D E M O N S T R A T I O N S

On the third Wednesday of most months, the Taunton Art Associatioin holds a brief business meeting, followed by an art demonstration by a talented artist, or an art related program.  These meetings are open to the public.  There is a $5 door fee for Members and a $10 fee for Non-members to help offset costs.

Demo Meeting
Sunday, November 19, 1:00 pm
Artist Larry Folding
demonstrating
WATERCOLORS

"The desire to paint was always there, even during his career as an engineer in high-tech plastics molding. After work, Larry Folding would come home and paint. He even remembers the exact day he decided to dedicate real time and energy to his art. He was a member of Whitinsville Golf Club at the time, and all it took was a bad game of golf. “I thought to myself, ‘What am I doing? This isn’t fun. I should be doing something I like,’” he explains. So he exchanged his driver and putter for a painter’s palette and some brushes. He studied at the Rhode Island School of Design, Worcester Art Museum, Fitchburg Art Museum, and many workshops in Maine (lately he’s attended workshops in Europe). In 1974 he sold his first painting, a picture of a marsh with geese. A friend bought it. He has always worked in watercolor, and was never interested in any of the other mediums. He claims that watercolors require more than artistic ability, that there are lots of variables to the medium. Painting with watercolors requires more thinking up front, he says. The paint runs, and it dries quickly; some would consider that a benefit over oils, but it also means the artist has to think and react fast to how the painting is evolving and what the painting is uncovering. He has always liked those challenges that watercolor still presents every time he paints."
Door Fee-- Members: $ 5.00
Nonmembers: $ 10.00
For questions, send an email to tauntonarts@live.com, or call 508-822-4513.


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