What's New at ISAP?

News and events at the International Society of Acrylic Painters

August 9, 2010

13th exhibition now online

The 13th Annual ISAP Open Exhibition is now online at this website. Please enjoy! Click here or follow the navigation on the Exhibitions page (see above right).

August 6, 2010

signature member robert bissett offers original art

ISAP member Bob Bissett shares with us a promotion originating from his profile on the Fine Art America website. This approach to marketing your work might be of interest to other ISAP members. If you'd like to check it out, click here to go to the Fine Art America website. You can also click on Bob's link below.

The following is exerpted from Bob's email:

Name Your Own Price on Original Art Thru August!

Shown below are a few recent original paintings. No reasonable offer refused, shipping included in price. Keep it for thirty days, if you don't love it, 100% refund and I'll pay for return shipping.

1. The Falls

16 x 20" – Acrylic on stretched canvas

Retail: $1900, make an offer.

2. Cherry Tree

9 x 12" – Acrylic on canvas panel

Retail: $650, make an offer.

3. Clint

16 x 20" – Acrylic on stretched canvas

Retail: $1900, make and offer.

4. On the Rocks

8 x 16" – Acrylic on canvas panel

Retail: $770, make an offer.

This applies to any painting not in a gallery, at a museum or earmarked for a show. See many more originals at Fine Art America, or have a print made. Or go to my website buildart.com.

Thanks, Bob

robert-bissett.fineartamerica.com

13th exhibition opens in santa cruz tomorrow

The 13th Annual ISAP International Open Exhibition opens tomorrow, August 7, at the gallery of the Santa Cruz Art League (SCAL), Santa Cruz, California. There are 74 juried entries.

We hear that the workshops being presented this week by Gerald Brommer, the juror, are receiving rave reviews from the participants. The artists attending will surely be inspired and motivated by the advanced and expert instruction they receive from this master teacher.

The exhibition will be presented on this website by Monday, August 9. The lisitng of winners will wait for the awards judging, and we will present that information as soon as it is available.

June 22, 2010

Juror's selections for the 13th Exhibition now available

The following list presents the paintings and artists who were selected to appear in the 13th Annual ISAP International Open Exhibition which will be shown in Santa Cruz, California on August 7, 2010. There were 123 entries, of which 76 were juried into the show. These are the paintings accepted by the juror:

