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Gallery: 110 West Lime Ave Old Town Monrovia CA 91016 Phone: 626-358-5563 Hours: Tu-Sat 1-6pm Online: SegilFineArt.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Save the Date!
Segil Fine Art is pleased to present the new collection of urban and rural plein air scenes by Jennifer McChristian in her solo show, Forgotten Places Remembered. The exhibit opens Saturday, August 18th, and includes a wine and hors d’oeuvres reception for the artist from 5-8pm. Forgotten Places Remembered will be on display through Saturday, September 15th. This exhibit will also be available for online viewing at www.segilfineart.com. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 "My new works will focus on plein-air and studio paintings, encompassing both urban and rural environments. I will be exploring locations throughout Los Angeles, Pasadena, Ojai and other points of interest along my various travel excursions. The architecture of decay and dereliction conjures a reverence I honor. I try to immortalize them before they vanish to encroaching development or simply fall apart from disuse. I want my paintings to evoke a sense of isolation, abandonment and hidden mystery yet suggest a sense of levity. My paintings don’t so much come from the tangible, exterior elements of nature, as they do from my perception of them that kindles something within my core. My goal is to communicate my internal, emotional experience with what I am observing, echoing my own evolution, process and growth as an artist. Through my paintings I attempt to embrace the past, present and future.My starting point for a painting can be a fragmentary glimpse, a view that contains striking patterns of light and shadow, or interesting shapes that converge to create a dynamic and powerful composition. I enjoy experimenting with surface texture, combining thick and thin areas throughout the painting. I generally work with a limited color palette which keeps my paintings harmonized and balanced and I strive to achieve a contrasting play of warm and cool colors." Jennifer McChristian
Artist  Jennifer, born and raised in Montreal, Canada, has always known from an early age to pursue art. Upon completing high school, Jennifer began her art education at Dawson’s College in Montreal, Canada. In 1986, she and her family took permanent residency in California, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Art Degree with Honors from Otis Art Institute in 1990.For the following eight years, Jennifer was employed as a full-time animation artist and worked on projects for various studios throughout Los Angeles. Simultaneously, she served in the military reserves for five years. During this time, Jennifer continued to pursue her artistic aspirations. Her studies consisted of painting classes under the tutelage of renowned artists such as Robert Blue, Karl Dempwolf, Scott Burdick and Steve Huston. She admires and is inspired by notable artists such as John Singer Sargent, Anders Zorn and Arthur Streeton. Jennifer paints primarily in oils and occasionally watercolors. She has adapted a painterly, impressionist style that expresses her affinity for nature. “Plein-air painting is somewhat of a spiritual experience for me. Although challenging at times, the end result evokes within me a sense of elation, nostalgia and harmony. When I succeed in conveying those sensations to the viewer, I know I have made an emotional connection with them.” In addition to the landscape, other subjects that pique her interest consist of the human figure, animals and still-life. Since 2000, Jennifer has devoted herself to painting full-time and actively participates in art events. She conducts an ongoing, uninstructed figure drawing/painting workshop twice a week out of her spacious 1200 square foot studio (that she refers to as the ‘sanctuary’) located in the heart of Los Feliz Village, CA. She also finds the time to pursue other artistic interests such as classical ballet. Jennifer believes learning is a never ending process and continues to develop and refine her artistic talent through workshops, research, travel and frequent excursions to museums and galleries. Jennifer currently resides in Los Angeles, CA with her significant other Ben Fried and a magically inclined calico cat named Bamboo. Jennifer is represented by Segil Fine Art Source in Old Town Monrovia, Aarnun Gallery in South Pasadena and Trowbridge Gallery in Ojai. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Collecting Segil Fine Art Artists Last month we introduced you to five of our gallery artists, looking at their price range by size, medium, style and subject matters that the artists are known for. This month we will continue our summery of Segil Fine Art Gallery Artists. Click on the thumbnails of their paintings to go directly to their webpage on segilfineart.com.Taking a Closer Look at the Gallery Artists
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Congratulations to Cody DeLong
 Cody won first place at the Tonto Paint Out, in Tonto Natural Bridge State Park, Arizona, with his piece "Pine Creek Serenade," an 11" x 14" oil painting completed in about three hours. He was also awarded second place recently at The Jerome State Park event held May 5.Cody also recently wins the Artist's Choice Award at PANM (Plein Air New Mexico) plein air event in Santa Fe. There were over 60 participating artists with over 170 paintings in the show at the Mark Zoeller Gallery on Canyon Road.  An Extra Feature this Month!
Figuratively Speaking: An Interview with Southern California Artist, Mark Wood Mark’s current series, Artists Models at the Studio, are acrylic paintings created during a 3 hour painting session from live models. These paintings allow the viewer to experience a slice of life of the artist at work in his studio. As a colorist Mark captures your attention using bold contrasting color and value combinations with accents of linear expressionism. Artist profile (pdf)
Save the Date!
 Contemporary Masters, Artistic Eden An exhibit of contemporary, nationally recognized painters, invited to create new works of the greater Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley area for a juried collaboration between the Pasadena Museum of History and five area galleries: Segil Fine Art, Galerie Gabrie, Michael Hollis Fine Art, San Marino Gallery and Tirage Fine Art Gallery. Please save the date, Friday, August 17 for a private reception and personal tour of the exhibition with the artists.
Segil Fine Art is proud to represent in this exhibit, Keewon Hong, Michael Alten, Linda Brown, R. Jay Ewing, Anna T. Kelly, Jennifer McChirstian and Don Munz.
  The Ritz-Carlton, Huntington Hotel and Spa Artists Our Artists are still painting Monday through Friday from 5-7 in the Lobby and the Lobby Courtyard of the Ritz-Carlton, Huntington Hotel & Spa. Drop by and say hi! Linda Brown’s painting below is being published into greeting cards for the hotel. Congratulations, Linda! SAVE THE DATES
 Segil Fine Art Presents:2007 Summer Exhibit Calendar Forgotten Places Remembered August 18-September 15 with an Artist’s Reception, Saturday, August 18, 5-8pm
Featuring: Jennifer McChristian
Dirty Beauty
September 22-October 20 with an Artist’s Reception, Saturday, September 22, 5-8pm Featuring: William Wray One Man Show - W. Jason Situ
November 3-24 with an Artist's Reception Saturday November 3, 5-8pm
   *Attention Gallery Artists! If you have news to share or upcoming events, please email Laura at the gallery. We'll be glad to get it in the newsletter! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
