Post 467: Prince William Art Society Member's Favorite Works

Prince William Art Society Member's Favorite Works

The Prince William Art Society members share some of their favorite art pieces that they have ever created, painted, or photographed.

PWAS Members and Their Most Favorite Works

Around once a month or so I pose a question or request to the PWAS members to show either what they are working on, or their thoughts on an art subject, or requests for art tips - stuff like that. For this blog post, the question is "What is your most favorite art piece you have ever done (1-2 pics) and what inspired it?" 

I am thinking that might be a hard question to answer, how about you? Let's see what the members have for us...

PWAS Member Donna Liguria

https://www.donnaliguriaart.com/

https://www.facebook.com/donna.liguria

https://donnascavepainting.blogspot.com/

So far, my favorite art pieces that I have completed...I understand it's sometimes hard for each of us to select a favorite as we pour ourselves into probably any piece we have ever done. As of today, I would have to say these two acrylic paintings are my most favored:

 

"Sunrise at Historic Manassas Train Station" 2022 by Donna Liguria - I wanted to enter the 15th annual 2022 P-ART-ners Paint! Manassas art competition and there were certain requirements about painting something in Old Town Manassas. I caught a reference photograph early one morning of the light coming across the tracks of the station, and this is the resulting painting. It won first place in the competition that year! https://donnascavepainting.blogspot.com/2022/11/

 

"No One Can Teach Riding So Well As A Horse" 2021 by Donna Liguria - I was one of those little girls that LOVED horses. Horse Crazy, you know. Anything and everything horses. Before the discovery of boys. Life and time happen and when I picked up the brushes after MANY years, one thing I had to paint again was the resulting horse.

 

PWAS Member Mark Clifton

1)  "Fjord" 18x24 oil on canvas - 2023. This one was inspired by a neighbor's trip to Norway and resulting photos of the beautiful scenery. It was so pretty I thought I'd give it a try, and this picture is the result. Several reference photos contributed. Doesn't appear as "vast" as it should but the exaggerated sky and clouds are pretty to look at. It now hangs over my daughter's fireplace.

2)  "Blue Ridge Farm" 24x30 oil on canvas - 2022. This picture happened as an answer to a request from a relative for a large mountain scene for display as a living room centerpiece. The scene was improvised from scratch with influences from various farm sources. Having grown up in the Blue Ridge mountains, I tried to capture that rural aura. It now hangs over a living room couch.

PWAS Member Scott Elliott

[Here's] my mixed media art piece titled, "Spring Fling".  I started it back in Feb. in hopes of it being in the May/Spring Flower Art Exhibit at Open Space Arts, in which it was accepted but did not sell. I 'branched' out and decided to use floral pieces and butterflies to enhance the piece. After I started painting the hummingbirds, I decided to bring in the butterflies and dragonflies to help complete the "Spring Fling" design.

Thank you to Mark C and Scott E for participating! 

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

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Local Art: The Prince William Art Society is a 50+-year-old non-profit art group in PWC for the appreciation of fine art throughout the county and Northern Virginia. Visit us at any of our local art shows or join us for our monthly meetings - held on the 4th Monday of the month at the Tall Oaks Community Center at 12298 Cotton Mill Dr, Woodbridge, VA at 7:30pm

Want to join PWAS? Go to https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/membership

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Post 159: An Evening at the Seefeldt Awards in PWC

An Evening at the Seefeldt Awards in PWC

Thursday, May 12, 2022, Manassas, Virginia. A few of the Prince William Art Society members made the short trip to the Hylton Performing Arts Center on the George Mason University's Science and Technology Campus at 10960 George Mason Circle, Manassas, VA. The evening started with a red carpet photo session but the real stars of the evening are the award recipients and nominees. 

The Prince William County Arts Council was created on October 28, 1992 to stimulate the growth and excellence in the performing and visual arts - so the awards celebrated this evening were also a celebration of the 30th anniversary (birthday) of PWCAC.

The Kathleen K. Seefeldt Award for Arts Excellence was established over 15 years ago by the Prince William County Arts Council to recognize and celebrate the artists, arts organizations, volunteers, educators and businesses that build upon and sustain Ms. Seefeldt’s legacy of public service and support for the cultural arts.

Persons 18 years of age or older and organizations from Greater Prince William County, Manassas and Manassas Park who live, work or volunteer in these locales may be nominated for the Seefeldt Award. Nominations should be made based on their significant or distinguished contribution to the arts in the region. 

(Details taken from the PWCAC website at https://pwcartscouncil.org/seefeldt-awards-3/)

It was a lovely evening with very interesting bios read on each of the winners and it included heartfelt love of the arts of all genres. Jay Torres, an Arts Council and PWAS member, was the Master of Ceremony. Of special note was the opening "Prince William County - Poetically Speaking" and "Arts Never End" from Kim B. Miller with the In Memoriam including Jim Gallagher, a long time PWCAC and PWAS member, lost a short time ago. The Prince William Art Society is planning to also feature the art of Jim Gallagher in an upcoming art show at Open Space Arts at Stonebridge.

 

 

2022 Seefeldt Award Nominees includes some PWAS Members!

 

 

Nominees and Award Winners

 

Nominees and Award Winners

 

Kim B. Miller - Poet Laureate

 

Ms. Kathleen Seefeldt onstage

Dessert Reception

 

Ana Quispe and Donna Liguria

Arts Alive!

The annual Arts Alive! festival is an ongoing discovery of the arts in Prince William County with a very full arts menu. This year's festival will be on Sunday, September 11, 2022 from 1 to 5pm and has been also located at the Hylton Performing Arts Center. The Prince William Art Society has enjoyed participating at Arts Alive and looks forward to this year's event as well, displaying the visual arts of its members.

 

 

Hylton Performing Arts Center

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Local Art: Visit us at Stonebridge Open Space Arts at 15000 Potomac Town Center, Woodbridge, VA - Open Wed to Sat 12-7 and Sun 12-5
The Prince William Art Society is a 50-year old non-profit art group in PWC for the the appreciation of fine art throughout the county and Northern Virginia. Want to join PWAS? Go to https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/membership

Thank you for visiting, and remember to Share, Follow, and Comment!

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Author: Donna Liguria
An artist member of PWAS in Woodbridge, VA specializing in acrylic painting. She paints landscapes, seascapes, animals and many subjects. Visit her Website at https://DonnaLiguriaArt.com & her Blog at https://donnascavepainting.blogspot.com/.

Photography/Video Credits: 

Ana Quispe and Donna Liguria