LGAA Member News

2012 Members Juried Show

March 31 through April 29

Juror - Claire Schroeven Verbiest

An award-winning artist and a signature member of several art societies, she is well-known for her lively, crisp and truthful depictions of people, landscapes, flowers and objects, as well as her distinctive use of color.

Claire conducts watercolor and pastel workshops and frequently serves as a juror for local and international art shows.

Calendar of Events

• February 23 - Entry Deadline
• March 15 - Artist Notification Day
• March 25 - Art Intake Day
• March 31 - Show Opens
• March 31 - Artists Reception
• April 29 - Show Closes.

January/February - 2012

Nina Bricker is showing her pastel abstract, Bubblegum Slide at the Santa Cruz Art League's Small Wonders show, Dec. 10-Jan.8. She has a pastel painting at the Moffett Field museum through Jan. 7, and will display various art pieces at The Original Pancake House in Los Altos, through February.

Brigitte Curt's The Ramparts won an honorable mention in the Triton Museum's 2011 Statewide Painting Competition/Exhibition. Brigette Curt - The Ramparts

Karen Druker has an exhibit of her work at Hotel California in Palo Alto, through January  25.

Sandra Smith-Dugan's show "California Bay Area Paintings" is on display at the Graniterock Cupertino Design Center through May 7.

Jane Ferguson has a Solo Exhibit "Outside The Line Inside The Box" at Pho 69 in San Jose through January. Jane Ferguson - Tech Nation

Terri Ford's Country Calm is on exhibit at the Triton Museum's 2011 Statewide Painting Competition/Exhibition.

Xuan My Ho's mosaic piece Playing in Snow was accepted in the Winter Wonderland Juried Exhibition at the Institute of Mosaic Art in Oakland.

Susanne Koga's Gingerbread House received a second place ribbon and her Mochitsuki an honorable mention in the 2011 Valle Del Sur Open Juried Show.

Jim Potterton's Costanoa is included in the Triton Museum's 2011 Statewide Painting Competition/Exhibition.

Brian Haney's Lahina Sunset is included in the Triton Museum's 2011 Statewide Painting Competition/Exhibition. Brian Haney - Lahina Sunset

Jeff Owen lectured on sculpture to 30 students at the TMCC Welding for Art class in Reno, Nevada.

Michael Rogan was awarded Artist of the Year by the Santa Clara Art Association for the  2011 general category. Michael was also advanced to the masters category for 2012.

2011 Members Juried Show

First Prize Winners

• Oil Painting
  Carole Rafferty - Bay Bridge
• Acrylic
  Belinda Lima - Portrait of a Ballerina
• Wet Media
  Will Maller - Steven's Creek
• Dry Media
  Judith Smith - Calla Lily
• Photography
  John Eaton - Winchester, North Aisle
• 3D Works
  Danielle Fafchamps - Memory #2

November/December - 2011

Laurie Barna's watercolor and collage painting, "Angel # 21: Recycled," was accepted into the Santa Cruz Art League's "Works on Paper" show, October 22 to November 20 in Santa Cruz. Laurie Barna - Angel # 21: Recycled

Karen Druker's "Sprout Popping Out" received an Honorable Mention in the SVOS juried exhibit "The Environment " at Los Altos Hills Town Hall, and her mixed media collage "High on Life" was accepted in the SCAL exhibit "Works on Paper".

Rosa Farinas is the featured artist in Gallery Saratoga in December. The reception "Abstract and Collage" is December 10 from 1- 5.

Jane Ferguson's "Pink Vase" won first place in the mixed media section of the Annual FALC Fall Festival. This same painting also won a Sponsor Award in the SCVWS Annual Members Show. Two of her abstract paintings were used as the cover art on the Journal of the California Dental Hygienists Association. Jane Ferguson - Pink Vase

Lance Glasser's sculpture, "Bacchanalian Swing," won Best in Show (3D) at Renovation, the 69th World Science Fiction Convention, August 2011.

Raja Guha Thakurta's "An Unfinished Story" received an honorable mention in the Fine Arts League of Cupertino 2011 Fall Fest and six of his pieces were included in the Campbell Artists' Guild Annual Show.

Susan Migliore has been asked to become an Associate Member of Women Artists of the West - a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting excellence in the profession of women's fine art.

Michael Rogan's "Group Therapy" won a first place in the Santa Clara Art Association member show in July - and second place in the 2011 SCVWS member show. In August he won a first in the watercolor division at the University Art Open. The SCVWS is using a new piece of his reproduced on posters and cards to promote the annual member show. Michael Rogan - Group Therapy

Julia Seelos is a recent winner of "Best of Show" at the LPAPA Best of Exhibition 2011 and has been invited to the Sedona Plein Air Festival.

