Post 569: PWAS Member Show and Tell

PWAS Member Show and Tell

The Prince William Art Society (PWAS) members meet on the 4th Monday of the month for their meetings where we attend to the business of the nonprofit art group. We go over the facts and finances, updates and art shows, the shows coming up and ask for people that are needed to do the various projects on the agendas. Kinda doesn't exactly sound like fun does it? Au Contraire mon frair!

Monday, August 25, 2025 Meeting

PWAS Meetings are typically held at the Tall Oaks Community Building at 12298 Cotton Mill Road, Lake Ridge, here in Woodbridge, VA. Yep, that's where the pool is on the corner of Hedges Run and Cotton Mill. You know...right down from the Giant off Old Bridge Road. And its also where the Spring and Fall Tall Oaks PWAS Art Shows are every year. For this meeting, the Board and various committee persons gave updates and news, voted on the new By-Laws, and gave some dates for some great art shows that PWAS Members may want to get involved in. Like these upcoming wonderful art opportunities:

• Saturday, September 13 - Art in the Garden at Montclair Library - Plein Air Painting - Contact Robert Dew and David Dillon if you are interested in painting outdoors with them!
• Sunday, September 14 - Arts Alive! at the Hylton Performing Arts in Manassas - PWAS Members need to register with Show Coordinator Robert Dew by August 31 if you want to join us displaying there. For the PWAS Members attending, please review this blog post Using a Point of Sale System. See a previous Arts Alive here and check this blog to learn more about being in an art show.
• Change of DATE to Saturday, November 1, 2025 - Fall Tall Oaks Show in Lake Ridge (need a show coordinator). Want to learn more? See Managing an Art Show for an Art Group.
• November 22 - Artist Inventory Sale in Manassas at the ARTfactory (need a show coordinator). See the one from last year!
• The next meeting on Monday, September 22 will feature a program by the legendary local artist, Mike Flynn.
• A juried art show in July-August 2026 for PWAS Members at the ARTfactory! A theme is needed - contact our Member-at-large, Tom Payne with your ideas!  

The business part of the meeting was followed by a pause for snacks. Biz is hard work, you know. Hey, pass me a cookie! We had several guests and spent a few minutes getting to know them and what brought them there to join us. Now for the really good stuff...

Every once in awhile, a meeting's program is totally ART, and better yet, the art each of us is working on, called of course, "Show and Tell"! Prior to the meeting, the members are requested to bring in an artwork they want to show. Sure, they tell about the artwork - like how its made or what its influenced by, and/or they can ask the members if they have a suggestion for it too if they like. 

All the members that remembered to bring artwork (ha!) brought their art up to the easel...and we admire their handy work. 

 

 

Don't you LOVE it when you see artists taking every opportunity to create wherever they are! 

Actually its interesting to see the artists trying new things, sometimes out of their comfort zones. Or working on emotional artworks that have so much meaning to them - those heartfelt art-felts that mean so much to them and their families/friends. We do love a good Show and Tell! Maybe you can join us for the next time we do one!

 Please follow the blog, share it and drop a comment below. And join us for the next meeting next month! 

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Author: Donna Liguria is the Blogmaster for the PWAS Artistry Spin Blog and Donna's Cave Paintings Blog, and an artist member of the Prince William Art Society (PWAS) in Woodbridge, Virginia. And she takes on the PWAS social media duties as well (help me!) Donna specializes in acrylic painting of landscapes, seascapes, historic locations, animals and many subjects. Visit her Website at DonnaLiguriaArt.com and her Donna's Esty site to shop her art. 

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 (typically, but check the website in case of any changes).

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

Have an idea for a blog post? Are you a writer and want to help with the blog? Let me know! Thank you for visiting, and remember to Share, Follow, and Comment (below)! ...Remember, comments are monitored so they will not show up immediately.

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Post 568: What's On Your Easel?

What's On Your Easel?

The Prince William Art Society art group members, AKA PWAS, with their "What's on your easel" blog post for what they are currently working on...in their studio, on their easels. Let's have a look at the very cool things in development in our artist friend's art studios! Prince William County artists got talent! 

Perhaps we'll get to see the finished works at an upcoming art show soon. Be sure to drop something in the comments and leave your name!

PWAS Member Jen Batty

I have been feeling The spooky vibes a little early this year. Currently on the easel, I have a painting of a little witch walking through the woods at night.it is not completed. I have only been working on it for a few hours, but the way it has come across, I am very pleased with the progress.

