Barnyard Series                                                                                                                                                                                    Barbara Pascal

About the Library

Christopher Schink, or Topher as he likes to be called, is a well known watercolorist who lives in Oakmont.  He has donated an extensive collection of books relating to painting to  the Oakmont Art Association, which you can borrow from the art room at the central activities center.  A list of the titles is shown below, alphabetized by subject.

If you have any books you would like to donate to the library, send us an email at oakmontart@gmail.com.

About Topher..

Christopher Schink is an internationally known painter, author and instructor.

Mr. Schink holds a B.A. degree in Fine Arts from Stanford University and has studied privately with Rex Brandt, Edward Betts, and Barse Miller. Schink is an elected member of the National Watercolor Society and an Honorary Member of the Federation of Canadian Artists.

Schink's paintings have been included in numerous national and international exhibitions including Watercolor USA, The National Watercolor Society Annuals, and Watercolor West. He has exhibited at one- and two-man shows at The Asheville, NC Museum, The Columbia, SC Museum, and The Jackson, MS Municipal Art Gallery. His paintings are in many private and corporate collections.

Mr. Schink has conducted workshops in 45 states in the U.S. as well as classes in Canada, Mexico, Australia, and Europe. He has served as juror for over 40 state, regional, national, and international exhibitions.

Schink is the author of several popular books and the co-editor of the quarterly publication The Palette Magazine. His work has been featured in many books and magazines including The American Artist, The Artists' Magazine, and International Artist.

The Library

Topher has given us the nucleus of a library of art.  If any of you reading this would like to donate books, or DVD's about art to expand the collection, contact the association at oakmontart@gmail.com.
Several members have given us books as well as Topher.  In addition, Topher found two more boxes of books to donate to us.  I am not going to mention names because over the course of time I will forget someone who donated, but you know who you are, and we all thank you for your donations.  As of October 2015 we have 279 books in the library.