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WWW.SWSWATERCOLOR.ORG! MARCH, 2017
Next Meeting: Tuesday, March 14, 2017, 7:00 pm, LLUMC Asbury Hall
Iain Stewart is a watercolor artist / illustrator and a signature member of both the American and National Watercolor Societies. His work has re-ceived numerous awards in international competition and he is a sought after juror and workshop instructor. He is also an architectural illustrator with an international clientele- a business he has run for the last 20 years. Iain maintains a studio in Opelika, Alabama.!! Artist’s Statement: “I rely on instinct a great deal and my sketchbook when selecting subjects for my paintings. The lion’s share of my work is
done in one sitting as my real struggle in painting is to capture the initial vision for any given piece. I am most often motivated by capturing a definitive lighting condition and how it influences shape and value rather than faithfully representing the subject as witnessed. Watercolor is uniquely suited for this task as “light” is reserved from the first brush strokes and must be pro-tected throughout the painting process.!The underlying narrative in my work is not based on any theme in particular but quite simply how “place” is inhabited and used daily.!I often use remember atmospheric and lighting conditions in my work and say that I paint from life and memory simultaneously. My watercolors are not only a translation of what I see, but more importantly, an expression of how I choose to view the world.“!!Come watch Iain demonstrate his award-winning technique at the March meeting.!
March Program: IAIN STEWART
Bryce WeigandSWS President
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
“Art is a reflection of poetry and beauty of the heart and mind without the use of any words.” !― Debasish Mridha!
An exceedingly mild February creates an anticipation of early, early spring. Trees in bud, in-sects in abundance, robins hopping about, doves cooing – time to get out in the sunshine for some fresh air and plein air painting!!!The guest artist for March is highly acclaimed Iain Stewart who will be conducting a three-day workshop and also doing the demonstration at our monthly membership meeting – you won’t want to miss this. !!The work done by the Nominating Committee in securing leadership for next year is greatly appreciated. Led by Jerry Kagay, Chair, Betty Anderson, Robert McLaughlin, Ron Stephens and Bob Voges, the committee has done an outstanding job. If you have been asked to fill a role for next year, thank you! New leadership will be introduced at this month’s membership meeting! We will also vote on the nominations at this meeting as well as our modest dues increase that was presented at our February meeting. !!We have a very special treat coming in our April meeting…Naomi Brotherton, our SWS founding member, teacher extraordinaire, passionate painter, dear friend and supporter of us all will give a demonstration Tuesday evening April 11th at our monthly membership meeting. Please make plans to attend this special evening.!!Also in April will be our spring paint-out on April 21 & 22! Gaylord O’Con, Lou Bono and Ron Stephens have created an exciting and fun filled painting location in historic Palestine (found-ed in 1848). I hope you’ve seen the flyers and the agenda for the weekend. In addition to painting in Palestine, we will gather at Buffalo Ranch (about 25 miles SW of Palestine). The ranch is also available for folks to use for plein air painting on Saturday. Our bull, Mirabeau Lamar, sports an SWS brand on his left hip and loves to have his picture painted!! That evening we will host an early dinner and review all the wonderful work created by participants! !!!!Bryce A. Weigand!!
