Februar y 2009
CONGRATULATIONS
NEW SIGNATURE MEMBERS
In early Janurary twenty-one
members of MBPAPA submitted
their paintings and resumes to
be considered for Signature
Membership. The works were
considered alphabetically. Of the
twenty-one applicants, six
members were selected for
Signature Membership,
Congratulations to;
Carole Belliveau, Ingrid
Jackson, Barbara Kreitman,
Karen Leoni, Robert Lewis,
& Lilli-anne Price.
PLEIN AIR FESTIVAL
Sibyl Johnson & Julia Seelos
are among the 20 artists that
have been invited to particpate
in the 3rd Annual Borrego
Springs Plein Air Invitational
March 15-21, 2009.
www.borregoartinstitute.org
GALLERY NEWS
Usana Weaver is in" Tuscany &
Beyond" March & April at the
Half Moon Bay Garden
Gallery - Reception March 7th
Look for the announcement
Southwest Magazine in February.
Newsletter
Quail Lodge Signature Exhibition
MBPAPA members have an opportunity
to paint at the beautiful Quail Lodge &
Golf Resort, which has over 800 members.
A few artists have already done some
paintings and our efforts have been well
received by golfers and residents. This is a
good opportunity to pass out business
cards. We have two scheduled paint outs
there in February. Meeting at Edgars for lunch on those days would be a nice treat.
The exhibition is for Signature members, but all members are encouraged to join in the paint-outs.
We would like to have at least 1 of the 3 paintings submitted by each artist to be of Quail's property.
Not a prerequisite but the residents and members of Quail Lodge would like to see our artistic inter-
pretation instead of photographs. Quail Lodge has space for 75 plein air inspired paintings, large and
small. We will need all of our Signature members to participate to make this show successful. We need
to hang 10-17 large paintings (30x48).
We are going to have great publicity and wonderful postcards to
hand out. The reception for COLORS OF THE CENTRAL COAST is
scheduled for Friday April 3rd in the lobby of Quail Lodge 5-8pm.
All works exhibited will be for sale announced in brochures at
Quail Lodge. Quail Lodge is happy to continue supporting our
organization with on-going exhibition.
Please submit your early entries to:
The Fairway 9 x 12 by Julia Seelos
Lilli-anne Price, 723 Monterey/Salinas Hwy, Salinas CA, 93908
MBPAPA GENERAL MEETING by Rowan Wolnick
Despite cloudy skies, the welcoming reception hosted by Quail Lodge for
MBPAPA members was hugely successful. About fifty MBPAPA members
attended and enjoyed the hospitality on Saturday, January 24th. After being
welcomed formally by Quail Lodge staff, MBPAPA Board Members outlined our
accomplishments for the past year complete with slide show and introduced Usana Weaver
modeling apron
our plans for this year. The congenial atmosphere lent itself to a new camaraderie
within the membership, and 2009 promises to be better than ever.
Barb Svetlik, Vivian Cornwall, Patty Biederman, Rose Sloan & President Christine Crozier Joe Ragey, Taki Tu, Susan Migliore & Joanne Baine
Harold Perkins & Mary Kay King
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MBPAPA PAINT OUTS GLENN DEVIN RANCH PAINT-OUT

SOBRANTES POINT by Rose Sloan
On Sat. Dec. 20, about 10 artists made their way to Glenn
Devin Ranch. It is located at the end of Palo Colorado
Canyon. Driving through the Canyon is a rare experience
in itself. It is a canyon filled with redwoods. Small
wooden cabins are perched here and there along the
steep sides of the Canyon, often with a steep stairway as
their only access. Cars are parked on the road. The
Maria Boisvert
Canyon is dark, at least this time of year, and the cabins
look cold and damp. A big sign, expressing thanks to the
firefighters for protecting their homes during the “Glenn Devin Fire Truck” by Tim Sloan

summer wildfires, stands near one of the homes. The road is single lane, and cars have to pull over to let
another pass. As you approach Glenn Devin Ranch, you climb out of the Juliadark
SeelosCanyon into painting
with her demo the light. The
trees change to eucalyptus and are not as dense.
Jeff Smith opened the gate for the artists and we had to carry our gear up a gravel road for about a quarter
Sibyl Johnson & Usana Weaver
of a mile. Finally we came to a barn and some out-buildings. Nearby a corral held two burros. We followed
the road to a point where you could see the ocean and the surrounding steep hills. It was one of those "on
top of the world" experiences. Even though it was a cold windy day, the artists braved the elements and
painted throughout the afternoon. Thanks Rolf Lygren and Jeff
Smith for setting up these unique "paint-outs".

