| No meeting in July. Join us again in August. |


| The 10th Annual Juried Art Show Spring Reflections is currently open at the Mission Viejo public Library Come see the wonderful work of our members and other artists of the area during library opening hours. The winners are: Best of Show Caroline Verhagen Self Portrait; Heart and Soul Special Juror's Award Linda White The Cellist Masters 1st Place: Dennie Hahn Perfect Landing 2nd Place: Karen Shaw Look Away Little Girl 3rd Place: Karen Shaw Lady Devine, a Glass of Wine HM: Jackie Sorensen Venice Street HM: Joseph Huen Orange Cat Oils and Acrylics 1st Place: Maggie Gerth Morning Calm 2nd Place: Caroline Verhagen Reflection 3rd Place: Maggie Gerth Pigeon Point HM: Caroline Verhagen Maike Transparent Media 1st Place: Casey Hanenkrat Bachelor's Party 2nd Place: Casey Hanenkrat Bengal I 3rd Place: Sandra Goldrup Rebecca and Bulldee HM: Leslie Lutz Hot Springs atTimberline Ranch Dry and Mixed Media/Photography 1st Place: Caroline Verhagen Self Portrait;Heart and Soul 2nd Place: Martha Willox Te Anau Morning Fog 3rd Place: Jeff George Greetings from El HM: Teresa Weiner Peace Congratulations to All |
| Gallery Visit our gallery to view work made by our artist members. |
| Artists Information for our artists members will be posted here. |
| About Us Read about our art league. |
| Contact Us To ask information, or to drop a suggestion, please send us an email. |
| The members of the Saddleback Art League are all local artists and supporters of art in the community. Our members come from the area of Saddleback Valley, Orange County, California. Our members range in levels from beginners to professional artists. We welcome all artists in the fine arts media who are actively pursing their goals of developing and promoting their artwork. Please click here for more information about the Saddleback Art League. If you would like to become a member, you can download the membership form here and/or come visit one of our meetings. Annual dues are $30. |

| Marleen Gerloff discusses a painting at our meeting |
| New Member To become a member you can download your membership form here. |
| The Saddleback Art League is a non-profit organization that meets the second Tuesday of each month (except July) at the Mission Viejo Library Community Room, 100 Civic Center Drive, at the corner of La Paz & Marguerite in Mission Viejo at 6:00PM. Free parking is available at the library. Please stop by to visit one of our meetings as our guest. |
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| Mail address: Saddleback Art League 24000 Alicia Pkwy, PMB 17-374 Mission Viejo, CA 92691 |
| President’s Message, “Inspiration” What do you do for inspiration? Do something nice for yourself by visiting one of the current art exhibitions in our area. The Laguna Art Museum is currently showing a full scale retrospective of William Wendt. Did you know he was a founder of the California Art Club and served as its President from 1911- 19. There is also a new watercolor exhibit at the Irvine Museum entitled “The Good Life”, CA Watercolors from 1930-50. The Irvine Museum is free so visit it often! Attend our regular meetings. We had an inspiring watercolor presentation by Kevin Davidson last month. He painted a floral on yupo paper. which was raffled off to a lucky guest at the meeting. Our demo artists are talented teachers that will get you thinking of new uses for your materials, or perhaps get you to try something new. Check out the websites of our demo artists. They provide wonderful inspiration all by themselves. Get creative! “ Creativity is a celebration of one’s grandeur, one’s sense of making anything possible”. So, get out your paint, camera, clay or whatever and start creating. Challenge yourself to create a new piece, a new series, work with a new material, or use your regular materials in a different way. Challenge yourself to work on your art regularly. Inspiration is all around us. We just need the courage to look! Lynda Zimmer President |
| Membership dues are now accepted for the year 2009 You can fill out the membership form in the newsletter and/or send your check ($30.-) to: Treasurer SAL 24000 Alicia Prkwy, ste.17 #374 Mission Viejo, Ca. 92691 |
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| The juried annual art competition was juried by Chris Sullivan. |