Monrovia Association of Fine Arts Juried Show May 5th – May 6th Monrovia Historical Museum Foundation 742 E Lemon Ave, Monrovia, California P.O. Box 2359 This brochure is published by Monrovia Association of Fine Arts. We welcome your feedback. Please email your comments to admin@monroviafinearts.org Juried Show Chair Anko Chang
Writer Christine Geltz
Design Brian Xiao
Printed by MGXcopy, San Diego, USA
This year is Monrovia Association of Fine Arts’ first Juried Show. We have
selected from a group of talented local
artists to put together this show.
This year, we are lucky to have Traci Lovings as our lead Juror.
Meet the Jurors
CHAIR: ANKO CHANG
Anko Chang is an artist based in L.A., but works internationally in
Taiwan & China. She is focused on
creating paintings remixing Western & Chinese culture after graduating from UCLA.
Chang has taken social-political
issues with intentions to transform
taboo imagery to show how art has potential to change the world.
Outside of her own art practice,
Chang is highly focused on pushing the practice of art from local into
international levels by guiding other artists to achieve the level of
practice they wish to accomplish.
TRACI LOVING
Traci Loving is a talented local
painter & colored pencil artist who
specializes in acrylics, illustration pens, colored pencil,
& graphic mediums.
Always an artist throughout her life but with 4 children did not pursue the field as a career until they had
grown. A self taught artist she has
developed her style & use of color
specializing in painted instruments for artists to realistic portraits.
Her work has been featured on Mona Lisas & Mad Hatters with Davey Johnstone playing the
“Mandolisa” for Sir Elton John in Las Vegas & on Tour.
FRANK ZGONC
Frank Zgonc is a photographer
trained & degreed in commercial
photography from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He has
lived in Los Angeles since the mid 80’s & been in the community of Monrovia since 1994.
A proud board member & active artist with MAFA, he helps orga-
nize the annual ‘Celebrate the Arts’ event. In spite of this commercial
training & back ground he is able
to meaner off into exploration of a variety of paths in the fine art photography realm.
His art is heavily influenced by the Old Dutch Masters & the impressionists from the turn of the last
century. A mixed bag that shows up in his traditional landscapes & his
very surreal impressionistic works, often being co-mingled.
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Meet the Artists
ERIC WATKINS ILLUSTRATOR
Mixed Media, Colored Pencil with Pen & Ink
Eric, a returning artist for the
Monrovia Association of Fine Arts, has displayed his work of
pencil renderings at local art shows throughout the community.
Inspired by God, he’s passionate
about his work which brings him joy that others can be amazed &
inspired by what he does.
With this image he sets before you,
he wants you to see how simple the process of formulating, shading
& texturing with just the use of a pencil, can capture & bring an
image to life.
Just recently, he decided to add
color using colored pencils, pen &
ink, creating a dimensional effect to
his work.
As quoted by Horace,
“A picture is a poem without words.” Nothing more needs to be said.
Metrolink Goldline 11”x14” Pencil on Paper 2018
An Autumn Day 23”x29”
CATHY YANG
Oil on Canvas
Cathy started painting about 10 years ago when a friend had art lessons in her home.
She enjoys art classes at Pasadena
Atelier Studio. Cathy loves traveling
all over the world especially Europe
& Asia.
She works with various art mediums including oils, watercolor & acrylic
paints – her favorite is painting with
oil paints on canvas.
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JAMES RUIS Painting “Wild Life” has been my passion for over 50 years now.
“Harlequin Hideaway” depicts the
small population of this “Sea Duck”
as it migrates for Breeding to the
“Yellowstone, Grand Teton National
Park” each year. After Breeding they make their way back to the rocky
shores of the west Coast.
Harlequin Hideaway 16”x20” Acrylic on Board
ELLY KARIPIDES A Southern Californian native, Elly Karipides grew up influenced by
animation & storybook art.
Therefore, she cultivated a passion for whimsical, dream-like & narrative illustration.
