Jerry Murphy Art

Jerry Murphy Fine Art

15787 Carrie Drive

Grass Valley, CA

Mat Sale!!!

I’m repeating the mat sale from last year that worked out so well.

Mats cut from partial mat boards I have in stock will be $3 for single mats, $5 for double, size and openings cut to your specs.

Also, mats cut from full sheets I have in stock will be $6 for single and $10 for double, again cut to your specs.

The sale goes til the end of January.

Get your mats now, they go fast.

Thank you,
Jerry

Mae Christensen

Sherrie Toti Johnson asked me to share the following information with you about memorials for Mae Christensen who passed away on December 15:

There will be two events, both on Friday, January 15.

1)  The internment of George and Mae Christensen (with full military honors for George) on Friday, January 15, at 2pm (please be there by 1:50 as the ceremony will begin promptly at 2pm), at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, 5810 Midway Road, Dixon, CA 95620 (phone 606 693-2460).  The gate attendant will tell you which lane to go in to meet at either committal shelter 1 or 2.  The ceremony will last 30 minutes.  All are welcome, no limit, and no reservations.  Just please be there by 1:50pm.  At 4pmyou can go back to the cemetery and visit the graveside, if you desire.

2)  Memorial service/reception for Mae Christensen, Friday, January 15 at 6pm at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church Recreation Hall.  The church is located at 320 Montrose Drive, Folsom, CA.  Please RSVP as soon as possible to Debi Christensen Thomas atkayakndeb@gmail.com or (530) 220-3765 (text or call and please leave a message if it goes to voice-mail.) 

A light buffet dinner and non-alcohol beverages will be served.  Everyone is welcome, RSVP is to ensure enough food and beverages are available.  If you didn't RSVP by Friday, come anyway.

There is no service, just remembering and celebrating her life.  There will be an extensive slide show and time for anyone to stand up and say something special about her life.

Please come to one of both events.  Mae was a wonderful soul and will be missed.  All her children and most of her grandchildren and great grandchildren will be there.  We hope we see you all there.

Dakota Art Center in WA has set their Workshop lineup for 2016...check it out!!

Hello Artists and Happy New Year!

I hope that you're doing well and ready to do lots of painting this year!

I'm so excited about the possibilities for the new year and have some fun plans for Chroma Art Studio! 

I've decided to reformat my classes this year to make more time for my travel and gallery show schedule. I think this will benefit us all, as most sessions will be longer than 4 weeks to give plenty of time to finish and work on personal projects. I'm hoping to encourage more individual works this year, and will have class projects as well. I'm also adding Open Studio Days, Art Parties, more shows and lots of new workshops!

Each session will now have at least one Open Studio Day! 

Free to those currently in session, or $15 not in session.

Open Studio Day won't have any instruction, just a fun day to get together and paint at Chroma! Bring your class projects or anything else you'd like to work on, spend the whole day or drop in for a couple of hours any time during Open Studio.

Due to the added expense of keeping the studio space, there will be a slight class price increase this year, I hope you understand. 

Here are the prices for the new year. 

Drop in $30

2 weeks $60

3 weeks $80

4 weeks $100

5 weeks $120

6 weeks $140

First Session ~ Olives on the Branch

January 6th - 28th (4 weeks)

Wednesdays 1:30 to 4PM or 5:30 to 8PM

Thursdays 10:30 to 1:00

Open Studio Day ~ Saturday, January 23rd, Noon to 6PM 

Second Session ~ Ram Portrait

February 24th to March 31st (6 weeks)

Wednesdays 1:30 to 4PM or 5:30 to 8PM

Thursdays 10:30 to 1:00

Open Studio Days ~ Friday, 3/11 and Saturday, 3/26, Noon to 6PM 

I have attached the images for each session, let me know if you would like a printed copy. I'll be painting both of them on 1/4 sheets of 300LB Cold Press paper.

*Please let me know what day/time you would like to attend.

Watercolor Workshops

Hawaii Workshop

I'll be giving two 3 day workshops on the Big Island of Hawaii the first part of February! Kind of putting this together at the last minute, so I don't have everything completely planned out, but if you're interested in going let me know and I'll keep you updated. If you need a place to stay while you're there, I may be able to help with that too.

Watercolor Fundamentals

When: Saturday, March 5th, 10am to 4pm

Where: Chroma Art Studio

Cost: $85

Color Theory for Watercolor

When: May 7th and 8th

Where: Chroma Art Studio

Cost: $135

Painting in Provence Trip with French Escapade!

http://frenchescapade.com/trips-painting-provence.html

Join me in France this June!!!!!!

Jeannie Vodden will also be doing more watercolor workshops at Chroma in 2016!

Starting with a Spring Floral workshop January 29th - 31st. More info coming.

Please be sure to visit Chroma's Facebook page to keep up with all of the other classes and events coming up.

More workshops, pastel classes, figure drawing and art parties to name a few!

https://www.facebook.com/ChromaArtStudios

Other news...

I'll be demonstrating my White on White techniques for January's Folsom Art Association meeting. 

Thursday, 1/21, 6pm. More info on FAA's website.

http://folsomarts.org

I look forward to seeing you soon!

Best Wishes,

Tracy

tracylewisart.com

Happy New Year from IAPS!! Attached (pdf) is the IAPS newsletter and personal message from Liz Haywood-Sullivan, President of IAPS. Please click HERE to view the newsletter.

2016 THEME Division Art Show Prospectus "An Obsession with Daffodils & Tulips" CLICK HERE to print Entry Form 2016 OPEN Division Art Show Prospectus CLICK HERE to print Entry Form

Hello, my artist friend.

We're having another great workshop in Morro Bay.  If you are interested in figure drawing, this one promises to be one of the best!  Margaret Dyer from Atlanta, Georgia is coming for a 3-day workshop on February 12-14, 2016.  It's right around the corner, and a great way to warm the winter doldrums. 

This workshop is called The Figure in Pastel.

Here's a small sample of Margaret's work:

         

We'll be having live models.  The first part of the workshop will focus on nudes because it is easier than painting fabrics.  Margaret will demo on Day One in the morning, and then we paint, paint, paint.  You can use your own photos or paint from the models.  This workshop is one of our smallest because of the need for a model platform.  Therefore, it is limited to 10 participants.

Attached is a flyer and registration form.  Send me a reply if you are interested so that I can pencil you in before it fills up.  

Here is Margaret's web site for more information, but I suggest looking her up on Google-Images to see lots more of her work.

http://www.margaretdyer.com/

  

We'll have the studio set up with special high-contrast lighting on the models, much like this photo above.  

I'm looking forward to painting with you again.  Have a great New Year!