Art Gallery

Monday through Friday from 8am – 5pm. View art work from our own Tustin seniors as well as local community artists. For more information contact the Tustin Area Senior Center at 714-573-3340.

20th Annual Student Art Show
Friday, 4/1 - Thursday, 4/28
Reception: Friday, 4/8, 6 - 9 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room
K-12 students from public and private instruction who reside within the Tustin Unified School District boundaries are eligible to show their work. There will be ribbons, trophies and cash awards for first, second, third place and honorable mention in each grade. In addition, there will be a “Best of Show” award.
This is a great opportunity for young artists to display their talent and creative abilities as they hone their skills in the world of art for tomorrow and years to come.

Rodrigo Lois - “Painting: A Journey”
Monday, 5/2 - Friday, 5/27
Reception: Friday, 5/6, 6 - 9 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room
Rodrigo Lois, a retired professor of molecular biology from Cal State Fullerton, began painting in 2003 after an encounter with colon cancer. He lives in Lake Forest, CA.
Rodrigo attempts to paint life and the act of being by looking inward and just letting the brushes and colors do what they will. Painting for him becomes a journey without a specific destination. Each work is just a record of the paths followed in one such journey. Visit his website at www.lois-art.com

Darlene Jones
Thursday, 6/2 - Wednesday, 6/29
Reception: Friday, 6/3, 6 - 9 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room
The art and imagination expressed through paperdolls is what you will see in the art exhibited on view in the Main Gallery through the month of June. If you enjoy fashion and watercolors illustration, you will enjoy the show.
The work is the product of Darlene Jones. Darlene is a 41- year resident of Tustin. Despite the fact that she has been drawing since the age of six and has a degree in “fine art”, it wasn’t until after she had raised her four children and retired from a job as a technical illustrator that she found the time and opportunity to pursue once again her lifelong passion for drawing and painting.
Through fate and a serendipitous meeting at a Fourth of July party, Darlene was introduced to the international family of paperdoll collectors and artists. She has been honing and pursuing her artistic skills through paperdolls ever since.

Friederike (Ricky) Foster
March - April
Friederike (Ricky) Foster grew up in a culture with a strong influence of art and music. She took ballet, singing, acting, playing the flute and violin, and now some keyboard. She has always loved to draw, and has never attended any art school. When her kids were all grown, she had to find something to keep herself busy, so she decided to take up painting. One day, when she was watching TV, there was an artist who did some beautiful flower paintings and another artist did some landscapes. All creations seemed to be so easy and simple; she bought some oil paint and canvas and started to paint. She was not very satisfied with the end result, so she bought some books and started reading and her painting improved. She was painting for a while and then stopped to become a real estate agent. The next five years, she showed property, went to seminars and meetings which was very time consuming work. She was always on the go and hardly had any time for anything else. She quit her business in 2005. Now, she has time to paint again. After buying more books and more paint, she began to do something she really liked to do, mainly paint and draw. In 2008, she joined a watercolor class given by Erika Brown because she was not sure if she wanted to take up watercolor rather than oil painting but to her surprise, she started enjoying the class. She came up with some decent paintings. This year, she also started taking the oil painting class given by Carolyn Westfall. Now she has found a way to keep herself busy, and she loves it!

Margaret Kim
May - June
Margaret Kim has studied art in classes at the Tustin Area Senior Center for the past several years. She works in many media, including watercolor, gouache, pastels, graphite and ink. Her favorite subjects include brightly colored floral arrangements and still life set-ups.