It’s been a season of great meetings and here’s even more! Join us! If you live in the area and you’d like to participate in our annual shows (featuring 2-dimensional painting only), we invite you to become a member of our association. Details HERE!

by Carolyn McDonald

DAY MEETING: Thursday, March 19th, 2015
Noon at Canterbury Methodist
Featured artist: Carolyn McDonald

Carolyn McDonald

Our next demo artist will be Carolyn McDonald, known to many of our members through the Alabama Plein Air Artist group. You’ll love her style! Carolyn’s work is contemporary Impressionism in oils. She is presently the art teacher at Homewood High School and has taught basic principles of art for over 25 years from kindergarten to graduate level. To enjoy her work, visit her website HERE

Gayle Hurley

EVENING MEETING: Tuesday, March 24th, 2015
6 – 8 PM at Emmet O’Neal Library
Featured artist: Gayle Hurley

Portrait by Gayle Hurley

Do you need to work on your “people skills”? Do the people in your paintings need help?

MBAA member & past president Gayle Hurley is a successful portrait artist with the national brokerage, Portraits, Inc., located right here in Birmingham. Gayle is multi-talented, working in oils as well as watercolor and enjoys plein air painting. For our evening meeting she will paint a monochromatic watercolor portrait. Visit her web site HERE

“Chasing Clouds” by Barbara Davis

DAY MEETING: Thursday, May 14th, 2015
Noon at Canterbury Methodist
Featured Artist: Barbara Davis

Barbara Davis

Barbara Davis of Montgomery. AL is also known to some of our members from the Alabama Plein Air Artist group. Barbara works in oils and does beautiful landscapes (her sunset skies/clouds are incredible – they glow), still life, portraits, local city scenes.

“Pumpkin Still Life” by Barbara Davis

She is well known in Montgomery and throughout the Southeast and has an impressive resume. She was recently chosen to paint during Gov. Bentley’s Inauguration. Look for her great workshops in Montgomery! She’s very personable and does very well with demos. Our demo will be a landscape featuring her beautiful skies.

Visit Littlehouse Galleries in Homewood to see her paintings or visit her web site HERE

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