Post 245: Open Space Arts Current and Upcoming "Harvest of Artists" Nov 2-20, 2022 Art Shows

Open Space Arts Current and Upcoming "Harvest of Artists" Nov 2-20, 2022 Art Shows

The current art show at Open Space Arts is called "Voices From Around the World - the Subtle Impacts of India" with Anu Narasimhan which runs between October 20-30, 2022.The Opening Ceremony is Friday, October 21 at 7pm so be sure and come by to see the exhibit.

Please join the OSA Committee in congratulating the following artists for being juried into Open Space Arts Gallery for the "Harvest of Artist" Exhibit, November 2-20, 2022.

Ann McCarty                         Anna Gatling             Brenda Vann

Dennis DuBois                     Donna Liguria            Doreen Dauer

Elena Jochum                      Evelyn Chatters         Fatima Batool

Fatima Farzana                    John Holden               Kaderiye Uyghur Siyit

Kathleen Gates                    Ken Meardon              Linda Nedilsky

Lucas Bills                           Malik Mira                   Mark Murphy

Maureen Guillot                   Michelle Baker           Otis Stanley

Paula Roman-Leon              Penny Shaw               Richard Tyler

Samuel Musa                        Sandra Lewin            Susan Furr

Tom Payne                            Trang Pham

Please mark your calendars for the next two Calls for Art entries:

 

December show is "Deck Your Halls" which will run from November 23-January 3, 2023. The Call for Entries is October 23 - November 5, 2022.

 

January show is "After the Master's Style" and will run from January 4-29, 2023. The Call for Entries November 27- December 9, 2022.

 

Local Art: Visit us at Stonebridge Open Space Arts at 15000 Potomac Town Center, Woodbridge, VA - Open Wed to Sat 12-7pm and Sun 12-5pm

 

 

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Author: Penny Shaw
An artist member of PWAS in Woodbridge, VA 

 

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/.

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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 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

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Post 244: PWAS Comics by Otis L. Stanley #9

Post #9 PWAS Comics by Otis L. Stanley

Break out the hook

Is it just me or do you ever want to break out the hook to get viewers to back up and see your hung work properly?

What's your suggested distance to view hung paintings properly?

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Author/ Artist Otis L. Stanley

An artist member of PWAS

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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 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

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Post 243: October PWAS Meeting - Monday, October 24, 2022 7:30pm

October PWAS Meeting - Monday, October 24, 2022 7:30pm

The Prince William Art Society (PWAS) meets the 4th Monday of the month at 7:30pm. - So, come join us for our monthly meeting, October 24, at Tall Oaks Community Center, 12298 Cotton Mill Dr. Woodbridge, VA.  Meetings are free and open to all.  After the business portion of our monthly meeting, we will be featuring another local artist, Bettie Sperty.

Bettie Sperty Brings the Program

Ms. Sperty is a mostly self-taught artist who enjoys working with a variety of mediums. Her pieces - both paintings and pottery - are quite often enhanced with metallic foils, iridescent paints or other sparkling accents.  She will be sharing some of her techniques and secrets with us at the October 24th PWAS meeting, so come and find out about local opportunities for artists, have some refreshments, and then enjoy a free presentation that just might inspire you to add a bit of gleam to one of your works.

 See you at the meeting!

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Author: Emily Hawes
An artist member of PWAS in Woodbridge,VA

 

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: 

Bettie Sperty

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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 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

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Post 242: Fall Art at the Mill Oct 1-16, 2022

Fall Art at the Mill Oct 1-16, 2022

The Open Space Arts Gallery wanted to share this link with you, especially if you have not heard of this art show held in Millwood, Virginia (and online). Since I have been a member of PWAS, I have heard talk of the "Art at the Mill" show periodically, often in the very hushed tones of sheer reverence.

Art At The Mill

Don't worry, the current call for art is closed, so no frantic rush to submit art. Definitely read more about the show on their homepage at https://artatthemill.artcall.org/. 

The OSA Committee shares this link with you on the artwork that was juried into the show - and part of the mention of this is that they juried in all 1,124 pieces showing. Wowzers, makes me wonder how many pieces were submitted! Check out the art here:

 

https://artatthemillfall2022.artcall.org/pages/web-gallery?fbclid=IwAR0x7NXiffk9x0BacA1QMD1_Z1LCFYDp8IyCfG3YklEC_C6FkiEL-wXP4p8&page=3

 

The show is sponsored by the Clarke County Historical Association (CCHA)

Clarke County Historical Association
32 East Main Street / P.O. Box 306
Berryville, Virginia  22611
https://www.clarkehistory.org/art-mill.html

Located at: Burwell Morgan Mill, 15 Tannery Lane, Millwood, VA
Phone: 540-837-1799

That's just over an hour from Woodbridge, which isn't too bad. Keep an eye out for the next call for art though.

