Turn photos into paintings
Linda Blevins will lead a demonstration titled “Photos to Paintings, the Process of Translation” at the Los Padres Artist Guild monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on Jan. 9 at the Luis Oasis Senior Center, 420 Soares Ave. in Orcutt.
Blevins will discuss evaluating photos to determine what to paint and what to leave out, as well as translating color and painting style for realistic and representational effects. She works in acrylics, pen and ink, watercolor, sculpture, and multi-media, with a lifetime focus on oils. Her television show, Anyone Can Paint!, aired for more than five years on educational television, and reruns still show in the Midwest.
Anyone can attend the demonstration, and there’s no charge. For more information about Blevins, visit lindablevins.com. For more information about the demonstration, call 934-5835 or Tina Porter at 937-6295.
Actress will show paintings at C Gallery
The C Gallery in Los Alamos will present actress Stephanie Bast’s paintings from Jan. 17 until Feb. 26. Bast boasts more than a decade of New York stage experience, including work in six Broadway musicals. Her most recent performance was in Nine, starring Antonio Banderas and Chita Rivera. She also has numerous film and TV credits, including 2006’s Half Nelson, for which Ryan Gosling was nominated for an Academy Award.
Bast’s most recent show was a fall ’08 exhibition at the GINA Gallery on the Piazza di Spagna in Rome. She’s currently showing in North Hollywood.
At the C Gallery, her work will exhibit with Albert McCurdy’s root sculptures and carvings in a show titled “Flying and Dancing.” A reception for the artists is set for Jan. 17, from noon until 2 p.m. For more information, e-mail connie@thecgallery or call 344-3807. Preview the show online at thecgallery.com. m
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This article appears in Jan 8-15, 2009.