Today was not your typical SCVWS Paintsite day, it was planned as a special day to honor our recently retired coordinator, Brad Santos. It was a time for Painstite artists to celebrate Brad's contribution and to let him know how much we appreciate his years of leadership and dedication.
We spent the morning painting in and around the baylands capturing the beautiful shadows cast by the avenues of tall trees backed by marshlands and the East Bay hills. Our lunchtime celebration, including a presentation and delicious desserts, was a big success. There was record attendance and rightfully so, as we were all eager to thank Brad for all he has done in promoting and organizing our weekly plein air group.
Check out the upcoming December issue of the SCVWS Newsletter for more on Brad's Appreciation Day.
Upcoming paintsites: See the SCVWS website or the November and December Newsletters for details:
- Thursday, Nov 15, Paintsite at Alum Rock Park, San Jose
- Saturday, Nov 17, Clos LaChance Winery, San Martin
- Thursday, Nov 29, Bernal-Gulnac-Joice Ranch, San Jose
- Thursday, Dec 6, Yamagami's Nursery, Cupertino
- Thursday, Dec 13, Old Town, Los Gatos
- Thursday, Dec 27, Stanford Campus
Shows & Exhibits by Paintsites Regulars:
- Annie Haines and John Ediger each have two paintings in the California Watercolor Association's "Explore Color / Discover Color" exhibit at Dominican University, 50 Acacia Ave, San Rafael. John's painting "Red Barn" won the 2nd place award. The show runs thru January 31, 2019. (Official website: https://www.californiawatercolor.org/gallery.php?cat=95
- Tiangong Liu's painting "Low Tide" has been accepted in the California Watercolor Association's 49th National Exhibition to be displayed Jan 11 - Feb 16, 2019 at the Harrington Gallery, Firehouse Arts Center, 4444 Railroad Ave, Pleasanton. (Official website: https://www.californiawatercolor.org/index.php )
- Elaine Goldstone has a watercolor “Smith Rock" accepted to The Pacific Art League 97th Anniversary exhibition. The piece will be on view at Pacific Art League through Thursday, November 29th, 2018. PAL is located at 668 Ramona Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301 | 650.321.3891 | info@pacificartleague.org
Paintsite Regulars on TV/YouTube:
Candy Yu was interviewed for two installments of the "In Our Community" program which aired on KMVT15 Community Media in August. Each installment is about 25 minutes long. You can view the interviews at:
Also see Edward's Flickr album of the Sunnyvale Badlands Park paintsite on:
Photos and Artist's Work:
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Brad, the honoree!
(photo by E. Rooks) |
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| Toni painting at the end one the park's tree lined alleyways |
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| Rich, painting under the shade of one of the park's many eucalyptus |
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| Rich's painting |
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| Kaaren and Tanvi (photo by E. Rooks) |
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| Kaaren's painting |
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| Tanvi's Painting |
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| Sham and John (photo by E. Rooks) |
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| Sham's painting |
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| Leslie showing her sketches to park visitors |
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| Leslie's sketches of people visiting the park |
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| Leslie with Paintsite's coordinator Marilyn (photo by E. Rooks) |
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| Marilyn's painting |
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| Elaine G's painting |
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| Dick's pen and ink/watercolor |
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| Caroline's prep sketch |
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Caroline's watercolor of the park's avenue
of poplars and a look into the Bayland's past |
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| Uma's painting |
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| Cindy's watercolor of eucalyptus |
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| Edward's painting of the park and the East Bay Hills |
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| Lisha, Iris, Salinda and Helen (photo by E. Rooks) |
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| Iris's painting |
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| Salinda holding her painting |
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| Jane's watercolor sketch |
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| Paintsite artists gather to honor Brad (photo by E. Rooks) |
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| Artist's thanking Brad for his leadership and inspiration (photo by E. Rooks) |
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Marilyn presenting Brad with a thank you gift: 2 albums containing
artwork from Paintsite artists (photo by E. Rooks) |
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Brad's expression says it all (photo by E. Rooks)
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| Time for cake |
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