Author: Patsy D. Renz

—PO Box 1177—Tarpon Springs, FL 34688—E-mail: patsy.renz@verizon.net
Meetings - First Monday of the Month at The Community Center. 400 S. Walton -1:30pm

December 2021

Executive Board:
Lynn Pierson - 479-8100
President
Pierson.lynnf@gmail.com
Sherry Orr - 939-1055
Vice-President, Programs,
Orr6@verizon.net
Lynn Kopala - 703-677-7805
Secretary
lynnkopala@hotmail.com
Martha Hickey - 813-765-6219
Treasurer
marthadhickey@gmail.com
Committees:
Kathy Detrano - 817-0940
Artist of the Month
Need volunteer when meetings return!
Refreshments
Patsy Renz – 943-7732
Newsletter/Membership
Trish Gregory
Publicity
Lynn Kopala
Historian
Venue Chairs:
Trish Gregory/Sherry Orr
Performing Arts Center
Chamber of Commerce
Lynn Kopala 703-677-7805
Valley Bank
Hampton Inn
Advent Hospital North Pinellas
Tarpon Springs Library
(Needs new Venue Chair)

Greetings TSAA Members!
After a quiet season last year, it seems the usual pre-holidays rush is back with us once more. In the midst of gathering with friends and family (finally), shopping, ordering and shipping gifts, etc., I hope you are finding time to complete/prepare your entry into our annual Winter Member Show.
The exhibition is going to set up beautifully at the Cultural Center. Be prepared, when you bring in your work the morning of November 30th, to sign up for a morning or afternoon shift during the weekdays in December that the show is open. And be sure to join in the festivities at the reception on December 2nd from 6 to 7 p.m. Mayor Alahouzos will be attending to hand out the awards.
The Winter Show reception stands in for our December meeting. Come January 3rd, artwork pick-up is in the morning at the Cultural Center, and our first in-person general member meeting (since early 2020!), at the recreation center is in the afternoon at 1:30. Stay tuned for more information on a special presentation in the next newsletter
I have had a wonderful conversation with Marilyn Wescott, president of the West Pasco Art Guild, about collaborative possibilities between our two groups. In response, their board recently voted unanimously to give TSAA members the WPAG member rate for any workshops and/or classes that they offer. You can see what is coming up by checking their Facebook page (just type in West Pasco Art Guild in the Facebook search bar). The TSAA board will be discussing other opportunities at our upcoming meeting, November 29th. Please share collaborative ideas you may have with any of our board members.
I look forward to seeing you soon and wish everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Creatively yours,
Lynn

The Winter Show
Look forward to seeing each of you and your beautiful art work on Tuesday, November 30th between 10 and 12 for registration. Please be sure your art is framed and wired for hanging. We will hang your art between 12-4.
The judge, David Fontaine Radden will be at the Cultural Center on December 1st at 1:00 to judge the show.
The Reception will be December 2nd between 6 and 7. It is going to be simple in light of the COVID concerns. We will have bottled water and prepackaged goodies.
Starting Friday, the show will be open from 10-4 for visitations and sales. We need everyone who participates in the show to work one session. The show will be open on December 3, 6,7,8,9,10, 13,14,15,16,17, 20.21,22, 27,28,29, and 30 between 10-4. There are two sessions, 10-12:30 and 12:30-4. Lynn Kopala is working on Dec. 3rd and Sally Fuller and Amy Fitzgerald are working on

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Winter Show
December 9th between 10-12:30. I will fill in between Dr. and PT appointments.
So…….we need a lot of help. There will be a sign up sheet at registration.
We will take down the show on January 3rd from 10-12.
The entry fee is $20.00. Awards will be given for each of the following categories: Oil, Water Media, Acrylic, Drawing (color pencil. Pen & Ink,Pencil), Pastel, Mixed Media, Three Dimensional, and Photography. Each category will be presented a first, second, third, and one honorable mention. There will also be one Best of Show. All artists must be current members of the Tarpon Springs Art Association. Each member can enter one framed and wired artwork that has not been shown in a TSAA competition, (Paint & Photo) a copy of an award winning piece, or done in a class. All entries must remain in the entire show (November 30- January 3rd). In the event of a sale, each artist will donate 20% to the Cultural Center. The work will be hung on November 30th and judged on December 1st. The Reception will be December 2nd from 6-7. We will have bottled water and wrapped treats.
Sherry Orr

