LOCATION CHANGE!!!
MEMBERS' MEETING
THIS MONDAY, APRIL 22
at 7:00 p.m.
at event1013
1013 15th Street, Downtown Plano
(See map below)
This will be our regular monthly Members' Meeting for April. Previously scheduled at the ArtCentre of Plano, it will include presentation of a slate of officer nominations
by the Nominating Committee.
Other nominations can also be made by members who attend.
After this brief business meeting, a special program
presentation will featured.
PROGRAM:
John
Pototschnik will make a presentation titled
"From There to Here."
John Pototschnik (Poe-toe-sh-nick) is a remarkable, nationally recognized painter who has deep roots in Plano and North Texas. He is a former President of Plano Art Association. His presentation will be a fully illustrated story
of his career journey that has culminated in the wide-spread acclaim he now experiences.
 John was born in St. Ives, Cornwall, England but grew up in Wichita, Kansas. He received his art training at Wichita State University in advertising design, followed by instruction in illustration and design at Art Center College in Los Angeles. Most recently he has studied human anatomy at the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts in Old Lyme, Connecticut.
In 1982, Pototschnik began painting professionally in the fine arts. Prior to that, he worked as a freelance illustrator for ten years with many of Dallas' major advertising agencies and companies.
Since beginning his fine art career, Pototschnik has become a popular speaker and juror among art organizations. His paintings are in many private and public collections nationally.
Pototschnik resides in Wylie, Texas, with his wife Marcia.
They have two grown sons.
He is a past president of Artists and
Cra
ftsmen Associated and the Plano Art
Association.
He has been honored with four George Washington Honor Medals from the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, the John Steven Jones Fellowship, plus many other regional and national awards. He is recognized in "Who's Who in American Art" and "Who's Who in the Southwest". His work has appeared in First, The Artist's Magazine, Southwest Art, American Artist, PleinAir Magazine, American Art Collector and International Artist, plus seven books...The Best of Portrait Painting, 200 Great Painting Ideas for Artists, and Expressing the Visual Language of the Landscape, 100 Ways to Paint Landscapes, 100 Ways to Paint Flowers and Gardens, 100 Ways to Paint Seascapes, Rivers and Lakes, and Art Journey America Landscapes.
 He is an Art Renewal Center Living Master, a Signature member of the Oil Painters of America and a Master Signature Emeritus member of the Outdoor Painters Society.
"My artistic influences are diverse, ranging from the Barbizon painters of Corot, Daubigny and Millet to the American tonalist, George Inness. I believe all I need to know of the principles of art are to be found in the works of the masters. My paintings are not flamboyant, mysterious, trendy or shocking but I am interested in depicting the truth about life, as I see it, in a naturalistic way free of frills and bravado. I enjoy depicting simple, common, everyday life and its objects as things of beauty and worth. I intend to show the dignity and value of the subjects I paint - just as my artistic influences have. Through continued hard work I want to give to society paintings that transcend the culture and it's ever changing tastes. . . paintings that speak to the heart."
See more of John's work on his
MISSION STATEMENT: The Plano Art Association is dedicated to encouraging the visual arts development of the membership, and inspiring awareness of the visual arts by sharing the joy, passion and beauty within and beyond our Plano community.
PAA is sponsored in part with a grant by the City of Plano.
For more information on wonderful things to do in the City go to
www.plano.gov
Plano Art Association
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