LIFE DRAWING GROUP

The Enosburg Life Drawing Group consists of local artists who meet once a week at the Montgomery Town Library from 5:30-7:30 PM to sketch from a live nude model. As you can see from sample sketches, models vary and vary their poses to give members the greatest opportunity to study the human form in its many shapes and configurations.

Weekly sessions are conducted in a professional, studio-like manner with quick poses to longer, more time-friendly poses. Media varies from charcoal and pastels to watercolors and other paints. The following artists, including some AIR members, have become regulars of this life-drawing group:

JIM FOOTE

JULIE CROSS

HEIDI LAGUE

EILEEN CATALANO

CHARLOTTE ROSSHANDLER

PAT MURPHY

KEN WETHERBEE

NICKY FORD

Participating artists report strong camaraderie and inspiration, as well as frequent input and friendly feedback from fellow artists. Members pay a fee of $10 each session to compensate the model for her time. The group welcomes new members who are encouraged to contact Eileen Catalano or Jim Foote for more information.

BECKY WRIGHT

"I have been creating whimsical paper mache sculptures for a few years. It is a fun medium to work in because anything is possible! I start with wire, brown paper, and masking tape and sculpt the paper into my vision. Sometimes the vision changes as I progress. I cover the sculpture with 3 layers of paper mache, then I'm ready to paint. I love to paint in bright colors and designs similar to the Oaxacan designs of Mexico.

I also enjoy sewing scarves from patches of rayon cloth that I pick up from a recycling store. Creating art has been a part of my life since I was very young. I enjoy dabbling in a variety of mediums and am always willing to try something new. I have been teaching art in the school setting for 18 years and am currently teaching at Bakersfield Elementary School."

KELEE MADDOX

"I hadn't been able to always create the look that I wanted with my previous methods of jewelry making, and I eventually decided that I was going to have to add another element to my work. So, over the past year, I have added sterling silver wire to my necklaces. I tried for a long time to make clay look like rocks; then I decided I should just be using rocks. It turned out not quite that easy. Alison and I worked on and off for years to develop a technique to work in the way that we wanted. Learning to use sterling silver wire was the last step that I needed to be able to make the rock pendants I had been trying to create for years. I love the simplicity of the rock and the silver together and also the contrast with the beads."

ALISON DEZOTELLE

"I will be showing original work and sketches involved in illustrating the book 'Lullaby for Birds,' which Sarah Willey, a local woman of many talents wrote and published this fall. I will be bringing copies to sell. I spent the summer working on it. The book came out just before the holidays. This is the first time I have actually illustrated an entire book. My moods during that period ranged from serious doubt about my ability to do it, to elation when a picture worked out better than I thought it would! I would love to do it again and have plans to create another book in the next couple of years-- this time, with my daughter's father-- an original story he wrote."