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September 7, 2017

September 7, 2017

ELLIS COUNTY ART ASSOCIATION
NEXT MEETING September 11, 2017

Competitions / Calls for Entries

ecaa@elliscountyart.net

972-937-3414

113 W. FRANKLIN

Waxahachie, TX 75165

AGENDA

6:30 to 6:45 pm – Meet & Greet – vote Mini Show!
6:45 to 7:00 pm – Announcements
7:00 pm – Demonstration program

SEPTEMBER DEMO ARTIST

JUDY CROWE from Glen Rose

Artists Statement:

Judy Crowe

“I loved to draw as child-mostly ladies in long beautiful dresses. At one point, I thought I might pursue clothes design as a career. My mother passed away when I was 17 though and the social worker at MD Anderson helped me so much that I began to seriously consider social work as my college major. It was only later that I was introduced to oil painting and became passionate about learning the skill. ”

“I love the works of the Old Masters but the Impressionist painters are the painters I most admire for their vibrant use of color and their individual brushwork. As it did for the impressionists, everyday subjects inspire me. I love flowers, landscapes, and figurative work. I simply appreciate the beauty of nature. It’s quite a challenge to capture the feel of a time or place on canvas rather than a photo representation. ”

This is going to be another demonstration NOT to miss! Please help us welcome Judy back to Waxahachie!

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12th Annual Paint Historic Waxahachie!

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April 28, 2017

April 28, 2017

CALL FOR ARTISTS!

“Paint Historic Waxahachie!”

A Competition Paint Out Event Sponsored by Ellis County Art Association

May 6 – 14, 2017

Entry Deadline, April 1 to be eligible for *Pre-event Painting

Late entries accepted on space available basis.

*Pre-event Painting Opportunity: Register by April 1 and you can paint ANY day, ANY where in Ellis County April 1 through April 30. Painters welcome to drop in and hang out at ART on the Square during the month of April – for more information download the prospectus.

Official Paint Out Week: 5/6/2017 – 5/14/2017
Reception & Awards: 5/12/2017, 6PM – 8PM
ART on the Square Gallery
113 W. Franklin St.
Waxahachie, Texas 75165

CLICK HERE TO ENTER ONLINE

Entry Fee:

ECAA Member $45

Non-Member $65

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD PROSPECTUS

Open to any artist who paints en plein aire in all fine art mediums. Work submitted with entry should reflect best quality of your plein aire painting…the image and your bio will be listed in the event souvenir program, “Collector’s Guide to a Paint Out”. All art must be created in the field (no studio work).

Artists selected must agree to paint on location a minimum of 2 days during the official painting period between May 6th and May 14th. Event sponsored by Ellis County Art Association, ART on the

Square, 113 West Franklin., Waxahachie, TX 75165.www.elliscountyart.net

Event coordinator, Tina Bohlman 972-.741-6154

email: admin@elliscountyart.net

or download Prospectus for complete information.

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ECAA Meeting May 1: demo artist Rusty Jones

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April 27, 2017

April 27, 2017

ELLIS COUNTY ART ASSOCIATION NEXT MEETING May 1, 2017

113 W. FRANKLIN Waxahachie, TX 75165

AGENDA

6:30 to 6:45 pm – Meet & Greet – vote Mini Show! View previous years Paint Historic Waxahachie in the gallery – “wet paint” new Paint Historic Waxahachie on the wire wall!
6:45 to 7:00 pm – Announcements
7:00 pm – Demonstration program

MAY DEMO ARTIST

RUSTY JONES

Texas based artist, Rusty Jones, traces his earliest influence to his grandmother who was the first to place a paintbrush in his hands and encourage his interest in art. He vividly remembers her studio on the second floor of a historic home that once served as a stagecoach stop just outside of San Antonio. She would set up still lifes for him to draw or take him outside where she would set up her French easel and paint landscapes. “She had a crusty, difficult personality and could be as mean as a barnyard billy-goat, but when she began to paint you could see the joy in her face as she glided her brush across the canvas.”

