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Sylvia Chase

Favorite Medium: paintings
Statement: Raised in a musical environment, I took a detour early in life and branched out into the visual arts. My early years were spent in New Hampshire and at age eleven, my family moved to Southern California. With the encouragement of very supportive parents, I majored in fine art in our local college. My paintings encompass a large variety of subject matter which enables me using many different watercolor techniques. Painting the wet into wet method as the foundation for most of my paintings, I then begin highlighting large contrast areas, and then follow this by creating extensive sections painting the negative spaces surrounding objects. Since I do not allow myself the use of white paint, creating small areas leaving the white of the paper poses the greatest challenge, but also is my favorite method of creating focal points.I love using colors, both subdued and intense. Since autumn is my favorite time of year, many of my paintings reflect this. Landscapes are my favorite subject matter and through travel, family and friends who supply me with many photos, I am never without subjects to paint.
Birth City: New Hampshire
Birth Year: 1940

Awards: 2004 Artist of the Year Huntington Beach Art League Accepted /Watercolor West 34th Annual Juried Show 10/03 Honorable Mention HBAL Fall Member Show 10/8/03 2nd Place - Sunset Beach Art Fair 05/03 Best of Show HBAL May Meeting 10/02 Third Place HBAL Fall Show 10/02 Honorable Mention- OC Artists Showcase 5/01 2nd place HBAL Open Juried Show Oct 00 1st place HBAL Fall Member Show July 00 Theme Award - Orange County Fair July 00 2nd place - Orange County Fair July 99 Honorable mention- Orange County Fair Oct 98 Judges Choice - Santa Ana Wilshire Sq. Fair

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