Meeting Schedule
Third Thursday of each month at 7 PM
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WORTHINGTON GRISWOLD CENTER 777 North High Street (one block North of 161 and High intersection) Opposite the Worthington Library on the West side of High Street Plenty of available parking
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Next Meeting
February 16, 2006 7 PM
After a short business meeting, Patrick Harsch and John Konheim will lead a discussion in pen & ink drawing.
| Patrick J. Harsch, Ph.D.
is a self-taught artist who began pencil drawing while a 24-year-old
VISTA volunteer assigned to New Orleans in the late 1960s. Since that
time he advanced to other media including oils, acrylics, pastels and
charcoal. Today he uses almost exclusively pen and ink to capture a
portrait of American’s ethnic and cultural diversity. Portrait subjects most interesting to him are African Americans, American Indians and Ohio Amish. He especially enjoys portraying the young, old and leaders of the above groups. His portfolio includes not only the famous, but also pets (especially cats) and children of his friends, family, neighbors and public health co-workers. His portfolio contains approximately 70 pen and ink drawings. Reproductions of them can be viewed at his family’s website at: http://groups.msn.com/TheHarschFamily. In addition to drawing, Patrick is a self-taught wood carver. He enjoys carving carousel horses and Kachina dolls using local cottonwood tree root. Kachina dolls represent Hopi Indian spirits and are given to young children of the tribe, not as toys, but to learn about their religion. Patrick’s pen and ink drawings were featured at the Rhodes State Office Tower, sold through the WOSU TV auction and are on display at various art galleries and stores in Columbus. Like Bill Westerman, who has taken on the task of teaching WAAL photographers how to paint, Harsch believes that he can teach anyone how to develop pen and ink drawing from photographs. |
John Kohniem, I started drawing when I was in
college. I discovered the Rapidograph pen and was impressed that I could
draw something that looked like a finished lithograph. The Rapidograph
and Castelle pens were unique - there were no fine line felt tips at the
time. I started drawing buildings and them put people in the drawings.
When I joined the Army in 1967 I sketched while in the US. When I went
to Vietnam I stopped and didn't pick it up again until a few years after
I returned. Click Here for more visual information |
The public is welcome to attend.
MONTHLY MEETINGS
There are special speakers at each meeting discussing Art related topics