One-Woman Show
by Susan Bertke

Sundays,1:00-4:00 PM
October 5, 12, 19 & 26, 2014

 

Fairborn Art Association Gallery  

In the rear of the
Fairborn Senior Apartment Building
221 North Central, Fairborn, OH

Map to FAA Gallery
 

Watercolors, Acrylics, Pastels, and Drawings representing over thirty years of art-making.

Demonstrations by the Artist!

Keep me company!

Tables will be available for anyone who wishes to bring their own supplies and draw or paint with me.

Meetup at Carriage Hill MetroPark July 12

I don't think I've specifically mentioned that I started a Meetup group called Draw, Pardners! for artists or wannabe artists in the Dayton area.We meet on the second Saturday of the month to draw, sketch, and/or paint at various locations. The painting of Cemex Reserve was done during a Draw, Pardners! Meetup. (See earlier post.)

This Saturday we're meeting at Carriage Hill MetroPark in Huber Heights, OH. If you are reading this post and want to join us, feel free. See the meetup site for information.

"Spring Rain" demo

Misuk Goltz recently asked me to do a demo for her Thursday Paint-In at the Fairborn Art Assn. "Twenty to twenty-five minutes," she said. And this is what I came up with.

The subject has been one of my favorites since my first watercolor class. I love the way the paint flows down the page to create the illusion of rain and wind. And I've loved painting small trees since that first instructor showed me the wonders of liner/rigger brushes and how the small branches grow out of the big branches wherever there is a convex curve.

The ivy growing up the left tree trunk was the result of an accident. My paper wasn't quite dry, and the paint bled when I painted the trunk. I couldn't clean it up without it being obvious, so I overpainted with some Terre Verte (a fairly opaque green), et voila! -- ivy.

Third Place in the En Plein Air Exhibition

My little watercolor took Third Place in the 2014 En Plein Air Juried Art Exhibition sponsored by the B-W Greenway Community Land Trust and Fairborn Art Association. The challenge this year was to paint on location at the Cemex Reserve in Fairborn. This is a restored wetlands, and I was continually serenaded by the many birds who have made a home there. 

"Merced Creek" won a ribbon!

"Merced Creek" won a Judge's Choice ribbon at the Fairborn Art Association Spring Show.

Fairborn Art Association Spring Fine Art Show

I have several paintings in the FAA Spring Fine Art Show at the
Fairborn Central Senior Apartment Building
221 North Central Avenue, Fairborn, OH 45324. 

Sundays, 1-4 PM, May 4 through May 18

How my show went...

"Orchard" SOLD!

February 2014 was the third coldest and snowiest February on record. I'm blaming this for the fact that only a few people braved the weather to come see my show the first three weeks. Mother Nature was kinder the last week, and I had a pretty good turnout on the 23rd.

"Host of Daffodils" SOLD!

I want to thank everyone who came to admire and (YES!) buy my work. I am particularly grateful to my friend Bev, who kept me company, learned a little about painting in watercolor, and helped me take down the show at the end. Now that's a true friend!

If you wanted to come and missed it, the good news is that I will be back at the FAA Gallery in October. So you'll have four more opportunities to see the show. At that time I plan to have prints and note cards of my most popular paintings available, in addition to the original works.

See you in October!

Come see my show at the Fairborn Art Association gallery!

A One-Woman Show
by Susan Bertke

Sunday, February 23, 2014
1:00-4:00 PM

Fairborn Art Association Gallery  

In the rear of the Fairborn Senior Apartment Building
221 North Central, Fairborn, OH

Map to FAA Gallery

Watercolors, Acrylics, Pastels, and Drawings representing thirty years of art-making.

Demonstrations by the Artist

Keep me company!

Tables will be available for anyone who wishes to bring their own supplies and draw or paint with me.