Local artist's workshop helps students prepare for lock-in

By 49 News staff

Twenty students will participate in the second annual overnight lock-in painting marathon later this month at Washburn Rural High School.

To prepare for the event, local artist Barbara Waterman-Peters shared her artworks and painting techniques with the students in an workshop this morning.


"It's something different. Just to have 12 hours where you can come together and create a work of art rather than just like 45 minutes during the week. Something different though," says Brad LeDuc of Washburn Rural High School.

Students' paintings will be sold at a silent auction in Southwind Gallery during the First Friday Art Walk March 5, 2009 with proceeds benefiting the Washburn Rural Art Department.

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Jeff Legg Three Day Workshop on Still Life - Wichita, Kansas

A Wonderful Opportunity for Kansas Artists to Learn from a Master

Kansas Academy Oil Painters
Presents
American Artist
Jeff Legg

Three Day Workshop on Still Life
June 3-5, 2010
Wichita, KansasCompose

Pictured: Cabbage, Brass and Melon by Jeff Legg

About Jeff Legg

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Jeff C. Legg’s artwork is often described as “masterful, ethereal, and timeless.” Every painting is an intimate
conversation between artist and viewer. One believes they can reach into the scene and perhaps, grasp a medieval helmet, feel the fuzz on a peach, or actually stir the air.

Focused primarily on still life, Legg is equally adept and comfortable with figures, portraits, and landscapes, either in the studio or “en plein air.” Painting “from life” is at the core of his artistic sensibility.

Legg creates works that embody superior craftsmanship and the soulfulness of a silent moment captured in time, yet stirring with life. “If one of my paintings evokes an emotional response from the viewer, perhaps a sense of awe or mystery, I feel that I’ve succeeded in communicating something of value, something good, or even spiritual.”

Born in 1959 in Joplin , Missouri , Legg’s artistic interests developed in childhood and by age 13, he was taken under the wing of a college art professor for three years. This early mentoring laid the foundation for his drawing and painting skills and led him to study at the Atelier Lack and the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. He has attended pivotal workshops by both David Leffel and Sherrie McGraw and counts them, alongside Chardin, Rembrandt, and Wyeth, among his artistic influences.

Legg recently moved to Estes Park , Colorado , where he lives with his wife and three children. He paints daily in his studio.

For information please contact Marty Ferguson
mferguson16@cox.net
Phone number: 316-722-6453
Application and supply list for workshop
Jeff's Website

Anyone wishing to join us in celebrating this beautiful age-old medium is urged to submit their work to The Kansas Academy of Oil Painters, Mickey Leiter, membership chairman, at: jmleiter@cox.net or address: 7373 E. 29th St. #E317, Wichita, Kansas 67226

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If we act - Googlewill test an ultra-fast Internet connection in Topeka!

Plans by Google to test an ultra-fast Internet connection to a
limited number of trial locations across the United States has sparked
a push by a Topeka group to gain the company's interest in the capital
city.

"Our goal is to get 20,000 people in two weeks," said Jared Starkey,
a Topeka software developer and one of the people behind Think Big
Topeka.

The group boasts more than 3,000 Facebook members and is growing at
hundreds per day. Their goal: To gather enough community and local
government support to bring Google's fiber network experiment to Topeka.

"It's so cool to me that I know people are getting excited about
this," Starkey said. "I know that any place in the country, getting
people to actually do anything is like pulling teeth. There are more
than 2,400 people in our group right now, and there are 50 to 100
people actively going out and telling people about this."

To see the rest of the article go to:

Google plan sparks area interest | CJOnline.com

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Artist John Gary Brown - Lawrence, Kansas

SouthWind Gallery Featuring Works by Artist John Gary Brown.
John Gary Brown is an award-winning artist who has been featured in numerous magazines including Architectural Digest, Smithsonian, Arts Line and the Santa Fean. His work also has been published in several books including Soul in the Stone and Gardens of Revelation. This Kansas artist is an accomplished painter whose work is highly prized by collectors worldwide and we’re very pleased to include his paintings in our newest exhibit, Landscapes in the Abstract.

John Gary Brown, who divides his time between his homes in Kansas and Colorado, is one of 33 artists in this “mega-exhibit” which features painters from Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Washington, and Canada. 

John Gary is able to transcend place in his abstract landscapes.  It can be said that his paintings reach beyond the need for object and provide the viewer with a visual field expectant of inner dialogue and exploration. His multilayered technique, which consists of adding and subtracting layers of the oil paint, is filled with placid color transitions in contrast to dynamic liner absorption of light and pigment. His compositions provoke reflections of the cosmos and the internal landscape of thought.

John Gary Brown says this about his work:  “I believe man’s marks upon the earth are superficial and fleeting, and I try to depict and celebrate what is truly elemental in the landscape—the breathing of life into great watery vistas, seen through shifting, atmospheric veils, or the falling of sunlight onto undisturbed dust.”

For more go to www.SouthWindArtGallery.com

Artist Don Tiller - Port Townsend, Washington

SouthWind Gallery Would Like to Introduce You To Artist Don Tiller.

