This month for our meeting we have our Annual General Meeting and then after the proceedings we are pleased to welcome Steve Leadenham to demonstrate his Transport Art – Trains, Planes & Automobiles in Oils. The Monthly Meeting for September is on Tuesday the 8th, 7pm at the Stans Stevens Studio, Deerubbin Centre, George St, Windsor.
As
a society the MTAS is run by volunteers. This year we have had a very
dedicated committee who have worked hard and at our AGM there will be
some vacating these positions and not able to return for personal
reasons.
We would like to appeal to the wider Hawkesbury Community to any out there that might be interested in helping the society particularly for our Treasury book keeping position, and the role of President. You do not need to be an artist yourself to fill these roles, but some interest in art and craft is welcomed.
This
year it would be fantastic if we could have some new faces. If you or
your family/friends may be able to take on a role it would be a great
help to keep the Art Society running. Please consider a position as we
all know that many hands make light work!
We want our Arts Society to continue well into the future with many successful artistic endeavours to come. See our website for more information
www.mtas.com.au on the Society.
Anyone
who is interesting in taking on a postion to help out the Society can
email to info@mtas.com.au or call Sharron on 02 4572 5580
The Committee positions are listed below:
(1) President
(2) Vice President
(3) Secretary
(4) Treasurer
(5) Assistant Secretary
(6) Assistant Treasurer
(7) Publicity Officer
(8) Membership Officer
(9) Functions Officer
(10) Children's Art Classes Co-ordinator
We also have Non Committee Positions that need to be filled.
This means you have a role to help the society but are not expected to
attend committee meetings, even though most welcome to if you would like
to: Newsletter & Graphic Editor, Field day Organiser, Exhibition
Manager, Exhibition Equip Mgr, Catering Supper, Catering Exhibitions,
Functions RSA, Public Officer, CASS Representative, Librarian, Assistant
Librarian, Open Day Organisers (Yarramundi), and Historian/Archives
Officer.
Monthly Demonstration – 8th September: Steve Leadenham
Transport Art – Trains, Planes & Automobiles in Oils
Steve will be doing Transport Art – Trains, Planes & Automobiles in Oils.
Steve
is a Sydney based artist specialising in transport-themed subjects.
Although he has painted all his life, he has been painting to an
increasing audience of transport enthusiasts and professionals since
2003 focusing on works in oils and acrylics. He has been exhibiting at
regional art shows over the past ten years at which Steve has sold many
paintings and received a number of awards. He also had a number of solo
exhibitions and displays and have demonstrated his technique to many art
groups across the Sydney area.
Steve ‘s website and facebook
7.00pm Tuesday 8th September at the Stan Stevens Studio, Windsor Library, Deerubbin Centre, George St, Windsor
(Please arrange to park outside of Library due to carpark early closure)
Entry is free for MTAS members and visitors (includes supper)
Both Members and Non Members are welcome to join us for our meetings to view an inspirational artist at work each month, as well as the opportunity to enjoy networking with like-minded art enthusiasts. 
John is an energetic outdoor painter who works almost exclusively in oils and is stimulated by the strong light of the Australian landscape. He is particularly enthusiastic about the Hawkesbury and Nepean districts to The Central West artistically. 
John has won many awards for his artworks and has held eleven very successful solo exhibitions and numerous joint exhibitions. 
Molly Gill is currently
a Nature Art and Landscapes Tutor at Willandra House, in Ryde, and Pablo’s Art
House, in Green Point and an art contractor with the Education Department of
the Macleay Museum, Sydney University. 
Steve Jannar is a Sydney-based artist. He is essentially a figurative painter and his earlier period was very much influenced by the Heidelberg School of Australian Impressionists, in particular by Streeton, Roberts & Conder and in more recent times by Sydney Long. Being an architect had contributed to the fact that many of his earlier works included the built environment in the Australian vernacular. Since 2008 he has returned to painting in acrylic paint rather than oil, is painting on a larger scale and freeing up his style – resulting in more dramatic works with greater impact.
He has exhibited in and around Sydney for many years and is also represented in overseas collections. He had his first solo exhibition (‘Sydney or the Bush’ – oil paintings of Sydney, NSW & Northern Victoria) at the Balmain ‘Watch House’ in February 2004. In 2013 he had a local exhibition (sponsored by his local MP, Glenn Brookes) based on the waterways of the Georges River and Salt Pan Creek at Bankstown Paceway (including a 6 metre long painting of Boatsheds along the shores of Salt Pan Creek/One Tree Point). Early in 2014, he shared an exhibition (with Michael Braden) which was held at the Balmoral ‘Bathers’ Pavilion Gallery.
Jim studied with the late Bill Golding and Otto Kuster and found oils to be his chosen form of expression. He was drawn to the use of the palette knife to produce the textures he wanted to achieve and is a member of Southern Cross Art Group.
