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Artist Bio: Larry Golba is an exhibiting member and president of the Northwestern Ohio Watercolor Society, a member of the Toledo Artists Club, the Toledo Tile Club, the Monday Morning Painters, the Ohio Plein Air Society, and is listed in “Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers”. His works have been accepted into hundreds of juried shows and have won numerous awards, including two Grumbacher Gold Medallions for Excellence in Watercolor in 1998 and 1999. Several of his watercolor paintings have been included in shows at the Toledo Museum of Art and the Canton Art Institute. He was honored as the TAC Artist of the Year in 1976, and received a First Award in Oils at the 14th Great Outdoor Paint-Out at the T.C. Steele Historic Site in Nashville, Indiana in 2002. In March, 2004, Golba’s oil paintings and watercolors were featured at the American Gallery in Sylvania, Ohio, in a group exhibit in which five artists displayed plein air paintings from their trip to Brown County, Indiana, in October, 2003. In 2005, Larry completed a 24” x 36” watercolor of downtown Toledo, Ohio, which was enlarged to 10’ x 15’ photographically and placed on permanent display at the Erie Street Market’s Artist Promenade, along with the work of 14 other well-known Toledo area artists. In addition, he has been awarded a First Award in the TAC’s “Aquatic and Marine Exhibit’, Second Award in the 40th Annual Downtown Toledo Exhibition, an Honorable Mention in the TAC “Portraits and People” show, Third Award in the Northwestern Ohio Watercolor Society Spring 2005 Exhibit, Best of Show in the TAC Gold Medal Exhibition, the “Rueben Counts Award” in the Wassenberg Art Center’s 49th Annual June Art Exhibit in Van Wert, Ohio, Third Award in Painting in the Crosby Gardens Festival , 2005, and Third Award at the Katharine Crampton Memorial Art Show, 2005, in Lakeside, Ohio. Golba’s painting,”On The Road To Story, Indiana” was included in the Toledo Federation Of Arts Detroit-Toledo Exchange Exhibition in Rochester, Michigan and Leslie Adams Gallery, Toledo, Ohio in March, 2006. Most recently, his watercolors have been awarded a Second at the TAC Gold Medal Exhibit, 2006 and the Grand Award at the 50th Annual Wassenberg June Art Exhibit in 2006 for his painting “Monday Morning Painters”. Larry Golba continues to work daily in his studio and teaches watercolor painting classes to adults at the Toledo Artists Club, and plein-air in the Toledo area. For an appointment or more information about personally commissioned artwork or painting classes, please call 419-841-1988. Golba has exhibited at the Dziak Gallery in Marblehead, Ohio, and his work may also be seen at the Kismet Gallery in Toledo,Ohio and Perrysburg, Ohio. |
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