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR MEMBERS:
Lynn Foskett's artwork, "An Illusion of Stability," Is part of the Creative Pinellas 2021 Arts Annual. The exhibition of 33 Creative Pinellas grant recipients, over the past 5 years, is on view through December 19 at The Gallery at Creative Pinellas in Largo. The gallery is located between the Botanical Gardens and Heritage Village and is open Wednesdays through Sundays, noon to 5 p.m.
Fritz Johnsonsold one of my photos from the exhibit we have at the Tarpon Performing Art Center.
I'll attach it here in case you have room & would like to put it in the newsletter. I call it "Sunset Silhouette" & it was taken in Gulfport.

Welcome back:
Arlene Richardson - New Port Richey - 0727-207-3316

For Winter Show– Please have all forms filled out to bring to registration.

ARTIST RECEIPT
Keep this portion for January 3 pick up. If someone else is retrieving your art they must have this receipt to authorize release.
ARTIST:
TITLE:
MEDIUM:
PRICE:

ATTACH TO BACK OF ART WORK (top corner)
ARTIST:
TITLE:
MEDIUM:
CATEGORY:
PRICE:

GIVE TO REGISTRATION
ARTIST:
TITLE:
MEDIUM:
CATEGORY:
PRICE:
PHONE:
RELEASE: The Tarpon Springs Art Association and the Tarpon Springs Cultural Center will exercise due caution for the safety of all work on exhibit. However, they cannot be held responsible for loss or damage to entrant’s property.
By signing below the artist releases the Tarpon Springs Art Association and the Cultural Center of all claims of loss and damage.
ARTIST SIGNATURE:

VENUE NEWS:
Venue Update: Solo Show Spaces Available! Calling TSAA member artists. Would you like an opportunity to display your work in a solo show with great lighting, lots of public exposure, for two or three months? And there is no commission charged at either venue.
The Valley Bank, 710 E Tarpon Ave, Tarpon Springs, FL 34689. The bank has permanently installed hanging equipment on two well-lit walls of its lobby. We can feature 7 to 9 works, depending on their size. Works will be on display for 2 months. Openings begin in January 2022.
Contact lynnkopala@hotmail.com.
Hampton Inn & Suites, 39284 U.S. Hwy 19 N, Tarpon Springs, FL 34689. The lobby of the Hampton Inn has hanging equipment for 3 large works for a solo show lasting for 3 months. Vacancies are available beginning with April 2022. Each display space is illuminated with its own light. This is your chance to show your Tarpon Springs and/or Florida-themed work in a large, well-lit, and popular venue. Contact lynnkopala@hotmail.com.
AdventHealth North Pinellas Hospital Venue - No information is available now regarding this venue. The hospital is still undergoing renovation.
The Chamber and The Performing Arts Center
Trish Gregory will be looking for work for the Performing Arts Center. Remember, Glass cannot be used. She will be hanging from 10-12 on December 28th.
Sherry Orr needs 20 pieces for the Chamber. December 29th we will take down and hang the next show at the Chamber between 10-12.
Wishing each of you a happy and safe holiday.
Sherry Orr 813-310-9045 orr6@verizon.net
Tarpon Springs Library - Need new Venue person.

Artist of the Month

Margaret Modjeski and Patsy Renz were chosen Artist of the Month for October with the theme of the Pandemic. Both show the renewal of life as life goes on. Margaret's is a photo of the larva of the Monarch butterfly, and Patsy's is a color pencil of a newborn bison calf and it's mother.

Watercolor lessons
Susan McCubbin is offering watercolor lessons for beginners to intermediate painters 10am to noon on Fridays at Tarpon Art Guild (TAG) starting January 14, 2022. TAG is located at 161 E. Tarpon Ave., Tarpon Springs FL 34689, (727) 940-2324. Beginners and intermediate painters will learn ways to get the most out of painting with watercolors. Cost will be $75 for three lessons each month.
Susan is at the TAG on Fridays. Space is limited so sign up early in person at TAG or by phone. If you have any questions for her stop by on Fridays or call her cell phone is 727 946-2044.