PWAS Member Zee Berrios

Attached is a photo for what is in the works. It is the last painting for the series "Original Natives" that will be on exhibit during the month of November (Nov 7 - 30) at the Member Gallery at the Fredericksburg Center For Creative Arts (FCCA).

The painting is 48" X 36", acrylic on canvas.

PWAS Member Robert Mira

This is some work I'm doing with Watercolor. This is a bullfighter and here are the 3 phases I've gone through with it. I think I might do it in Acrylics later on.

PWAS Member Bettie Sperty

This is the second of two solid plaster sculptures that I have painting for a friend. They were given to me as plain, white sculptures with the request to paint them to resemble the “real” creatures. 

This crab is large - 26” across - and is extremely heavy. The dog is life size and just about as heavy as the crab.

 

To paint them I put each sculpture on a turntable/lazy-susan type thing so I could get to all sides easily. After painting them, I coated each with several layers of UV resistant outdoor acrylic sealer. Now they are ready to go back to their Southern Maryland home!

PWAS Member Donna Liguria

I'm hoping to get a few darker themed artworks into "The Walls Remember" art show at the ARTfactory, so I have a couple of ideas I'm exploring for that show besides some flowers growing in my backyard. We'll see how that goes. All of these are in progress...

 

"Top of the Morning to You" Acrylic 12x24x1.5 

 

"Blood Orange" Acrylic 10x10x1.5

"Lightening Strikes" Acrylic 10x10x1.5 

 We just love seeing what our fellow members have in the works! Don't you agree?

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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

Have an idea for a blog post? Are you a writer and want to help with the blog? Let me know! Thank you for visiting, and remember to Share, Follow, and Comment (below)! ...Remember, comments are monitored so they will not show up immediately.

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Post 562: What PWAS Members Are Up to This Summer Part 2

What PWAS Members Are Up to This Summer Part 2

Here's another blog post from the Prince William Art Society members, where I ask a question and await to see who answers. The question posted was, "What have you been up to this summer so far?" I wondered and asked the members to send me what they've been up to, any new artwork, taking any classes, going somewhere for a vacation, or just plain taking a break. Let's have a look what the artist's days have been filled with.

See Part 1 of What PWAS Members Are Up to This Summer as well. 

PWAS Member Jennifer Batty

As July comes to an end I wonder myself where this summer has gone. I have not done much art these past few months, but rather spent time with family at the pool or beach. I have taken pictures and gathered a lot of memories to get me to next summer. I have tried my hand at perspective painting with architecture. A real challenge for me, however I feel I made progress from my last attempt. I also finished a painting that I started in the spring of a flower that my neighbor had grown. I am also including a watercolor picture I painted at a class I took at the beginning of summer.  That was just so much fun!! 

 

PWAS Member JJ Roberts

I've been working on a couple of paintings when I get time for I have been a  little busy. I have been giving classes on engraving to individual students, doing restoration work on firearms, and engraving on knives and firearms. Here are a few  silver point drawings and engraving on a Buck knife of birds of prey.

We all love seeing the art that our PWAS members are up to and get a glimpse into their lives and processes. Thank you to all that input into these 2 posts! Follow us to watch what's coming next!

PWAS Member Robert Mira

I continue to do daily sketches on my sketchbook and therefore learning to see things differently and getting better at line drawing.

We also visited the ArtFactory in Manassas and the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria.

Also took a trip to Richmond and visited the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts where they have the exhibition on Frida. That night they also had Jazz night at the museum which was an evening of music and art with lots of art enthusiasts.

Before summer ends we plan to visit the National Gallery of Art and The Phillip Collection in Washington, DC

Here are some photos from the VMFA.

 Thank you to everyone that participated! Looks like a great summer!

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Author: Donna Liguria is the Blogmaster for the PWAS Artistry Spin Blog and Donna's Cave Paintings Blog, and an artist member of the Prince William Art Society (PWAS) in Woodbridge, Virginia. And she takes on the PWAS social media duties as well (help me!) Donna specializes in acrylic painting of landscapes, seascapes, historic locations, animals and many subjects. Visit her Website at DonnaLiguriaArt.com and her Donna's Esty site to shop her art. 

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 (typically, but check the website in case of any changes).

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

Have an idea for a blog post? Are you a writer and want to help with the blog? Let me know! Thank you for visiting, and remember to Share, Follow, and Comment (below)! ...Remember, comments are monitored so they will not show up immediately.

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