The aRt Cottage is pleased to announce the opening of our next show,
featuring the work of Bill Richards. Bill is a self-taught artist. He
has never had a professional art class in his life. His paintings
consist of life-like portraits and figures, both nude and draped. He
also is very proficient in painting animals and landscapes. Every hair
and every wrinkle can be seen in his amazing realistic portraits. His
medium of choice is oil and he paints on birch. His work is on exhibit
from coast to coast, and now at the aRt Cottage as well.The opening reception will be next Saturday, September 7th, from 2 to 7 pm. Food and beverage will be provided. We will also have live music.
We will also be featuring the work of Sandra Artru, in
the Red Room Gallery. Sandra Artru has been painting since 1997. She
firsts learned techniques in a portrait class in a pivate setting in
Brentwood. There wer 13 women present for an 8 hr session for 5 days.
After that experience, other classes and workshops were more of the
same - private and in a small setting. Her first school experience with
paint was in high school. Her paintings consist of oil, acrylic,
watercolor and ink line drawings.For the last three years she has been
working on painting famous people with using the palette knife and
acrylic paint. Several of these will be on display for the month of
September.Everyone is welcome. See you on Saturday!
FRO