SHARON SERRAGO Spotlight on Artist of the Month
My first memory of painting was when I was five, proudly showing off a “picture” I had drawn for my mother. Her “oohs” and “ahs” have continually been my inspiration. Memorable encounters were at my mother’s side, herself an artist, both of us painting on the same canvas. As I grew older though, art took a back seat to my music career, and it wasn’t until the late 70’s that my childhood inspiration finally worked its way to the surface and I started painting again. Very quickly I found a market for portraits and landscapes on consignment that supplemented my income while raising my three children. However, I began to feel stifled because I wasn’t painting what I felt inside: I was painting what other people wanted. When I finally began painting “my way,” I was met with most interesting comments. Questions like “Were you on drugs when you painted that?” became common. I call myself an abstract artist because that is where my heart is, and frankly, some of my work does look a bit bizarre, but sometimes that special moment happens when the paint just takes over and the painting suddenly appears. It’s times like these that my heart sings. That’s why I keep painting and why I am so in love with it.!!Eventually I moved out of oils and into watercolor after seeing a body of Jane Jones’ art at a show. The trans-parency of watercolor was enchanting. However, going from oils to watercolor was not such an easy task. My first real lesson ended abruptly with me in tears and running out the door because I could not control the paint. It was a mess. But Perseverance is an artist’s best friend, and after years of study, I learned to control that medium. Today I work in almost all mediums: oils, watercolors, pastels, acrylics, and collage. Acrylics and collage are currently my favorites. !!I am what some would call “a workshop junkie.” I love studying with new artists and am always interested in how they approach their subject matter. My studies with Jane Jones, John Salminen, Ken Hosner, Jan Sitts, and Lana Grow have been most influential in my work. I am a signature member of SWS and have been accepted into Western Federation WS, Alabama WS, Georgia WS, Illinois WS, Irving WS, Houston WS, and many others. A teacher by profession, I am always honored when art clubs and organizations invite me to present demonstra-tions, offer critiques of members’ works, and judge competitions. I love to share what I have learned from others. Perhaps my most important belief is that anyone can learn to paint. With a foundation in design and color theory, we artists can stretch beyond the boundaries of “rules” and can create wonderful works of art that truly touch the soul. My goal is to do more of that.!Website: www.serrago.com! !
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Treat yourself to one or more of the upcoming work-shops by well-known water-color artists.
Pricing note: First price is for SWS members. Non mem-bers pay an additional $50. In the future, prices may vary depending upon the featured artist.!SWS Members can register first for the first month of post-ing, after that non-members can register.
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WORKSHOPS 2016-2017
For information and to sign up, contact: Lana House-wright 214.725.5353, [email protected] or Bever-ly Boren 214.460.1879, [email protected].!!
DATE ARTIST VENUE
A deposit of $50 is required to hold your place in a workshop. Final payment will be required as the workshop date approaches. Watch the SWS website for details. Contact Lana Housewright or Bev Boren if you would like to be on a wait list for a workshop listed as FULL.
ARTISTS SHOWPLACE
SWS EVENTS
$250 / $300 FULLMAR 14-15-16 2017
(3 DAY)
ARTISTS SHOWPLACE
$350 / $400 FULL
IAIN STEWART www.stewartwatercolors.-com
MAY 9-10-11 2017(3 DAY)
JOSEPH ZBUKVIC www.josephabukvic.com !
MAY 13-14-15 2017(3 DAY)
JOSEPH ZBUKVIC www.josephabukvic.com !
ARTISTS SHOWPLACE
$350 / $400 FULL
Keiko Tanabe - Capturing light and atmosphere in watercolor
SEP 12-13-14 2017(3 DAY)
KEIKO TANABE https//ktanabefineart.com !
ARTISTS SHOWPLACE$250 / $300
SWS EVENTS
February Paintings of the Month winners from left to right:!! •1st Place - Betty Smith, Another Day's Work! ! • 2nd Place - Bryce Weigand, My Naaanny! ! • 3rd Place - Bob Voges, Dallas II!
February Paintings of the Month
Featured artist Kathleen Conover gave an interesting demonstration on how she approaches some of her award-winning work at the February SWS meeting. Kathleen also held a 3-day workshop at The Artists Showplace.
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SWS EVENTS
54thAnnualSWSMembersExhibition:
It’scoming!!
Actually,notuntilSeptember…
But–thisisthetimetobegingettingpreparedtoenter.Youcandothisinseveralways:
1. SetupaprofileontheCaFÉwebsiteifyouhavenotalreadydoneso.2. Getbusypaintingsoyouwillhavesomefreshthingstoenter.
3. ReviewthenewinformationpostedontheSWSWebsiteregardinghowto
setupyourprofile,howtoprepareyourimagesforuploading,howto
uploadtotheCaFÉwebsite,andhowtoenter.
