BRUSHMARKS
Published monthly
May 2003

Presidents Message: Summer is just around the corner. As most of you are aware our regular classes typically close for summer until September. In past years, some of our classes have continued with some sort of studio activity. I would like to encourage others to form painting groups on those days that will be open. Please, check your own schedules and make plans with others in your classes. I, for one, would like to take part in, and help organize, at least one of these groups. If any of you are at all interested, please let me know and we can Jack Miller, President 503-697-9646 ART NEWS $500.00 Matching Fund Good news bears repeating. OSA has received an offer from Wanke Cascade Corporation of $500.00 in matching funds to be donated to us when we have collected at least $500.00 (exclusive of members dues) during 2003. "75 Club" contributions you make this year would count. Please help us match this generous offer. OSA Welcomes New Associate Members Josephine Culver, Sarah Peirzchala, Jan Larson, Barbara Wild, Cathryn McMurry, Simon Williams. New Active Member Thomas Long Goose Hollow Inn, Seeking Artists The Goose Hollow Inn at SW 19th and Jefferson is planning a street fair, featuring art sale booths or tables, on Saturday July 19, 2003. They are currently seeking artists who are interested in participating. Call Jack Miller at 503-697-9646 for further details. Grounds & Building Spruce Up for Rose Art Show! A general, all round OSA work party will be held on Saturday May 17, 2003 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The cleaning of the grounds and building will take place in preparation for the Annual Rose Art Show opening on June 1. Put it on your calendar to come lend a hand. Call Stan Hartman 503-645-7002 if you have questions, want to work or bring food. Thank you for caring! Important Notice OSA Membership Dues were to be paid during January. Associate members $20.00 Active members $27.00 If you have not already done so, please make out your check payable to OSA and mail it today! 1998 Brushmarks? Our historian, LaRhette Swan has discovered that no issues of the 1998 Brushmarks were saved. If anyone has any 1998 issues, please call LaRhette at 503-253-3256, thanks. 2003 ROSE ART SHOW- Fun, Fantasy & Fanfare! PRIZES are starting to come into OSA in the form of cash, gift certificates and desirable merchandise for the winners of the 21st Annual Rose Festival Art Show!!! The gifts are from Northwest merchants who are generously sponsoring our 2003 Rose Art Show! The excitement is building for this sanctioned event. The Portland Rose Festival celebrates a unique 94-year-old Northwest tradition that bursts into bloom each June in the City of Roses. Look for the beautiful, Rose Art Show poster, featuring the 2002 People's Choice Award winner, at area merchants. TO ENTER: Bring one or two paintings to OSA on Tuesday, May 27, 10-4 or Wednesday, May 28, 10-noon. Wanda Kemper, well-known local artist, will be judging entries the afternoon of the 28th, and the show will be hung for the Sunday, June 1 opening reception from 1-4. You will be notified of your paintings' acceptance by mail. You may enter work depicting roses or a range of subjects to include this year's festival theme, FUN, FANTASY AND FANFARE. TO HELP: Call Jack Miller, 503-697-9646 or Billie Orehovec, 503-250-1609 if you would like to assist taking in paintings, or setting up and serving for the reception. We have already received generous awards from the following donors: Alice Stephens, Art Of The West, Art Media, Artists Magazine, Cheap Joe's, Craft Warehouse, Dee Frank's Aquarelle, and M. Graham & Co. Special thanks to all of these donors!!! THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WOULD LIKE TO THANK THESE FABULOUS MEMBERS!!! The OSA Board of Directors would like to publicly thank the following members for their outstanding contributions to the organization. When you see these "jewel-members", be sure to let them know how fantastic they are for giving so generously of their time to the club! JANE PACE and JEANNE HODGES are longtime members who have taken care of the day meeting kitchen work for many years. Jane recently retired from the serving, set up and cleaning duties. Jeanne is continuing this much-appreciated task by herself. Thank you, Jane and Jeanne! MARY HARTZHEIM deserves a huge thank you for her dedication to work in the office. She is an invaluable "right hand woman" to Jack Miller, President and Virginia Grubb, Membership Chairman, and many other members. FRANCES ADAMS has been helping tirelessly for many months with evening meeting kitchen duties. We love you, Frances! And, thanks to BARBARA and BOB MERCER for cleaning, and painting the walls and cabinets of the OSA kitchen. WOW, it looks fantastic! The Mercers bought the paint and worked together 6 1/2 hours to produce a much more inviting and hygienic space for our club. This is the kind of club member we can all take a lesson from! Thank you, Barbara and Bob! Review of Night Meeting, March 20, 2003 Presenter: Harold Walkup Watercolorist. Harold's demonstration was of a "striking quality" winter night scene. For Gray he uses Blue, Alizarin Crimson and Burnt Sienna, more blue for cool and more Burnt Sienna for the warm side. He uses strong contrasts for dramatic effects. Adds small details, not visible from a distance. Uses spatter, water and opaque white for "snow" and scratch out for trees. With his palette knife he carves rocks. His X strokes with a large brush provide background effects. His light seems to come from a higher source.

