February Meeting

JONATHAN LINTON is known for creating uniquely resonant fine art portraits as well as intriguingly conceptual figurative paintings. His artwork has won numerous awards and hangs in national and international collections. It is also featured in various magazines, including International Artist, Family Circle, The Artist's Magazine, New York Magazine, Business Week, and American Art Collector, among others.

While Jonathan is known primarily for his portrait and conceptual figurative paintings, he has also illustrated three children's books, two of which landed on national bestseller lists; The Spyglass - New York Times and The Dance - Publisher's Weekly.

Jonathan received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Brigham Young University and continued his studies in New York City and Florence, Italy. Jonathan and his wife have four children and live in the Washington D.C. area.

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• March 23
• April 27

Executive Meetings

• February 3
• March 2
• April 13
  

Workshops

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March Meeting

Susan Ellis is a pastel artist who works primarily in the style of realism imbued with colorist inclinations. She focuses on still life because she thoroughly enjoys interpreting and rendering the beauty she sees in commonplace objects within the still life composition. She is fascinated by, and loves to work with color, because of the infinite elements of mood and energy it brings to a painting. The pastel medium especially excites her due to the way in which the colors interact with each other through the many applied layers. She finds it surprising and rewarding!

Susan works from her home in Falls Church, Virginia. She isdeeply indebted to the Art League of Alexandria for providing her with the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of fabulous classes with inspiring teachers over the years.

She is married to a devoted Boston sports fan and has three great kids.

April Meeting

Armand Cabrera was born in San Francisco.  He recently moved to beautiful Northern Virginia 
where he enjoys the challenge of painting the 4 seasons. An award-winning, self-taught artist, 
Armand is a full time oil painter represented by galleries across the United States.   
 
Armand has spent 2 decades as a successful production artist in the computer games  
and entertainment industry, creating conceptual designs, background art, and special effects 
animation and storyboarding. His clients include LucasFilm Games, Disney, Electronic Arts, 
Virgin Entertainment, Nickelodeon, Microsoft and Paramount Pictures. 
 
Armand has had numerous One-Man Exhibitions and his work is found in  
notable corporate and private collections around the world.  He has been juried into the 
prestigious Laguna Plein Air Competition, Sonoma Plein Air, Plein Air Easton,  
California Art Club Gold Medal Exhibitions, Carmel Art Festival, Telluride Plein Air,  
Sonora Plein Air, International Museum of Contemporary Masters "Salon International",   
Napa Valley Museum, Rocky Mountain Plein Air, The Haggin Museum and many other 
national exhibitions. Armand has been honored with top awards at many of these shows. 
 
Armand writes weekly informative articles about his painting process, the business of art  
and historical artists on his very popular blog.   ArtAndInfluence.blogspot.com 
He teaches studio, plein air & computer e-classes a few times a year. 
Armand instructs how to simplify and organize the painting process. Seasoned painters learn 
how to solve advanced problems and perfect their technique.  
 
Armand is often published in regional and internationally-known fine art publications.  
International Artist Magazine, American Art Collector, Art of the West, Art Business News, The 
Piedmont Virginian, Elan Magazine and Southwest Art Magazines have recognized Armand as 
one of the premier, contemporary painters in the country. 

All McLean Art Society General Meetings are open to the public and are announced in local newspapers to encourage community participation. The General Meeting format consists of a short business meeting followed by coffee and a guest speaker. After each monthly meeting, an informal, Dutch treat lunch is held at a different local restaurant.

Where: McLean Community Center 1234 Ingleside Avenue. McLean, VA.
When: 10 AM - 12 Noon

Note: All executive meetings take place between 10 AM and noon.