TSAA Fund Raiser
TSAA will have a fund raiser at the Winter Show. Volunteers will paint small pictures approx. 1x3 and 3x3. They will be sold at the Winter Show with the proceeds going to the Art Association. They will be sold for $10.00 and $15.00.
Please bring the completed paintings to the registration table on November 30th.
Sherry Orr

Nominating Committee - It's that time of year to create a nominating committee to vet and put forth names at the February General Meeting for any Executive Board vacancies. Positions, at this time, to be filled for next year: President, Vice-President
The committee will get direction from a designated board member. It will involve discussing potential candidates and making calls. Please contact Lynn Pierson at artists.tsaa@gmail.com if you are interested in participating in this important process.

Dues will be due for TSAA January 1, 2022. $40.00. If you are wondering if you are a member you can go to our web page tarponspringartassociation.com and check to see if your name is on the membership list.

Tarpon Springs Art Association
PO Box 1177
Tarpon Springs Florida 34688

Our Mission…
...to promote interest and community awareness of all forms of visual art, to provide opportunities for individuals to associate with other artists, and to share in and learn from artistic knowledge and experiences.

Application for New Member and/or Change of Address
Name
Address
City
State Zip
Phone Cell #
Email
Dues $40.00
Medium of choice
Please make check payable to and mail to:
Tarpon Springs Art Association
Box 1177
Tarpon Springs FL 34688

REMEMBER…..
The next general meeting is Monday, January 3, 1:30 pm, 2022.
The next board meeting is December 29, 2021, at 1:00pm via ZOOM.
If you have any news call me at 943-7732 or email me at patsy.renz@verizon.net by December 18, 2021, Everything that happens in your art is important to us all.

“Every artist was first an amateur.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Everyone needs a little sunshine in her/his life. Contact lynnkopala@hotmail.com if you know a TSAA member who needs a little sunshine in the form of a greeting card.
Sunshine Chairperson, is ready to supply it to those of our membership who may be under a cloud.

