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Addie Chernus
Addie’s silk art paintings employ Habotai silk
as the canvas and professional silk dyes as
the medium. Addie works out the painting in
her mind along with questions of size,
techniques and colors.
She always has a sketch book handy. The
sketch is drawn on vellum using Plein Aire art,
drawings and self taken photos. Silk is taped
over the sketch and traced.
A water-based gutta resist is applied to the
silk to delineate form and create containment
areas.
Addie paints in a watercolor manner
employing lots of colors, in many layers,
which mix on the silk.
The dyed silk is steamed for 8 hours to set
and enliven the colors.
Addie paints on silk with dyes because she
loves color, design and the luscious feel of
silk. The goal of her silk art is to add
happiness to the lives of owners and viewers.
Addie’s silk art paintings employ Habotai silk
as the canvas and professional silk dyes as
the medium. Addie works out the painting in
her mind along with questions of size,
techniques and colors.
She always has a sketch book handy. The
sketch is drawn on vellum using Plein Aire art,
drawings and self taken photos. Silk is taped
over the sketch and traced.
A water-based gutta resist is applied to the
silk to delineate form and create containment
areas.
Addie paints in a watercolor manner
employing lots of colors, in many layers,
which mix on the silk.
The dyed silk is steamed for 8 hours to set
and enliven the colors.
Addie paints on silk with dyes because she
loves color, design and the luscious feel of
silk. The goal of her silk art is to add
happiness to the lives of owners and viewers.
ART RESUME
Addie is a resident of South Lake Tahoe, California. She has traveled in Mexico and lived in Europe plus
Canada. Addie enjoys Plein Aire and studio painting. Teaching silk art and painting on silk are two joys for
Addie.
Shows:
26th Annual San Diego Quilt Show
US District Courthouse, Maryland
“Sum of the Parts,” Surface Design Association, Kansas City
“Emerging Visions on Silk,” Ratner Museum, Bethesda
“Silk and the Bible,” Ratner Museum, Bethesda
“Orchid Express Show,” Smithsonian Museum
Cover Artist, Silk Painters International Congress
Poster and Cover Artist, Lake Tahoe Festival of Fine Arts
Peace Banner, National Traveling Art Exhibit
Cover Artist, PGA Golf Tour Art Auction, Kapalua
National Arboretum
National Academy of Sciences
San Diego Watercolor Society and Woman’s Art Show
Mural in a Day Artist
First Place and Best of Show, Fine Arts, Santa Barbara County Fair
Galleries:
Fire and Rain Gallery, Lake Tahoe
Past Showings:
Wyland/Oh My Godard Galleries Black Pearl Gallery, Tahoe
Tahoe Country Gallery College of Santa Fe
Arlene Siegel Gallary Santa Fe Snowflake Gallery, Tahoe
University of Maryland Lake Tahoe Festival of Fine Arts
Kapalua Art School, Kapalua, Hawaii La Jolla Festival of Art
La Quinta Art Festival San Diego County Fair
Publications: “Watercolorist’s Guide to Silk Painting,” American Artist Magazine
Organizations:
Silk Painters International- Advertising Manager
President, Local Silk Guild
Surface Design Association
Tahoe Art League- Instructor, Art Community Center Spokesperson
Tahoe Arts Project- Fine Art Show Organizer, Member of Board
Instructor: Lake Tahoe Community College (Adjunct Professor of Art); Tahoe Art League; Athenaeum- La
Jolla, CA; University of Maryland; Santa Fe Community College; College of Santa Fe; Maui Community College;
Kapalua Art School; Art Methods and Materials Show for American Artist Magazine; Artists’ Materials Expo-
Santa Fe.
Education: UCLA: Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts
Addie is a resident of South Lake Tahoe, California. She has traveled in Mexico and lived in Europe plus
Canada. Addie enjoys Plein Aire and studio painting. Teaching silk art and painting on silk are two joys for
Addie.
Shows:
26th Annual San Diego Quilt Show
US District Courthouse, Maryland
“Sum of the Parts,” Surface Design Association, Kansas City
“Emerging Visions on Silk,” Ratner Museum, Bethesda
“Silk and the Bible,” Ratner Museum, Bethesda
“Orchid Express Show,” Smithsonian Museum
Cover Artist, Silk Painters International Congress
Poster and Cover Artist, Lake Tahoe Festival of Fine Arts
Peace Banner, National Traveling Art Exhibit
Cover Artist, PGA Golf Tour Art Auction, Kapalua
National Arboretum
National Academy of Sciences
San Diego Watercolor Society and Woman’s Art Show
Mural in a Day Artist
First Place and Best of Show, Fine Arts, Santa Barbara County Fair
Galleries:
Fire and Rain Gallery, Lake Tahoe
Past Showings:
Wyland/Oh My Godard Galleries Black Pearl Gallery, Tahoe
Tahoe Country Gallery College of Santa Fe
Arlene Siegel Gallary Santa Fe Snowflake Gallery, Tahoe
University of Maryland Lake Tahoe Festival of Fine Arts
Kapalua Art School, Kapalua, Hawaii La Jolla Festival of Art
La Quinta Art Festival San Diego County Fair
Publications: “Watercolorist’s Guide to Silk Painting,” American Artist Magazine
Organizations:
Silk Painters International- Advertising Manager
President, Local Silk Guild
Surface Design Association
Tahoe Art League- Instructor, Art Community Center Spokesperson
Tahoe Arts Project- Fine Art Show Organizer, Member of Board
Instructor: Lake Tahoe Community College (Adjunct Professor of Art); Tahoe Art League; Athenaeum- La
Jolla, CA; University of Maryland; Santa Fe Community College; College of Santa Fe; Maui Community College;
Kapalua Art School; Art Methods and Materials Show for American Artist Magazine; Artists’ Materials Expo-
Santa Fe.
Education: UCLA: Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts