2013 Monthly Members Meeting Speakers | Geneva Lake Art Association

PLEASE JOIN US FOR AN EVENING WITH PHOTOGRAPHER, LESTER CRISMAN

Free and Open to the Public

Thursday, March 28, 2013

7:00pm - 9:00pm

GLAA Gallery

Six Horse Team

2013 © Lester Crisman

A member of the Geneva Lake Art Association and Wisconsin Regional Art Association, Lester is a skilled photographer who enjoys taking photos, primarily of nature, animals, sunrises, sunsets, and abstract objects. By exhibiting his photos in GLAA art exhibitions; Whitewater and Janesville WRAP shows; and Walworth county fairs; Lester has won ”Best in Show", state awards, honorable mentions, and assorted ribbons.

Lester's photos have been published in magazines, such as, “At the Lake” published by Keefe Real Estate, Farm and Ranch Living”, “Wisconsin Trails”, as well as appearing in local news papers and shown on local TV news weather reports. His photos can also be seen in local Walworth county businesses, thanks to Lester’s participation in “Business to Business” Walworth county business meetings, networking with new friends and business owners who enjoy his photography-artwork. With thanks to his wife, Shirley, family, friends, art organizations, and businesses, Lester can enjoy his photography and help others to enjoy his pictures also .

Photographer, Lester Crisman

Bring a friend and enjoy our GLAA Gallery. Light Refreshments will be served.

Free and Open to the Public

GLAA Members Meeting

Hosting Guest Speaker, Artist and Teacher

CAROL HAMILTON

Thursday, February 28, 2013

7:00pm - 9:00pm

GLAA Gallery

The Geneva Lake Art Association is pleased to announce that Carol Hamilton will be the featured presenter at the next GLAA Members Meeting, which will be held on Thursday evening, February 28, 2013 at 7:00 pm in the GLAA Gallery located at 647 Main Street in Lake Geneva. Carol has taught art for nearly twenty years and currently has a studio in the Starline Factory Gallery and Studios in Harvard, IL, where she also teaches encaustic workshops.

“Working with beeswax and pigments evolved out of my love of process and materials and the natural world. I have lived most of my adult life in Wyoming and the desert of Arizona and the landscape became an integral part of my daily life. I learned to the love the austere beauty of the high altitude prairie, and the minimalist gorgeousness of the Sonoran desert. Because I have always been fascinated with stones and sticks, wire and mesh and cast-off scraps of rusted metal found while hiking and driving, they lure me with their patterns and textures.”

“My process involves more than beeswax and pigments; it is equally the product of looking, reading, researching, sketching and “dreaming”, the pieces into being. The choice of materials and subject matter both come from a fascination with the natural world, the things too often overlooked in our busy, day-to-day routines. A scrap of paper, a broken twig, a smooth stone or the reflections of the sun in a mud puddle each can be the jumping off point for a piece of work, yet the work itself is not a portrait of that visual event--it is an expression of the bare, reduced essence of a memory enshrined in the ever-changing now.”

For additional information, or to see some examples of her work, go to Carol’s website at carolhamilton@carolhamiltonarts.com.

Light refreshments will be served.

Prepare to be transported...

AN EVENING WITH ARTIST, EULOJIO 'JOE' ORTEGA

Thursday, January 31, 2013

7:00pm - 9:00pm

The Geneva Lake Art Association Gallery

(directions below)

Muralist, Portraitist, Illustrator

Step into the world of Eulojio 'Joe' Ortega.

Enchantment a certainty.

Don't Miss This One!

THE PUBLIC IS INVITED, REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED.

"Since 2002 I’ve painted hundreds of murals, had my work on ABC’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition, been strapped to some very big lifts, have traveled across the country, been in some great fine art galleries, received some minor recognition from the prestigious Portrait Society of America, and have accepted just about every art related project that has ever come my way, and it’s always felt as if I’m just getting started."

- Eulojio 'Joe' Ortega

THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO THIS SPECIAL EVENT!

"IT’S ALL ABOUT NARROWING DOWN THE POSSIBILTIES TO

CREATE ONE PERFECT MURAL THAT EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS."

-Eulojio 'Joe' Ortega

Click here to visit Eulojio Ortega's website.

Murals

Trompe L'Oeil

Portraits

The public is cordially invited to attend the GLAA Members' Meeting with guest speaker:

Harry Quinn

Illustrator

Author

Teacher at the Milwaukee Museum

Thursday, June 28, 2012, 7:00pm - 9:00pm

GLAA Gallery

Mr. Quinn has been designing and developing website and print solutions for marketing and sales opportunities since 1983. He also creates inspired custom contemporary pastel drawings and oil paintings for official, corporate and private commissions. He holds a BFA in Design and Illustration from the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design and is an instructor at the Art Institute of Milwaukee. He is also the owner and creative director of Visual Rhythm Design. Commission a portrait or obtain additional information at 262-248-7409.

A selection of Mr. Quinn's Artwork:

"Magnolias"