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.” – Michelangelo
“The object isn’t to make art, it’s to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable.” – Robert Henri
“I invent nothing, I rediscover.” – Auguste Rodin
“I would rather die of passion than of boredom.” – Vincent van Gogh
“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.” – Henry Ward Beecher
“The chief enemy of creativity is ‘good’ sense.” – Pablo Picasso
“Creativity is magic. Don’t examine it too closely.” – Edward Albee
“Art is not a thing, it is a way.” – Elbert Hubbard
“Color is the place where our brain and the universe meet.” – Paul Klee
“Art is a line around your thoughts.” – Gustav Klimt
“Laway. It is always on his doorstep.” – Paul Strand
“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” – Dr. Seuss
“If a man devotes himself to art, much evil is avoided that happens otherwise if one is idle.” – Albrecht Dürer
“It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.” – Pablo Picasso
“Art is never finished, only abandoned.” – Leonardo Da Vinci
“I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.” – Vincent Van Gogh
“The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.” – Jean-Jacques Rousseauearn the rules like a pro so you can break them like an artist.” – Pablo Picasso
“Painting is a means of self-enlightenment.” – John Olsen
“Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.” – Twyla Tharp
“An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.” – Charles Horton Cooley
“One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.” –Leonardo da Vinci
“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” – Aristotle
“No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.” – Oscar Wilde
“Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.” – Pablo Picasso
“Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.” – Stella Adler
“I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say, ‘he feels deeply, he feels tenderly.” – Vincent Van Gogh
“Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.” – Pablo Picasso
“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” – Vincent Van Gogh
“Inspiration does exist, but it must find you working.” – Pablo Picasso
“The artist’s world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep.” – Paul Strand
“Every good painter paints what he is.” – Jackson Pollock
“In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing.” – Georgia O’Keeffe
“What moves men of genius, or rather what inspires their work, is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough.” – Eugene Delacroix
“Art must be an expression of love or it is nothing.” – Marc Chagall
“Don’t be an art critic, but paint, there lies salvation.” – Paul Cézanne
“I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.” – Frida Kahlo
“I paint for myself. I don’t know how to do anything else, anyway. Also, I have to earn my living, and occupy myself.” – Francis Bacon
“There is no must in art because art is free.” – Wassily Kandinsky
“Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master.” – Leonardo da Vinci
“If you hear a voice within you say, ‘You cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced” – Vincent Van Gogh
“Creativity takes courage.” – Henri Matisse
“Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.” – Andy Warhol
“Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.” – Andre Gide
“We don’t make mistakes, just happy little accidents.” – Bob Ross
“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.” – Leonardo da Vinci
““There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.” – Vincent van Gogh
“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” – Pablo Picasso
“Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.” – Claude Monet
“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way – things I had no words for.” – Georgia O’Keeffe
“I hold that the perfection of form and beauty is contained in the sum of all men.” – Albrecht Dürer
“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” – Edgar Degas
“In art, what we want is the certainty that one spark of original genius shall not be extinguished.” – Mary Cassatt
“A work of art which isn’t based on feeling isn’t art at all.” – Paul Cézanne
“Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it.” – Ai Weiwei
“Creativity is contagious, pass it on.” – Albert Einstein
“Everybody born comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory. We come from the Creator with creativity. I think that each one of us is born with creativity.” – Maya Angelou
“Have no fear of perfection, you’ll never reach it.” – Salvador Dali
“You can’t wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club.” – Jack London
“Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine, and at last, you create what you will.” – George Bernard Shaw
“Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can plan weird; that’s easy. What’s hard is to be as simple as Bach. Making the simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.” – Charles Mingus
“Originality is nothing but judicious imitation.” – Voltaire
“Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It’s self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can’t try to do things. You simply must do things.” – Ray Bradbury
“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while.” – Steve Jobs
“Creativity is a drug I cannot live without.” – Cecil B. DeMille
“You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not’?” – George Bernard Shaw
“You can’t use up creativity. The more the you use, the more you have.” –Maya Angelou
“Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you’re passionate about something, then you’re more willing to take risks.” – Yo-Yo Ma
“It is wise to learn; it is God-like to create.” – John Saxe
“Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous.” – Bill Moyers
“Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.” – Earl Nightingale
“Creative work is a gift to the world and every being in it. Don’t cheat us of your contribution. Give us what you’ve got.” – Steven Pressfield
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” – Scott Adams
“Art is the stored honey of the human soul.” – Theodore Dreiser
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” – Thomas Merton
“Painting is easy when you don’t know how, but very difficult when you do.” – Edgar Degas
“I think of art as the highest level of creativity. To me, it is one of the greatest sources of enjoyment.” – David Rockefeller
“To practice any art, no matter how well or how badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. So do it.” – Kurt Vonnegut
“The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live only as you can.” – Neil Gaiman
“Creativity comes from a conflict of ideas.” – Donatella Versace
“I am seeking. I am striving. I am in it with all my heart.” – Vincent van Gogh
“If I could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.” – Edward Hopper
“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” – Andy Warhol
“Great art picks up where nature ends.” – Marc Chagall
“The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel.” – Piet Mondrian
“Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.” – Salvador Dali
“The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.” – Francis Bacon
“To create one’s own world takes courage.” – Georgia O’Keeffe
“The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live.” – Auguste Rodin
“It is important to express oneself…provided the feelings are real and are taken from you own experience.” – Berthe Morisot
“To be an artist is to believe in life.” – Henry Moore

“I am seeking. I am striving. I am in it with all my heart.” Vincent van Gogh. “Creativity takes courage.” Henri Matisse. “If I could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.” Edward Hopper.

Artist of the Month Tentative Schedule
September – All Media artwork Voting; Program is "Show and Tell" of any painting on display.
October – Acrylic, 3 Dimensional Art
November – Oil and Acrylic
*December – No Meeting
January – Mixed Media, Photography, 3 D
February – Watercolor
March – Pastel, Pen & Ink, Charcoal, Misc. not shown elsewhere
*April – Judged Show (Picnic)
We will let you know how this will be done

We need drinks and munchies volunteers for our meetings. call 386 214-1556 if you would like to bring something. Thank you! Joy Swanson, Refreshments chair.

