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 Segil Fine Art
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! Our featured show for September in the gallery is “A TRAVELing Show, Traveling for Inspiration” featuring Brenda Swenson, Judy Schroeder and Joe Milazzo. Please join us for a wine and hors d’oeuvres reception for this show, Saturday, September 20th from 5-7pm. The show will be on display through October 18th. This exhibit will also be available for online viewing at www.segilfineart.com. | |
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This month I am proud to introduce three very talented artists who are featured in our September/October exhibit, “A TRAVELing Show, Traveling for Inspiration”. Please get to know Brenda Swenson, Judy Schroeder and Joe Milazzo.
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An active participant in the arts community, Brenda Swenson has served onthe board of directors for the National Watercolor Society and Watercolor West which she is a Signature. Her paintings and sketches have been featured in Watercolor Magazine 2000 and 2004, Watercolor Highlights 2006, Quarterly Magazine, Wheels of Time and numerous other publications. She is the artist author of 2 books, Keeping a Watercolor Sketchbook an Award of Excellence Finalist and Steps to Success in Watercolor. She has received numerous awards for her paintings. Brenda is in demand to demonstrate and teach her watercolor techniques to groups nationwide and abroad. | ||
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Preferring to work on location, Judy Schroeder has traveled and painted extensively in the US, Mexico, French Polynesia, Western Samoa, England, Italy, Spain, the Czech Republic and Portugal. She works in watercolor, ink and watercolor and mixed media collage. Schroeder contributed a chapter for "Work Small Learn Big!" a book published in 2003 by International Artist featuring 17 artists around the world sharing their approach to icnk and watercolor. Additionally she is capturing images of California Schoolhouses for a book being readied for publishers. Schroeder is an artist, educator, author, speaker and owner of Schroeder Studio Gallery, an art gallery specializing in watermedia and art glass in the historic district of Orange, California. She received her BA from the University of Redlands, and a special secondary credential in art. She has studied with many leading American artists, including Gerald Brommer, Rex Brandt, Keith Crown, Robert E. Wood, Millard Sheets and Milford Zornes. Her paintings are held in many private and corporate collections. | ||
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Born and raised in California, Milazzo attended Art Center College of Design and Pasadena City College. He found pen and ink to be so dramatic, he knew he found his niche. “Playing with lights and darks is all I have to work with.” Playing is an understatement. There are few artists around that are able to bring to life what Milazzo can with this medium.
Milazzo has been depicting the western lifestyle for years, with all it’s beauty and harsh realities. “I try to depict the Western way of life as accurately as possible,” says Milazzo. “I don’t glorify it or attempt to distort it”.
Joe and his wife Shelley, decided to take their first trip to Europe last year. The trip was an experience both he and his wife will never forget. Bringing his camera, he was able to capture many images of Paris, Florence and the Amalfi Coast.
Excited about the images brought back from Europe, Milazzo did something he has never done before…put together a body of pen and ink work (from his European trip) without a cowboy, cow or horse in any one of his pieces. “It was nerve wracking for the first drawing.” “I was afraid I wouldn’t have the same feelings and passion I have when I complete a western piece. The work came out good, I’m very happy to say.” Collectors who have Milazzos’ western pieces will be pleasantly surprised to see his style in a European setting. If you have never seen Milazzos’ work before, you are in for an exciting experience. | ||
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This month in Collector’s Corner we are going to do something a little different and that is introduce a new section, which we will run once every few months and based on the show we had hanging in the gallery the last few weeks entitled Guests of the Gallery. Every week we receive submissions from artists to exhibit with Segil Fine Art. We look at every portfolio, website and the occasional painting off the street, seriously. There are many talented artists out there but unfortunately we cannot represent them all! So the idea formed to host a Guests of the Gallery show, which we will host once a year, and a section of the newsletter to exhibit the work of artists whose work we want to share with you but can’t represent on a full time basis. Below are a few pieces to enjoy in this newsletter.
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News
Congratulations to Our Artists!
William Wray and and Timothy Horn for a successful show in August!
Thank You! To all of the artists who participated in the First Annual Falkner Winery Art Invitational. It was a great day and a great success. Below are a few fun photos!
Jennifer McChristian has been invited to participate in the 10th Annual Laguna Plein Air Painting Invitational, October 18-19. For more information and a schedule of events please call the Laguna Art Museum at 949-494-8971 ext. 219.
SAVE THE DATES! “A TRAVELing Show” “A Common Vision” “ Field Studies to Studio; A Year in the Artwork of W. Jason Situ”
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Joe Milazzo has been called a master of western realism. The first question people ask themselves when they see one of Milazzos’ pieces is “Am I looking at a photograph?” On closer inspection, one realizes these pictures are in fact pen and ink drawings of a remarkably skilled artist.
Guests of the Gallery
