Prizewinners at the Art Center

October's Theme in the Sebastian (FL) River Art Club's Art Center was "Trees, and What They Give Us," for which John Sammon won first place prize, pictured below, and November's theme was "Lighthouses," for which Jean Dunphey won first place prize, also pictured below.

"Tree" theme by John Sammon, and "Lighthouse" theme by Jeanne Dunphey

 John's tree painting was a knockout, something really different, yet rendered with the skills of an expert.  Long-time member Jeanne Dunphey, who happens to be our patriarch at 86, painted this rather large, impressive lighthouse, so detailed that you could practically pick the rust off the stucco on the lighthouse.  So much good art, so many good artists in this club.  And everybody keeps on a-paintin' and a-learnin'!

Below is the Lighthouse theme entry by our former President Mary Rahmig--great job Mary--hers won 2nd place prize.

Lighthouse theme by Mary Rahmig

 December's theme is "Waves of the Ocean," and my what a wave John Sammon has painted!  Let's see if it wins a prize--there's some good ones now on display in competition with his.  Tuesday members will hopefully cast their 2 votes each to determine who's painting (or sculpture, or photo) earns a ribbon.

Wave by John Sammon

Stay tuned.

Judy Burgarella
Blogger for the
Sebastian River Art Club's
Art Center

Library Display Installed!

Some adjectives overheard:  "Stunning!" "Beautiful!" "Outstanding!" "Wonderful!"

Sebastian River Art Club's window display for January in the North County Library, SR512, Sebastian

 Actually, I would say the display is a great sampling of the talents residing within the membership of the Sebastian River Art Club.  Approximately 15 artist members volunteered to create a painting of an animal that customarily lives in wintry places.

Below, Kathleen Richter gazes at her handiwork, which is the beautiful mural that is the foundation for the whole scene.  Kathleen headed up the project, gathering artists together to create 8"x10" paintings on canvas to attach to it.

It is with pride that we display the mural and collective works of some of our members at the North County Library for January.  And the people in Sebastian should be proud to have so much talent in their town's Art Club, and hopefully support us by coming to the Art Center to view more of the wonderful works displayed therein.  The Art Center is at 1245 Main Street (in the Sebastian City Hall Complex), and hours are Tuesdays, Thursdays and most Saturdays 11:00 am to 3:00 pm.

Kathleen Richter, Chair of the Library Window Project

Kathleen Richter's mural painting, without artists' canvases attached.

More examples of the Club's fine and diverse art work can be seen This Saturday, January 11th, 10-4:00 at their monthly Art Show in Riverside Park.  Take a leisurely stroll through the park and view some of the finest work in the county.  Artwork of course is for sale, and many of our members accept commissions, so if you don't see something you like just ask one of our artists to paint it for you!

Judy Burgarella
VP, Art Center Chairman, Marketing Chairman
& Blogger for SRAC