While selecting artists for our newest show, Landscapes in the Abstract, we discovered this artist from Port Townsend, Washington, and found his work very exciting. We invited Don to share his work with our patrons and are delighted that he accepted. This is the first time Don has shown in Kansas and we hope you’ll visit our gallery and see these wonderful paintings in person. 

His pallet offers the lively color of fluid acrylics, which are used in a layering and glazing technique creating dimension and depth in the painting, and adding to the reverb of the sinuous regular lines and patterns within his pieces.

Influenced by the Fauvist movement—with a touch of whimsy, Don Tiller’s rural landscapes contrast nature’s chaos with a balance of geometric repetition. Don says: “I have given my interpretation of man’s attempt to initiate order in nature.”

The Landscapes in the Abstract exhibit, which features 33 artists from throughout the U.S. and Canada, runs now through March 15, 2010.

For more go to www.SouthWindArtGallery.com

Acquiring art is a capital idea - KansasCity.com

by Jaclyn Banash

There’s Art, and then there’s art. Art with a capital A is original, unique and can be a valuable collector’s piece. Then there’s lowercase art, or what I refer to as decorative art.

We have all seen the prints available at Z Gallerie and Bed, Bath & Beyond. This decorative art can be nice and certainly fills a purpose. But Art can transform your living space and bring energy into your home and life.

The first thought most of us have when discussing Art is that you have to be a bit snobbish or upper crust to enjoy it. That’s definitely not true.

You might buy a piece of decorative art because the colors match your sofa or bedspread. But when you buy Art, you often base the rest of your space around it. This is what I did after purchasing my first piece.

I met Leslie Neumann, an amazing artist, at her home in Aripeka, Fla., and she took me upstairs to her studio where we enjoyed an evening of viewing many of her encaustic (hot wax) and oil paintings. All of her pieces moved me, but there was one in particular that resonated deeply. I knew I had to have it, but at the time I could not afford it (yet another difference between Art and art).

Months passed, and I was developing the design of my living room. After deliberating on plans and adding pieces slowly to the room, I realized I had unconsciously built the room around that piece of Art from my memory of it. Leslie and I had kept in contact, and she knew of my deep desire to acquire her painting. She offered to let me make payments, and I finally took the plunge.

It has been only a few months since I have paid it off and had it hanging on my wall, but already it has had a profound impact on my life.

If you are considering investing in Art, here is some food for thought. Art is not wall decoration. It has an energy that sends a message to viewers and lets them interact with it. Great Art holds up over time and will continue to satisfy and move you, whereas decorative art can become static or invisible over time.

Much of this, of course, is dependent upon the artist. If the artist works in the realm of meaningful subject matter and is in touch with grand concepts, his or her work will transcend aesthetics, and you will find yourself with a piece that creates a visceral response every time you see it.

The way I see it, the right piece of Art can bring life to your interior and fulfillment to your soul — creating a deeper meaning to the term interior design.

Read more: Acquiring art is a capital idea - KansasCity.com

New Show “Landscapes in the Abstract” Opens Feb. 5

SouthWind Gallery Is Pleased to Present…
“Landscapes in the Abstract”
A group show featuring the work of 33 artists from throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Exhibit runs February 5, 2010 – March 15, 2010

Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Artists’ Reception:
Friday, Feb. 5, 2010, 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Landscapes in the Abstract is the title of our annual all-abstract exhibit featuring the work of 33 artists from Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Texas, Washington, and Canada.

This year’s all-abstract show focuses on the landscape, but rather than literal translations, the artists interpret nature in fresh and powerful abstract forms that capture atmosphere and mood instead of detail The artists’ have used shape, color, texture and line that elicits both contemplation and excitement for the viewer.

The stylistic variety in Landscapes in the Abstract is highly engaging with 33 artists participating, each using his or her own visual impressions and emotions to create works of art. The paintings in the exhibit include all mediums from acrylic to oils, to watercolor and encaustic, as well as mixed media pieces.

Landscapes in the Abstract Artists:
Janet Bailey, Ed Balda, Carol A. Bradbury, Steve Denny, Dana Hassett, Mike Henry, Phillip Hershberger, Linda Humphries, Cally Krallman, Michelle Leivan, Jancy Pettit, Beverly Radefeld, and Barbara Waterman-Peters (Topeka, KS); John Gary Brown, Jane R. Flanders, Robert Sudlow, and Joanie Whitenight (Lawrence, KS); James Pringle Cook (Tucson, AZ); Gary Ozias (Downs, KS); Debra J. Groesser (Ralston, NE); Nicole and Wes Hyde (Denver, CO); Stephen Kilborn (Taos, NM); Alyson, KinKade (Loveland, CO); Scott Lennox (Ft. Worth, TX); Mary Binford Miller (Eldorado, KS); Neil Patterson (Alberta, Canada); Jim Rigg (Manhattan, KS); Don Tiller (Port Townsend, WA).

Pieces can be seen on our website: www.SouthWindArtGallery.com