Welcome to the Trenholm Artists Guild

This site was created

and is maintained by

Paula Grookett.

The Trenholm Artists Guild is located in Columbia, South Carolina. Members include amateur and professional artists who work in watercolor, oil, acrylics, pastel, sculpture, fiber, and photography. Residents of the Greater Columbia area over 18 years of age are invited to join. Meetings are held monthly September through May on the 2nd Monday of the month at Forest Lake Park, 6820 Wedgefield Road. Visitors are invited to attend our meetings.

May 12th, 7 p.m.
Forest Lake Park, 6820 Wedgefield Rd, Columbia, S.C
Guest Speaker: Cindy Howe

Officers for 2008-09 will be elected at this meeting. The proposed slate of officers includes President - Karen Jamrose, Vice President - Suzy Shealy, Secretary - Marty Allen, Treasurer - Melinda Smith, Exhibit and Sales - Robert Manown, Public Relations - Nancy Hill, Parliamentarian - Stewart Aleshire. Nominations will also be accepted from the floor. Be sure to come to cast your vote.

Lucinda ‘Cindy’ Howe has loved working with form and color from a young age. Her need to create led her to gardening, travel and painting. She has painted on location in Hawaii, the Caribbean, Europe and many locations around the USA including the beautiful desert southwest in Arizona and New Mexico.

Cindy’s paintings are bold and joyful. Images inspired by gardens and landscapes around the world are expressed in blazing color. Complementary colors (opposites on the color wheel) create visual excitement, and loose application of paint allows some of the original drawing to show through. Her painting style is influenced by Les Fauves (The Wild Beasts) of the early 20th century whose works emphasized painterly qualities and the use of deep, arbitrary color. As Gauguin said, “It matters little whether the haystack is yellow or purple, we shall paint it red if we wish.”

For the May program, Cindy will talk about painting at Ghost Ranch and Taos, New Mexico with the Turquoise Eight, a group of artist friends who share a love of drawing and color. She will also give some practical tips for working on location, finding like-minded artists, and using exaggerated color to energize your landscape paintings.

The second annual TAG "En Plein Air Day" will be held on Saturday, May 10th in Forest Acres around Laurel Lake. We will be painting in the backyards of Regina Moody (4250 Shorebrook Drive) and Karen Jamrose (343 Laurel Springs Road). Plan to come around 8:30. Bring your lunch. Drinks and bathrooms will be provided.

One of Meg Gregrory's conte' portraits has been selected for the South Carolina State Museum's 20th Anniversay Art Exhibition which runs from April until September 7.

Patricia Riddle Wilcox has had her painting entitled "Basket Lady" juried into the Anderson Arts Center 33rd Annual Juried Show.

NOTE TO MEMBERS: If you would like a current event or recent news about your artwork published here, send your information to Paula@TrenholmArtistsGuild.org.

Artists gather every Wednesday at Forest Lake Park to paint and exchange ideas. Click here to see pictures. Bring your lunch and your latest project. Hours: 10 am until around 2 pm. While our formal meetings take place September - May, the Wednesday "studio" takes place every Wednesday including the summer months.

Click here for directions to Forest Lake Park.

	Be sure to read our 2008 May Newsletter. Have you seen the SNAPSHOTS from our April 2008 Meeting? 2007-08 Meetings Sept. 10 Lee Malerich Oct. 8 Karen A. Galleher Nov. 12 Mike Williams Jan. 14 Claire Farrell Feb. 11 Ric Standridge Mar. 10 Margaret Hoyback Apr. 14 SC Watermedia Society Speaker – Rose Metz from Sumter May 12 Cindy Howe 2007-08 Special Events
	Nov. 9-10 - 2 Day Pastel Workshop by Susan Mayfield January 25-26 - 2 Day Landscape in Pastel Workshop with Susan Mayfield. February 22-23 - Juanita Yancey April 28, 29, 30- 3 Day Workshop on Journaling with Margaret Hoybach May 10 - En Plein Air Day and Picnic - Laurel Lake in Forest Acres.