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This is a follow-up to a previous post about the Dublin Area Art League. Ron served as Guest Speaker on 3/9/06 at the member meeting and talked about his experiences in the Visual Arts.
Ron felt that the audience was very interested in what he had to say and he enjoyed the interaction with those in attendance. We have DAAL President Diana Andrews to thank for extending the invitation to Ron to speak at the monthly meeting.
I spoke with Diana and offered to post member feedback on our blog and will use initials instead of member names. When you have a few minutes, visit the
Dublin Area Art League web site to find out about upcoming events and membership opportunities.
Member Feedback:
"Ever since I saw Ron's work at the Springfield Museum, I was amazed at the figures and the feeling behind the scenes. I couldn't leave the picture and kept coming back to it that day to look and admire it some more. It was my number one favorite of all the works in that museum. I so much appreciate his time to come to our DAAL meeting to show us more of his work and share his methods. His is really an inspiration to us aspiring painters.
Thanks" -S. D.
"Dear Ron, I wanted to share with you some of the impressions I had of your work as I shared them with a friend who couldn't make your presentation at the Dublin Library. She had also seen your work at the Springfield Art Museum, and was really disappointed with not being able to come. I was just so impressed with your work and that you took the time to share it with us:
{ Ron was a very humble, extremely talented speaker, so I'm so sorry you missed it too. His career began in women's fashion design for Halle's. That's why he is so great with figure drawing. He showed us three amazing works that he completed about slaves coming over as cargo on ships, and another a commissioned set of huge works for the Supreme Court about the written word. These pieces were, in my opinion, what will put him a whole different category... as a great artist of our time in Columbus. The first two pieces were of Babylon and Egypt, the next about Rome and Greece, the next the signing of the Magna Charta and Constitution, one of the French Revolution and one of present day with Lady Liberty. The drama, classic positioning of the composition, use of light, color and dynamic figures all draw you into the scene and make you ponder about what is happening in each. They were truly awesome (and huge!) I'd like to know if they are available for the public to see. He talked a little about the painting we enjoyed at Springfield's Art museum and he pointed out little things i"d missed. In some of his work he has used relatives or himself as the figures, so it was fun to see those too. Some of his work reminds me of George Bellows, some of Renoir, some of Norman Rockwell the way he is painting everyday life of our time. I really wished you could have been there...} Thank you again, and it was such an honor to meet you!" - B. G.
"Ron, T. B. and I enjoyed your presentation Thurs. very much. Your art is wonderful and we would love to see some of your work in person. We have your web site on our "Favorites". Thank you for a most enjoyable evening. Regards"- T.B. and B. B.
"Dear Ron, Thank you so very much for sharing your work with us at the March Dublin Area Art League meeting. I found myself becoming "emotionally involved" with so many of your pieces, and I was left wanting to see more. I am new to DAAL this year, and your presentation was by far the most inspirational I have seen. Thanks again for taking time from your hectic schedule to be with us. Best regards" - N. S.
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