Deborah Matlack has had two pastel figure/portraits accepted by Northwest Pastel Society's Annual International Open in Tacoma, WA in November, and two accepted by the Degas Pastel Society for their Member Show in New Orleans in October.

Carolina Mueller's "Parrot Talk" received second place in the EVA Annual Show 2011. Her "Sankeien Gardens, Yokohama" received an honorable mention at the FALC Annual Show 2011.

Jeff Owen has been commissioned to create a sculpture for a stately home in Whistler, BC, Canada.

Zoya Scholis received the O'Neil Family Award for her painting, "Rainy Day" which was included in the Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society's 11th annual juried exhibition in Buffalo, NY last month. Zoya Scholis - Rainy Day

September/October - 2011

Laurie Barna will be exhibiting 24 original watercolor paintings from her Liberty Series at the upcoming, "125 Years of Liberty: A Tribute," through October 25 at the Addison-Penzak Jewish Community Center.

Maria Boisvert placed 3rd in the Monterey Bay Plein Air Painters Association "small to Large" juried show and also won the Solo Show award for the juried San Juan Batista Plein Air Event.

Nina Bricker received a blue ribbon at the June competition of Los Altos Art Club for the Pastel titled "Darby and Kibbie". Nina Bricker - Darby and Kibbie

Gary Coleman has been selected for inclusion on the Mountain View Performing Arts exhibition calendar for 2012. "Gary Coleman - California Landscapes" will be hosted through October by the Graniterock Cupertino Design Center. Two of Gary's figure paintings are included in the "Great Big Book of Fashion Illustration".

John Eaton received First Place award for his black and white photograph "Under the Tower, Canterbury" at the PHOTOcentric 2011 show in New York.

Danielle Fafchamps' "House Spirit #22" will be exhibited in the juried show "Multiples" at the Pacific Art League in September.

Terri Ford's painting "Fishing Nets" received the Bronze Award from the  Master Circle Exhibit at the IAPS Convention. Her "Morning Vista" Won Third place overall and the Best Pastel Award at the 2011 Carmel Art Festival Plein Air Event. Her "Market Shadows" was juried into the Pastel Society of America 2011 Pastels Only Exhibit at the National Arts Club in New York. Her work is featured in the June issue of "Pratique des Arts" magazine and will also appear in the Fall issue of "Plein Air" magazine.

Terri Hill, Karen White, and Diane Fujimoto are featured in the new 'FIREWORKS' exhibit at PARC.

Xuan My Ho will participate in Kings Mountain Art Fair in Woodside on Labor Day weekend and two of her mosaic wall hangings are accepted in the Filoli Fall Art Exhibit juried show.

Diane Kaye's color photography portfolio, "Lumen Prints" has just been chosen for display for one year at PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont.

April Maiten has been juried into the Los Altos Hills City Hall show - up through Feb. 24. She also had two pieces accepted into the "Tesserae" juried show in Long Beach in September - October.

Deborah Matlack was awarded Second Best of Show for "Repose", 2nd Place in Dry Media for "The Green Suede Jacket" and 3rd Place for "Child's Play" in University Art's 4th Annual Competition and Exhibition.

Jeff Owen had two sculptures featured at Sunset Magazine's "Idea House" in Menlo Park, CA (August Issue).

Carole Rafferty's painting "Bay Bridge" was a finalist in the May/June 1st Plein Air Salon competition run by Plein Air Magazine. Her painting "Sunrise Cafe, San Francisco" was chosen for the American Impressionist Society 12th Annual National Juried Exhibition to be held at Mountainsong Galleries at Carmel in October.

Michael Rogan's painting "Santa Clara Afternoon" has been accepted as a finalist in the University Art Annual Competition. Michael also is exhibiting his painting, "Breaker" with the SCVWS member show, "Interpretations" at the Martin Luther King Jr. Library through the end of August.

Raja Guha Thakurta had three pieces accepted into the Pacific Art League's August 2011 Figures and Faces show and his "A Life of Indentured Service" won third prize in the show.

Raja Guha Thakurta - A Life of Indentured Service

July/August - 2011

Tomika Bailey received an Honorable Mention at the Carmel Art Festival Plein Air Event in May.

Nina Bricker's "Darby and Kibbie" pastel won a blue ribbon at the June meeting of the Los Altos Art Club.

Laurie Barna's Mountain Man won Second Place in the Watercolor Portrait Division of the San Mateo Fair's Fine Arts Galleria.

Laurie Barna - Mountain Man

Gary Coleman has a one-person exhibition at Graniterock in Cupertino starting August 15.