Rusty graduated from the University of Texas with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biomedical Communications and the University of Texas Health Science Center in Dallas with a Masters of Science Degree in Medical Illustration. He is a Certified Medical Illustrator and a Fellow of the Association of Medical Illustrators. For over three decades Rusty provided highly technical medical art for major pharmaceutical companies, medical product companies, medical journals, surgical atlases and ad agencies.

Rusty’s love of sports led him into sporting art which landed him illustration assignments with such notable magazines as Golf Illustrated, Golf Magazine, the Golf Journal, the Masters Journal and American Way Magazine. He also provided sports art for the Coca-Cola Foods Division for the Summer Olympics, the Dallas Cowboys NFL team and the Dallas Mavericks NBA team.

Now Rusty focuses his artistic skills painting the Western American landscape. Following in the tradition of John Singer Sargent, Julian Onderdonk, Portofino Salinas, Edgar Payne and many other great American painters Rusty travels throughout the country painting the landscapes before him. “Painting outdoors takes passion. Without it the wind, heat, snow and bugs will drive you indoors. I enjoy my time in the studio, but it doesn’t make my heart race like it does when I am outside.”

Rusty is a Master Signature member of Outdoor Painters Society….and a “master” at painting plein air – Please join us for a great evening of art & fun!

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ECAA Meeting April 3: demo artist Linda Schindler

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April 1, 2017

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April 1, 2017

ELLIS COUNTY ART ASSOCIATION NEXT MEETING APRIL 3, 2017

113 W. FRANKLIN Waxahachie, TX 75165

AGENDA

6:30 to 6:45 pm – Preview of YOUTH ART SHOW in the gallery
NOTE: No Mini Show (space needed for Youth Art)
6:45 to 7:00 pm – Announcements
7:00 pm – Demonstration program

DEMO ARTIST LINDA SCHINDLER

Linda Schindler is a native Texas and has resided in Waxahachie for over 30 years. Linda showed an interest in art at a very young age and started painting more seriously after raising her children. Her country surroundings are her inspiration and she tries to convey this to the viewer in everything she paints. She is best known for her chicken paintings. Linda teaches art lessons at the Waxahachie Hobby Lobby. Linda has studied with several notable artists and has won many prestigious art awards including Northlight Art Magazine’s cover contest, numerous Best of Show awards including the State Fair of Texas and Richardson Civic Art Society Purchase Award.

Linda is a member of ECAA and we are excited that she will share her talent with us.

“BARN & BLUEBONNETS”

“MY FAVORITE THINGS”

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Dina Gregory demo for ECAA March 6

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March 4, 2017

March 4, 2017

Ellis County Art Association (ECAA) NEXT MEETING

MARCH 6, 2017

113 W. FRANKLIN Waxahachie, TX 75165

AGENDA

6:30 to 6:45 pm – “Get Acquainted” with the gallery & classroom & MINI SHOW!
6:45 to 7:00 pm – Announcements
7:00 pm – Demonstration program

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MARCH DEMO ARTIST – DINA GREGORY

DINA GREGORY – ON LOCATION

DINA GREGORY three-nannies

Dina is a native Texan, who loves being out in nature. After working in different mediums, she discovered her favorite is pastels. Pastels work really well in plein air paintings. She is working as a Texas plein air pastel artist. Nature is in constant change. Dina enjoys capturing this fleeting moment and the connection it poses between God, man and nature. Her favorite painting locations are Big Bend, Palo Duro Canyon, the Hill Country and her own Bosque county acreage.
PLEIN AIR PASTEL ARTIST Dina Gregory – OPS, PAAC, PSSW

Dina has a BFA in art from the University of North Texas. She has studied with Ethel Spears, Ramon Kelley and Lorenzo Chavez. Nicolai Fechin, Maynard Dixon and Mary Cassatt are some of her favorite artists. She draws inspiration from Albert Handell, Kim Lordier and Lorenzo Chavez.

Dina is well known to ECAA as well as throughout Texas. A frequent visitor of Waxahachie, she has conducted pastel workshops for our group and we’re delighted to welcome her back!

