Sherry Blatner May Day is an ancient festival of spring. A great way to celebrate is at the Expressions Gallery! I can hardly believe it, but this article marks five years of writing to persuade you to visit the Expressions Gallery and shop, shop, shop! If you haven’t made it into the gallery yet, now’s the…
Tag: art
Features, April 2021
Artist of the Month: Biography of Barbara Johnson-Rossi
Emily Grotta The Art Club is delighted to award Artist of the Month for April to Barbara Johnson-Rossi. Barbara was born in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. to a family that loved animals. When she was seven, they moved into the country and bought horses, which started a 30-year stretch of loving, owning, raising, and showing Appaloosa…
Features, March 2021
March Artist of the Month: Marian Carew
Emily Grotta The PebbleCreek Art Club is delighted to recognize Marian Carew as our March Artist of the Month. I grew up in a unique German community in Iowa called the Amana Colonies. My mother was an artist, so I was interested in art from an early age, but it was not until my junior year in…
Features, March 2021
Art Club Artist of the Year: Diane Walenda
Charlene Romanos Diane Walenda is no newcomer to the art scene here in PebbleCreek, but her style of painting evolved after many years of studying with numerous professional artists in various classes and workshops. Diane was born in Elmhurst, Ill., where she lived most of her life. Diane met her husband Bill in high school, and…
Features, February 2021
February Art Club Artist of the Month: Donna Mund
Loretta Pruett Donna, born and raised in Southern California, moved to Arizona in 2003. She has always enjoyed creating something special from items that others might just toss away. During her teaching career, she designed many special gifts and decor for each of the holidays. She taught students from infancy to college age and directed early…
Clubs & Classes, January 2021
Illustrator Inspires Hooked Art Works
Vicki Ray Illustrator David Galchutt states his graphic designer father and his mother, who studied costume design, influenced his style, but his fantastical style is all his own. You can see these influences in his children’s magazine drawings, his paintings, and recently in hand-drawn hooking patterns based on his illustrations. Six PebbleCreek hooking artists have…
Clubs & Classes, January 2021
Art Club Announces People’s Choice Winner in Fall Art Show
Charlene Romanos The PebbleCreek Art Club presents two shows every year, one in spring and the other in the fall. One of the favorites of attendees is the ability to vote for their favorite entry in each show and this year’s Fall Show was no exception. With more than 80 entries in the event, representing…
Clubs & Classes, December 2020
PebbleCreek Art Club Announces Fall Art Show Winners
Charlene Romanos There can be no doubt that, when possible, viewing artwork is best done in person. However, with the COVID-19 shutdown of facilities here in our PC community, the Fall Show committee was able to procure FLITE Goodyear’s conference facilities to host the show. On Nov. 7 and 8, ticketed visitors attended the show…
Clubs & Classes, December 2020
Artist of the Month: Monica Rozwadowski
Emily Grotta The PebbleCreek Art Club is pleased to award Monica Rozwadowski our Artist of the Month for December. When Monica was in her twenties, she received a Christmas gift of beginners oils paints from her sister Joyce. She took an art course at the time, but never pursued painting until retiring in 1998. That year, Monica and her…
Clubs & Classes, November 2020
PebbleCreek Art Club Rises to the Challenge! Fall Art Show Opens November 7
Susan Gleason COVID-19 shut down the Spring Art Show just one week prior to its debut on March 22. It was disheartening for the artists and committee who spend nearly a year in preparation for each show. In answer to the closure, the spring show committee went online and brought the show into the homes…