Abstract Figurative Painting with Sefla Joseph

June 10 & 11, 2017

Santa Cruz artist Sefla Joseph offers a week-end workshop in Abstract Figurative Painting for Villagers on Saturday and Sunday, June 10 and 11.  The workshop is 10 am - 3 pm each day in the Cribari Center Art Room.  The fee is $225 for the two days, with the usual FUF of $10 for non-residents.  The enrollment is limited, so get your reservation in early.  Register with Barbara at 408-531-9402 or barb.gottesman@gmail.com    Send the check for $225, made out to Sefla, to Barbara by May 15 to hold your place.

Sefla is a talented abstract artist who works in acrylics. Her playful and astute instruction and critiques will inspire you to expand the bounderies of your comfort zone in any medium.  Her harmonious color palettes, her capture of the essence of the figure and her skill in teaching will make this one of your most enjoyable art experiences.

Sefla did a Guest Artist demo for Arts & Crafts here about 3 years ago and several members have journeyed to Santa Cruz to take her workshop.  Student work from that workshop is displayed below by Monita Bowman, Sunni Gibbons, Barbara Gottesman and Colleen Mirassou.  At the Clubs Display in the Art Room on April 29 during Fiesta, Sunni Gibbns sold one of her figurative paintings for $350.

Artist's Statement:  

My figures are searchers, looking for ways to be at ease in their own skin. Painting from an intuitive place will often take me into the unexpected, where shapes, colors, marks, and lines take on a life of their own, revealing mysteries to ponder and reflect on. If my works reach out, touching a viewer, inviting them in to share this journey, I feel my paintings have taken root, and the connection between myself and the viewer becomes a tender place.

Voices of the Past by Sunni Gibbons

Reader by Monita Bowman

Giraffe by Barbara Gottesman

Wild Woman by Barbara Gottesman

Three Sisters by Barbara Gottesman

by Colleen Mirassou