OOPS Artists featured in "reinCARnation" Exhibit in Goldsboro, NC.

Six OOPS artists with a total of 12 paintings (artists and paintings below) are to be featured in the upcoming "reinCARnation" Exhibit in Goldsboro, NC. Becca Scott Reynolds, Executive Director of the Arts Council of Wayne County, organized the event and is excited to have OOPS participate. The exhibit will feature sculpture work and other media and run through the month of July, 2010.

'reinCARnation"
JULY 2010
featuring live music from local pianist Jimmy Aycock!

LOWER LEVEL GALLERY
Auto Related Artwork from artists across eastern NC including:
License Plate Guitars from Peter Geiger
Plein Air Paintings from OOPS painters in Onslow County

T.A. LOVING GALLERY:
Jack Cobb: A Preview Collection (Samples from the art of the late Jack Cobb)

WEIL-ROSENTHAL GALLERY
In the Mix (Mixed Media exhibit by Robert Jones of Snow Hill)

This exhibit is FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

The Arts Council of Wayne County
2406 East Ash Street
Goldsboro, NC

Arts Council Wayne note... This event is an opening reception for an exhibit we are hosting at the Arts Council of Wayne County called "reinCARnation" that will feature recycled and auto related artwork in the lower level gallery. There will be a mixed media exhibit on the upper level from artist Robert Jones and a collection of work by the late... Jack Cobb which is a preview of a larger show that we will be hosting in the future. The opening reception is Thursday, July 1 from 5-7 pm and is free and open to the public. Jimmy Aycock will provide the night's entertainment on piano.


"Outstanding in Its Field"... Bernie Rosage Jr... 8x10" framed~ $200
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"1940 Ford"... Bernie Rosage Jr... 8x10" framed ~ $200
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"NOMAD'r What!"... Bernie Rosage Jr... 8x10" framed ~ $200
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"#1"... Mitchell Morton... 8x10" box framed ~ $175
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"#2"... Mitchell Morton... 8x10 gallery wrapped with painted sides ~ $125

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"#3"... Mitchell Morton... 8x8" box framed ~ $145

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"Memories"... Sherry Thurston... 16x20" framed ~ $450
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"Salvage Truck for the Fishermen".. Sherry Thurston... 16x20" framed ~ $350
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"It Runs"... Sherry Thurston... 18x12" gallery wrapped with painted sides ~ $250

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"Old Blue"... Stephen Greer Sr... 9x12" gallery wrapped with painted sides ~ $175

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"Odum's Junkyard"... Pat Boni... 12x18" framed ~ $200
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"Back to Life"... Dean Remington... 8x10" gallery wrapped with painted sides ~ $80

Pat Boni's Workshop was PRIMO!

Local artists had a treat as Pat Boni came out of retirement to teach art classes again... this time around her subject was "Linear Perspective" and her students were members of the famed group of Onslow County plein air artists who call themselves OOPS!

Over 15 artists were present and eager to learn. Below Pat is showing how to measure objects.

Pat was able to give one on one attention to each member present too. Here she is with Kit... one of our newest members.

Here she is with Donna, Willow Faye, and K.

Thanks Pat for this excellent workshop! We hope to have these free workshops several times a year. Stay tuned...

Free Workshop for OOPS Members by Pat Boni ~ Feb. 15, 2009

Artist and OOPS member, Pat Boni, will give a FREE workshop on Linear Perspective to OOPS members on Sunday, February 15, 2009.

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WHAT: Workshop on "Linear Perspective" by Pat Boni

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WHEN: Sunday, February 15, 2008 at 1:00 PM
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WHERE: Council for the Arts building located at 826 New Bridge Street, Jacksonville, NC 28540.

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HOW MUCH: FREE to all OOPS Members (Non Members $25 payable to the Council for the Arts)

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WHAT DO I NEED TO BRING:

~ one clear plastic ruler

~ one yard stick

~ sketchpad or paper (no smaller than 8 1/2 X 11")

~ "H" pencils 2H is fine

~ kneaded eraser

~ at least three magazine pictures of buildings

Pat Boni Workshop: Choose a topic...

