Demonstrators: Established portraitists to open their studios or demonstrate to CSOPA members.
Thanks to Marvin Mattelson's marvelous design, CSOPA directors and members agree on an image for the 21st century. CSOPA members may click to download. Add to your website and link to www.csopa.org today!
It's aMyFamily.com Affair - Members of CSOPA know that our little portrait group is a family. This by-invitation-only site allows us to post news, photos, and general musings in a private setting. Need help signing in?
CSOPA members who are not yet enjoying the myriad benefits of PSoA membership will be receiving invitations to join. Go to www.PortraitSociety.org to sign up today!
Fabulous! Informative! Inspiring! Fun! are just a few of the superlatives that echoed around this astounding event. Don't miss out on the details coming out soon in the PSoA member newsletter.
PSoA CT Ambassador:
Jeanine Jackson
CSOPA holds it's 50th Meet n Critique: Westport, Feb 12, 2007. Tonight, at the gracious Westport estate of Dr. Rishon Stember and CSOPA Co-Chair, Nancy Stember, CSOPA members will gather to share in camaraderie and craft for the fiftieth time since February, 2002. This tradition combines monthly meetings to discuss the business of holding exhibitions, workshops, membership renwals, etc., with constructive comments on actual paintings in progress or newly completed. Members benefit from the knowledge of their peers in ways to improve their portraits. It is also a social evening for these "birds of a feather" who contribute to a pot-luck buffet dinner. "We welcome the opportunity to 'talk shop' with other portraitists who share our passions and challenges," observes Jeanine Jackson, CSOPA Founder and President Emerita. Many of CSOPA's seventy-five area members report that they have grown to feel like a family, and that their work has collectively improved. Historically, many great aritsts and art movements have benefited from similar camaraderie. Congratulations CSOPA!
May 4, 07 Washington DC: CSOPA members join CSOPA Advisor and PSoA Faculty Member Richard Whitney for breakfast.
CSOPA Members have a new resource! Visit the "Members Only Pages" to update your information, find other members, meeting details, etc... Got questions? Contact CSOPA Membership Director Linda Champanier.
Be sure to visit the official webpage for award winning paintings plus many more photos of Faces of Spring 2009!
April 23-26, 09: Washington DC - PSoA Conference was well attended by CCSOPA members and 700 painters from around the world. (James, Neil, Jackson pictured above)
February 5: Stamford, CT - UConn Stamford will host CSOPA's beinnial Faces of Winter. Everett Raymond Kinstler to accept the Lifetime Acievement Award. "The Reilly Method and Beyond" Symposium. Artist Prospectus and Symposium registration forms NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE!!!
The Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists Holiday Party Dec. 2008 at the residence of CSOPA Co-Chair Cindy Wagner in Weston.
"Everything I Know About Painting I Learned at the Met." On Friday, July 24, 2009, ten CSOPA members followed faculty portrait artist and SVA instructor, Marvin Mattelson around the Met. He raced paced many famous works to focus our attention on the quality of a select few. There we lingered, looked and listened. Composition, drawing, edge variety, values, chroma, hue, and poetry combined in each masterpiece in varying degrees of employment to achieve the sublime. Marvin's passion for fine art is amazing as is his generous and precise instruction. "When you can put the right piece of paint down in the right place with the correct shape, value, hue and chroma, then painting is easy." Riiiiiight!
