Join Nancy Sargent Howell for a 2-hour demo where she will speak to her process, materials, and inspiration. Nancy works primarily in watercolor using straight lines to create a prism-like appearance in her artwork. This demo will serve as a fundraiser for NRAS.

Nancy Sargent Howell is an Honorary Member and a past president of the New England Watercolor Society, a past President of the North River Arts Society and past vice-President of the Copley Society of Art. She has been painting for more than 45 years and taught watercolor and acrylic painting at her studio in Scituate MA for most of those years. Using only 6 colors, Nancy's paintings are quite traditional when she works outdoors but are described as “contemporary realism” when she works from her studio. Nancy has travelled extensively, teaching painting workshops throughout Europe and the United States. Her paintings are in private and corporate collections throughout the United States and many European countries.

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RESCHEDULED DUE TO SNOW STORM - NEW DATE FEBRUAY 23

Join Sally Dean for an informational and casual 2-hour demo. She will talk about her process, materials, and inspiration. Sally is a prolific artist and incredibly inspiring. This demo will serve as a fundraiser for NRAS.

Sally Dean is a south shore artist who mostly works out of her back yard studio. Sally is a member of North River Arts Society, and is a gallery artist at South Shore Art Center in Cohasset . She is a graduate of The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and has a BFA from Tufts University. As well as painting Sally works in mixed media, printmaking murals and mosaics. She has been the Education Coordinator at the Art Complex Museum in Duxbury, MA, since 2002. Sally was the artist in residence in 2023 at South Shore Art Center working with school children teaching animal art. 

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Collage is Marcias’ medium. She uses a palette of papers, cloth, paint or threads. The process is slow and applied with deliberate and spontaneous applications.She create color gestures and intuitive patterns with paint for ’atmosphere’ and then assembles papers with acrylic mediums. They go together like a jigsaw puzzle.The compositions of abstract dances of color with a realistically painted favorite created dropped in create a scene for the eye. Marcia's goal is to evoke Joy.

A long time member and supporter off North River Arts. Marcia has been creating collage for 30 years. Her paintings are in private, corporate and Museum collections. Marcia's visual reference has been the brilliance of flowers. Using abstract collage elements: contract, repetition and layering that lead to there own creative magic.

 Join Laura Harvey for a 2-hour demo where she will discuss her process, materials and inspiration. Laura is a talented multimedia artists who create intricate layered pieces in an intuitive manner. This demo will serve as a fundraiser for NRAS. 

As a mixed media artist, Laura creates intricate layered collages on a variety of substrates; from canvas and traditional birch panels to hollow-core doors. To intuitively build each piece, Laura draws from a rich and unique collection of media and vintage ephemera, building layers using paint, papers (found, purchased or hand painted), acrylic mediums, graphite, photo transfers and more. She derives a storyteller's satisfaction watching each piece evolve during the creative process - from the initial blur of an idea to a completed visual. 

Join Focus on Figures Judge, Laurel Stern Boeck, for a 2-hour demonstration. In this demo Laurel will be painting a portrait in oil using a live model. She will demonstrate and explain her artistic process while painting. Students will have the opportunity to ask questions and learn through observation. 

Award-winning artist Laurel Stern Boeck is known as one of the nation’s foremost Portrait Painters. From her earliest years, Boeck has been fascinated with the human subject and the art of portraiture. Educated at the prestigious Art Students League and receiving a Bachelor’s of Fine Art from the School of Visual Arts in New York, Boeck now boasts a client list that includes prominent leaders in the fields of business, government, and education. Her work can be seen in major capitols, banks, board rooms, universities, supreme courts, private homes, and Washington institutions.

Learn more about Laurel and her work at https://www.boeckstudio.com/