Yolanda Gurries

WHALERS COVE

“Glen Devin Ranch” by Barbara Svetlik

TIPS FOR SUBMITTING ART FOR JURYING by Christine Croizer

Thanks to everyone who submitted work to the jurying for MBPAPA Signature status, and congratulations to
the new Signature Members. It is always very difficult to judge artwork and especially the work of one's peers.
Karen Garnett
The board members/jurors did feel there were a few ideas that might be of interest to, or helpful to, MBPAPA
painters when they submit work for any juried show or event. These are things that they consider when
Joe Ouye submitting their own work to shows. The last statement (#6) applies specifically to MBPAPA exhibitions.
1. This may seem self-evident, but it cannot be overstated; always submit your BEST and preferably most
recent works. If you don't have your best work at hand it may be better to wait until it becomes available.
2. Be consistent in medium and don't try to be a virtuoso. If you work in various media, decide which one
you want to focus on, or the one in which your best work is done, and submit work in only that medium.
3. Consistency also applies to style. If you paint everything from abstracts to high realism, make a decision
about which style you feel your best work is done in, and only submit work in that style to any juried event.
Paula Lewycky
4. Be consistent in your subject matter. It is generally better to show a jury a narrower range of subjects
than trying to show how well you paint absolutely EVERYTHING.
5. Have a cohesive presentation. The style of framing should be consistent with the style of the work. Use
the best frames you can afford and keep the "look" of your presentation consistent. Always show work in
ready-to-hang condition.
6. For the purposes of MBPAPA, unless the prospectus specifically states otherwise, you will always want to
submit work that is painted "en plein-air" in the Greater Monterey Bay Area.
(A note on still life paintings; unless there is some sense of a still-life being out in the open air, it cannot
be considered a plein-air painting).
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CALL FOR ENTRIES
SAN LUIS OBISPO
PLEIN AIR FESTIVAL
Entry must be received, by April 15
Cash prizes! Eighth Annual Event
Festival Week is September 28
through October 4, 2009
Festival@sloartcenter.org
EXPRESSIONS WEST 2009
April 24 - June 27, 2009
Coos Bay Art Museum, Oregon
announces a call to artists
Deadline: March 7, ’09.
http://www.coosart.org
MEMBER NEWS
MARY KAY KING has a show
at Mimosa in the Crossroads
Shopping Center.
LAURA WILLIAMS will be in
The Napa Valley Mustard
Festival Mustard Magic ~ The
Grand Opening Event
Visual Art Competition Exhibit
will be at St. Supéry Winery in
Rutherford, Feb 2nd - March 29th
Artists’ Reception Feb 7th.
PLEIN AIR DEMOS
Check out this web site for some
great painting demos by award
winning artist, Stephen C.Datz
www.stephencdatz.com/demo.html
Newsletter
SPACE SILENCE SPIRIT Maynard Dixon's West: The Hays Collection
through March 1st at the Palm Springs Art Museum
Born on a ranch near Fresno, California, Maynard Dixon
(1875-1946) developed a unique style of painting bold
masses of color with simple lines. The exhibition is repre-
sentative of Dixon's travels through-out the American
West, from his native California, to Arizona, New Mexico,
Nevada and Montana from each of the six decades of the
artist's career with approximately 65 artworks. Palm
Springs Art Museum 101 Museum Drive, Palm Springs,
CA www.psmuseum.org
M Dixon, Cliffs of Betatakin
2008 Statewide Watercolor Competition Exhibition
Through February 22, 2009 at the Triton Museum of Art
55 paintings were selected for the Triton Museum’s Statewide Water-
color Competition Exhibition. Guest juror Scott Shields, selected
works that showcase the diversity of styles, techniques, and subject
matter in the challenging media of watercolor.
Triton Museum,1505 Warburton Ave. Santa Clara, CA
Stephan Hoffpauir, watercolor
The Good Life-California Watercolors
1930-1950, at the Irvine Museum thru May 16th
The Good Life is not a show about being fantastically rich, but instead, it is
about having an other-
wise ordinary life in the
extraordinary and idyllic setting and climate of California
during the period 1930 to 1950. As these remarkable
paintings show, one could still be poor and struggling
through the Great Depression, but one was always
blessed by living the California life.
The majority of paintings show California life as it was
when Southern California's population was a great deal
smaller and its towns and cities were more charming
than today. There are views of Newport and Santa Monica
Arthur Riley (1911 -1998) Clam Forks Watercolor
Beach; Elysian Park in the mid 1930s; train stations in Los
Angeles and San Bernardino; and views of family farms and
small town settings. Artists represented in are; Standish
Backus (1910-1989), Rex Brandt (1914-2000), Phil Dike
(1906-1990), Dong Kingman (1911-2000), Nat Levy (1896-
1984), Barse Miller (1904-1973), Paul Sample (1896-1974),
Milford Zornes (1908-2008) and others.
Irvine Museum, 18881 Von Karman Avenue, Irvine, CA 
949-476-2565 www.irvinemuseum.org
Rex Brandt (1914 -2000) Newport Jetty , Watercolor
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Send your newsletter submissions to Julia_seelos@yahoo.com
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PAINT-OUT SCHEDULE FEBRUARY - JUNE 2009

DATE LOCATION RALLY SITE @ 9AM
Wed 11-Mar Quail Lodge Near bridge past Main Lodge
Sat 21-Mar Custom House & Fishermans Wharf Custom House Plaza
Wed 8-Apr Elkhorn Slough Visitor Center
Sat 18-Apr Naval Postgraduate School
Wed 13-May Naval Postgraduate School
Sat 16-May Pacific Grove From Lovers Point to Pt. Pinos
Wed 10-Jun Toro Park
Sat 20-Jun Garland Park Visitor Center

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