Marlaina: Halloween webbing featured in Sunday’s SPSA Demo meeting

November 04, 2009
Santa Paula News

Area artist Marlaina Herman will show some unique techniques at Sunday’s Santa Paula Society of the Arts Demonstration Artist meeting.

By Peggy KellySanta Paula TimesArea artist Marlaina Herman will show some unique techniques at Sunday’s Santa Paula Society of the Arts Demonstration Artist meeting. The November 8 meeting will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Society’s Depot Gallery, located at the corner of 10th and Santa Barbara streets. The public is welcome to attend the meeting, where light refreshments will be served.Marlaina, who said she has lived in a Santa Paula “for most of my life” and who also has a studio in the city, describes herself as a “portrait artist... for the most part.” Her demonstration, said Virginia Gunderson of the SPSA, promises to be intriguing, as Marlaina will concentrate on creating effects that result in a unique feel and/or appearance of the surface.Marlaina said she would use “Halloween spider webbing to create textural effects in watercolor, and also using acrylic.” There will be door prize opportunities for those who attend Sunday’s free meeting.
Also visit the Santa Paula Society of the Arts Boutique, located in the historic Depot, which offers a fascinating array of miniature paintings, greeting cards, crafts, plants, refrigerator magnets, clothing, hand-painted boxes, lithographs, collage and other unusual one of a kind items created by fine artists.And mark you calendars: The annual SPSA Christmas Boutique will be held next month at the Depot, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Christmas crafts, cards, quilts, ornaments, small paintings and homemade baked goodies will be available. A Small Image Painting and Photography display will be held, and the price will be an affordable $5 - $50 each. Society members will be offering traditional holiday snacks, including hot cider and cookies, while guests browse for gifts for family and friends.For more information on the upcoming Demonstration Artist meeting featuring Marlaina Herman or the Santa Paula Society of the Arts, call 525-1104 and leave a message for a return call.



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