P.O. Box 3268 Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701           info @ artistsnwarkansas.org
Welcome to the on-line home of the Artists of Northwest Arkansas.  We are a group devoted to the
visual arts located in Springdale, Arkansas.  

We are interested in hearing and reading about the arts in our region, so if you have news that
would be of interest to our members, we hope you will share it with us.   You can send information
and related photographs for the website via
e-mail to Ann Buckner

Request for information on art galleries, museums, art organizations in your area to be placed on
the art links page.   Send the information via
e-mail and include Gallery Name, Location,
Hours/Days open, Website
, etc.
Calendar of Events
Elizabeth Christie and Jerry Plumlee,
Co-Presidents; John Dillingham, 2009
Newsletter Editor.

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Articles, news items, sketches and/or
glossy photos are always welcome and are
due to John Dillingham on or before the 1st
day of the month for the 2008 newsletters.  
Items received in regular mail will not be
returned unless a SASE is provided.

Please submit items for the 2009
newsletters via e-mail to:
John Dillingham
johndill@pgtc.com

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Submit articles, news items, photos, and
member information for the
website to:

Ann Buckner Krug
abucknerart@windstream.net
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Membership Chairman:   

  • Gloria Pendry
  • W.C. 19 11896 Little Elm Road
  • Farmington, AR 72730

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July 16, 2009
ANA Meeting
Nadine Baum Studio
Spring and West Street
Board Meeting - 5:00p.m.
General Meeting - 6:30p.m.
        May in Review
        By Elizabeth Christie

    May 21st Karrie Evenson came to the Nadine Baum Studio to demonstrate her skills in painting
with acrylic. Karrie’s canvases for the demonstration were painted yellowish-green, and one was a
line drawing of a stylish girl holding an umbrella in one hand and a handbag in the other. Several
paintings of these whimsical women were drawn without facial features, but with birds on their
shoulders and were painted with bright, vibrant colors.

     Karrie has been interested in painting since she was a child. Still life was her forte then and her
first love was the artist Bob Roth. Painting the still lifes and landscapes was a hobby to her, but it
helped to improve her drawing. Karrie got married and gave birth to three children. Her youngest is
now two years old and not well. Due to her daughter’s illness, she decided to take lessons with Gail
Stoops and learned to paint in a more abstract style. This helped her to apply paint with freer strokes,
and working in this manner, she is able to find her own world.

     Karrie draws the subject with charcoal and uses tissue at times to erase some of the
unnecessary charcoal. She then sprays it and lets it dry for a few minutes. Then she continues to
paint the canvas with acrylic paint, leaving details for the very last. The background was painted with
orange paint, creating the image of a building. As she worked on the canvas, blue was painted
around the figure. She sometimes used the end point of her brush to create some texture. The
painting is allowed to dry, after which more layers of paint, including details in the figure’s dress, etc.,
are applied. Karrie uses a miser palette system that helps to keep the acrylic paint wet for a longer
period of time. You can purchase this item at Jerry’s Artarama.

     Karrie does not want to think when she paints; she needs to feel free and happy when she is
painting. She wants to have fun, while giving her patrons the same opportunity to enjoy her art and
method of painting. Karrie’s email address is karrieevenson@art.com. You can see Karrie’s
paintings at the Art Emporium in Fayetteville, Eureka Springs Fine Art in Eureka Springs, and Poor
Richards Fine Arts in Rogers. I want to thank Karrie and her lovely daughter who was her assistant
for providing us with a very interesting demonstration. She has a very relaxed manner of working,
which I found to be a charming experience, just sitting there watching her paint.
        June 18, 2009
       ANA Meeting in Review

Our special guest artist was Tim Tyler.  Mr. Tyler recently had a work selected as “Best Of Show “in the
Fort Smith Art Center show, juried by Mr. Charles Banks Wilson.

Mr. Tyler’s work has been collected in Asia, Europe and across America and his artwork has been
featured in most art magazines in the United States. He exhibits in art museums and galleries in
Scottsdale, Taos, Santa Fe, Dallas, Ft Worth, San Antonio, New York, Seattle, Aspen, Palm Springs,
Eureka Springs, Chicago & Fayetteville.

Born in Oklahoma, raised in the West, Tim studied art at private schools in Santa Fe and Scottsdale
and at colleges in Arizona, Oklahoma and Arkansas. He resides in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He has
judged several local art competitions in Northwest Arkansas. Kyle Kellams interviewed Tim on Ozarks
at Large and Celebrate Northwest Arkansas featured his artwork. His work will be on the cover of Ion
magazine this summer.

The state capitol of Oklahoma has commissioned six new oils from Tim and he has unveiled the
work and addressed to both the Senate and House on separate occasions. He recently taught a full
class at the Rockefeller Institute at Petite Jean Mt. and will soon be teaching a workshop at the Ft
Smith Art center
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2009
Fifteenth Annual Regional Art Exhibition
July 10 - August 7, 2009
Arts Center of the Ozarks
214 South Main
Springdale, Arkansas
ART in the PARK 2009

October 3, 2009 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM
(rain day October 24,2009)
Wilson Park
675 N. Park Ave.
Fayetteville, AR

Sponsored by
Artists of Northwest Arkansas and Fayetteville Parks & Recreation