Budget 2019

2017

2019

Members April 2019

last name	first name
Abbati	Kim
Akalaonu	Blessing
Akers	Roger
Aldrin	Chad
Allen	Jeff
Anderson	Bonnie
Ansell	Barbara
Arenberg	Diane
Arnold	Charlotte
Bair	Jack
Balchen	Debra
Barry	Cathy
Beaumont	Linell
Beck	Kimberly
Beck III	Clayton
Becker	David
Beckstrom	Jack
Bedolla	J Antonio
Bellon	Mary Beth
Bellows	Jayne
Bentley	Jason
Bertucco	Richard
Bloomfield	Richard
Blue	Brenda
Body	Christina
Bond	Paul
Boroski	Brian
Boshardy	Louisa
Bostjancich	John
Brodny	Phyllis
Brody	Evelyn
Buck	Cathy
Burch	Shannon
Burdick	Scott
Burkhardt	Lou Ann
Burrell	James
Carlson	Stephen C.
Ciezkowski	Halina
Cirne-Lima	Henrique
Clark	George
Clarkson	Andrea
Clough	Linda Jo
Cole	Buell
Conklin	Andrew
Cossentino	Ralph
Cramblit	Audry
Crocker	Ken
Crumbaugh	Elena
Currier	Alfred
Cushing	David
Dabholkar	Arun
Dammers	Samuel
David	Douglas
Delsol	Lenin
Doherty	Carolyn
Dolan	John
Dong	Xiao
F. Yun	Jae
Fan	Judy
Firkins	Terry
Flapan	Jan
Freeman	George
Friedman	Adele
Fullerton	Stuart
Gailen	Winifred
Gerdy	Donna
Gibson	Pamela
Grigg	Jim
Grzebielski	Ray
Hajicek	James
Handley	John
Hasmut	Ali
Herring	Barbara
Hosbein	Kristin
Hsueh	Wei
Huddle	Mark
Hurnbert	-Barbara
Hurt Jones	Christine
Hynes	Diane
Jacobson	Errol
Jones	Richmond
Kantz	Phil
Kealy	Susie
Kelly	Auntone
Kintz	Karol
Kolleng	Daniel
Koster	Kenneth
Kuc	Susan
Kujaca	Jim
Lancaster	CLJ
Lee	Sookyi
Lee	Lilly
LeVan	Randie
Liang	Rong
Lidge	Jacquelyn
Livshultz	Misha
Lukas	Paul
Malagon	Miguel
Maloney	Mary
Margaret Abbott
Mattingly	Jessica
Matzdorf	JQan
McAlevy	Henry
McClure	Randal
McLoughlin	Mary
Mertz	Nancie
Miller	Chris
Monastyretsky	Walter
Morrow	Richard
Muehl	Torsten
Mumford	Ellen
Murphy	Lenore
Murray	Jane Ellen
Nasko	II
Newman	Kathleen
Niccoli	Terry
Noonan	Barbara
O'Connor	Mary Jane
Oh	Helen
Okada	Soko
Outten	Leslie
Palmer	Mary
Paulsen	Larry
Phanthavong	John
Puttrich	Bobbie
Puttrich	Steve
Qian	Mary
Raab	Sharon
Raub	Lois
Raub	Keith
Rich	Lesley (Mosher)
Richter	Tobin
Roque	J. Karl
Ruiz	Jerry
Saldana	Ronda
Sazonoff	Dayle
Schneider	William
Scott	Adam
Settle	Claudia
Shapiro-Weiss	Syril
Small	Margaret
Smith	Jackie
Sobolak	Janet
Spence	Cable
Spence	Dee Dee
Spitzer	Jean
Stachnik	Joan
Stanaszek	Valerie
Steffy	Marion
Summers	Alan
Tartakover	Vladimir
Tracy	Janet L.
Traisman	Adrienne
Trboyevic
Trotter	William
Truesdell	Aaron
Van Zeyl	Michael
Vera	Arturo
Vice	Linda
Vincent	Andrea L.
Walker	Roland
Wall	Liz
Warner	Nadine
Weidner	Stephanie
Wentz	Edwin
White	Linda
Wilcox-Zhego	Elizabeth
Wilkow	Clifton
Williams	Sharon
Wu	Yeongchi
Yachik	Val D.
Yoder	Loretta
Yonan	Gloria
Zaremba	George
Zhang	Bo
Zonis	Alex

Postcard in the Library

Who would have guessed that a priceless artifact of Palette and Chisel history would have been pressed between the pages of this disintegrating book in the kitchen library for the past 115 years.

