Ragland to demonstrate at FAA meeting

FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Art Association (FAA) is happy to announce the demonstrator at its April 9 meeting will be local artist Jack Ragland. Ragland has won many awards for his colorful and exuberant oil paintings of scenes, people, animals and florals year after year at the San Diego County Fair's Fine Art competition as well as several major national competitions.

His artistic career has been followed in newspapers, magazines, television and special publications. He calls himself the "Dead Painting Doctor" and suggests that members bring in a painting that needs resuscitating along with the photograph that was used as a reference, if there is one.

FAA meets at the Fallbrook School of the Arts, at 310 E. Alvarado, and are open to the public. At 5:30 pm, FAA members can bring in one "painting in progress" for a session with the featured artist demonstrator who will give suggestions for possible improvements. Refreshments will be served at 6:15 p.m., before a brief general meeting at 6:30 p.m., followed by the demonstration, which ends at 8 pm. Each demonstrator offers a workshop the following Sunday noon to 3 p.m. at the same location.

For more information, see the FAA online newsletters at http://www.fallbrookartassn.org.