September 2006 Meeting
Guest Demonstrator: Robert Tanenbaum, APSC, CAC, NWS, NSPCA
Robert Tanenbaum is a Signature Member of the National Watercolor Society; one of 22 members out of 1300 members to be nationally certified by The American Portrait Society; one of only 350 that has been elected as an Artist member of the California Art Club and an artist member of National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic.
Robert is fulfilling a lifelong dream of painting for galleries. His painting include, Native Americans, working cowboys, portraits and contemporary subjects. All of his gallery painting are now executed in oil on linen. He is currently showing his work in galleries in Beverly Hills, California as well as Sedona, Arizona; New York, New York; and Fairview, New Jersey. Recently he was greatly honored when he was made a blood brother of the Cherokee Nation.
A partial list of his corporate portraits include the previous three CEO’s of United Parcel Service (UPS), two for Texaco Oil, and nine for Southern California Edison, as well as a life-size full length posthumous painting of Howard Hughes for Hughes Aircraft. The John Wayne family and The Franklin Mint commissioned Tanenbaum to paint 24 portraits of JW’s life.
Tanenbaum has executed numerous portraits for the movie industry and has been commissioned to do over 200 paintings of famous sports figures in NASCAR, baseball, basketball, football, hockey and horse racing.
In the spring of 2001 Watercolor magazine had an article depicting 16 of his casein painting. In 2002 International Artist Magazine had a 10-page article on his color sketches and oil paintings.
NOTE: Robert will paint the raffle winners portrait and present that lucky person with their portrait as a gift! He has also agreed to hold a Saturday workshop shortly after the meeting provided there is enough interest; Robert also teaches private classes from his studio.
Visit Robert’s website at www.rtanenbaum.com
