Page B12 (24) Bucks County Herald September 29, 2016

Watercolor artist JamesToogood will present at theNew Hope Art League meet-ing at St. Martin of Toursschool, 1 Riverstone Circle,New Hope, at 7 p.m. Tuesday,Oct. 4.

Members and guests arewelcome.

An artist, author andteacher, Toogood paints thepeople, places and things thatmake up contemporary life.

He studied painting at thePennsylvania Academy of theFine Arts (PAFA). His work hasbeen in more than 40 solo showsand hundreds of groups shows inthe U.S. and abroad.

Toogood has won the 2010Allied Artists of America “GoldMedal of Honor” for best in show,among countless other awards.

He’s a signature member ofmany art organizations, includingthe American Watercolor Society,

Allied Artists of America, theNational Watercolor Society,PAFA Fellowship and AlumniAssociation and the PennsylvaniaWatercolor Society.

He’s contributed to more than20 books and written “IncredibleLight and Texture in Watercolor.”

Toogood teaches at PAFA,National Academy of Design inNew York and the Perkins Centerfor the Arts, Moorestown, N.J.

Toogood is next NewHope Art League speaker

Fifty people who have given ofthemselves to the arts and thecommunity were honored at apre-show party Sept. 8, for theArtists Alive Art Show and Saleat New Hope Arts. They allreceived the Benjamin ParryMedal of Recognition.

The Artists Alive Art Showand Sale, sponsored by the NewHope Historical Society, tookplace Sept. 9 through 11, tohonor and celebrate living BucksCounty artists.

The top 25 works from the 122Bucks County artists – selectedfrom the more than 400 submit-ted – received the BenjaminParry Medal of Recognition.

Bucks Artists Alive

Sellersville transformsinto gallery of arts

Jim Hill and LindaKenyon.

Nancy and Gene Brown.

Lisa Bodine, Jim Searing, Gayle Goodman and Frank Policare.

Roy Ziegler, EdwinHild and Church Tarr.

Art Mazzei and Richard R.Gacek.

Dr. Claire Shaw and MichelleSmith.

“Blizzard, Times Square, NY” is awatercolor by James Toogood.

Robert Rudick and ElayneBrick, directors of PennridgeGallery of the Arts.

Bob Bergey of Perkasie won first place in the photog-raphy category.

Members of Upper Bucks and Lower LehighVietnam Veterans Chapter 468.

Alix Stoll and Pricilla Gray-Stoll, co-owners of Chi-mayo Gallery, with artist and event volunteer, Mar-garet Anderson.

Anna Gentile of SoudertonArea High School won firstplace in the Junior Artistcontest.

Pennridge Middle School South students.

Larry Ricci won Best of Showfor his table.

Christine Cicchino Hawkins with her daughter.

Halley Crocus, Sarah Gagliardi andNatalie Rhodes of Girl Scout Troop2345.

Pennridge Gallery of the Arts, an annual communityarts and crafts show, took place on Sept. 18 along MainStreet in Sellersville.

Photographs by Debby High

Jillian McGlone, Jim Hill, New Hope Historical Society boardmember and exhibiting artist Wendy Gladston, Ron DiLeo and Vir-ginia DiLeo.

Lisa James Otto, JonathanOtto, left, and NealeDougherty.

Dennis Wise and artist ElsaWise.

Guests Joanne Baskin, Sandy San-tello and Sue Santoni.

Event co-chairs Pearl andChuck Mintzer.

Guests gather at the pre-show party.

From left are: Mayor Larry Keller, Bob Welch, Amy Welch, Jim Searing, Gail Goodman, Mary Darlington, Steve Darlington, RichardGacek, Dr. Claire Shaw, John Hover, Roy Ziegler, Vivian Francesco, Linda Kenyon, Judy Zipkingrasso, Michael Francesco, Edwin Hild,Chuck Tarr, Bridget Wingert, Art Mazzei, Barbara Donnelly Bentivoglio, Gene Brown, Nancy Ponds Brown, Mary Eleanor Pitcairn, RodEastburn, Laren Pitcairn, Geri Delavich, Valerie Eastburn, Joe Wingert, Lisa Bodine, Lisa Tremper Hanover, Frank Policare, GeorgeMichael and Jim Hill.

Photographsby Gordon Nieburg

Mary and Stephen Darlington.Kathi Auerbach, Kevin Joy, New Hope Historical Society Pres-ident Carole Martin, Natalia Ritter, Arthur Ritter and GeorgeMichael.