Ruth Malins - Featured Artist of the Month

As Blog Administrator, I am priviliged to select a Featured Artist from the ArtChix group. It is with pleasure that I choose Ruth Malins for this month's recognition. She is a Co-Founder of the ArtChix movement and a hard worker for our cause. Please read her story here:



I moved to Sun City Grand in January of 2005 and the first thing I did was join the Sun City Grand Art Club. I have served as the Club’s president for 3 years.

As a mainly representational painter, I try to depict in my work the people, places and things that give us all a sense of belonging, and feelings of peace, joy and hope. “What flows from the brush onto the canvas” is what I go with. For me, the process of creating something is equally as important as the end result. Making art is very therapeutic and I feel greatly blessed to have such an outlet. When I paint, it is as if I’ve entered into a meditative state”.

Some people say that each piece of art created is a self-portrait of the artist at the moment it is created. “My goal in painting is to “reconnect with my emotions” and have a body of work that I am proud of, and that people will enjoy. I believe I have accomplished that goal and am proud and honored to be a member of the SCG Art Club.”I am a member of the Vanguard Artist’s group and winner of a Blue Ribbon from the 2007 Peoria “Celebration of the Artists” Show.

Fall is around the corner!

Stay tuned for our new ArtChix sale schedule and more Featured Artist entries. This promises to be another exciting season of art shows as I have talked to many ArtChix who have spent this summer painting away in preparation for the beginning of the Fall shows. See you at the Art Club, ArtChix schedule to follow!

Please be aware of our next ArtCix sale April 4th and 5th! We promise to have lots of new works and some of the old fav's for you! We are gearing up to make this a glorious sale event and will have lots of paintings to show.

Many of the Art Chix will also be at the Colonnade Art Walk on April 11 from 10:00 am until 2:00 PM. Lots more original art and prints available!

Another ArtChix show this weekend!

Just a reminder that the ArtChix will be holding another art show this weekend, January 12th and 13th, at the Sun City Grand Art Club. Both studios will be filled with wonderful art and displays. See you there, bring a friend!

ArtChix Sale

Tomorrow, December 15th and Sunday, December 16th there will be the last ArtChix sale before Christmas so if you have time, do stop by and see us! We will be at the Sun City Grand Art Club on Sunrise and Remington Drives. There will be five artists with expanded exhibits so there will be lots to see. See you there....

Successful show!

Another successful weekend show is over and we are so grateful for the reprieve from the terrible weather predicted. Though it was cold, we were warm inside and the visitors appreciated the warm respite while visiting our displays.

One weekend show down, and another to come this coming weekend....December 15 and 16th. Due to holiday time crunches, the number of ArtChix participating will be five; but there will be room for expanded displays so stop by to see everything we will be sharing.

The artists participating in this show will be: Ruth Malins, Sharon King, Ann Stubenrauch, Norma Miller and Susan Roper.

ArtChix of the Month - Sharon King

Sharon King is our inaugural ArtChix of the Month. She was born, raised and married in Washington, D.C. After raising her three children, she and her husband, Mike, sold the family home and traveled the United States in an RV for twelve years. While traveling, Sharon attended many workshops, participated in art shows and exhibited in galleries in South Carolina and the Florida Keys. Her formal training in painting consists of classes in community colleges in Maryland and the Florida Keys.

Sharon is a founding member of the Bougainvillea House Gallery in Marathon, Florida. In the twenty years that Sharon has been painting, she has been a member of: Bougainvillea House Gallery Society of Bluffton Artists, Florida Keys Art Guild Key West Art Center, Florida Keys Watercolor Society Florida Keys Council of the Arts, Hilton Head Art League, Blue Heron Gallery - Hilton Head, Sun City Grand Art Club, Wickenburg Art Club, Arizona Artists Alliance, Arizona Artists Guild, and Vanguard Group.