Donna's Cave Paintings Blog - by Donna Liguria Art: Post 303: Art Reception at Art at the Mill: Art Reception at Art at the Mill Sunday, April 30, 2023 Millwood, Virginia. Oh the weather outside was frightful once again, rain-rain-ra...
The Artistry Spin Blog has started a series for Prince William Art Society (PWAS) members called "Spotlight Artists", where those artists that want to be featured will submit a prearranged template for posting here and spread on our PWAS social media sites.
This week's featured PWAS Spotlight Artist...
Date: 4/26/2023
Artist Style: Abstract, pour painting
Artist Mediums: Acrylic
Staci has worn many hats in her 52 years. She is a Desert Storm Navy Veteran; she was a respiratory therapist and paralegal at different times. Staci turned to art about 6 years ago for mental health reasons and hasn’t looked back. She found her passion in fluid art/paint pouring.
This style of painting forces the artist to let the paint lead and give up control; when life gets crazy and you find yourself constantly trying to “control” everything, it is freeing to let go with the paint. Staci has recently started playing with abstract painting and discovering more of the artist inside.
Staci is currently the Vice President of PWAS
Artist PWAS Member Since:
August 2021
Artist’s Social Media:
goddessofglitter1@instagram
See the other featured PWAS members by searching for "Spotlight Artists".
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, Donna's Etsy site and her Blog at Donna’s Cave Paintings.
Local Art: Visit us at Stonebridge Open Space Arts at 15000 #140 Potomac Town Center, Woodbridge, VA - Open Wed to Sat 12-7 and Sun 12-5
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.
Want to know how to get involved at OSA? If you are an artist (18 or older) living in Prince William County, or a are a member of a PWC art group, you are welcome to get on our next art show's emailing list. Send it to us, OR come by the gallery to find out more.
Want to join PWAS? Go to https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/membership
Monday, April 24, 2023. Our featured guest artist this month was fellow Prince William Art Society member Helen Joyce Burroughs. Helen showed off some previous fiber art works she has created and gave many helpful tips on how to get started when creating and combining fiber and paint.
See also: https://artistryspin.blogspot.com/2023/04/post-234-pwas-meeting-april-24-at-730pm.html
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As was mentioned in the meeting, sometime in August - September (if not earlier) a call for art will go out for the art show at Open Space Arts called "Threads". This show will feature fine creative arts with fiber/materials. Very often, these types of artworks take a lot of time to create - so this is a heads up for this show so you can plan your entries. The show will run October 18 to November 12, 2023.
Local Art: Visit us at Stonebridge Open Space Arts at 15000 #140 Potomac Town Center, Woodbridge, VA - Open Wed to Sat 12-7 and Sun 12-5
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.
Want to know how to get involved at OSA? If you are an artist (18 or older) living in Prince William County, or a are a member of a PWC art group, you are welcome to get on our next art show's emailing list. Send it to us, OR come by the gallery to find out more.
Want to join PWAS? Go to https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/membership
Several PWAS members and other local artist friends that you know are now showing at Art at the Mill. The show runs from April 22 to May 7, 2023 and the artist reception is April 30.
Imagine jurying in for this art show! The art selected total 998 pieces from almost 300 artists! Wow, a TON of work goes into these shows - not only the selection to collection process, to the digital capture and posting online and the hanging processes. And then, as we all know, the army of volunteers that are needed. Ahhh, art life...
Spot the names you know! View the art online at: https://artatthemillspring2023.artcall.org/pages/web-gallery
Local Art: Visit us at Stonebridge Open Space Arts at 15000 #140 Potomac Town Center, Woodbridge, VA - Open Wed to Sat 12-7 and Sun 12-5
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.
Want to know how to get involved at OSA? If you are an artist (18 or older) living in Prince William County, or a are a member of a PWC art group, you are welcome to get on our next art show's emailing list. Send it to us, OR come by the gallery to find out more.
