungle"
Artist of the Month for October 2021,
Sheri Lee Cahn for her Acrylic painting
"Purple Flowers"
Artist of the Month for November 2021,
Dr. John Mansour for his graphite drawing titled
"Resting"
Artist of the Month for November 2021,
Carmen Timm for her Mixed Media painting titled
"Cityscape
Artist of the Month for February 2022,
Nancy Donovan for her Acrylic painting titled
"White Lilies"
Artist of the Month for March 2022,
Pattie Mundy for her Oil painting titled
"Slide Rock"
Artist of the Month for April 2022,
Alika Kumar for her Acrylic painting titled
"Seeing is Believing"
At the May general meeting artist of the year is chosen by vote of the membership.
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Dr. John Mansour for his graphite drawing entitled
"Resting"
Dr. John Mansour,
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
2021-2022
Congratulations!
Mary Groves
for her painting
"Autumn Harvest"
Gary Merrill
John Mansour
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