Day Meeting: Thursday, May 8, doors open at 10 a.m., meeting at 11 a.m. Jeff Burke, Hipbone Studio, will demonstrate skull anatomy for beginners. Jeff started his career in New York City as a model for artists in 1980. He learned his anatomy as an assistant to professors Salvatore Montano and Alfonse Soliemene at the Pratt Institute and with Eliot Goldfinger at the New York Academy of Art. For 6-years he worked as a full time model and demonstrator of anatomy at New York's best art schools. Through studying and his work he has become a teacher of anatomy for artists and sculptors. Night Meeting: Thursday, May 15, doors open at 6 p.m., meeting at 8 p.m. Jeff Burke, Hipbone Studio, Facial Expressions and the Anatomy thereof. Jeff moved to Portland in 1987 and started Hipbone Studio located at 2342 SE Ankeny. See his website: www.hipbonestudio.com. The studio features classes in anatomy, life drawing session, sculpting and painting, all working with live models. Some of his former class participants say: "My understanding and appreciation of the complexities, rhythm and beauty of the human form have grown immeasurably thanks to Jeff's classes." - James Torson, Freelance Graphic Designer and Illustrator. "Jeff brings enthusiasm and complete knowledge to this complex subject. His unique methods for conveying this information have enabled me to see more clearly when drawing the figure and helped me in making my personal expression." - William Park, Painter-Printmaker The Critique Group: 6:30 p.m. preceding the Thursday night meeting. Bring your paintings and join us in our critique session. Garve Beckham will lead. We urge you to participate. Should we have too many paintings we may have to limit the number shown per person. If you don't have art to present, please come, observe, and join in the discussion. Drawing / Painting Classes: All levels. Call instructors for fees & information. Monday 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Oil & Acrylic Jan Browne 503-646-1894 Tuesday 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Watercolor Garve Beckham 503-524-9306 Wednesday 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Portraits Betty Heinson 503-760-2740 Thursday 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Oil & Acrylic Edi Olsen 360-256-1108 Friday 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Drawing, etc. Berle Bledsoe 503-292-2709 OSA Gallery to open for First Thursday evenings Watch for our new flyers and invite everyone that you know to visit the OSA Gallery on First Thursday evenings. Beginning in April our gallery will remain open on the first Thursday of each month for evening viewing until 7 p.m. Please call John Reece at 503-827-0177 if you would like to have some flyers to circulate or call Jane Sayler to volunteer to sit the gallery.. Members: OSA needs information about you for our Website. We have added a section showing all of our members, and would like some photos of your work to add to it. Please fill out the following Member Bio/Contact form for the Website. Name (Last) _________________________________ (First)_______________________________________ City __________________________State _________ Telephone __________________________________ E-mail address_____________________________________ Your Web site URL http://_______________________________________ Add a brief statement about your artwork or yourself (not more than 140 characters including spaces). Clip out this form; enclose a color print photo (5 inches x 7 inches, or smaller) of one of your paintings and send to: OREGON SOCIETY OF ARTISTS 2185 SW Park Place Portland, OR 97205 Attn: Web Site Bio Note: if you sent us a picture for use on the website, those submitted before February 10th, have been returned. Please pick them up. They are located in a large envelope on the desk by the computer at OSA.. For OSA information, contact the following: President: Jack Miller 503-697-9646 Workshops: Esther Emmerich 503-331-7748 Gallery Exhibits: Jane Sayler 503-452-9366 Membership: Virginia Grubb 503-781-5269 Treasurer: Lloyd Allen 503-244-5283 OSA members to exhibit at Spring Unveiling Weekend in Cannon Beach! Janet Louvau Holt, multi-talented Portland Oregon artist and Portland Art Museum Docent, has joined the Artists Gallerie in Cannon Beach, complimenting the Gallerie's other artists, Gene Gill, Michael Tieman, and Gordon Marshall, with her watercolors, acrylics, and woodblock prints. Janet kicks off the Cannon Beach Spring Unveiling weekend with the unveiling of her newest pieces, Friday, May 2 at the Artists Gallerie at 5:30 p.m. For more information contact Michael Tieman, Artists Gallerie at PO Box 1326, Cannon Beach, OR 97110; phone: 503-436-0336; email: mlt@artistsgallerie.com. web: www.artistsgallerie.com; Gallery Exhibits: The OSA gallery is Open 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday except holidays. No admission fee. Also, now open "First" Thursday's until 7 p.m. The May Show featuring a variety of subjects and media opens Sunday, April 27 with an artist reception 1-4 p.m. and will close on Friday, May 23. The following members will participate: Jeanne Percy, Tsune Leben, Lillie Bates, Vicke Cole, Don Lonsbrough, Peggy Clark, Terry Street and .you? Please note: The gallery will be closed Sunday May 25 through Saturday May 31 to prepare for the Rose Art Show. Also, the upstairs studio/classroom will be closed on Tuesday, May 27 and Wednesday, May 28. Coming Up in the Gallery: Attention Associate Members: The July Show is open to associates as well as active members. Any subject, any medium. Opens Sunday June 29 and closes Friday August 1. The show will hang Saturday June 28. Sign up by June 12 to get your name in Brushmarks. Sign up sheets for all shows are posted in the gallery or call Jane Sayler at 503-452-9366. ROSE ART SHOW COMMITTEE NEEDS HELP! Please fill out and send in this form if you can help with the Rose Art Show: Name_________________________________ Phone number _________________________ I would like to help receive and process entry paintings as they arrive. ______I can be there on May 27, 10-4 ______I can be there on May 28, 10-4 ______I can only come at these times to help___________________________________ I would like to help with the reception at the opening June 1, 2003, 1-4 PM ______I can help set up ______I can bring food ______I can serve ______I can clean up ______I can only come at these times to help___________________________________ Send this sheet to OSA, c/o Jack Miller, 2185 S.W. Park Place, Portland, Oregon 97205, or call Jack Miller at 503-697-9646 or Billie Orehovec at 503-250-1609 THANK YOU! In Memorial: Laree Brown died on Friday March 28 th , an OSA member since 1993, Laree gave generously of herself in her art and the work of our society, both as Brushmarks editor and Executive Secretary. Laree will be missed.