ARTIST CHUCK MCPHERSON TO CREATE LIVE PAINTING AT EAST COUNTY FEST

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By Miriam Raftery

August 6, 2018 (San Diego’s East County) – A highlight of our upcoming East County Fest on August 25th from 6-10 p.m. at Mission Trails Regional Park (advance tickets required) will be prominent artist Chuck McPherson, who will create a painting live to be auctioned off at the event. 

Self-described as “flamboyant and a stand out creative,” this talented local artist and teacher has won international recognition and received hundreds of awards in juried art shows. Cherished by collectors, recent works by McPherson have sold for thousands of dollars.

His works have been displayed around the world, including locally at the Ola Wieghorst Museum and Western Heritage Center, San Diego History Center, California Center for the Arts  and Marston House Museum. Internationally, he holds three Signature Memberships with The San Diego Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society and Western Federation of Watercolor Societies; A Signature in watercolor is like a PhD in medicine.

He has served on the Board of Directors for the San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild, Foothills Art Association, National Watercolor Society and his home gallery,The San Diego Watercolor Society.

A San Diego native who grew up in Spring Valley, his formal art education started at San Diego State University and continued at the prestigious Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. For over 30 years he was a designer and illustrator. Today, he paints full-time, teaches around the County and is often asked to juror art exhibitions, also leading workshops and paint-outs.

His transparent watercolor, "The Art Critics",has earned multiple awards and
was selected as the February 2018 cover of The Art of Watercolour Magazine distributed in 36 countries. In July 2018, it was featured in an invitational exhibition of
Southern California Watercolor Artists in conjunction with the American Watercolor
Society's 151st Traveling Exhibition.

Learn more about this amazing artist at http://www.chuckmcphersonart.com

Read more about East County Fest, East County Magazine’s “Party of the Decade” celebrating our 10 year anniversary,  and get tickets at http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/east-county-fest-august-25-party-decade-our-10th-anniversary

Our thanks to major sponsors SDG&E and Diego Party Bus,  and to our food and wine sponsors:  Bekker's Catering, Farmer’s Table, Red Lobster, Cucina Basilica, Giardino’s Neighborhood Cucina, Por Favor, Downtown Café, Café 67, Lemon Grove Bakery, Baron's Market, Richard's Honey, Brew Coffee Spot, Granite Lion Cellars, San Pasqual Winery, Campo Creek Vineyards, Casi Cielo Winery, and Lenora Winery.

We also thank: artists Chuck McPherson, who will create a painting live for our auction, artists Gloria Chadwick and Jackie Hanson, wildlife photographer Debbie Merrill, Richard Lederer (UT columist and founding cohost of "A Way With Words on KPBS), Sunbelt Publications authors Richard Carrico, Jim and Terri Varnell, Don Endicott, Reina Menasche, Bette Pegas, Linda Hawley and Del Hood, musicians Miles Moynier, Jim Earp, Visionary Dance Theatre and San Diego Native American Flute Circle, prize donors Vineyard Hacienda, Runway Fashions, Ramona Ranch Winery, Hatfield Creek Winery, Fusion Glass, and Diego Party Bus for providing shuttle service.


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