Palisadian, Gabrielle Gottlieb will be hosting a Build Your Own Collage Demonstration.
RSVP: (310) 709-6684
By March 20
Sunday, March 29
1-3pm
774 El Medio, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
Gottlieb has lived in the Palisades for over 20 years. She will be providing materials for attendees, including, glue, deckled edge scissors, various papers such as craft brown paper, colorful papers, fabric swatches, cardboard, watercolor pencils, paints, pens, paints, stencils, and magazines.
She encourages attendees to look in their environment for things they would like to incorporate in their collages, including, maps, newspapers, photos, magazines tear sheets, music sheets, fabric swatches, paint swatches, hard copies of their artwork, tissue paper, wrapping paper, labels from food (cans, boxes, old mail -anything paper, jewelry, and sewing related materials. She encourages people to look in their own home before going out and buying any art materials for projects. This is especially true for collage projects.
Scour your home and find what you can for fun and for free. Keep a journal of people, places and things that make you happy. Look for things related to loved ones that you can use in a collage to memorialize them. You may want to create a collage gift for someone special.
Gottlieb has painted, collaged, and photographed over 500 Palisades Homes and varying Palisades subjects, including the book, “Painting the Palisades” a collection of Palisades homes, Palisades Shops, landmarks, automobiles and Churches. Gottlieb’s mediums include Acrylic, Watercolor, oil, pen and ink, wax, charcoal, and pastel, which range in size from 2 inches to 10 by 15 feet. Subject matter ranges from garden paths and architectural exteriors and interiors to abstract.
Her work is in the collections of many notable individuals including: Maria Shriver, Diane Keaton, Angelica Huston, Hilary Swank, Steve Guttenberg, Susan Lucci, Merv Griffin, The Walter/ Charlie Matthau Estate, and has been exhibited at the Jonathan Club and at the Schomburg Gallery at Bergamot Station.
She has had numerous commissions such as the Reagan Ranch, and Ronald Reagan’s Red Jeep in the permanent collection of The Reagan Gallery.
After USC, Gottlieb studied art in Paris and Vienna, painting the city and country life of her family roots. Her work has appeared in the LA Times, the Cover of the Riviera Country Club Magazine, Beverly Hills News, and the Cottage and Cabins Magazine.
