Friday, August 18, 2023

Post 385: PWAS Meeting Guest Artist Kathleen Best Gillmann

PWAS Meeting with Guest Artist Kathleen Best Gillmann

The Prince William Art Society's monthly meeting is coming soon - Monday, August 28, 2023 at 7:30pm at the Tall Oaks Community Center and will feature guest artist, Kathleen Best Gillmann.

2298 Cotton Mill Dr. Woodbridge, Va

Drawing Re-envisioned – Combining Dry Pastels and Colored Pencil

Kathleen Best Gillmann plans to discuss and present examples of her work at PWASociety’s next meeting on August 28th.  She will explain a new drawing technique she’s been developing since 2021 which combines pastel and colored pencil – an opaque and a transparent media.  See an example of this technique (“Duluth Biking Partners, 1937”) currently on display at the Art League Gallery in the “Embody” exhibition until September 3rd

Find her work online at www.VeryBestFineArt.com and on Facebook at “Kathleen Best Gillmann – Very Best Fine Art”.    Visit her current special exhibition which includes pastels, oil paintings and acrylic paintings at Arches Gallery (building 9) at the Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, through Oct 1st and open Saturdays and Sundays.


The public is always welcome to attend the PWAS meetings. After the guest speaker, the art group typically discusses group business and updates.

About Kathleen Best Gillmann

Originally from New England, award-winning artist Kathleen Best Gillmann from Burke, VA has been actively exhibiting her work at the Workhouse Arts Center (Lorton, VA) since 2010. While growing up in Kennebunk and Rangeley, Maine, she developed a profound respect for nature. Today, she celebrates her love of the outdoors through her contemporary waterscapes, still life, and atmospheric landscapes filled with subtle and rich colors. 

Ms. Gillmann's work is held in private, corporate, and government collections from Maine to Florida. Find her work on exhibit at Arches Gallery (Workhouse Arts Center) and the Art League Gallery in Old Town Alexandria, VA or online at www.VeryBestFineArt.com. Her next solo exhibit opens August 12, 2023 to October 1 at Arches Gallery.


Author: Emily Hawes
 
Author: Donna Liguria
An artist member of PWAS in Woodbridge, VA and Artistry Spin Blog Admin, specializing in acrylic painting. She paints landscapes, seascapes, animals and many subjects. Visit her Website at DonnaLiguriaArt.com, her Esty site and her Blog at Donna’s Cave Paintings.

Local Art: The Prince William Art Society is a 52-year-old non-profit art group in PWC for the appreciation of fine art throughout the county and Northern Virginia.

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1 comment:

  1. I’ve known Kathleen from my years at the Loft Gallery in Occoquan. Her art is beautiful.
    Jewell Burns

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