GototheSWSWebsitewww.SWSWatercolor.organdgotheTabatthetop
titled,“Exhibitions.”Clickthedownarrow,andyouwillseealistingfor:
“AidstoEnteringourMembersExhibition”
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questionsregardingtheprocessofcreatingyourown“Profile”andcreating
anduploadingyourimagesofyourpaintings,andthenansweringcallsfor
enteringourshowandothersaroundthearea.
SomeofyouwhorespondedtoourrecentSurveyexpressedtheideathatyou
mightnothaveanythingdeemedworthyofbeinginourshow.Note,however,
thatlastyearwehad129artistsenter,andoverone-halfofthosehadapainting
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SWS EVENTS
acceptedintotheshow.Ofthese,19artistswereintheshowforthefirsttime.WehaveadifferentJuroreveryyear,andeachofthembringshisorherownuniqueperspectivetotheselectionoftheartthatwillbeintheshowWearealsomakingplanstohavesometrainingandassistancesessionsduringMayandJunetohelpthosestillhavingdifficultiesingettingonCaFÉorgettingimagesreadyorenteringourshow.Wewillsendoutannouncementswithmoredetailssoon.Welookforwardtoseeingyourentries!Thanks,BillJohnson4thVPExhibitions
Invitation: SWS members have received an invitation from SMU Meadows Museum to visit their upcoming exhibition, Between Heaven and Hell: The Drawings of Jusepe de Ribera. This exhibit will contain forty-seven drawings, twelve prints, eleven paintings and one relief sculpture that have varied themes that include anatomical figure studies and lively street scenes. This exhibit is coming from its debut at the Prado Museum. !They require that reservations for docent-led tours be made at least three weeks in advance.!The membership Associate sent Carmen Prince 3 tickets or passes for anyone of the SWS members who is interested in going to this exhibit starting March 12, 2017.!Contact the Education Coordinator, Kayle Patton at 214-768-2740 for more in-formation. Please see Carmen if you are interested.
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John E James: Rise in Grey and Green
HAPPENINGS
John E. James, SWS was accepted into the AWS 150th exhibit as well as the following group exhibi-tions: The 2016 Arts in Harmony International Exhibit, the California Watercolor Association In-ternational Exhibit-achieving signature status. Two of his paintings were accepted into the Tubac Center for the Arts Watermedia Exhibit with 1 winning an Honorable Mention. His painting Camouflage won First Place in the Southern Colorado Watercolor Society-Aquarius National Exhibition. He also won 1st Place in the Spokane Watercolor Society National Exhibit and an honorable mention in the Kansas Wa-tercolor Society Annual Exhibit with his painting Rise in Grey and Green. Camouflage was also accepted into the 8th annual World of Watercolor Signature Show at the Fallbrook Arts Center and was one of 3 images used on the exhibit flyer. !
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John E James: Camouflage
Linda T Ward: The Sybils Await
Linda T Ward’s watercolor painting The Sybils Await was juried into the National Association of Women Artists' "Ev(e)olution VII - ONWARD!" exhibition, Riverside Branch of the New York Public Library, March 1-31, 2017.!!Linda’s watercolor & ink pen drawing Jubilee received a Medal of Merit Award in the Arizona Aque-ous XXXI, Tubac, AZ., Jan 20 - Feb 26, 2017.!!Linda’s watercolor & ink pen drawing God Loves all of Her Creatures, Even the Crazies was juried into the National Association of Women Artists' "Women Artists, Coast to Coast - East", Prince Street Gallery, New York, N.Y., Feb 28 - Mar 25, 2017.
Linda T Ward: God Loves all of Her Creatures, Even the Crazies
HAPPENINGS
Nancy Maas: North Texas Heat
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Jo Williams: Lavender Fields
Ron Bigony’s Domino Players was selected by Juror Stephen Quiller for the Watercolor Art Society -Houston or "WASH" for its International Exhibition.#!
Ron Bigony: Domino Players
Nancy Maas’ painting North Texas Heat (acrylic) was accepted into the Texas Regional Show, at the Irving Art Center this year.!
