Checkout the new website pages for our current featured artists, Stephanie Strong and Karen McCormick. You can see more of their work and read their bios!
Featured Artist Pages
Author: Dena Weigel Bell
October 2017 Show
The Valley Arts Group invites you to visit our latest exhibit of artwork.
We have two featured artists this quarter. Stephanie Strong is the featured artist at the Sudden Valley Clubhouse (by El Agave). Karen McCormick is the featured artist at the Sudden Valley Creekside Barn (by Ken’s Cozy Corner and the YMCA).
Visit all three of our galleries:
- Sudden Valley’s Creekside (Ken’s Cozy Corner/YMCA) Barn
- South Whatcom Library
- Sudden Valley Clubhouse (El Agave)
For a sampling of the show, checkout: www.valleyartsgroup.org
Plein Air Monday
Thank you Virginia for organizing our first Plein Air session for this year! We found a nice spot to settle in on AM Beach. Here are a few photos of the scenery and the artists hard at work.
July 2017 Exhibit
The Valley Arts Group invites you to visit our latest exhibit of artwork by Sudden Valley artists at the Creekside (YMCA) Barn. The show runs from July 15th to October 14th.
Flowers!
For this quarter, we put out a challenge for artwork related to flowers. The flowers and other artwork are displayed in the Creekside Barn, as well as the library. Our featured artist this quarter at the Sudden Valley Clubhouse is Debra Elliot.
Stop by for a visit. Enjoy a cool drink and/or lunch from Ken’s Cozy Kitchen while you relax with friends and browse the new artwork!
Visit our website to see a sampling of the show at www.valleyartsgroup.org.
Silk Painting Class Report
Stephanie Strong guided us through a fun silk painting class this afternoon. Participants included Gwen, Alice, Danila, Roz and Robbie.
Silk painting is a lot like working with watercolor, but special dyes are used instead of paint. The basic steps are to stretch a piece of silk on a frame, draw a design on the silk using a “resist”, paint with the dyes in the areas defined by the resist, dry with a hairdryer, paint on “dyeset”, dry again, remove silk from frame, rinse, pat dry, and then iron completely dry.
Here are our results (some still in progress):
More Fun with Watercolor Batik
Back by popular demand, Gwen held another “Watercolor Batik” workshop on Tuesday, April 25th. Participating members included Beryl, Danila, Karen D., Karen M., Robbie and Roz.
Watercolor Batik is a process of layering watercolors and wax on rice paper. The “fun-scary” part comes after you are done applying the wax and paint. You crumple or accordion pleat your paper, lay it flat, and apply a wash to the cracks in the wax. After another layer of wax, you press the painting between newspaper using an iron.
First, an example of Gwen’s beautiful watercolor batik paintings.
Below, a few examples of artwork produced in the workshops.
April 2017 Exhibit
The Valley Arts Group invites you to visit our latest exhibit of original art by Sudden Valley artists at the Creekside (YMCA) Barn. The show runs from April 8th to July 8th.
Birds, Birds and More Birds!
For this quarter, we put out a challenge for artwork related to birds. We thought we might not have enough birds to fill the feature wall. Instead we had an amazing response – a collection of 37 bird creations by various members of the group. They are displayed in the Creekside Barn, as well as the library. Stop by for a visit and see if you can find them all!
Enjoy a warm drink and/or lunch from Ken’s Cozy Kitchen while you relax with friends and browse the new artwork!
Featured Artist
Our featured artist at the Sudden Valley Clubhouse is Reka Zoltan.
Please visit ValleyArtsGroup.org for more information.
Penny Bamford at Jansen Art Center
Penny had three textile pieces accepted into the Juried Spring Show at the Jansen Art Center in Lynden. They are currently on display in the Jansen Art Center library with other textiles: some silk painting, some nuno felting and some exquisite applique/quilting.
Congratulations, Penny!
The textile exhibit will be on display for two months. The opening party is Thursday, March 2, 6-8pm.
Beryl Adams at Jansen Art Center
Beryl recently had two paintings accepted into the Juried Spring Show at the Jansen Art Center in Lynden. The paintings that were juried in are “The Gathering” and “Soul Reflections II”. Congratulations, Beryl!
The exhibit will be on display through May 26 and the reception is Thursday, March 2, 6-8pm.
January 2017 Exhibit
The Valley Arts Group invites you to come see our brand new exhibit of original art by Sudden Valley artists at the Creekside (YMCA) Barn. Beautiful new artwork – some by brand new members whose work we’ve not seen here before!
Enjoy a warm drink and/or lunch from Ken’s Cozy Kitchen while you relax with friends and browse the new artwork!
We have two featured artists, Karen Peter and Virginia Heaven. Karen’s watercolor paintings are on display at Sudden Valley’s Creekside (YMCA) Barn. Virginia’s paintings will be installed soon and at the Sudden Valley Clubhouse.
Please visit ValleyArtsGroup.org to see a sampling of their work, as well as the work of our other members.
Sudden Valley Art In the Barn 