Mei-Ying Dell'Aquila was juried into the Texas National Competition at Old Post Office Museum July 4-29, and is participating in a group show at the Driftwood Salon in San Francisco through July 9, as well as the Pacific Art League Member Show.

Marian Gault has two pieces juried into the "Music and the Sounds of Nature" Calligraphy exhibit at Filoli Gardens, August 2 - September 11.

Peggy Hansen's Dancer 2 was juried into the 2011 Kellicutt International Photography Exhibition at the Coastal Arts League gallery in Half Moon Bay through August 1. Peggy also has a solo show on the 5th floor of the Santa Cruz County Government Center through August 15.

Xuan My Ho has completed her second community volunteer mosaic project, making the Phleger Station sign and a Hiking on Kings Mountain sign for Kings Mountain community in Woodside. Xuan's Alicia mosaic sculpture won Third prize in the San Mateo County Fair.

Jeffrey Janoff won 2nd place in the 2011 Los Gatos Photo Contest.

Jill Kroh won 3rd place in the Living in Los Gatos category as well as the People's Choice award in the 2011 Los Gatos Photo Contest.

Felix Chan Lim & Bobbi Makani taught "The Art of Chinese Landscape Painting" at Stanford University in May.

Will Maller has 2 paintings juried into the 15th National Juried Exhibition at the Saks Galleries in Denver. He also has a drawing in the "San Francisco Bay Area Figurative Renaissance" book.

Deborah Matlack's The Fencer won Third place in the Society of Western Artists Annual Show in Redwood City. She also won Best of Show for The Lavender Hat, First in Pastel for Scholar's Pastime and a Second in Mixed Media for Order from Chaos in the Santa Clara Art Association Member Show.

April Maiten will have 13 mosaics on display at Brian's Restaurant in Los Altos through August.

Susan Brott Lawson's Out of the Shadows was juried into the Society of Western Artists Annual Show in Redwood City.

Susan Brott Lawson - Out of the Shadows

One of Jeff Owen's Peace Bell sculptures is in the U.S. Consulate in England.

Michael Rogan's Valley of San Jose won first prize in the watercolor division of the Santa Clara Art Association Member Show.

Helen Scheel's Autumn Harvest won 2nd place in pastels in the Society of Western Artists Annual Show in Redwood City, through August 14. Helen is one of 20 painters selected for the "Art in the Garden" event in the Gamble Garden in Palo Alto on July 15-16.

Mary K. Stahl's A Well-Worn Path received an Emerging Artist ribbon at the Carmel Art Festival in May.

May/June - 2011

Shanon Amidon was chosen by the Arts Council Silicon Valley as one of the recipients for the 2011 Artist Fellowship Grant for her photography.

Tomiko Bailey has been selected for the Carmel Art Festival 2011, Plein Air event May 12-15.

Nina Bricker won a second place ribbon for her pastel "Jane, being Fluffy" at the Los Altos Art Club monthly meeting.

Nina Bricker - Jane, Being Fluffy

Jane Ferguson is having a Solo Abstract Show at Lavende in Palo Alto, through November. She also had a painting juried into Filoli Garden's "Expressions in Color" Exhibit through June 5.

Jane Ferguson - Ice Poppies

John Flores is hosting his 3rd Annual Art Show June 25-26, in his home in Santa Cruz.

Lance Glasser has been juried into the 28th annual "Sculpture in the Park 2011" in Loveland, CO in August.

Peggy Hansen's images have been selected for the 2011 Porter Gulch Review and her Blue Ice was awarded honorable mention by jurors of Yosemite Renaissance XXVI. Peggy's work will also will be featured at Santa Cruz County Government Center May 31 - August 15.

Terri Ford is the featured artist for May in the Viewpoints Gallery in Los Altos.

Terri Ford - Sun Drenched

April Maiten has 3 pieces on display at Simply Be Salon in Palo Alto.

Michael Rogan will be exhibiting California watercolor paintings at The Middlefield Medical Suites in Menlo Park through August.

Thirty of our members are participating in the 25th Annual Silicon Valley Open Studios, including Shannon Amidon and Jane Ferguson on May 14-15; and Nina Bricker, Gary Coleman, Jane Ferguson, Jaya King, Pete Kneisler, April Maiten, Maralyn Miller and Carolina Mueller on May 21-22.

Zoya Scholis' watercolor Rainy Day is showing in a National Exhibition at UB Anderson Gallery in Buffalo, NY.

Zoya Scholis - Rainy Day

March/April - 2011

Tomiko Bailey has a painting juried into Greenhouse Gallery, Salon International 2011 Show April 2-22 in San Antonio.

Nina Bricker will be showing her work at The Bean Scene Cafe on Castro St. in Mountain View in March and April.

