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 The Yellow Vineyard by Kathleen Elsey Sunday, 29 August 2010 Paint the Colors of Sonoma, California Join Kathleen Elsey in the historical town of Sonoma, California for this three-day plein air workshop. You will have the opportunity to take your paintings to a new level while defining your painting voice. We will work on creating an interesting composition while painting bright and bold with spontaneous brushwork. Explore the county and paint the golden vineyards, tapestry-patterned mountains, rustic farms and sunlit barns. There will be demonstrations and lots of individual instruction at the easel. Come prepared to paint, experiment and have fun. Tuition is $350. Students provide materials. More information at elsey.com. Sunday, 29 August 2010
"Neil Myers Paintings, 2002 - 2010", book now available. http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1336674 "Neil Myers Paintings, 2002- 2010" is the first collection of Neil Myers' paintings in book form, and contains over 75 color reproductions of Neil's work, spanning the last 8 years. Sections include works from Arizona, New Mexico, the West, and Diverse Works. You can preview and order your copy by following the link listed above, or going to www.neilmyersart.com and clicking on the link on the homepage. Neil Myers was picked in 2005 by Southwest Art Magazine as one of their "21 Under 31" young artists to watch, and has since been featured in Tucson Home Magazine, Oro Valley Magazine, and the Arizona Collector's guide. Neil was a recent recipient of "Rising Star" award from Lenoir-Rhyne University in North Carolina. Neil's official website is: www.neilmyersart.com
 Anacapa St Monday, 16 August 2010 Ken Christensen will be very busy for the next month with several events. On Saturday, August 21, he will be part of the Los Olivos Quick Draw in Los Olivos, California. Artists will complete an entire painting in one hour followed by a live auction of the works. There will also be an exhibit of works by participating artists at the Montanaro Farm nearby. September brings the Plein Air Festival in San Luis Obispo, California.Ken has particiapted in every one of the Plein Air events at San Luis Obispo for the past seven years. He is a local favorite and always wows the public with the size of his big paintings in the Saturday Quick Draw. Then, Ken will be an exhibitor in theCentral Coast Book and Author Festival, September 19th. Ken has a new book to present this year, his novel, "Joey Appleshoe." He will also be selling copies of his other novels, "Up North with Uncle Bob," and "The Blue Cabin." All of his books are available through Lulu. The festival is held on the Mission plaza in downtown San Luis Obispo and is a charming way to get up close with a large variety of authors. The weekend of October 9 and 10 is the annual Open Studios tours of artists in San Luis Obispo County. Great crowds descend on the artists' lairs to meet the artists and see how and where they work. Ken will open up his studio to the public and will have a huge inventiry of new work to show.
 a class at Avila Beach Tuesday, 6 July 2010 Ken Christensen has announced a summer oil painting workshop for this July 6 through 9. Ken will lead a group of painters in an outdoor, plein air workshop on the Central Coast of California around Los Osos, Morro Bay, and San luis Obispo. Each day Ken will do a demonstration in his dynamic colorful style. Then he will work with each artist individually to develop their personal style to the highest level. All levels of artists are welcome and Ken will instruct on all levels, from materials to technique to mental approaches. Ken is also well known for his storytelling from his long career and his deep knowledge of art history. A pleasant time is guaranteed for all. The fee is $380 for all four days. Lists of recommended supplies and possible accomodations will be provided. In related news, Ken now accepts credit cards for all purchses including this workshop. More information can be found on Ken's personal web site.  plein air painting New Fauve reunion in California Monday, 26 April 2010 Char Michelson was visiting fellow Fauve artists, Sue Dunker and Ken Christensen. While in California, she painted 4 paintings, revisiting favorite sites like Toro Creek Road. She also met with the Wednesday Irregulars despite tumultuous winds, reconnecting with old friends, including master painter John Barnard. It was a fruitful trip which she hopes to repeat in the near future.  