Pam welcomed everyone to the last general members meeting of the 2021 season.  We had our members election, of our four officers of the society, as first order of business.

Pam Chock (Merle) and Charlie (Charlotte) Cipes were unanimously reelected as co-presidents.

Richelle Siska was elected our new vice president.

Mary Dall was reelected as secretary.

Marilyn Rathbun, CPA, still working with Pam as our treasurer.

Congratulations to all! There was a great round of applause!

The last board meeting of our season is May 20. Members are invited to attend the fun! Learn what goes on behind the scenes!

There were some announcements from members: The Polk Museum of Art has a Toulouse-Lautrec exhibit up until May 23.

https://polkmuseumofart.org

Lakeland Art Guild Third Online Exhibition, CFWS member Ron Malone is in:  https://lakelandartguild.clubexpress.com/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=633638&module_id=416405

Lakeland Art Guild – 49th Annual Melvin Gallery Art Exhibition, CFWS members Marcela Moglia, Leslie Rossetti, Mary Kathryn Van Kleunen, Dorothy Cline are in:  https://lakelandartguild.clubexpress.com/content.aspx?page_id=0&club_id=633638

Richelle Siska put together a lovely slide show of art that our members have been working on over the last few months. The CFWS Show & Tell  were 14 wonderful pieces of art. Here they are:

Standing Tall by Mary Dall

Misty by Alice Dressner

Hope on the Horizon by Susan Greenlee-Mamon

Arbor Day Farmers Market by Stewart Jones

Eau De Parfum by Richelle Jarc (Siska)

The Queens by Judith Kaye

Yellow Crested Night Heron by Nancy Larkin

Four Owls by Roberta Lerman

Orchids by Marianna Ross

Floofing by Leslie Rossetti

Rock Landscape by Susie Schreiber

Bad Hair Day by Marion Wagster

Planting Time by Ann Worrall

Water Lily by Thouraya Zapara

Quantum Leap Winery by Teresa Chin

More paintings, and great art tips, were shared from our members at the zoom meeting:

Pat Shaer’s abstract

David Williams’ portrait

Dawn Shumard’s mother and child

Leslie holds up the Loew Cornell fine line pen

Paint fine lines with white for whiskers or do your signature with this pen.

https://www.amazon.com/Loew-Cornell-Fine-Line-Painting-2-Pack/dp/B011C4F9YY/ref=sr_1_2?crid=25AGLLUSHS3H&dchild=1&keywords=low+cornell+paint+pen&qid=1620422680&sprefix=low+cornell%2Caps%2C199&sr=8-2

Jane Brinckerhoff’s painting of Nehrling Gardens

Cheri Ptacek’s Girl on Beach

Mary Kathryn Van Kleunen’s White Bird

Faye Tambrino’s Landscape

Pam (Chock) Merle’s Seascape

      Pam had a great tip on using yellow frog tape to tape down your paintings. It is a low tack tape for delicate surfaces found here:

https://www.amazon.com/FrogTape-Delicate-Surface-Painting-280221/dp/B004Y6TJAS/ref=asc_df_B004Y6TJAS/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=193154321880&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=18132549816371865405&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9011518&hvtargid=pla-307142242740&psc=1

See how much action and information you can miss if you don’t come to the meetings!?  Our members are a wealth of inspiration and knowledge!

Keep painting!  Remember to enter the Summer of Art Online Show … and see you soon!