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Profile: Marsha Blumm

Title: Anthuriums
Medium: Watercolor

See more of Marsha’s work in the photo gallery below.

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GVAL Member Updates

Michelle Cornelius will be offering a soft pastel workshop through SunDust gallery in Mesa in January and February.  Go to http://www.sundustgallery.com to see details.  Class size is limited.  Confirm your place with payment of 45.00 by PayPal to Mozaic@mindspring.com or a check to Michelle at address: 224 West Smoke Tree Road, Gilbert, AZ  85233.

Michelle has recently completed commissioned charcoal and colored pencil portrait.

Portrait Couple by Michelle Cornelius

Michelle has also recently completed a new soft pastel painting entitled “Winter Dreams”.

Winter Dream by Michelle Cornelius

Member Jacqui Price has just recently entered an online portrait contest and would like your vote. If you click on the link below, you will be asked to enter the survey. From there you have to rate all the pictures in the contest. There aren’t very many and it only takes two or three minutes. You can vote as many times as you like until 19th January. Her entry is a painting of a girl in white, dancing with two flower vases.

Portrait by Jacqui Price

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Profile: Jean Turner-Smith

Title: Rhino
Medium: Watercolor

Jean created this Rhino painting as an example of using colors to create greys. See more paintings by Jean on her website.

Profile: Michelle Cornelius

“Cross Country” by Michelle Cornelius. Michelle, she is the GVAL Chairperson and an accomplished pastel artist. Her specialty is pet portraits. See some of her work in the gallery below or visit her website for more pastel art.

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Profile: Michael Hayslip

Title: Evening at Bapchule
Medium: Digital photography

When taking photographs, especially portraits, Mike has a talent for finding his subject’s personality getting a much better result than most bland studio shots. He likes to photograph people in their environments and often combines portraits with landscapes. See more of Michael’s photography »

Profile: Jim Davis

Jim Davis is an Arizona resident and a man of many hats, from auto body repairman and painter to machinist, and race car driver. He started college at 27 and went on to teach at the University of California, Irvine. He is a scientist, and author of many scientific articles as well as a children’s book. Now in retirement, Jim is expressing his lifelong passion for metal shaping with copper renditions of vintage racecars, wildlife and images from Native American culture.

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Profile: Janette Heath

Jenny Reyes-Heath is a Mexican-American born in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico who now resides in Gilbert, AZ. She has been knowingly creating artworks since the age of 10. Her current practice is in everything related with visual and plastic art—landscaping, bodegons, crafts, and sculpture. She uses a diverse mix of media including oil, watercolor, pastel, sculpture, drawing, photography and tempera. Janette derives much inspiration from different cultures including Mexican, American, and European. She primarily exhibits in Mexico and the US. She also has works in held in both private and public collections.

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