Roosevelt Bynum's work will be on display in the Gallery at UnWined Wine Bar and Shop in San Jose through June.

Danielle Fafchamps has a sculpture juried  into the 6th Biennial Indoor Sculpture Exhibit in the City Hall in Santa Clara from mid-April through September.

Terri Ford's paintings Mystic Cliffs and Fishing Nets will be published in the April issue of The Pastel Journal. They both received honorable mentions in the Annual Pastel 100 competition. Her painting Sunset on the Seine is one of five finalists in the International Association of Pastel Societies 2011 Convention Poster competition and will appear in the May/June issue of The Pastel Journal.

Jane Ferguson and Terri Hill have 29 pieces each hanging at ART @ PARC in the Palo Alto Research Center through March.

Susan Migliore has been juried into the Los Gatos Plein Air exhibition and sale June 1-4.

Susan Migliore - Princeton Dock

Diane Fujimoto will have a solo show in the Fireside Gallery at The Sea Ranch Lodge April 1-30. Public reception Friday, April 1 5-7pm.

Felix Chan Lim and Bobbi Makani participated in the Chinese New Year Art Exhibit at Shangrila Plaza Mall.

Carolina Mueller was featured in an article in the Divya Bhaskar newspaper in Ahmedabad, India (circulation 5M).

Four paintings by Sayeko Nakamura have been juried into the permanent collection of the UKI-City Art Museum in Japan. Sayeko was also invited to conduct a workshop at the UKI-City Water Media Society.

Britta Ottersgard was accepted into the Saratoga Rotary Art Show.

Jack Quattlebaum's photographs will on display in the Cupertino Library throughout March and April.

Thalia Stratton was accepted into the 2010 Oil Painter of America Western Regional Juried Show in Jackson, Wyoming and was highlighted in the November 2010 American Art Collector Magazine.  She is also exhibiting with other "Great American Figurative Artists" at the Waterhouse Gallery in Santa Barbara.

Raja Guha Thankurta's pencil drawing An Artist's Vision (Satyajit Ray) was juried into the Works on/of Paper show at the Pacific Art League in Palo Alto.

Helen Scheel's pastel Autumn Harvest won 1st place in the Society of Western Artists juried show, on exhibit through March 25th in Redwood City.

Helen Scheel - Autumn Harvest

Karen White has a solo show Land in Color at Viewpoints Gallery in Los Altos through April 2. Artist Reception March 11 5-8pm.

Karen White - Grazing on Gold

January/February - 2011

Shannon Amidon participated in an artist residency at the Julie and David White Artist Colony in Costa Rica for the whole month of December.

Nina Bricker's art was included in the Santa Cruz Art League show "This Is Santa Cruz"; the Menlo College show "Images of Menlo"; and the Los Altos Art Club show "The Magic of Color".

Maria Boisvert was awarded Second Place for a piece entitled "Done for the Day", and a tie on People's Choice as well, at the "Fences" show at the Corral de Tierra Country Club in Monterey County.

Karen Druker, Jane Ferguson, Jan Grady, Veronica Gross and Sayeko Nakamura were accepted into the 2010 Triton Museum's statewide watermedia competition.

Diane Fujimoto's Chapeau Lanroz was juried into Gallery House in Palo Alto.

Diane Fujimoto - Chapeau Lanroz

Karen Garnett won First Place Award in Acrylic Painting and Second Place in Oil Painting at the Valle del Sur 2010 Open Juried Show; as well as Artists' Choice Award at the MBPAPA Monterey Tapestry Exhibit. She currently has a solo show at DVINE Jazz and Wine in Morgan hill.

Peggy Hansen had 2 pieces juried into Yosemite Renaissance XXVI. Peggy will also have a solo show at Laser Light Printmakers in Aptos, from January 3-February 28.

April Maiten has one mosaic hanging at Intel and another at the Saratoga Library. Three of her mosaics were on display in Palo Alto during December.

Carolina Mueller will be the featured artist at Gallery Saratoga in February.

Julia Munger Seelos is one of two artists featured in the Thos. Moser San Francisco Showroom through January 10.

Britta Ottersgard participated in the SWEA (Swedish Women Education Association) Christmas Fair in St Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, December 4, and sold 4 paintings.

Michael Rogan will be exhibiting recent watercolor paintings in the bimonthly exhibit at the Santa Clara City Hall in February and March.

Julia Munger Seelos - California Gold

Grace Tang's montage paintings are installed in the Pollock Financial building in Redwood Shores through May 30th.

Dan Tellep's watercolor was juried into the Watercolor West 42nd Annual Exhibition, and was awarded the Cheap Joe's Merchandise Award.