ArtWorks Offering Workshop

On Sunday, July 26, from 1-5 p.m., Artist Marian Aranyos of Warren will offer a Watercolor Techniques Workshop at Olmsted Manor in Ludlow.

The fee for the workshop is $25 per participant. The workshop is open to individuals of any age and any skill level -- beginning to advanced. If needed, supplies for the workshop will be provided for an additional onsite fee of $10. Those who have supplies, may bring their own.

Space in the workshop is limited. Pre-registration and pre-payment are required to hold your spot. Registration is on a first come, first served basis. In person registration and payment by check or cash is available during ArtWorks Gallery hours (Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.). ArtWorks is located at the Depot at 1 South Fraley (at the light and intersection of Routes 6 & 66) in uptown Kane.

Those unable to register in-person may e-mail to temporarily hold a spot until payment follows via mail. To hold a spot or send registration fee, obtain a supply list or for additional information send e-mail or mail inquiry to ruthpeterson@verizon.net or ArtWorks, c/o Ruth Peterson, 238 Flickerwood Road, Kane, PA 16735. (Please include your name, address, phone, e-mail and indicate if you will need supplies in your correspondence.)

According to Watercolor Artist Marian Aranyos, "Art is capturing the world of nature and humankind and applying it into various media for others to experience. When deciding on subject matter, I look at my surroundings and see what aspects of the landscape or an image inspires me to design a composition. My stimulation may be a particular scene, pose of the human figure, or shadows falling on an unusual object in an appealing setting.”

“I chose watercolor as my medium because of the transparency of the water media and the bold vibrant contrasting colors that must be achieved in order to attract the viewer.

Application of the proper technique and applying the appropriate color pigment to overall design is crucial for a pleasing work of art in order for my audience to experience the emotions of vibrancy and harmony.

Every work is a learning experience and a challenge to achieve the mastery of the medium. I express all my inner emotions and perceptions of my world with simply the sweep of a brush. I am able to release my pent up excitement and feelings onto paper and record a permanent visual image of a favorite memory in my life to share with others," says Aranyos.

Marian has drawn and painted since childhood. She grew up as in Hellertown, a small town adjacent to the metropolitan area of Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton known as the Lehigh Valley. Art became her love at an early age.

Encouraged by her parents, she enrolled at the well-known Baum School of Art in Allentown and studied there throughout high school. Her senior-high art teacher influenced her to pursue the field of art. She enrolled at Kutztown University in 1971, and studied art education and fine arts favoring weaving and watercolor.

After graduating in 1975, she married and began raising children. Her art was put on hold. After seeing watercolorist Ray Loos demonstrate at an art league meeting,

Marian became motivated, started producing art, and began displaying and selling her artwork in Warren. She began winning awards in local shows, and had her first one woman show at the Prendergast Library in Jamestown, New York in August, 2000. In June of 2002, she had her second one-woman exhibit at the Patterson Library’s Octagon Gallery in Westfield, New York.

Marian is a member of the Warren Art League and a Gallery Artist at ArtWorks at the Depot in Kane, an artists’ cooperative gallery.

Marian exhibits at various businesses, banks, and professional offices in Warren and at Flickerwood Wine Cellars and the galleries at Kane Community Hospital. Her painting of the Allegheny Reservoir was chosen for a logo for the newly formed Warren Art and Cultural Center.

Marian is employed by the Warren County School District as an eighth grade English teacher.

The workshop is being sponsored by ArtWorks in Kane as the first of a series of community offerings.

Pictured: Marian Aranyos with her watercolor paintings at a show. Both peg boards hold Aranyos paintings; Aranyos' watercolor painting of the Kane Manor Country Inn.
(Photos courtesy of ArtWorks at the Depot)