10 Top Tips To Become a Better Artist I hope you enjoy what I have wrote here and look forward to the community's response. Tip 1: Learn the Importance of the Sketch Sketching is one of those things that every artist MUST do and do often. Sketches don't have to be perfect, nor do you have to show them to anyone. They can be as rough or as scratchy as you like but the thing to keep in mind is it's readability. The purpose of a sketch is to quickly illustrate or develop an idea you have, to capture or study some form of reference so that it can be worked on at a latter date. Because of this, the sketch only needs to convey the right information to you and you alone (unless you are drawing an idea out for a client then the message needs to be crystal clear). Tip 2: Draw, Draw and Draw Some More! This is a similar tip to the first but what I mean by this is draw anything that comes to mind or visually interests you. Sketch on the bus, train, in bed and even on the toilet. Seriously! The more you draw from your mind and from reference, the better you will become and the quicker your skills will develop. Take the time to doodle lots of different subjects and in lots of different environments as this will all help build up a mental cataloge of images to draw upon latter when you may become stuck for ideas or inspiration. Tip 3: Build a Reference Library This is a great tip that I learned from years back. As you begin to fill sketch books with illustrations of ideas and reference material, you should build up that stack of books with more books. By this I mean buying art books, books on clothing, guns, tanks, other cultures, animals etc. The list of what you should look into is endless and should extend beyond your general interests. But it mustn't stop there. You should also collect images off of the internet and save them to your computer and organize them correctly. Take photos of things you see if you don't have time to sketch them. The purpose is to have a nice big collection of images that inspire you, inflame your imagination and, more specifically, if you need to draw something right, having the material there to draw from will add realism and clarity to your work. Tip 4: Explore Different Mediums This is when you take an idea from sketch to final painting. Exploring other methods of creating that end piece can really yield some unexpected results and challenge you to push yourself further into new situations. Playing with different types of paints such as oil, acrylic, water colour or gouache are the options most people would suggest trying, but there is more than experimenting with these. You could try air brushing, pastels, using charcoal or taking the leap into the digital realm. All these different mediums have their strengths that you can harness but you will never know them unless you try them out. Tip 5: Learn Some Colour Theory (At Least) This is a big one. Colour theory is a massive, massive subject and I can't do it justice here. What I would strongly suggest is investing time and money in a good colour theory book and learn from that. Even learning only a little bit, will help your work massivley. The more you push yourself to learn, the better and better you will become. Tip 6: Play With Perspective Now, by this I don't mean completely bend the fabric of reality or attempt to mimic the works of M C Esher (but looking at his work couldn't hurt). No! What I mean is take the time to learn about vanishing points, 2 point and 3 point perspectives and how to create objects in three dimensions correctly. As this is just a tip, I'm not going to go into the details here but there are numerous books and places on the web that cover this important area. Learning the rules of perception will open up the possibilities of what you can draw and will broaden your artistic horizons greatly. Tip 7: Hunt Down Your Artistic Weaknesses & Destroy Them! I was told this by an incredibly exceptional artist called Chet Zar. This tip is something you should approach regularly and be really tough and honest with your self. By knowing what your not good at artistically and making a conscious effort to attack it (them, could be lots of things), will enable you to systematically grow. For instance, if you draw a lot of humans but avoid drawing feet because you know your not that good at it, set aside time to draw lots of feet, over and over again until they look right (just be sure not to get a foot fetish). This links to a previous tip I did of Draw, Draw and Draw Some More! Drawing things that you don't draw often or at all will increase your repertoire and will enable you to paint and illustrate more complex pictures. Tip 8: Ask For Help & Critiques I heard this one from numerous sources and I have to say that this is something you don't have to do all the time. Joining online art communities and forums will give you access to professionals who do know their stuff and can really help you improve, but having thick skin is advised. At one point or another, you will get some harsh and unfair comments but that is the risk of being an artist who puts art out for viewer consumption. Never be afraid to ask for help. Tip 9: Develop an Original Style Ah, a real tough one this as developing your own style takes time and experimentation. By exploring lots of little different mediums and genres, you'll soon get to know what you like and how you like to do things. Over time, by doing things the way you want and in the subconscious way you approach a painting, a style will emerge that will be recognizable and more importantly, it will be your style. Tip 10: Learn to Accept Failure as a Positive Thing. Possibly one of the most important lessons an artist (or almost any professional) can learn. Not every picture you create will come out looking the way you wanted it too and the same goes with any experiment to try out. There is no such thing as a bad result... there are just results. Learning to take something positive out of everything you do will change the way you look at you next piece and how you approach it. If something doesn't work or you don't like it, don't do it again or use it as a bench mark to launch yourself from in your next piece. So, I hope that that is enough information to digest and apply into practice.
Read more: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php/159875-10-Top-Tips-To-Become-A-Better-Artist?s=0fa354bd5d79fc34e55ba3c0b542c4b4#ixzz5S9B2PlLz

If anyone wants to have a letter to the editor in the newsletter it must be brief or we may have to edit it.

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