Want to join PWAS? Go to https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/membership
The monthly meeting for the Prince William Art Society (PWAS) will meet on Monday, April 24 at 7:30pm
April 24th the Prince William Art Society will host a program by Helen Joyce Burroughs at 7:30 pm which is free and open to the public. Please come join us at the Tall Oaks Community Center, 12298 Cotton Mill Dr, Woodbridge, VA 22192, for this enjoyable evening followed by light refreshments. If you wish, stay for the business meeting to learn about the educational and show opportunities provided by the society.
Ms. Burroughs is a native of California. She has traveled the world for her career in international trade and her personal interest in other cultures. She has visited over thirty countries, always taking the time to explore the art and gardens of the places she visited. Much of her work builds on her love of folk art that is dominate in the countries of Russia, South America and parts of Eastern Europe. The vibrant colors and emotional motifs that characterize the development of art in these countries influences her work.
Ms. Burroughs enjoys using a broad range of techniques and concepts. Her work utilizes oil, oil pastel, acrylics and textiles depending on which medium best suits the concept and emotions with which she is working. She has utilized her interest in textile art, including embroidery which she studied in France, to enhance her paintings. Her work can be viewed at her website . She explains this process in a YouTube interview with the McLean Textile Gallery which can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/O1Xkv8wHTew and will share some of her unique ways of interacting with the surface of her works to introduce texture and the unexpected.
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Images and mediums:
Teleport III, Australian aboriginal tribal cotton on canvas
Cloth Wars, acrylic, silk, cotton and velvet
Untitled, layered assorted fibers and fiber embellishment
Local Art: Visit us at Stonebridge Open Space Arts at 15000 #140 Potomac Town Center, Woodbridge, VA - Open Wed to Sat 12-7 and Sun 12-5
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.
Want to know how to get involved at OSA? If you are an artist (18 or older) living in Prince William County, or a are a member of a PWC art group, you are welcome to get on our next art show's emailing list. Send it to us, OR come by the gallery to find out more.
Want to join PWAS? Go to https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/membership
A date change for the Artist Inventory Sale in Manassas this weekend and the artists juried into the next Open Space Art Gallery Art Show for May. The reception for the May show is SATURDAY, May 6, 2023 at 6:30 for this, our largest art show so far!
Several PWAS members will have spots at the Manassas Artist Inventory Sale in downtown Manassas on SUNDAY, April 23, 2023. The date for this show was changed because the weather on Saturday is reported to be BLAH. Although held under the Harris Pavilion (9201 Center St, Manassas, VA 20110), who wants their art out in a down pour, right?
This is a very nice show to be in and to visit, run by a local artist Mike Flynn, and it is held twice a year, in the Spring and the Fall. Come out for a visit on Sunday between 12 and 4.
PWAS and OSA (Open Space Arts) are celebrating our largest art show yet to be held in the gallery! We are especially excited for this show!
"Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own." — Charles Dickens
The OSA jurors have been busy viewing 354 art works submitted by 54 artists. We selected 206 beautiful works from this group to showcase at Open Space Arts Gallery from May 3 - June 18, 2023. The show is called "April Showers Bring May Flowers" with the art reception for this show held on Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 6:30 pm. This should be a big event for the gallery and ALL our artists and PWAS members are requested to attend.
Please join us as we celebrate the remarkable artistic images of flowers, growing things and the Spring weather that will be on display. If you LOVE supporting the arts, especially LOCAL art, and have a spot on your wall open for something artistically special, come by the gallery!
As you know, "the early bird gets the worm".
Congratulations to the following 50 juried recipients of the May Exhibition at Open Space Arts Gallery.
A lot of local talent and so many diverse styles! Congratulations to all that were selected. You will see flowers of every sort, including cherry blossoms, hydrangeas, daffodils, cornflowers, roses, hollyhocks, orchids, African violets, day lilies, lavender, tulips and wonderful gardens. If only we had paints with the smell of the blooms being featured!
Local Art: Visit us at Stonebridge Open Space Arts at 15000 #140 Potomac Town Center, Woodbridge, VA - Open Wed to Sat 12-7 and Sun 12-5
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.
Want to know how to get involved at OSA? If you are an artist (18 or older) living in Prince William County, or a are a member of a PWC art group, you are welcome to get on our next art show's emailing list. Send it to us, OR come by the gallery to find out more.
Want to join PWAS? Go to https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/membership
