New Member Application Form

If you are interested in sponsoring a new member for Vanguard Artists, please click on the link on the sidebar for this. If you have trouble opening it (mainly MAC users), please e-mail me susanroper@cox.net and I will send it to you.

Lord of Life Lutheran Church Vanguard Exhibit

Kristi Herring sent these photos of the recent hanging of the new Lord of Life exhibit by Vanguard artists Liz Mullen, Sharon King and Anne Breza. She is the Vanguard photographer and it is special that she brought her camera along while she and a friend visited the exhibit.

 My apologies to Sharon King and Liz Mullen since their two paintings were not included since Blogger would not let me rotate them and they were laying on their sides! After three different programs let me down, I will just invite you to go to the church and see these lovely paintings in person! ...Your blog administrator.

September Challenge

It has been brought to my attention that there is confusion regarding the September Challenge. I asked Aileen to clarify for us, and this is what she said:

The Challenge is one painting per artist.  If an artist paints in a realistic form they are to push them selves and have the majority of the painting on the abstract side with a hint of realistic.  If a painter works more in a abstract form they are to have the majority realistic with a hint of  abstract in their painting.  

There are many different ways to handle this challenge

If people will google abstract to realism or realism to abstract they will see many examples.

What this means to me, personally, is that I have an almost-finished painting for the challenge that is wrong! Oh well, at least I am painting!

Video Test

This is a test to see if I can make this wonderful video, compliments of Judy Lawson, available on the blog.

Please click here.

Mary Lou Harvey

It was with great sadness that we learned of the loss of our dear artist friend, Mary Lou Harvey. We will forever miss seeing her always-smiling face and, of course, her wonderful watercolors.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, June 15 at 11:00 at:

Sun City West Christian Church
20803 N. 151st Avenue
Sun City West, AZ  85375

A Mary Lou Harvey Scholarship Fund has been established with Arizona Artists Guild. AAG was founded in 1928 and is a 501-C3 nonprofit organization led by volunteers dedicated to providing and promoting opportunities for all visual arts. To honor Mary Lou, you make make a donation to:

Mary Lou Harvey Scholarship Fund
c/o Arizona Artists Guild
PO Box 41534
Phoenix, AZ  85080

If you have any questions about the scholarship fund, please feel free to call Ruth Ann LeFebvre at 602-548-0256 or Pam Bleakney at 623-214-8429.

Finished Mural

Kristi Herring photographed and submitted these photos of the finished mural posted prior to completion earlier. Aileen Garvey and Liz Mullen finished this to perfection! This is just so bright and fresh and shows how much talent these two Vanguard members have. I will want to go to see this one for myself!

Lord of Life Exhibit May, 2013

Pat Knorr sent these photos of the installation of the paintings at Lord of Life Church yesterday. This exhibit will be hanging until the end of July, please stop by and enjoy these paintings. Lord of Life Church is located at the corner of RH Johnson and Meeker in Sun City West. I have collected the photos into a slideshow, it looks like they had fun together as well as brought many great pieces of art.