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SOCALPAPA --------Then & Now
The Southern California Plein Air Painters Association, founded in January 2000, was first known as “The Friday Group”. The original group of painters met in Jeff Horn’s landscape-painting course at Irvine Valley College in August of 1999. At the end of the course, they decided to continue to meet weekly and paint the landscape in and around Orange County. In January of 2001 the group had grown to over 50 painters and required some formal organization. In February of the same year, the group formally became known as the Southern California Plein Air Painters Association, representing the locale of the membership. An elected board of directors including a President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary and Events Chairperson, guides the Association. The association’s membership is made up of beginning art students, leisure-time painters, and professional artists. Many of the members’ works are represented in numerous galleries in Southern California. All are dedicated to celebrating the landscape. The current membership is over 300, as of December 2009.
The premier group show was held in June of 2001 at the Debra Huse Gallery on Balboa Island. The 2002 member show was held in March at the Robert Mondavi Food and Wine Center in Costa Mesa. There were over 300 invitation only attendees to celebrate opening night.
Today SOCALPAPA members enjoy potluck meetings every other month and an annual spouses and friends night as well as a Christmas event that was added in 2001. The members hold informal critiques and share information beneficial to an artist’s growth.
Below is a list of our important members who gave of their time and talents to make SOCALPAPA the successful organization that it is today.
At our 10th Anniversary Meeting all presidents, and board members were awarded a special gold name tags honoring their service.
Kristen Anderson, Founding Member 2000, Ray Bohon Founding Member 2000, Treasurer Judy Cannatelli, President 2009 Val Carson, Founding Member Ralph Cassazza, Board Member Dorothy Cavanaugh, Treasurer Katie Costello, Board Member Kevin Davidson, President 2006 Jim Draughon, President 2005 Mark Farmer, President 2003 Kay Flierl, Show Director Amy Jackson, Board Member Margaret Jamison, Founder 2000, President 2001 Lauren Jarvis, Founding Member 2000 Arbi Keown 2000, President 2002 Veronica Khristov, Show Director Louise Lopina, Show Director Gordon Luce, Treasurer Mark Lunde, President 2004 Betsy Mallegg, 2000, President 2007 Jennifer Matthews, Treasurer Laurie Meinke, Board Member Erich Neubert, Board Member Alan Nowell, Board Member Pamela Panettoni, Secretary Fleurette Pollock, Board Member Sylvia Ramos, Board Member JoAnn Royal, President 2008 Elaine Ruettiger, Secretary Karen Shaw, Secretary Yvonne Steinbach, Founding Member Willa Strupat, Board Member Donna Watters, Board Member Lynn Wiederman, Founding Member Jim Wodark, Founding Member Allyson Wong, Board Member Debra Huse, First Show Director 2001
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Date Posted: Sunday, August 08, 2010
Back Bay Winners 1
Back Bay Winners
Jack Wang, Robinson Award "Wooden Bridge at Back Bay"
Kay Flierl, Artist Choice "Humbled"
Patti Yunker, Honorable Mention "Early Morning Hue"
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Date Posted: Sunday, August 08, 2010
Back Bay Winners 2
Back Bay Winners
Inchol Kim, Honorable Mention "Back Bay Reflection"
Judith Cameron, Honorable Mention "Afternoon Eucalyptus"
Tony Natali, Honorable Mention "A View A Far"
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Date Posted: Sunday, August 08, 2010
Back Bay Winners 3
Back Bay Winners
Jim Wodark, 1st Place "Fog Bank"
Larry Bates, 2nd Place "Low Tide"
Kay Flierl, 3rd Place "Morning Meditation"
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Date Posted: Monday, June 14, 2010
Island Show Winners - Professional Honorable Mentions
Professional Honorable Mentions
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Date Posted: Monday, June 14, 2010
Islands Show Non-Professional Winners
Winner pics
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Date Posted: Tuesday, April 06, 2010
Small is Beautiful Winners
Congratulations and thank you to all those who entered SoCalPAPA's first juried show in it's new gallery!
Here are the winners:
Professional:
1st Place - Alfred Tse "Sunset at WB Village"
2nd Place - Jim Wodark "Babbeling Brook"
3rd Place - Rita Pacheco
Honorable Mention - JoAnn Royal "Outside the Laundry Room"
Honorable Mention - Judith Cameron "Last Ray of Sun"
Honorable Mention - Steve Kell "The Zone- The Fun Zone"
Non-Professional:
1st Place - Veronica Khristov "Hollyhocks"
2nd Place - Kevin Peterson "Bluff at Morro Bay"
3rd Place - MaryJoe Carew "Balboa Morning"
Honorable Mention - Karen Wadsworth "Los Rios Street"
Honorable Mention - Nita Underwood "Black Boat"
Honorbale Mention - Ron Hill "Docked"
Congratulations!