While leafing through the book, Tor discovered this postcard, dating back to 1913, sent from Josef Froula to Fred Larson.

Fred Larson was the man who mortgaged his family home so the Palette and Chisel Club could purchase 1012 N. Dearborn.   Needless to say, he was the most important member we ever had.

Josef Froula (1887-1939) was a young Czech artist who appears to have painted landscapes in Indiana.

You might note that the card was addressed to Larson, c/o the Pontiac Engraving Company, on Printers Row at 542 S. Dearborn.

Here is the other side of the postcard-- possibly showing Froula standing in front of the cabin where he stayed while painting the surrounding countryside.

Here are  some of the paintings that possibly he made there

rather lively, I'd say

the dunes, perhaps?

Gold Medal Show - 2019

Walter Monastyretsky, "A  Day at the Golf Course"

Who is this guy with the tight lips,  sharp stare, and straw hat?

Looks like he could even be the owner of that golf course - or maybe a fleet of refrigerated trucks,  or perhaps a hockey  team.  He's got to be some kind of  big shot in that glowing city off in the distance.

Definitely a  Republican.

This is the national moment for high rolling businessmen - and this is a great painting of that moment.

It's my pick for this year's gold medal.             

Sako Okaden, "Pascal"

I'm always  partial to portraits of important people -- and who is more important than the person who picks up after us?

Jesssica Smit Mattingly

I feel a lot of drama in this economically painted scene.

Has the lady just learned that her husband is stepping out on her?

Stuart Fullerton

(THIRD PRIZE)

Helen Oh

Usually, it's  really disappointing when an artist displays a piece that has already been shown.

But not this piece!

It remains refreshing.

John Jacobsen, "Crows and Civilization"

Can't figure this one out.

Are Adam and Eve starting out all over again?

It looks kind of ominous.
Paradise is not what it used to be.

Jacobsen is a PHD in Physics with a rather remarkable resume

 that includes ten trips to the south pole.

I'm glad he's painting.

Andrew Conklin

Here's another puzzler.

One possible interpretation:

Figurative painting is taking a break,
while the artist paints a still life.

Barbara Ansell

(We've also seen this piece before).

Chad Aldrin

Here are two very different, but charming landscapes that might exemplify the difference  between Impressionist and post-impressionist ( or self-taught ? ) painting.

Debra Balchen

Creates a mood rather than fills a space.

Nancie King Mertz

Errol Jacobson

(SECOND PRIZE)

Here's a couple of cityscapes that make for a good comparison,

and not just because Nancie painted Chicago and Errol depicted Paris.

Jose Zendejas

Lenin Del Sol

(GOLD MEDAL)

Originally intended as some kind of fantasy illustration, 

it also tragically depicts a  model who took her own life last year.

Lenore Murphy

Leonid Osseny

I didn't really need to see this painting again  -- but apparently it has been turning the subject into a local legend who was recently accosted by two women on a train platform who saw this portrait at the Skokie public library.

Pat Brutchin

Like Degas' dancers, this one reminds us that these are

 strong, tough young women, as well as nimble creatures of fantasy.

Rich Morrow

Another real head scratcher.

Something about fourteen cats and eleven Roman columns.

(by way of  explanation, Mr. Morrow clarified that there are 21 cats and 14 columns)

Stacey Street

Stephanie   Weidner

Tim Leeming

I can just imagine Tim's joy when he came across this bountiful, 

 over-stuffed dumpster in an Oak Park alley.

(correction: it's the alley just north of Madison in Forest Park.
I bike down that alley quite frequently on trips to the hardware store.
I'll have to check it out next time)

Tom Zamiar

Val Yachik,  "Fate"

Does Val identify with the spider or the fly ?

This piece is good and creepy.

Adele Friedman