Feb 2023 - What's on Your Easel?
Most
artists love to show off what they do, even if its in its early stages -
and people like to see the 'behind the scenes' story of how a piece of
art comes to be. Approximately monthly, I ask the Prince William Art Society (PWAS) members, "What's
on your easel right now?" Here are some samples of their works in progress.
Artwork In Progress (AWIP) from PWAS
PWAS has members that are painters, photographers, digital artists, mixed media and more, so not every work is on an easel. So the better question is, "What are you (as an artist) working on right now?" And actually the answer to that could be what they are actually painting, photoshopping, quilling, manipulating, pouring, throwing, carving, and whatever other fine art VERB I can throw at it.
Let's see who answered the question this time for their AWIPs...
Michael Kent
Up in smoke. Any resemblance between this and anything is pure.
Susan Furr
Charcoal and Chalk
Donna Liguria
"Fly Like an Eagle" and "Black Bird", in acrylic, both are 6x6 - additions to a bird series I started last year.
Elena Jochum
8x10, commission, watercolor on paper
Saul Roldan
Our Daily Bread, oil
Sue Rosenbaum
I’m a mixed media collage artist and I’ve been working on some new
backgrounds. 7-10 layers of acrylic paint, brayered onto 8.5 x 5.5
watercolor paper. One will become a birthday card for my husband.
The others will become my next collage series by adding vintage papers,
stamping, ink and stencils. I’ll call them “peeling back the layers”,
for now.
David Dillon
5 x 7 acrylic on canvas board. Working title is Red Strap
Otis Stanley
Washboard Blues, Acrylic 16 x 20
Evelyn Chatters
The name of this painting is Survival. It is inspired by a novel
entitled July's people by Nadine Gordimer. Vividly describes how the
servant in South Africa has to save his masters from the uprising during
the apartheid era.
Fatima Farzana
Title: Views of the Rickshaw Girl Size: 36x48 Medium: Acrylic
Kelly Haneklau
A commissioned abstract realism acrylic piece for a customer (painted after a photo they took)
Sheri Herrick
While
I'm in FL, I'm experimenting with zentangling on flower photos I've
taken at various Botanical gardens in my travels-thinking ahead to May
flowers at OSA. This is Lotus taken in India.
Elizabeth Stathis
“The Mastro's”. 11 X 14 Aquarelle Arches Watercolor Block,140lb Cold
pressed, Kuretake Pan Paints, and Windsor & Newton Watercolor Pans,
using a Princeton Watercolor rigger brush. WIP of what is to be just one part of an article that will be
published in a local magazine entitled, “The Lovely Front Doors of Lake
Manassas’.
Mark Murphy
I'm
working on watercolor of firefighters in action. I found a very old
block of watercolor paper with no markings (cover was missing). It
looks like Arches but it seems to be even less absorbent than hot
pressed, perhaps due to its age. It is almost like working on plastic
"paper" (Yupo). It has been quite the challenge.
Zorri Berrios
Another rendition of La Gioconda.
Thank you to all the Prince William Art Society members that add to our blog! Great to see what you guys have coming up on the radar!
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 Esty site and her Blog at Donna’s Cave Paintings.
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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.
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