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Date Posted: Tuesday, April 06, 2010
Small is Beautiful Non-Professional Winners
Small is Beautiful Non-Professional 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place
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Date Posted: Tuesday, April 06, 2010
Small Is Beautiful NP HM
Small is Beautiful Non-Professional Honorable Mentions
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Date Posted: Monday, December 07, 2009
Winter Online Juried Show
Congratulations to those who were selected as the top 10 in our Winter Juried Show and a big thank you to all those who entered.
And a big round of applause for the winners, they were:
1st Place: Dorothy Cavanaugh
2nd Place: John Eagle
3rd Place: Min Li
Artist Choice: John Eagle
The Christmas party was fun, the food great and the atmosphere exciting. What a perfect place to have a party than at Randy Higbee's Art 'n Frame. Thanks Randy!
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Date Posted: Sunday, November 15, 2009
Morro Bay Paint-Away
Thank you to everyone who joined in on the Morro Bay paintaway. I don't know about you, but that is definitely one of my favorite places and feel lucky that we were graced with such beautiful weather.
I have received a great suggestion to help us improve these outings by offering a "meet and greet/kick-off" gathering upon our arrival. That way new members have a chance to become famililar with those of us who already know one another and we can all catch up on any last minute details regarding painting sites, etc.
Please let me hear from you if you have any further suggestions for improvement or new ideas to consider.
Thanks again for painting with me. It is always a joy to explore new places and share this passion with my fellow painters. And if you didn't join us in Morro Bay, we hope to see you next time.
All the best, Kay
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Date Posted: Monday, February 16, 2009
Desert PAINTAWAY
Our 1st 2009 PAINTAWAY was a great success and a lot of fun. We painted up a storm and had friendly togetherness around the camp fire. We were given thoughtful painting critiques from Greg LaRock (Thank You).
We'll announce our next PAINTAWAY for spring very soon.
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Interview with Kay Flierl
Artist interview for July- Kay Flierl
In continuing to celebrate our wonderful members, and the amazing artists that belong to SOCALPAPA, here is our interview with Kay Flierl
Kay is the artist that painted the artist choice winner at our Mission Show. In addition to being a great painter, among the list of her many artistic talents, please add organization and leadership. Kay coordinates all of out paint away trips for SOCALPAPA.
How long have you been painting?
About 6 years.
Where did you train to paint? School? Workshops?
I’m mostly self-taught through books and my driven nature, but in the last few years I’ve taken
a number of workshops from the many talented artists in southern California.
What led you to plein air rather than strictly studio painting?
I still enjoy and pursue both, but I started plein air painting just shortly before moving to CA three years ago. My initial draw was Kevin McPherson’s first book. I was captivated by the brushwork and light in his paintings. From there I bought my first portable easel and I was on my way. I’ve always spent much of my time outdoors and thankfully, once I moved to CA, I could do that year round. I absolutely love to have my toes in the sand and a paintbrush in my hand.
What are the 3 most important lessons you’ve learned as a painter that helped you to improve?
First to persevere. Second to persevere and third to persevere.
What 3 pieces of advice would you give to beginning painters?
No matter what you paint like today, you will be better tomorrow.
What 3 - 5 artists do you admire and aspire to emulate and why?
That’s a tough one because I like so many styles of painting. For plein air, I look to Sorolla for light and Dan McCaw and Randall Sexton for brushwork. For non-representational, there is Wolf Kahn, Bernd Haussman and Forrest Moses. However, I am still trying to develop my work into something that crosses between representational and non-representational. My inspiration in that journey is Roger Kuntz and Stuart Shils.
Is there one single artist who has had the most influence on your style?
I don’t think I’ll ever narrow it to just one. I take bits and pieces from so many and will hopefully meld them into my own.
How do you balance the demands of the marketplace with staying true to your vision?
My paintings are only as good as my passion. Therefore, I think it all comes down to the relationship between the gallery and the artist. I had a non-representational series of large paintings that I burned out on after about 70 paintings. I knew I was bored with it and didn’t know where to take it next. Initially after stopping the series, my galleries kept hoping I would come back to it. But thankfully, they have allowed me to investigate other work, to grow as an artist and to nurture that growth by continuing to represent my work.
What technical tips have you discovered that are especially helpful and/or unique?
I don’t think you can focus on any one in particular, but rather celebrating each moment another one finally sinks in!!!
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