SOUTHEASTERN PLEIN AIR EXHIBIT

The Southeastern Plein Air Exhibit judged by Bill Davidson will be held on Friday February 5 - February 26th. The reception will be held at The Gallery at Paper Mill Village on Friday, February 5, from 6:00 - 8:30 pm. You absolutely MUST come see the work in this incredible show!!! Absolutely wonderful!!! Works from NC, Sc, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and Florida....

GEORGIA PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW

The Georgia Photography Show judged by Corinne Adams at The Gallery at Paper Mill Village, 255 Village Parkway, Suite 320, Marietta, Ga. 30067, will hold an "Exit Reception" due to the ice on Friday night. Believe it or not, about 25 people showed including one of our favorite artists and instructors, Gary Bodner! So come, Sunday, January 31, from 2:00 - 4:30 to see some beautiful photography...





Next February show - Southeastern Plein Air Exhibit - wow, what incredible works!!! Bill Davidson is judging this show...

WOW - It's been that long!

Hi!

Phew! It has been a long break since we all last met! And, my what a winter. We had to cancel Lorraine Christie's workshop this weekend due to the horrible weather and Lorraine was stuck in her house...her car on the side of the road...but I wanted to share one thing that Lorraine wanted us to work on this weekend - and that was to "UNTHINK"! Please tell me how does one "unthink"??? But, I know one thing for sure - this is very necessary thing to do if we want to grow. She described that she wanted us to slip into that gap between thinking and not and how to work with a certain palette of color. She has rescheduled for the 23-24th of January and there are only two spots left after we ironed out who could make this workshop up...so, if you want to learn to "unthink", come join us. You just have to love that lovely lilt of an Irish accent that Lorraine has...beautiful!!! See you all next week and hope you all learn a lot!!

A FEW RECEPTION SHOTS - DECEMBER 4th HOLIDAY EVENT!

OH, WHAT A NIGHT!!

A photo of the outside of The Gallery at Paper Mill (not even a half of a mile past the hooch on Johnson Ferry). We had our grand opening on Friday, December 4th! We had a wonderful crowd, sold EIGHT art works, and had live music and hors d'ouvres courtesy from Ritter's Paper Mill Grill next door. Many stayed to dine at Ritter's and some lounged in the adjoining bar at Ritter's to listen to 70's and 80's music.

Congratulations, eveyone. The show looks fabulous and the guest walked away with some nice work...

THE WORKSHOP GROUP - JIM RICHARDS

Again, day one...this is our group of ten who took Jim Richards' workshop in north Ga/NC. Some of the group will travel with Jim next August to Point Reyes and Bodega Bay, California. We will see where the Russian River opens into the Pacific and see the "10 mile" stretch of beach and hills from the "point" at the national reserve at Point Reyes. I am excited!!! It is such a lovely place...

JIM RICHARDS - DAY THREE

Today, we tackled a waterfall! This fairly unknown waterfall is located behind the lake at Sky Valley, Ga. and was probably about 65-75 feet high. It was so loud that it was impossible for Jim to demo. You could not hear your neighbor who was not more than three feet away! This time I got it. Having never painted moving water before, I studied what was beneath the water and noticed that the rocks were like slanted steps. I blocked those in with a dark color. Once this set up for about five minutes, I then came back with white or bluish white and pulled the color with a fairly large brush in the direction of the fall over each rock step - voila! It worked!!!