Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

Romel de la Torre 

at Studio 1307
1307 N. Scottsdale Rd.
Tempe, AZ 85281-1732
map  (just North of 202 Frwy, on East side)

1-5pm
Check-in 1230
Reception and Awards Program immediately following demo.

PAOA Member rate: $25     
Non-Member rate: $35

Advance Registration Required - must be postmarked by Feb. 18th, 2012
Please download and print click here Registration Form. complete and mail with your check:
P.O. Box 2509
Gilbert, AZ  85299

OR Pay with PayPal, it's easy, no PayPal account necessary. Simply send an email to Pamela Jonas at pljarizona@yahoo.com requesting to pay via PayPal. You will receive an invoice to your email address to access and pay with your Credit Card using PayPal. (PayPal fees apply)

There will also be a Portrait Awards Program with entries from members at this event. Paid Members may
bring one portrait (see Portrait Awards Program webpage for rules). Cash award and ribbons will be presented during the reception immediately following the demo.

Romel will be giving a one-week workshop at Scottsdale Artists School the week following this demonstration, this demo would be a great adjunct to the workshop, go to http://www.scottsdaleartschool.org/

Biography of
Romel de la Torre

Arlington Heights, IL 60004

E-mail: artist@romeldelatorre.com

Website: www.romeldelatorre.com

Born in the Philippines in a community of artists, Romel de la Torre's artistic interest started at a very young age. With the encouragement of his parents he began sketching the world around him. He started getting awards and recognition from school competitions and at age 10 appeared on TV after receiving a medal for his painting.

In the late 70's Romel and his family migrated to the United States where he began going to museums studying and learning on his own; works of famous artists like Sargent, Sorolla, Fechin, Mucha, and the American Impressionists. The exposure to these masters' paintings laid a strong foundation to his belief of what great art is.

He attended the American Academy of Art in Chicago, where he was awarded the President's Foundation Award and the Union League Scholarship Award. After graduating with a fine arts concentration, Romel continued to paint in the Chicago area and joined The Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Arts, where he began studying with nationally renowned artist Richard Schmid and painting with other painters. It was a turning point of his creative and artistic career.

"My painting is the world, channeled through my eyes, through the prism of my own feeling, emotions and preferences. It is a unity of the visual world and the internal, abstraction and realism..." the artist's says. A consummate artist in all media, Romel de la Torre is one of today's most highly regarded artists. His figures, landscape, portraits, and still life paintings display unparalleled technical skill, fluid style, and thorough understanding of light, color, form and design.

The artist has been painting full time and currently instructs advanced painting and portraiture at The Palette and Chisel Academy on Fine Arts, Chicago. He is a signature member of the Oil Painters of America & the Portrait Society of America; his oils, pastels, watercolors, and portraits are housed in private collections throughout the United States and several foreign countries. His paintings have been featured in The Artists Magazine, Southwest Art Magazine, U.S. Art Magazine and the American Art Collectors Magazine.

Among his most important honors is the Oil Painters of America National Exhibition/ Grand Prize and the Artists Magazine Portrait Artist of the Year. Other award includes; Raymar Fine Arts Competition Award, Greenhouse Gallery's Salon International Award, OPA Award of Excellence, Gold Medal & the People's Choice Award from the Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Arts Gold Medal show and one of the top finalist in the 2007 & 2008 International Portrait Competition given by the prestigeous Portrait Society of America.

Artist's statement:

"I find spiritual beauty in all the things that I paint. The innocence of a child's face, the silent glow of a candle, the sight of dappled lights on the ground, the smell of flowers in the garden, the ever-changing colors of Nature... these gives joy in my heart, inspiration, and gratitude..... of being an artist."