Inspired by childhood daydream-
ing & doodling, Elly’s main themes
are often fantasy based, including
imagery of gigantic animals, wistful
girls, & love struck mermaids. Untitled Work by Elly Karipides
During the day, she teaches preschool & jr. high art, & finds that
her love of art translates well in the
classroom environment.
Alfa Garage approx. 11”x14” B/W Photo on Metal, 2016
STEPHEN McCARTHY
& textures, & the desire to capture
Steve has been involved with
determines how he sets up a par-
the feel of motion in a still picture
photography for over thirty years,
ticular shot.
digital manipulation, much like
More recently, after teaching history
with film.
begun to write. He has five novels &
The play of the light & shadow of
is working on his sixth novel.
& believes in a minimal amount of what one would do in a dark room
for 30 years, Steve has retired &
three Road Trip books available, &
the instant, a fascination with details JINHUI HU Everyone has a side that they don’t want people to know. Sad memo-
ries that drain their inside black
until there’s no return. Hu would like her audience to be more ware of these private feelings.
Untitled Work by Jinhui Hu 9
HENRY OLIVAS
Plus he writes under the name
Brother Jude & is a member of the
Henry Claro Olivas is a long-time
guerilla poetry troupe Poets In Dis-
over the place, mainly concerned
obsession with early Cubism,
Monrovia native. As an artist, he’s all tress. He has a strange with graphics (BA in Design, 1985,
UCLA), but painting, drawing,
which occasionally creeps into his
work, whether he wants it to or not,
photography, picture- framing,
& considers most of his work
ning also thrown into the mix.
than created.
postcard collecting & marathon run- as “pieced together” rather
Buy This Drawing! (Sponsored By...) 4”x4” Ink, Pencil, & Acrylic on Paper
Wish Box 4”x2”x3.5” Tile, Ceramics, Old Jewelry, & Glass
SHARON ROMERO
note that is inspirational & is de-
signed to evoke emotion & thought
Sharon’s artwork is a visual expres-
within the viewer. The bracelets
instills in every piece of art that she
designed to encourage the playful
sion of heartfelt emotion that she
creates. The Wish Boxes include a
that Sharon calls “whimsical,” are
side within each of us!
LEONORA MIRIJANYAN Elina Mir (Leonora Mirijanyan) has
painted all her life. 10 years ago she
started to participate in exhibitions,
sell her works, & host community art
events.
Elina’s mediums switch based on her inspirations, from acrylic ab-
Untitled Work by Leonora Mirijanyan
stract paintings to collages, mixed media to glassware. Recently she
started making mosaic art. Abstract
& modern art capture my interest,
colors & shapes sometimes have a magic appearance & give us end-
less imagination. As an experimental artist, she create unique series
art with mixed media.
Elina picks a theme & create several
one-of-a-kind pieces within that
series, never repeating a look once it has already been created.
Joy Through Shadows 20”x16”
BARBARA MARTIN
Oil on Canvas
Drawing & painting for Barbara Martin has been a life long joy.
The intimacy & focus needed to
produce a picture has enhanced
her life experience. She currently
attends Atelier Art School where the
emphasis is on individual growth.
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JOHNNY E. SJ. OTILANO It is Johnny E. SJ. Otilano’s belief, as
an artist & as a human, that we all
exist here for a purpose.
As an Artist, you have to explore a lot & experiment, & as time goes
by you uncover your own self &
discover where you stand. No mat-
ter what other people say: continue
what you’re doing, believe in
yourself & be passionate in your Mother & Child w/ Red Flowers 30”x40” Oil & Mixed Media on Canvas
art. Your art & what you express
& everything that comes out of it
is your soul, a God-given talent, a
God-given soul.
Otilano feels that his paintings
express a thousand words & myriad thoughts, “If a pen be mightier than
a sword, my brushes are more pow-
erful than a bow & arrow.” Charlotte Sveen
Photographing the wild horses
(Mustangs) in the Reno, NV area has
Fight for the Mare 17.5”x24” Photography
been a passion of Sveen for several
years. This photo captures a lead stallion asserting his dominance
over a bachelor male challenger.