 

Photo by Mitchell Luo on Unsplash 

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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/.

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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 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

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Post 241: Stonebridge Petoberfest October 15, 2022

Stonebridge Petoberfest October 15, 2022

Move over Westminster Dog Show, Petoberfest at Stonebridge can give you some canine competition. Throw in a few cats in containers (and leashed) and a bunny, the critters in costumers were everywhere. I believe every dog breed known to man was out there - big ones, REALLY big ones, wide ones, and teenie tiny ones. I saw dinosaurs too.

Prince William Art Society (PWAS) Popup Art Show

It was an absolutely gorgeous day to grab the puppies and kids and get out to Stonebridge. Or if you wanted to adopt a puppy, there were lots of wagging tails waiting for homes too.

PWAS had a couple of tents setup outside the Open Space Art gallery featuring all creatures great and small. We have lots of artists that LOVE to take commissions on pet portraits, so samples of their work were on display to show their styles. Here are some shots of Day of the Dogs. And a few people went home with animal artwork for their walls too.

Click on the photos to expand.

 

 

Photos Above: Donna Liguria

 

 

Photo Provided by Linda Nedilsky

Photo Provided by Elena Jochum

 

Photo Credits Above by Ivonne Sokol

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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/.

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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 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

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

Post 240: PWAS Member Halloween Seasonal Art

PWAS Member Halloween Seasonal Art

Maybe a new feature blog post for the PWAS members is to post seasonal art for that month...Most artists have landscapes or other artwork in their inventory with snow or spring flowers, fall colors and summer splashing in a lake or seaside. We have everything from sparklers for the 4th of July with fireworks, Christmas decorations with red and green to the quiet of a snowfall drifting across a barn. 

Every month there is a celebration, a holiday, or season that we paint. So from the PWAS members, let's start posting your past "flavors" of the month up until that holiday/seasonal date. Posting may be as I get a few responses - let's see how it goes - but time to show off your art! 

Artists may state if it's for sale or not, a title, size, etc. (or not). Contact the artist directly if you are interested in their artwork.

Halloween Season with All the Creepy, Crawly, and More

Here are a few of the PWAS member's art responses.

Lisa Diernisse

Here is a not-so-spooky black cat, 8x10" acrylic on canvas (not for sale).  

Sheri Herrick

Here are a few photos of the rocks that I painted years ago and put out this time of year! They are all painted with acrylics and sprayed with exterior sealer. 

 

Donna Liguria

Me and my mini paintings - I had to have something for the Halloween season. These are some of my 3x4 canvases of pumpkins and of course, cats. I have a herd of black cats and then a few of "One Cat Too Many".

Sandra McClelland Lewin

"Nevermore, Poe. Nevermore" and is acrylic. It's on a 20"x20"x1.5" canvas. The original painting is sold but prints are available.

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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/.

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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 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

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

Post 239: Meet a PWAS Member: Helen Burroughs

Meet a PWAS Member: Helen Burroughs

A Lifelong Art Lover & At Collector Becomes an Artist

Helen Burroughs has loved art since childhood. As an executive, she traveled the world for work and collected art along the way. In retirement, a conversation with a gallery owner sparked an artistic journey that is evolving and flourishing today.

Pushing the Boundaries of Mediums

Helen has enjoyed using acrylics and oil pastels to create both representational and abstract art:

In our interview linked below, Helen tells us how she has come to incorporate textiles into her visual art, from ribbon embroidery to a new wool technique that she is developing herself. It's exciting to hear how an artist has pushed her art into new media and directions!

In fact, Helen is currently creating a body of work for an exhibition that's scheduled for January 2023 at the McLean Textile Gallery.

More Inspiration from Helen: An Artist Catalog

In our recorded conversation, Helen shows us a remarkable marketing tool that she created: a full-color artist catalog. As you watch her flip through the catalog, you may be inspired to create something similar to showcase your own artwork!

Watch Helen's Interview Below—She's on a remarkable journey!

Click here to watch the interview

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Author: Kathy Cornwell
An artist member of PWAS in Woodbridge, VA, specializing in mixed media collage. 

Photography Credits:
Photos courtesy of Helen Burroughs

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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 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

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