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November 2025 Newsletter
published by The Mountain Arts Network
A Non-profit 501-c organization.
"Inspiring Visual Arts in the Mountain Communities"
This e-newsletter is expressly for members, patrons, artists and fans of the Mountain Arts Network, The Mountain Arts Gallery, The Mountain Arts Community Art Center and The Mountain Arts Photographic Society, all located in the Lake Arrowhead Village in Lake Arrowhead, CA.
| | Get a jump on your holiday shopping
with a visit to the MAN Art Gallery
There is a world of beauty to behold.
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Since being introduced to the art of photography at the age 15, Dennis has been hooked on making images that tell a story, invoke an emotional response or show the world in a different light or point of view.
After attending Photography schools in New York and Boston he landed his first job teaching photography to 4th through 6th graders in an after-school program. On his way out the door for his first class he received a call from the editor of a large weekly newspaper offering him his first shooting job as a news photographer. Within three years his career took off. He landed a job as a commercial photographer in the fashion industry in New York City. After 5 years in New York City, he decided to start his own studio doing editorial and commercial photography for ad agencies and corporations. Dennis spent the next 30 years working as a corporate photographer for 2 large corporations, running a commercial photography studio and as an adjunct professor of photography at Franklin Pierce College.
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In his over 40 years as a corporate/commercial photographer, Dennis has worked for companies such as Lockheed, BAE Systems, PennWelll Publications and McGraw-Hill producing photography for advertising, public relations, annual reports and marketing. Teaching photography allowed Dennis to expand his vision of what emotion his fine art photography should convey and what was his intent.
“I evaluate a scene I am about to photograph and look for a unique point of view, light, shadows, lines shapes, or colors that will create an image that someone else might overlook or not see at all. I try to create a photograph that will evoke an emotional response”
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As a 4th Generation Californian and a resident of Crestline for 29 years I have an extensive background in photographing the Golden State and in particular the San Bernardino National Forest. Shooting first with Film now with Digital, I look for the simple beauty in Nature and try to capture it in my images. I have concentrated my photography In the Eastern Sierra, the deserts, the West Coast and, of course, the local mountains.
My latest project as been photographing the Milky Way, which requires travel the darkest places I can find and spending many nights shooting late into the small hours and till dawn. In the last six months I have Camped in the Mojave Preserve, Trona Pinnacles, Eastern Sierra, the White Mountains and photographed at Bodie, Ca to capture the Milky Way.
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I recently returned from a week road trip up the coast following 101 and 1 to the Russian River with stops to photograph the Field of Light at Sensorio in Paso Robles. Stopping to photograph in Morro Bay had a amazing Sunset. One of my favorite places is the Point Reys Peninsula, such with beauty like California was years ago.
I then photographed sea stacks on the beach where the Russian River empties into the sea.
I have enjoyed capturing my images and bringing the beauty of nature print, I hope you enjoy them.
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I have been a part of Mountain Arts Network since 2005 when it was called Crestline art Network. At that time, we didn't have a gallery, so we rented an old Hardware store and had art shows. Mountain Arts Network moved to Willow Creek on Hwy 18 and then to the Village, it has come a long way thanks to a lot of special people who have donated their time.
I will be 90 in December, so I have to keep my artwork a size I can handle. I spend most of my days in my studio, the room is full of artwork, paint, and bottles of color, that stimulates new possibilities. Creating art keeps my spirit focused on new ideas, it is so good for the Soul. I am teaching watercolor, abstract art, collage and making collage paper a couple of days a week.
| | SEASON'S GREETINGS
Prepare for your Holiday Gift Giving with a visit to the MAN Art Gallery
There is a world of beauty to behold. | |
GALLERY CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6th
from 5 TO 7pm
at the Gallery in Lake Arrowhead
Open to the public and MAN members - come one and all to the MAN Lakeside Gallery in Lake Arrowhead and open the holiday season with your artist friends and family! There is always a ton of fun, food and music plus there is often a fabulous raffle...so don't by shy!
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MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
All board meetings and gallery meetings will be held the second Wednesday of every month, 2025, at the Coldwell Banker community room in Blue Jay.
Board meetings will be at 5:00
Gallery meetings will be at 6:00.
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“You don’t take a photograph, you make it.”
Ansel Adams
1902-1984
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Adams was a life-long advocate for environmental conservation, and his photographic practice was deeply entwined with this advocacy.
One biographer calls Monolith Adams's most significant photograph because the "extreme manipulation of tonal values" was a departure from all previous photography. Adams's concept of visualization, which he first defined in print in 1934, became a core principle in his photography.
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LISA COOK
Ladybug necklace. Fused glass pendant hand-made by the late Cynthia Young. Green aventurine and crystal beads.
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GRAEME GALE
I’m introducing my new series called “Framed Yard Debris”. I recently re-sided my cedar shingled home with new tiles. I saved every old tile and after collecting acorns and pinecones from around my home, created some framed rustic vignettes.
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RICK ROTANTE OIL PAINTING CLASSES
“RAVEN ART STUDIO”
WEDNESDAYS AND THURSDAYS
$35.00 per three-hour session.
10am - 1:00 pm in Running Springs
Call to register 909-233-0425
and address location
Please Leave msg.
Come to learn, improve or expand your ability.
Bring your own supplies and paint -- No phones in studio
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WOOD TURNING CLASS
Instructor: Darrell Harris
One-on-One Instruction by Appointment
Cost: Ask Instructor - All materials included
Class dates: Class by Appointment
RSVP: call Darrell Harris at 909-605-3378
Accepts Cash at the door.
Location: Artist Workshop.
Want to learn to turn a pen on a wood lathe? Sign-up for a 3-hour class and you will have a complete pen. 3 hour class with all materials supplied.
Instructor Artist: Darrell Harris.
| | MOUNTAIN ARTS PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY | | |
THIRD Wednesday of each month Alpine Escrow Corporation, 27236 State Hwy 189, Blue Jay, CA 92317
Meeting starts at 7:00 PM ~ Doors open at 6:30 PM for social time
www.mountainartsphoto.com | Visit Our YOUTUBE
For more information, email mtnartsphoto@gmail.com
Guests are welcome to attend their first meetings at no charge.
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"Photography is a means by which
we learn to see the ordinary"
~David Bailey
| | MEMBERSHIP INFO - JOIN MAN | | |
Want to Join MAN or Renew Your Membership?
MAN Memberships are good for one year from the date of joining. CALL (909) 744-8450
or check our website for more info: mountainartsnetwork.org
ART GALLERY PARTICIPATION
is based on a jurying process.
For more details, please contact JO ROBINSON
jomamacita@hotmail.com
818-720-3682
Memberships: $30 Individual, $20 Seniors (55 and up), $20 Student (17 & under), $10 each additional family member
Enjoy the benefits: 10% off all Gallery items, Invitations to special events and receptions, Open Studio opportunities, teaching & volunteer opportunities.
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Download and print this Donation Form
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Mountain Arts Network
PO Box 1275 Lake Arrowhead, CA 92352 | Phone: 909-744-8450
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