1. Ann, Carol: Toys in the Attic
2. Athanas, Denise: Composition in Red and Yellow
3. Ayal, Livia: Vera #2, Portrait of
4. Bartlett, Melissa: The First Swim
5. Bissett, Robert: Zodiac Under Sail
6. Breeden, Thomas: Frida
7. Brower, Martha: In Her Arms
8. Cairns, Pat: Identity Theft
9. Canada, Ruth: He Who Has the Gold…Rules
10. Carpenter, Jim: La Jalousie
11. Chartier, JoAnn: Canal
12. Citrin, Ione: The Promenade
13. Conner, Sharon A.: God’s View of the Garden
14. Cook, Ginger: Somewhere To Go
15. Crowe, June: Hearty Reds
16. Daily-Birnbaum, Elaine: By a Thread
17. Dazzio, Judith B.: Wet
18. Didday, Kerry: Night Riders
19. Dizikes, Marilyn: Color Steps #4
20. Dorrill, Joan: Symbol of the Cross
21. Fagan, Drew: Forest Blues
22. Filarski, Jan: Play Ball
23. Frye, Carol: Layers of Antiquity
24. Fullerton-Samsel, Carol Anna: Mythic Bear
25. Garst, Deb: Sea Borne
26. Garst, Steve: Sky Jack
27. Gesell, Susan: Playground
28. Gilmer, Judy: Migration
29. Goldman, Ben: Address Unknown
30. Graeber, Page: Kentucky Ranch
31. Grass, Kevin: The Thinker
32. Hardwick, Lynne: Op Art III
33. Harvard, Kaliope (Kally): Profusion
34. Hasson, Rachel: Life Cycles
35. Hegman, Cathy: Emergence: Entrapments of Beauty
36. Helwig, Alice: Winter’s Last Hurrah!
37. Henschel, Glenyse: Ancient Alien
38. Jacobsen, Carol: Want, Need, Feel
39. Kalin, Jean: Morning Glow
40. Kleinman, Barbara: Desert Motif
41. Kralj, Dusanka: Submerged 1
42. Kresek, Joan: Rip Torn
43. Landreth, Kathleen Tucker: Beginning
44. Leites, Ara: A Memory of Sadness
45. Lima, Belinda: Moment in Time 3
46. Maringas, Lana: Red Violet Night
47. McCord, Linda: All That Jazz
48. Morrow, Ruth: Passage
49. Neilson, Jane: Main Street
50. Nian, Hua: Blue Wall
51. Paul, Colette: River Run
52. Pence, Barbara Louise: Good Dog
53. Raasch, Ron: Mr. Pianoman
54. Reagan, Gertrude Myrrh: An Essential Mystery: Number Governs Form
55. Saturley, Brandy: Somewhere Between M&M and The Walrus
56. Schuler, Mark E.: Rough Morning
57. Schwartzchild, Ruby: X Boxing
58. Shaffer, Linda: Orange Horizon
59. Sherry, Helen J.: Spring Forward
60. Simoneau, Dan: Acuity
61. Smiley, Ed: Three Quarks for Muster Mark
62. Smith, Jerry: Clearing Skies
63. Smola, Vlasta: Russian Lace
64. Solem, John: Grouse Lake Pine
65. Suganuma, Stephanie: Finding Magical Objects
66. Sun, Dashuai: Feeding
67. Swanson, Grace: Charm of Finches
68. Tsutsumi, Anri: The Joy of Returning #2
69. Turner, Bonese Collins: Thresholds I
70. Van Deusen, Larry: Pursuit of Happiness
71. Weydahl, Earl: Traffic Control
72. White, Marti: Spirit Take Flight
73. Willey, Chris: Russell Reading
74. Ziesmer, Kaitlin: Elephant Girl

If you submitted a self-addressed and stamped envelope with your entry, you will receive notification by mail with instructions for sending your painting to the gallery in Santa Cruz. If you did not submit the requested envelope, you will be notified by email.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the Exhibition, please email the Show Director, Barbara Leites, at director@isap-online.com.

June 05, 2010

solo show by melody cleary opens today

Melody Cleary, ISAP Signature Member, will have a solo show featuring up to 30 acrylic landscape and nature paintings.  June 5 - 26, 2010 at Elsinore Framing & Fine Art Gallery in Salem, Oregon. Call (503) 581-4642 if you have any questions, and click here for a map of their location.

Here are some samples of Melody's work:

North Fork, Silver Creek

Old Growth

One Fine Day

June 04, 2010

signature members show now online

After a short delay, the 3rd Annual ISAP Signature Members Online Show can now be seen on this website. Find the link under "Exhibitions" above, or go here.

Various viewing options exist: There are five pages of thumbnail images to scan, with each image linked to an enlarged version on its own page, and a "gallery" is presented in which you can view each painting individually and in alphabetical sequence by title. There is a list of artists and their painting titles on the "Index" page so that you can jump directly to the work of a specific artist if you so desire.

If you wish to see the winners of awards, there are links to the "Winners" page, and if you'd like to learn about the juror of the show, Mary Todd Beam, there is a page dedicated to her under the heading "Juror." Enjoy the show!

update on the 13th annual exhibition

The deadline for entries for the 13th Annual ISAP International Open Exhibition has passed. As of this date, entries are being presented to the juror, Gerald Brommer, for his review. When the results of the jury process become available, we will present those results here so that you may know whether you have been selected to hang your work at the gallery in Santa Cruz.

Artists who have been accepted to the exhibition will be notified by mail if you submitted the specified self-addressed and stamped envelope or by email if you did not.

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