Pat needs your input concerning the FREE workshop she is offering in February 2009 (exact date TBA) to the OOPS members...

She needs to break the topics into two different workshops and wants the members to decide which one we want first for the February 2009 workshop...

Topics to choose from:

#1... Linear Perspective

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#2... Introduction to Watercolors

Click HERE to email her to let her know your choice...

See you all this Sunday for our December Paint Out....

Pat Boni Workshop in February 2009...

Our own OOPS artist, Pat Boni is offering a FREE workshop for all OOPS members. The workshop date has not be set yet (a Sunday) but will be in February 2009 at the Council for the Arts. The workshop will be an intro to watercolors and linear perspective. Even though many of us don't work in watercolors the linear perspective is a must for the plein air artists. More details in 2009.

Thanks Pat!



PS... Pat gave demos and talked about art as a career to most of Onslow County's 5th graders at the recent Career Day at the American Legion Building.

Congrats Pat!

Kinston Paint Out was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!

OOPS members, LtoR: Mitchell Morton, Stephen Greer, Kathi Lenn, Pat Boni, and Bernie Rosage, had an AWESOME time at the 1st Annual Kinston Plein Air Paint Out. The event was sponsored by The Community Council for the Arts in Kinston, NC, and organized by Mary Page Whitley. Artist, Mike Rooney, was the judge for the event. He and Mary Page even painted with the artists throughout the 2 day paint out.



We met at the gazebo in Neuseway Park on Friday at 9:00 am where Mary Page gave us the rules of engagement and a map. Rules were simple... paint within the boundaries on the map and paint as many works as possible. The areas we were to paint in had everything from a park, awesome views of the Neuse River, urban scenes, a Farmers Market, and more. On Saturday we were to turn in our best three for judging by Mike. 15 artists signed up for the paint out.



The event was part Of the Neuse River Fest and there were tons of people and activities going on. Photo above shows spectators enjoying the artwork turned in for the judging on Saturday.
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Approximately 40 works were turned in for judging... With the quality of work, Mike mentioned his task of picking three winners was TOUGH!



OOPS members fared very well in the competition... Stephen took 1st plus an Honorable Mention and Bernie placed third. (Close ups of all the OOPS members paintings in this blog post).



1st, 2nd, and 3rd... with 2 Honorable Mentions...


The winners... (LtoR)... Mike Rooney holding Stephen's Honorable Mention, Bernie (3rd), Stephen (1st), Dodie (2nd), and John (Honorable Mention).
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Every artist attending the event was a winner... the camaraderie, excellent weather, the subject matter, and nice folks of Kinston proved that! We met many talented artists and even hope to plein air paint with with a group near Greenville. Hopefully the two groups can plan their own paint outs similar to this one in the future as well.

After the judging... Mike critiqued 2 paintings per artist... to be quite honest... this 45 minutes was worth the $30 entry fee. Mike shared some great insights about subject matter and the focal point. OOPS and Onslow County are lucky to have him for a workshop next month.

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OOPS members at work...

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Kathi set up near the park where she captured most of her scenes. Hard to believe these paintings are a result of her second time working with watercolors. WOW! We still need to post her work from Saturday.

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Mitchell painted street scenes on Friday and the festival on Saturday....

Stephen painted an urban street scene and a tree on Friday. He painted his award winning Neuse River scene on Saturday...

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(Honorable Mention)

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(1st Place)

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Pat painted this quaint old gas station on Friday. She worked on a street scene also on Friday finishing it up on Saturday. We still need to publish her street scene from Saturday.

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Bernie painted a street scene and an old train station (3rd place winner) on Friday. He painted at the Farmers Market on Saturday...






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(3rd Place)

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All in all... we had a BLAST... and hope to do this again.... SOON!

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We'd love to hear your comments...

Meet OOPS Artist... Pat Boni

Artist ~ Pat Boni

Pat Boni is a retired Art Educator. She taught art in Onslow Count School system for 15 years. She graduated from ECU with a Masters Degree in Art Education. Pat is currently working in water colors and finds them particularly challenging. She finds the coast of North Carolina's full of interesting structures, beautiful reflections and mysterious history.