Exhibit: Four of Our Best

Paintings by Stuart Fullerton, Kathleen Newman,
Jim Hajicek and Marci Oleszkiewicz





Marci Oleszkiewicz


It's impossible for me to look at these paintings
without connecting them to what I've come to know
about the artists who made them.

So maybe I'm rooting for the home team.

But I do think that there was more good art
at the Palette and Chisel last Saturday,
than in the 500 booths at the One-of-a-kind show
at the Merchandise Mart.




Marci Oleszkiewicz


And besides crediting the talent
of the artists involved,
some credit does need to go the
institution where they've developed their art.

Especially Marci,
who came to the P&C
on a scholarship she won
at the first and only
P&C High School drawing contest.








Jim Hajicek



Jim Hajicek




Jim Hajicek



Jim Hajicek



Jim Hajicek


There's been some dispute
over whether that orange paint on the chin
got there by accident.

But I don't think so.




Stuart Fullerton

For whose success
the P&C must also be given some credit


I've lost track of time,
but I think that Stuart has been taking
classes here continuously
for about 10 years.


Stuart Fullerton



...in addition to going out
every week with
the Plein Aire Society



Stuart Fullerton



I can't believe
anyone could paint this in 150 minutes,
but Stuart swears he did.

(I suppose he had to,
or he would have froze to death)



Stuart Fullerton




Stuart Fullerton







Stuart Fullerton







Stuart Fullerton








Stuart Fullerton










Stuart Fullerton

I'm afraid that this is where Stuart.
like so many P&C members before him,
is eventually going to live.

And he certainly has a feel for it.







Kathleen Newman

Kathleen was an accomplished painter
before she ever came to the P&C.


And the closer you look at her paintings,
the more you can find to enjoy.





Kathleen Newman








Kathleen Newman








Kathleen Newman





Kathleen Newman





Kathleen Newman







Kathleen Newman


If only the quality of these small works
could be carried over into a larger format.




Someday,
I wish we could give the club
another retrospective,
so we could see how our generation
compares with those that came before.

The last one
was in 1945.

Isn't it about time for another ?