This is not play, but a serious con-
frontation Sveen was lucky enough to capture with my camera.
DARCEY ARENA Darcey & Elise of Dichro Duo, buy
their glass after it has been coated
with metallic oxide layers of any-
where from 15 to 45 coats, & vapor-
ized in a vacuum chamber. They Work by Darcey Arena Dichroic glass,Copper & Brass Setting
then cut, shape, & stick the glass &
fire it in a kiln generally to tempera-
tures of 1450 to 1650 degrees. This
process is sometimes repeated 2 or
3 times, so that each piece is genuinely unique.
DAVID MICHAEL GUERRERO David Michael Guerrero is & has
been influenced & inspired by Trees.
Growing up just below Dodger
Stadium/Elysian Park & surrounded by rock formations & forests he fell in love with the layers & textures
of nature.
When people speak about Los An-
geles they don’t normally talk about
The Giving Tree 36”x48” Mixed Media on Canvas
forests & rock Formations, but this
was DMG’s Los Angeles. DMG tries
to bring all the layers & textures into
his paintings for the viewers to experience.
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MARIA MARVOSH Maria Marvosh has been involved
Maria’s favorite subject matter in-
cludes local scenery from the ocean to the desert & mountains. Maria
in photography for a short time,
especially likes to shoot rocky land-
capturing moments in time with
shadow changes.
beginning with the advent of digital scapes as values of the rock formacameras. Before this,Maria was tions shift dramatically with light & film cameras. Using Photoshop
Maria’s emphasis is to capture a
techniques, Maria takes old pictures mood & a look of bringing a per& converts them into photographs sonal feeling to a scene or event. worthy of more than a glance.
Sunset at Galveston Bay Photography by Maria Marvosh
20”x16” Oil on Canvas
JOAN WHITENACK As a ten year old child taking care of her younger sisters, Joan Whit-
a plastics manufacturing company,
Whitenack learned to organize & problem solve.
enack learned about responsibil-
As the Executive Director of Foothill
about being a leader. As a mother
needy in eleven cities, she learned
ity. In high school, she learned
& housewife, Whitenack learned
Unity Center, a charity serving the
to treat people with love & dignity
humility & flexibility. In business as
& to believe in miracles. Through
ethics & honesty. As the owner of
more joy, peace, & love to others.
a realtor, she learned the value of
art, Whitenack hopes she can bring
RON HUSBAND
BA degree in 1973 from the Univer-
Ron Husband is an American char-
the Walt Disney Company, Husband
acter animator best known for his
sity of Nevada. Prior to working at
worked for Honeywell in West Co-
work at Walt Disney Feature Ani-
vina, California, where he cultivated
1975 to 2013. Husband was born
illustrations.
mation for thirty-eight years from
on February 5, 1950, in Los Ange-
drafting projects as well as technical
les, California. He received an AA
degree in Art from Citrus College located in Glendora, California, &
Wedding Photo
The Horse
32”x26”
24”x18” x22”
Pen & Ink on Paper
Metal Sculpture
BILL HYATT
their subject matter. He donates
his time & his artwork to benefit
Member at Large Bill is a metal
children’s art programs & has been
& Art Center School of Design, Bill
of the annual Celebrate the Arts
sculptor of some renown in the area. involved with MAFA for many years. He has been named Featured Artist A former student at Citrus College executes his sculptures beautifully, with their design ranging from the
2-day show in the fall & works tirelessly to ensure its success.
surreal to literal representation of
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
MEMBERS AT LARGE
President Christine Geltz
Member at Large Lisa Barrios
Vice President in charge of Summer Art Walks Carol Curtis
Youth Programs Rouzanna Berberian
CoTreasurer Brian Huffman CoTreasurer Joan Whitenack CoRecording Secretary Anko Chang CoRecording Secretary Brian Xiao
Member at Large Katie Gundersen Member at Large Bill Hyatt City Council Liaison Becky Shevlin Jury Committee Director Frank Zgonc Member Ex Officio Darrell Brooke, Esq.
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