Bill and the Biesbosch Christensen speaks at Art Center Tuesday, 24 November 2009 Ken Christensen delivered a talk to the San Luis Obispo Art Center about his recent trip to France. The title of the talk was "France by Bike and Barge." The idea was to share information and encourage others to explore France in these unique and entertaining ways. Ken told the audience how to rent a bike, possible itineraries, and helpful hints for a cross country bike tour. Then he explained about barging in France, an increasingly popular past time and a wonderful way to explore the countryside. Ken traveled through the Canal du Midi with his friends aboard their boat, the Biesbosch.biesbosch.blogspot.com/ He learned a lot about travelling by barge from the captain, Bill Coates. Bill is rightly proud of his boat but anyone can walk up and rent a boat to cruise the canals. There are also many luxury tours which include gourmet meals and side trips. The SLO Art Center is interested in having Ken lead a group to France next year and several attendees were interested.  "The Porch, Sunday Morning" Kathleen Elsey Presents Six Painting Workshops in 2010 Friday, 13 November 2009 Fauvist Kathleen Elsey offers six painting workshops in 2010. Visit Santa Barbara in April to paint still life in the studio or, the following weekend, paint plein air exploring the missions and gardens. In addition, Elsey has been invited to teach at the Palm Springs Museum in March and Fallbrook School of the Arts of California in September. Also in September, she will teach an adventuresome workshop in Taos, New Mexico followed by an October workshop in Sonoma, California. Please visit elsey.com for all the details.  Mori and Christensen on a café terrace Tuesday, 22 September 2009 Pierre Mori recently hosted fellow Fauve painter Ken Christensen at his summer home in Feux, a village near Sancerrre in the center of France. Christensen was in France for a five week sejour of traveling, visiting friends, and painting. Mori has a beautiful summer home including a large studio that was once the village dance hall. The two painted together and Mori showed Christensen around the area including the beautiful towns of Bourges and La Charitie-sur-Loire. The Loire River is a continous thread of beauty throughout this region and the rolling hillsides of vineyards form a blanket of verdure and patchwork forms. Christensen painted three oil paintings on site while Mori prefers working in the studio. However the two had the pleasure of working side by side in Mori's studio as Christensen re-worked his paintings and Mori worked on his Fauvist/Expressionist works. Wednesday, 26 August 2009 Ken Christensen and CJ Michelson have recenly launched their own, personal websites. Take a look to see much more new works and other interesting information about these two great New Fauves artists.  "Man in Blue Holding Orange" Sold Kathleen Elsey Solo Exhibition Thursday, 2 July 2009 Infused with vibrant colors, the paintings of Santa Barbara Fauvist, Kathleen Elsey, explore interior spaces, figures, still life, beaches and landscapes. Working both plein air and in her studio, she paints with a vivified palette and brusque brushwork recalling both Fauvist and Impressionist traditions. Her solo exhibition at the elegant Divine Inspiration Gallery of Fine Art in Santa Barbara will feature over fifty of her oil and acrylic works on canvas including the premier exhibition of her figurative works. The exhibition opens on July 1 and runs through August 28.  Kathleen paints the Rio Grande in New Mexico Kathleen Elsey Painting Workshop Taos, New Mexico Tuesday, 2 June 2009 September 28 - October 2, 2009  Tugboat passing the Ile St. Louis Saturday, 9 May 2009 Cambria,CA Ken Christensen will be leading two different watercolor workshops in the coming months. The first will be June 26,27,28 at Camp Ocean Pines in Cambria, California. Ken will conduct an outdoors workshop at this spectacular location with stunning views of the Pacific Ocean from the pine covered hills of the camp. Ken will demonstrate his lively and colorful technique each day and then encourage and advise the students as they create their own works. You may bring your own supplies, or if you prefer, Ken will supply all materials including paint, palette and paper at no extra charge. Students have the option of staying at the camp as part of an inclusive package or you may stay at other accommodations in the area. Cambria is a small town on the Central Coast of California, halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles. The town is noted as a charming, artistic village full of art galleries. The workshop is suitable for all levels of painters. Ken emphasizes basic principles of values, clean colors, spontaneity, and design. Ken's workshops are always entertaining as he sprinkles his advice with plenty of stories from art history or his thirty years of experience as a proffessional artist. A book of Ken's watercolors of St Tropez, France was published in 1984. For more information on this workshop, click here http://www.campoceanpines.org/upcoming.
