MEETINGS

 
 

Board Meeting october 4TH at 4:30 Denney's on Shaw & wILLOW

 
 
 
 
NEXT CLOVIS ART GUILD MEETING


SECOND WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH
EXCEPT NOVEMBER, DECEMBER & JANUARY
October 11th 2023  7:00 PM - 9:00 PM at the
Clovis Veterans Memorial District
Patriot Room
808 4th Street
Clovis CA 93612

Some of the members attending the February 2023 meeting.

PROGRAM

The program at each meeting  consists either of:

an art demonstration by a well-known artist

a paint-along or other art activity

a figure drawing with a live model

an evening of critiques of the members' art work

paul buxman will be our september Demonstrator

It is easy to miss the beauty of the San Joaquin Valley when you live in the middle of it. The summer

heat and the haze can be stifling and the fight to hold on to a small family farm can possess almost

every thought. But when the last peach has been picked and the last grapes hauled in, fall finally

comes. Shadows lengthen, temperatures cool, and there is once again time to reflect and be thankful

for this great valley we call home. It’s time again to gather the ‘visual harvest.’ – Paul Buxman


Paul grew up on a small farm in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley in California at the foot of

Smith Mountain which rises singularly like an island from the valley floor. “It was a magic landscape

of hayfields, vineyards, wild blackberry lined canals, peach orchards, orange groves and cows. The

high Sierras filled our eastern view and to the west were endless small farms which seemed to reach

clear to the Pacific Ocean.”


Paul left the farm to study impressionist painting in Illinois with Karl Steele, a student of Robert

Henri. He then returned to California to teach and principal a small mountain school while teaching

figure painting at the Fresno Art Museum. In 1980 he devoted himself to full time painting and

farming. Two years later his son, Wyeth, developed leukemia which sent Paul on an environmental

quest to clean up the San Joaquin Valley’s rapidly deteriorating water, soil and air quality. He

pioneered clean farming techniques which led to many sustainable practices used today. He was the

first person honored by the EPA for such work. He went on to champion farm land and farm family

preservation. His artwork became his illustrative voice. It hangs today in our nation’s Capital as “a

reminder to our leaders of what we must preserve.”


Paul’s work as an environmentalist and artist has been documented by National Geographic,

American, Canadian and Australian Public Broadcasting, Bill Moyers, and California Heartland. He

has lectured, taught and shown his work throughout much of the western United States in universities

and museums.



 WHAT IS THE PICK OF THE MONTH & pICK OF THE YEAR?

Pick of the Month is an informal contest at each general meeting for our members to bring examples of their artwork to be displayed in a peer gallery and voted on during the mid-meeting coffee break that includes light refreshments.  Winners are announced toward the end of the meeting and certificates awarded.  We'd like to see what you've been working on (work done in class is ok).  art should be finished and in a ready-to-hang condition (framed unless its gallery wrap).  we need at least 7 entries to award 3 places, so please participate!  at the end of the year first-place winners will compete for pick of the year.

At the last meeting of the year all the Pick of the Month first place winners are presented and the members vote on their favorite work for the year.


1st place

June Livingston

2ND PLACE

Brad Davis

3ED PLACE

Elizabeth Olive

August 2023

FEATURED ARTIST 

DAVID DALGETY

 WHAT IS THE FEATURED ARTIST?

Featured artist is a way for our members to get to know each other by showing everyone their work in the safe environment of a general meeting. Even if you are just a beginning artist, please consider becoming a featured artist. If you have questions, please contact, Carole Anderson for more information.



July 2023

FEATURED ARTIST 

 Deanna Bristow



August Demonstrator
 Shannon Grissom


HOW TO FIND US
             Clovis Veterans Memorial District, 808 4th Street, Clovis, CA 93612
                                                     Patriot Room
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