Connie Haskell The PebbleCreek Art Club is very happy to award Connie Haskell Artist of the Month for October. Connie and her husband Dave relocated often during his corporate career and lived in some very interesting places! They moved from their original home in southern California and lived for a time in the Bay area,…
Marianne Graff From prehistoric cave dwellers to present day Pastelists, art historians continue to explore the methods, materials and successes of the pastel medium. Emily Beeny, Associate Curator of Drawings for the Getty Museum, demonstrates the importance of pastel in the current installation of 18 works: The Birth of Pastel on display until December 17, 2017.…
Sharon Adamy Two of the presenting artists prefer painting people as well as animals. Although accomplished in all subjects, Shirley Smith prefers portraiture of people as well as animals. While doing a commission piece she may take up to 32 hours working on the resemblance. A shorter time is involved when painting wild animals as…
Pastel: The Artist Part 2 Sharon Adamy Continuing the pastel journey, Penny Cooper began using pastels after attending a workshop in the Art Center. In the exhibit her Red Onions were entirely painted during class—about four hours. Another artist who can quickly and elegantly finish a painting is Elizabeth McCarthy whose painting A Walk in the…
Pastelists Part 1 Taking advantage of the summer months, the PebbleCreek Art Club is offering something a little different in its Artist of the Month venue. The art medium Pastel, the artists who work with it, and the works of art they have created will be showcased in the PebbleCreek Creative Arts Center during the…
The PebbleCreek Art Club is delighted to present Donna Gray as our May Artist of the Month. Donna, an active member of our PebbleCreek community, inspires club members with her creativity and energy. Donna and her husband Joe have been married for 50 years and have two children and four grandchildren. Donna was born and…
Marianne Graff The PebbleCreek Art Club takes great pleasure in awarding Marion Ellison Artist of the Month for February 2018. Her body of work is substantial and includes art pieces of various mediums that are exciting to view and appreciate for all their mastery and creativity. Marion was born and raised in the Chicago area.…
The PebbleCreek Art Club is happy to award Janet McGregor Artist of the Month for February 2017. Janet and her husband Fred are snowbirds from Victoria, British Columbia. This is their tenth winter in PebbleCreek and they feel that they have the best of all worlds with Arizona winters and west coast summers. They live…
The PebbleCreek Art Club is very pleased to award Loretta Brenneman Artist of the Month for January 2017. Loretta, mother of three, grandmother of nine and great-grandmother of three, just celebrated her 60th wedding anniversary with her husband, Ron! She is from Portland, Oregon and began painting 30 years ago when she took watercolor and…
Jill Gianino The PebbleCreek Art Club has awarded the December Artist of the Month to Janet Nagl. Janet, a native of Illinois, was born and raised on the far northwest side of Chicago. She met her future husband Mike in Estes Park, Colorado and has the distinction of being married for over 50 years. Janet…