June 3, 2008 Demo Artist
      Al Setton

The Westlake Village Art Guild is pleased to welcome Al Setton for the June 3, 2008 Buffet Dinner and Art Demo Meeting.

Al’s work captures California’s joyful, energetic, yet laid-back ambiance, and is reminiscent of his roots in the Mediterranean. He received his formal education at Cairo University, the University of Santa Clara and the California Art Institute. In addition, he has taken numerous workshops including with Rex Brandt, Robert E. Wood, Charles Reid, Katherine Chang Liu, Christopher Schink, Henry Fukuhara and others.

His current work is in water media (watercolor, acrylic, ink, gouache) on paper in a relatively large format. Subject matter includes land, city, seascapes, figures and all things in life that engages him. Bright energetic relationships of shapes, color harmonies and calligraphy are characteristic of his recent body of work.

He feels fortunate to have been the recipient of numerous awards, most recently receiving the 2004 Daler Rowney Award at the Watercolor West Annual Open Juried Show. He has also been juried in to a National Watercolor Society Member Show and participated in numerous art exhibits. His work is in many public and private national and international collections including the Arthur Ashe Center, Pauley Pavilion and the Student Activities Center at UCLA.

Says Al, “The process is very important to my way of working because the enjoyment I feel in the handling the medium is reflected in the final product. I function in a place of playful spontaneity which produces freshness in my work that, I hope, will remind viewers of joyful times in their own lives.”

 

©2008 Westlake Village Art Guild