J. Fromm Painting selected to adorn Steven Kent Wine

Steven Kent Winery in Livermore California selected my painting, Still Life with Wine, for their November 2012 Collector's Circle release of their Grenache wine.  The wine, also titled Still Life with Wine, is a blend of three separate vintages of Grenache from the Ghielmetti Estate Vineyard. Only 142 cases, were made exclusively for members of the Collector's Circle.

I attended the release party, which was very fun, and the wine was delicious!

Kids Birthday Party Craft Kits

Looking for birthday party crafts for your child's party? Need a fun and easy craft for your child's classroom party, or a home schooling activity? I launched a new side business providing packaged craft kits for kids. It is important for kids to be creative. Check out Kids Crafts 2 Go at http://kidscrafts2go.com.

Keep making art and crafts!

Jeannette Fromm received an Award of Merit in the California State Fair’s Fine Art Competition 2012

Barnyard Favorite 
Oil on Panel, 16" x 20" SOLD 

Jeannette Fromm received an Award of Merit in the California State Fair’s Fine Art Competition 2012, for her oil painting titled Barnyard Favorite. The annual art competition is considered one of California’s oldest and most prestigious juried art shows. California artists over the age of 18 compete for cash awards, trophies and ribbons. This year there were over 1300 entries. Approximately 200 artworks were selected for the exhibition, in a variety of media including painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, and photography.  The show was held at the Cal Expo Center in Sacramento, CA. The show and exhibit space were quite impressive.

Jeannette Fromm receives the 2011 Artists Guild Award at East Bay Artists Guild's Service and Recognition Awards Night

For the first time in its history, the EBAG Board gave out service and recognition awards to a variety of deserving individuals who have contributed greatly to the development and success of the East Bay Artists Guild. The following awards were presented.

Artists Guild Award 2011
Jeannette Fromm

For her significant contributions and support of Arts and Culture through East Bay Artists Guild.

• Member of the Founding Board of Directors
• Membership Director: 2006-2010,
• Vice President:  2010-2011
• She Assisted in the formation of EBAG’s policies, procedures, and Bylaws
• Created EBAG Newsletter, the first draft of EBAG’s Exhibition Policies, marketing materials, and essential membership forms
• Creation and early maintenance of  EBAG website, member recruitment, communication, and membership roster maintenance, membership meeting coordination, special event and exhibition co-coordination, etc.
• Jeannette has done a remarkable job for EBAG for five years straight, our organization would be blessed to have another person like her.

Other Awards given:

Founding Board Members Plaque

In Recognition of their Exceptional Leadership, Vision and Artistic contributions in support of Arts and Culture.

• President – George Rammell
• Vice President – Stephanie Riechmann
• Treasurer – Joanne Corbaley
• Secretary – Leslie Patterson – Werner
• Exhibition Committee – Bobbi Garrop
• Property Management Committee – Frank Cunningham
• Membership Committee – Jeannette Fromm

Volunteer Recognition Award: Walter Crew

Certificate of Appreciation: Nina Tyksinski

Certificate of Appreciation: FROgard Butler

Certificate of Appreciation: Keiko Stong

For more information, check out East Bay Artists Guild's website at www.eastbayartistsguild.org.

Helping the Cub Scouts earn their Art Badge

This was fun! After some discussion about careers in art, and where we see art in our daily lives, we had some fun with paint, clay, and craft. The kids were thrilled with the clay project. We NEED to give kids more art in schools! We all had a good time.

Portrait Painting Favorite

This was one of my favorite portraits to paint. It began with a photo-shoot. From about 150 photos I chose three photos, one of each child that somewhat reflected their individual personalities. My goal was to capture the feeling of their personalities in a comfortable and believable setting.  I was very happy with the results, and my client was thrilled!

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Happy Client

Las Juntas Artists Association's Artist of the Year 2006 and 2007

Jeannette Fromm Artist of the Year

Las Juntas Artists:
An art association of approximately 110 members, was formed in 1973 as a sponsored group of the Pleasant Hill Recreation and Parks District. Its purpose is to promote continual expansion of the artistic talents of its members through education, the exchange of ideas and techniques, critiques, demonstrations, workshops and exhibitions, as well as to further the understanding and appreciation of art in all forms on the part of its members and the general public.
With the concept in mind of artists working together to learn more about art and to learn to appreciate art in every sense, the name Las Juntas Artists was chosen. The City of Pleasant Hill is situated on land that was part of the original Spanish Land Grant known as Rancho Las Juntas, which translates into “the Crossroads”. Juntar is a Spanish word meaning to join, connect, assemble or collect.
Thus, Las Juntas Artists signifies “artists coming together”.