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Michael Holter Watercolor Demo for ECAA Feb. 6

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February 5, 2017

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February 5, 2017

NEXT MEETING

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Be there!

113 W. FRANKLIN

Waxahachie, TX 75165

ELLIS COUNTY ART ASSOCIATION

P.O. Box 2064 – Waxahachie, TX 75168

FEBRUARY DEMO ARTIST

MICHAEL HOLTER

“Keeping Myself in Check” Waterolor by MICHAEL HOLTER

Michael says, “I think of my work as impressionistic. I like to represent people or places and allow the painting to evolve from the structure of what is recognizable. The challenge is to balance the care needed to make the representation interestingâ¦ and perhaps believable, with the freedom, looseness and painterly quality that makes painting so unique and expressive.”

Michael Holter NWS, OPS, SWS, SWA

American Impressionist

Texas artist, Michael Holter works in both watercolor and oil. Michael’s work has received numerous awards and recognition and can be found in private and corporate collections in the US and several foreign countries. His current work in two categories: watercolor figurative and oil landscapes (both plein air and studio). Although Michael has been painting most of his life, his work experience spans a wide range of creative endeavors, from art teacher, creative director and businessman in fine art and commercial art. Michael has owned and operated two galleries. Michael holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Art Education and an MA in Visual Communication.

Michael is a signature member of The National Watercolor Society, the Southwestern Watercolor Society and The Society of Watercolor Artists. He is also a member of the American Watercolor Society, The Transparent Watercolor Society, The Outdoor Painters Society, the Portrait Society of America and the American Impressionist Society.

“I have been influenced by artists such as Charles Reid, Richard Schmid, Burt Silverman, Frank Webb, John Singer Sargent, Ted Nuttall and many others. Even though I have an art degree, most of what I put into practice is self-taught through studying the work of other distinguished artists and….a lot of painting.”

Please Join us as we welcome Michael to ART on the Square!

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FRANCYS FLANAGAN oil demo Jan. 2 for ECAA

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December 29, 2016

December 29, 2016

ECAA NEXT MEETING

January 2, 2017

113 W. FRANKLIN Waxahachie, TX 75165

AGENDA

6:30 to 6:45 pm – “Get Acquainted” with the gallery & classroom & MINI SHOW!
6:45 to 7:00 pm – Announcements
7:00 pm – Demonstration program

JANUARY DEMO ARTIST for Ellis County Art Association

FRANCYS FLANAGAN

We’re excited and honored to have our friend & a popular demo artist, Francys Flanagan as our demonstration guest for January.

Artist’s Statement:

“Words, strung like pearls on a page paint a picture. Music tells the soul a story. Colours and shapes on a canvas make the heart sing. Three doors into a magical and lovely place that God’s gift, imagination, allows us to enter. As a child I strolled at will through these doors and lived in that place. As I “grew up”, I never left it.

In 1977 God gave me another gift in the person of artist Dick Turner. Dick gave a fortunate few the tools needed in order to use paint and canvas to take others into that world of beauty and peace. A world that might catch at your imagination and cause you to ask, “What if…..”

From the time I was a small girl I knew I would be an artist. I just didn’t know what kind. I read book after book about painters, musicians, dancers, and writers. Then in 1977, through the chance meeting with artist Dick Turner, I knew that I too would be a painter.

I immersed myself, soul and body, in that pursuit. I studied with Dick from 1977 until 1982, taking 5 and 6 classes a week at his private art school in Houston.
I have also received instruction from William Reese, William Henry Earle, Carolyn Anderson, Greg Kreutz, Roberta Carter Clark, Ray Vinella, Jean Chambers, Scott Burdick and Daniel Greene.”

Francys is not only a superb oil painter and teacher…she’s an absolute joy to watch! Please Join us as we welcome her to ART on the Square!

FRANCYS FLANAGAN “chocolate pot”

FRANCYS FLANAGAN “fixed 6”

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2016 ECAA Membership Show Winners

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Exhibits & Events

December 5, 2016

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December 5, 2016

Best of Show – Tina Bohlman

Wet Media: Level I

First Place – Jeff Ott

Second Place – Steve Miller

Third Place – Olivette Hubler

Third Place – Burl Sloan

Honorable Mention –

Brenda Klein

Honorable Mention –

Candace Faber

Honorable Mention –

Jana Jennings

Wet Media: Level II

First Place – Mary Brooks

Second Place –

Audrey McCullough

Honorable Mention –

Brandon Richards

Honorable Mention –

Pam Briden

Dry Media

First Place – Ruben Contreras

Second Place – Donna Miller

Third Place – Stan Smith

Honorable Mention –

David Harper

Honorable Mention –

Katrina Rabien

ELLIS COUNTY ART ASSOCIATION

P.O. Box 2064 – Waxahachie, TX 75168

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Randy Meador Demo Artist for ECAA Nov. 7

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November 2, 2016

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November 2, 2016

THE TRAIL THUS FAR – Randy Meador

ELLIS COUNTY ART ASSOCIATION

NEXT MEETING November 7, 2016

At the new facility at

113 W. FRANKLIN

Waxahachie, TX 75165

AGENDA

6:30 to 6:45 pm – “Get Acquainted” with the gallery & classroom & MINI SHOW!
6:45 to 7:00 pm – Announcements
7:00 pm – Demonstration program

NOVEMBER DEMO ARTIST

RANDY MEADOR

We’re excited and honored to have Texas western artist Randy Meador as our demonstration guest for November.

Randy Meador says he owes his art career to former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. “While reading a Churchill biography in 1991, I stopped and meditated on his words, ‘When I paint, nothing else exists.’ I wanted desperately to go thereâ¦ regularly.” The former marketer and speaker began painting that day.

Meador graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1985 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, but initially chose a different career course in a variety of businesses.

“I pestered Buck Taylor (watercolor artist) at a Fort Worth Stock Show in 1992 and asked him who were the best watercolor artists, then proceeded to study all the works of Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, Paul Cezanne, and others. They were my early teachers. I figured, ‘why not learn from some of the greats?’ Afterward, I just taught myself by making notes of everything that did and did not work. In the beginning, I think I owned every watercolor technique book ever written, and later it was humbling to find myself competing with many of those authors in juried exhibitions.”

When asked about inspiration for his subjects and technique, he draws what appears to be a sincere blank. “I’m really not sure I know what that means. I simply look for something that interests me and try really hard to render not what I see, but what I wished I could seeâ¦what I want it to look likeâ¦ hopefully without screwing it up.”

Randy is not only a superb watercolor artist and teacher…he’s an absolute joy to watch! Please Join us as we welcome Randy to ART on the Square!

ELLIS COUNTY ART ASSOCIATION

P.O. Box 2064 – Waxahachie, TX 75168

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Paint Historic Waxahachie May 13 – 22

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Exhibits & Events

May 9, 2016

May 9, 2016

On Friday morning, May 13, 2016 – Paint Historic Waxahachie artists kick off a week-long painting “marathon”. The downtown business district and Saturday’s Farmers Market is the destination of the event artists as well as along the streets of the city’s historic neighborhoods.

MAY 13 THROUGH MAY 22, 2016

“SUN-UP TO SUN-DOWN” DAILY

SEE ARTISTS PAINTING ON LOCATION THROUGHOUT HISTORIC WAXAHACHIE!

PAINTINGS ARE AVAILABLE TO VIEW AND PURCHASE IN THE “WET PAINT” ROOM

AT ART ON THE SQUARE SHOWROOM & GALLERY – 113 WEST FRANKLIN – 972-937-3414

Artists, it’s not too late to enter — see http://elliscountyart.net/event/41279/paint-historic-waxahachie

Judging: May 20, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Friday evening, May 20: 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Ellis County Art Association 113 W. Franklin St.
o Artists, Guests & Patrons Mixer & Preview Sale
o BBQ Buffet – Awards Presentation

Saturday & Sunday May 21-22 Exhibition opens to the public!

Sponsored by Ellis County Art Association.

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Olivette Hubler Oil Demo March 7 – Ellis County Art Association

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