Focal Point: Jean LeGassick
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Artwork by Jean LeGassick
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Other Web Pages With Info About Jean LeGassick
Jean LeGassick's Main Artist Website
Art Galleries Representing Jean LeGassick
American Legacy Fine Arts
Pasadena,, California - (626) 577-7733
Bennington Center for the Arts
Bennington, Vermont - 760/908-5937
Eric Firestone Gallery
Tucson,, AZ - 520 577-7711
Great Basin Gallery
Carson City,, NV - 775 882-8505
Jack Bacon & Company
Reno,, NV - 775 322-1901
Jean LeGassick Studio
Silver City, NV - 775 847-0475
Knowlton Gallery
Lodi, California - (209) 368-5123
Thunderbird Foundation for the Arts
Mount Carmel, Utah - 435/648-2653
Waterhouse Gallery
Santa Barbara,, CA - 805 962-8885
Overview
Click Here to go to the website for artist Jean LeGassick"There is nothing more exciting for me than to hike, snowshoe, or mulepack to rugged mountain peaks, rocky desert outcroppings, or lonely and remote canyons to capture the beauty of these wild places in plein-air paintings."
Jean LeGassick
Biography
Jean LeGassick was born in California in 1950 and lived there for her first 47 years. She graduated from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, in 1979 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. Her artist affiliations include the Plein-Air Painters of America and the California Art Club.Jean was recently honored by being chosen as one of six artists filmed for the PBS series, "Plein-Air: Painting the American Landscape" which is currently being shown on public television stations across the nation (see the PBS Series page on this web site for more information).
She has participated in many fine invitational art shows throughout the country, including several museum shows. Click on "Exhibitions" on the Artwork page to view current work in the most recent exhibitions.
Her work can be found in many public and private collections, including the permanent collection of the Nevada Museum of Art. Jean has been a featured artist in PleinAir Magazine (Dec. `04), as well as having her work published in many other national magazines in the past decade.
An art instructor at Cerro Coso Community College in Bishop, California for many years, she continues to teach an occasional oil painting workshop (see Workshops page on this web site). The current summer 2008 issue of American Artist's Workshop Magazine features Jean while she taught a recent Art in the Aspens Workshop in Pueblo, Colorado.
Upcoming Events and Exhibits
Maynard Dixon Country 2008Mt. Carmel, Utah
8/22/2008-9/30/2008
Reception: 8/22/2008 (times to be announced)
Jean LeGassick will again be participating at Maynard Dixon Country 2008. This show is sponsored by The Thunderbird Foundation for the Arts, and is held in Mt. Carmel, Utah, at Dixon's former summer home. The show features some of the finest contemporary artists, working in a variety of styles, with genres from landscape to figurative, still life to cityscapes. A Preview Reception will be held Friday, August 22. A popular Wet Painting Sale will be held on Saturday morning, August 23, featuring work painted on-location by the participating artists in the previous few days. A Gala Dinner with live entertainment will take place that evening. On Sunday the show is open to the public, at no charge. The show will continue through September. Please call The Thunderbird Foundation at 801/598-0376 for more information.
CELEBRATION OF LIGHT: New Works by the Plein-Air Painters of America
Bennington Center for the Arts, Vermont
9/20/2008-11/30/2008
Reception: 9/20/2008 (3 to 5 pm)
Jean LeGassick will be participating in the Plein-Air Painters of America's Group Show at the Bennington Center for the Arts in Bennington, Vermont. All paintings are for sale. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, September 20th. Call Shirley Hutchings, Gallery Director, at 760/908-5937 for more information.
Yosemite On Canvas
Knowlton Gallery, Lodi, California
9/30/2008-11/29/2008
Reception: 10/3/2008 (6 to 8:30 pm)
Thirteen western women painters gathered together to paint one of America's best loved national parks in May, when the falls were roaring and the dogwoods were blooming. The resulting artwork will culminate in an outstanding exhibition and sale at the Knowlton Gallery in Lodi, California. Along with Jean LeGassick, the participating artists are: Cynthia Britain, Kathleen Dunphy, Terri Ford, Anita Hampton, Debra Huse, Peggi Kroll-Roberts, Jeanette LeGrue, Carolyn Lord, Kim Lordier, Zenaida Mott, Camille Przewodek, and Kate Starling. Contact the Knowlton Gallery at www.knowltongallery.com for further information.
Upcoming Workshops
Plein-Air Landscape (oil)(0)
Virginia City, Nevada
9/24/2008-9/28/2008
This workshop will be held through St. Mary's Art Center, a wonderful facility in the historic town of Virginia City. Predominately a landscape workshop, you will also have the opportunity to paint the old buildings, mining equipment, and ornate homes from the boom days of the Comstock. For a small additional fee you may lodge at St. Mary's (this is highly recommended). Call St. Mary's Art Center at 775/847-7774 for more details or click on Linda's name above for a link to their email. And check out Jean's article in the summer issue of Workshop Magazine. She was featured doing a workshop recently in Pueblo, Colorado.
Linda Nazemian(smacenter@earthlink.net)
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