HVAL Member News

Painter of the Month at BankNorth, Great Barrington July: Alice Gage (oil) August: Kristina Chandler (pastel, oil) September: Elaine Radiss (photography) October: Walt Pasko (oil) November: Anne Pasko (mixed media, watercolor) December: Jula Rothenberg (oil, watercolor) January 2009: Alan Roland (watercolor) February 2009: Eleanor Lord (pastel) HVAL is saddened by the recent passing of member Adrienne Goldberg, award-winning oil painter and delightful friend. Josie Janssen now has a new website: www.janssenwatercolors.com where you can see her latest paintings. Check out Andrea Scott's website: AndreaScottWatercolors.com where you can see her paintings and sample her book (So Many the Colors in the World: The Paintings of Andrea Scott) and her Chevy Rust 2008 Calendar. Welcome to a new member: Esther Budnick of Lenox, MA. Marguerite Bride will be having a solo exhibit from Sept 18 - Oct 16, 2008, at the Gallery at Museum Facsimiles, North Street, Pittsfield. Marge also is participating in these public exhibitions: Church on the Hill Art Show, Lenox MA (Jul 26-27), Mystic Outdoor Art Festival, Mystic, CT (Aug 9-10), Artisans of the Berkshires at Wake Robin Inn, Lakeville, CT (Aug 17), Hancock Shaker Village Country Fair , Hancock, MA (Sep 27-28), Harvest Fair, Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA (Oct 4-5). Whew! Skeets Richards is now being represented exclusively in the Berkshires by the Lenox Gallery of Fine Art. He has also recently been accepted into membership by the Oil Painters of America and by Landscape Artists International. Congratulations to Dorothy Napp Schindel on the successful first season of her Vero Beach, FL "Gallery 14". Please see their website.