PARIS,FRANCE Paris,France is the site of Ken's other watercolor workshop, July 21-24. Here is your chance to explore and paint Paris with an artist who has lived in Paris and knows it like his own backyard. Ken is completely bilingual and will lead his workshop to onsite sketching in some of the most picturesque locations in Paris. Each day the group will work in a different neighborhood of Paris like Montmartre or the Latin Quarter. We will meet in the morning at 10:30 for a morning sketching session, break for a long and enjoyable lunch in a neighborhood cafe or bistrot, then continue for an afternoon session of watercolor painting. Ken will demonstrate his colorful and fresh technique at each session and help you find your own unique and personal views of Paris. Additional visits to artist's private studios and museum tours are an added possibility. You have the freedom to stay where you like and arrange your own travel itinerary and accommodations. The price of the workshop is $395 for all four days and covers only the cost of the workshop excluding transportation and meals. Locations for each day's workshop will be known in advance and Ken will have a cell phone at all times to facilitate communications. He will also be happy to advise you on any free time activiites in and around Paris. Ken can help you select hotel accommodations according to your preferences for location in Paris and hotel prices. A list of materials will be made available when your reservation is made. Watercolor and sketching is advantageous as being very lightweight and portable. Full payment is due before July1st. If the workshop is canceled you will receive a full refund. For more information you may contact Ken by email or phone: kendartman@sbcglobal.net, or (805) 781 9584  Kathleen Elsey's "The Writers' Garden" Kathleen Elsey's "The Writer's Garden" Sold Friday, 24 April 2009 Kathleen Elsey's painting "The Writers' Garden" is on it's way to the National Association of Women Artists' 120th Annual Exhibition. The exhibition runs May 11th through May 29 with a reception and awards presentation May 17th from 1pm - 4pm. The Salmagundi Art Club is located at 47 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003. The National Association of Women Artists was founded in 1889 and is the oldest professional women's fine art organization in the United States. It provides a forum for women artists to share ideas and to exhibit their work. In January of 1889, five innovative women, Grace Fitz-Randolph, Edith Mitchell Prellwitz, Adele Frances Bedell, Anita C Ashley, and Elizabeth S. Cheever, barred from full participation in the male-dominated National Academy of Design and The Society of American Artists, founded the Women's Art Club. In later years the name was changed to The National Association of Women Artists (NAWA). Elsey has been a signature member of NAWA since 2001. Early exhibitions of the National Association of Women Artists included works by the notable artists Rosa Bonheur, Mary Cassatt, Suzanne Valadon, and Cecelia Beaux. Later, membership rosters included Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Anna Hyatt Huntington, Louise Nevelson, Cleo Hartwig, Minna Citron, Alice Neel, and Dorothy Dehner.  Magnum Masterpiece Saturday, 18 April 2009 Ken Christensen is one of the participating artists in a unique art event called "Magnum Masterpieces". Artists were invited to paint or decorate a magnum wine bottle (20 inches high). There is a silent auction for these bottles, the proceeds to go for The Showroom Gallery, a new gallery and location for the Paso Robles Art Association located in the new Studios in the Park in downtown Paso Robles (CA). You can view Ken's effort and the other bottles by looking at them online. You may also bid on the bottles or purchase them outright online. To see the bottles, click here  Vineyards surround Paso Robles Paso Robles Festival of the Arts Tuesday, 14 April 2009 Ken Christensen will be participating in a festival for the arts in Paso Robles, California on May 23rd of 2009. The theme of the festival is "Follow The River". The artists will be showing paintings featuring the Salinas River which winds slowly through town. Ken has been painting in the area the past weeks to complete landscapes of the river valley. There will also be a quick draw on the morning of the festival when a large group of artists will all complete a work "en plein air". Learn more about this fun event at the web site for the festival.www.prcity.com/fota  D Baker and Christensen with Gallery staff Grand Gallery Hosts Christensen Exhibit Sunday, 12 April 2009 The Grand Gallery of Grand Rapids and Ada, Michigan, recently hosted a reception on March 20th, 2009, for an exhibit featuring Ken Christensen. The exhibit also featured the work of Douglas Baker. Christensen showed twenty outstanding Fauvist works featuring scenes of Michigan and California. He has shown with the Grand Gallery, formerly the Bergsma Gallery, since 1994. The artist attended the opening and during the following days led a workshop in oil painting at the gallery. The workshop's focus was to show artists how to convert their sketches and photos into lively paintings capturing the feel of plein air work. You may see the entire collection of Christensen's pieces here.  