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August 2023 News and Notes

Paul Brand • August 6, 2023

Sun on the Maumee, Oil, Paul Brand

TWO-DAY OIL PAINTING WORKSHOP

SEPTEMBER 16–17, 2023


9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. | Toledo Artists' Club

5403 Elmer Drive
Toledo, Ohio | 419.531.4079

Toledo Artists' Club members $225.00
Others $300.00


For 600 years, oil painting has been the preeminent painting medium. Painting in oils has documented our cultural heritage and has endured and evolved through the advent of photography, the modernism of the 20th century, and the digital age. No other media gives artists the same intensity of color and breadth of mark-making possibilities. There is nothing more natural and enduring than oil painting." From A Guide to Studio Safety by Gamblin Paint Company.

Register for Oil Painting Workshop

Quote for August

"Chagall is my favorite pupil, and what I like about him is that after listening attentively to my lessons he takes his paints and brushes and does something absolutely different from what I have told him." Leon Bakst (1866 - 1956). From "The Quotable Artist" by Peggy Hadden

Art in the Garden: August 12, 11 - 4

Set up your easel and paint! You may offer your work for sale.


A variety of art forms will be demonstrated throughout the Village all day. Plenty of hands-on opportunities. Activities for the kids. One of a kind of art available for purchase.  Chloe & the Steel Strings will perform and Jimbo's tasty Chili Dogs food truck will be there.  Rain or shine,  free and open to the public.


Here are some scenes from the Toledo Botanical Garden:


The festival was held from August 1 to August 5, with more than 100 participating artists painting in downtown Sylvania. Toledo Artists' Club members who participated included Paul Brand,
Paula Davis, Julie Draeger, Kay Kocher, Trisha Koelsch, Fred Lang, Donlyn Meyers, Ellie Miller, Rex Russell and Tom Sorrell. All the accepted paintings will be on display at Fuller Art House, Hudson Gallery and Art Supply Depō now through August 16, 2023.


Below are the award-winning paintings by our members. Click any thumbnail to see the painting larger and in its entirety.


  • Rex Russell–First Place | Emerging–US Post Office Retired
  • Beth StewartThird Place | Emerging–Little Log Cabin
  • Julie Draeger– Honorable Mention | Professional–Awesome Olander
  • Tom Sorrell–Honorable Mention | Professional–Station to Freedom
  • Tom Sorrell–Honorable Mention | Professional–Harroun Family Barn


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Photograph by Paul Brand
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Midwinter Sanctuary Nancy Pickens
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Granite Wall Ellie Miller
By Paul Brand November 5, 2024
Hancock Woodlands 2 Jennifer Sowders
By Paul Brand October 8, 2024
Nature's Masquerade by Terri Dennis
By Paul Brand September 10, 2024
Sunflowers by Marla Mears
By Paul Brand August 3, 2024
Sedona Trail by Fred Lang
By Paul Brand July 2, 2024
A Family Stroll by Suzanne Gwodz
By Paul Brand June 6, 2024
Spring Nest by Marla Mears 
By Paul Brand May 4, 2024
Lilacs and Sun by Paul Brand
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