David Pickett with Greenspan portrait Sunday, 12 April 2009 David Pickett recently completed a painting of Alan Greenspan called "The Evil Wizard". Dave's sense of humor is in evidence but his Fauvist portrait of the former Federal Reserve Chairman is a perceptive character study.See more of Dave's recent work on his page on this web site.  Michigan Farm by Barton Saturday, 11 April 2009 Two great painters have been added to the roster of the New Fauves, Kathleen Elsey and Kevin Barton. Like all of the Fauves, their work is highly colored and full of life. Kathleen lives in Santa Barbara, California and has exhibited widely in California and beyond. She is also a very popular teacher and holds workshops all over the country. Go to her page on this web site and see more of her work and learn more about Kathleen Elsey. Kevin Barton lives in Petoskey, Michigan, as does another New Fauve, David Pickett. These two artists are friends and frequently paint together. Kevin is strongly influenced by Van Gogh which can be easily seen in his work. His page is not yet complete for this site but here is one image to give you a preview of his outstanding work. Monday, 6 April 2009 Sue Dunker will be having a one person show entitled "Colourforms" in Ridgecrest, California at the Maturango museum. The show opens on November 14th and will run through January 3, 2009. The show features some bold new work from Sue's travels to Mexico and Guatemala. Sue brings new life and vibrancy to the pastel medium giving these South of the border themes a bright Fauvist approach. Among her favorite subjects are the missions and old adobe structures of this part of the world. She interprets the play of light and shadows in surprisingly rich colors. Also, three of Sue's giclees were recently purchased by Cafe Sabor in Logan, Utah. The subjects were also Southwest themes. The giclees were printed on canvas, gallery wrapped, and mounted with thin black frames which resulted in a great presentation.  Solliés-Ville, a scene from The Blue Cabin Thursday, 21 August 2008 The New Fauves are proud to announce publication of a novel by one of our members, Ken Christensen. His novel, The Blue Cabin, is now available for sale in paperback or hardback at the web site, www.lulu.com. Simply enter the name of the book or the author's name to find the page and ordering information for The Blue Cabin. This is a novel based on Christensen's own life in the South of France. The book was originally written in 1981 while Christensen was living in Solliés-Pont on the Cote d'Azur in France. The novel languished in notebooks until recently when Christesnen polished up the manuscript and published it with Lulu. The story of the novel features a young American livng in France and trying to write his first novel. He struggles with writing, learning a new language, and adapting to life in a foreign country. He meets an interesting cast of characters but he longs for a French girlfriend. His dreams seem to come true but his life becomes much more complicated when his former mistress from London shows up unexpectedly. One of his best friends in France is another American, a painter, and they have many interesting discussions on art and the artist's life. The book is noteworthy for its descriptions of the South of France, the struggles of a young man to get a foothold in life, and the balancing act between life, love, and artistic production. The book contains ten pen and ink drawings by Christensen showing the local scenes there in the South of France. Christensen is also the author of another book of his memoirs entitled Letters to Three Friends: An American Bohemian in Europe. He is also preparing another book for publication, Up North with Uncle Bob, and is currently writing another novel, conditionaly entitled Joey Appleshoe. Hardback Edition
Paperback Edition
Oil Painting Workshop with Ken Christensen Sunday, 20 April 2008 Ken Christensen will be conducting a special four day oil painting workshop on California's beautiful Central Coast from April 23 to April 26. Classes will be held from 1:30 to 5:30 each day. Ken will lead participants to different on site locations each day for demonstrations and personal instruction. Christensen will emphasize his dramatic use of color and bold approach to plein air painting. Christensen's workshops are always lively affairs which inspire artists of all levels. A complete list of materials and information can be received by contacting Ken by e mail or phone. (Tel. (805) 781 9584, e mail kendartman@sbcglobal.net). Total cost for the four days of instruction is $250. Some recent photos of the New Fauves Tuesday, 1 January 2008
Watercolor class
Christensen in Carmel
Dave Pickett, alive and well
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