Jo Williams was recently invited to place work in the Worrell Gallery in Santa Fe.
Jeanne Hyland: Leaning Towards Red
Jeanne Hyland’s painting, Leaning Towards Red, was not only invited to Portrait and Figures: A National Watercolor Exhibition a joint invitational presented by the National Watercolor Society and the Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA. February 2 to April 9, 2017 but it was also chosen to be the lead promo image for the show.!
HAPPENINGS
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Michael Holter’s painting Light on the Façade received Outstanding Watercolor in the Plein Air Salon competition. The Shawl has been accepted into the Georgia Watercolor Society annual show. Spanish Muse has been accepted into the Watercolor Art Society-Houston Show. The Pigeon Roost has been accepted into the Transparent Watercolor Society of America 41st National Exhibit. Chuckwagon Bob has been accepted into the Louisiana Watercolor Society Annual Show. Mustang has been included in the Fabriano Aquarelle in Fabriano Italy.!
Michael Holter: Chuckwagon Bob
Michael Holter: Spanish Muse
Michael Holter: The Pigeon Roost
Michael Holter: The Shawl
Michael Holter: Mustang
HAPPENINGS
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Maureen Brouillette will be showing approximately thirty paintings March 3, 4 and 5, 2017 at the 54th Ft. Worth Show of Antiques & Art which is at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in the Arts Dis-trict. Admission is $8.00. She will also be having a One Woman show with about fifty of her paint-ings and mixed media collage pieces at the Ft. Worth Community Art Center in September. The show opens on Ft. Worth Fall Gallery Night, Sept. 9, 2017. The same night , Maureen will have nine artworks for sale at the Preservation Ft. Worth fundraiser in another room of the Ft. Worth Commu-nity Arts Center, which is across the street from the Amon Carter Museum. Both shows are free and open to the public. To see my mixed media work go to www.mbrouillette.com.
Betty Jameson is the poster artist for the 2017 "Imagine" show at the Texas State University in Round Rock,Texas from February 27-July 09,2017.
Betty Jameson’s paintings were on display in the Kittredge Hall Alumni Ex-hibition, University of Puget Sound Tacoma Washington January-February 2017.
ANNOUNCEMENT: The Pikes Peak Watercolor Society is pleased to announce that our biennial In-ternational Watermedia 2017 call is open for entry on CaFE. Below are details and links. !Pikes Peak Watercolor Society International Watermedia 2017 Deadline: April 1, 2017 Juror: Soon Y. Warren, AWS, NWS Prospectus: http://www.pikespeakwatercolorsociety.org/images/watermedia2017/IW2017.pdf CaFE Entry: https://www.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=4097 !
Springfield,MO.(February24,2017)–TheSpringfieldArtMuseumremindsar5stsworkinginwatermediatosubmittheirentriesforWatercolorUSAbeforetheMarch6,2017deadline.
Organizedin1962,thisyearmarksthe56thyearofWatercolorUSA,thena5onallyknownexhibi5onopentoar5stsfromall50statesandU.S.territories.Water-colorUSAseekstodiscoverwhat'snewandwhat's
nextintheworldofcontemporaryAmericanwatermedia.Thisyear’sexhibitwillbejudgedbyLaurinMcCracken,PresidentoftheWatercolorUSAHonorSociety.
Approximately$20,000incashandMuseumpurchaseawardsareavailable,includingtheKennethM.ShuckMemorialAward,theGregG.ThielenMemor-ialAward,andtheRobertE.GoodierMemorialAwardForTradi5onalTrans-parentWatercolor.Addi5onalcashawardsaregenerouslyprovidedcourtesyoftheWatercolorUSAHonorSociety.MajorsupportforWatercolorUSAispro-videdbytheSouthwestMissouriMuseumAssociates(SMMA).
Formoreinforma5on,toviewanentryprospectus,ortoenter,ar5stsshouldvisittheMuseum’swebsiteatwww.sgfmuseum.org.WatercolorUSAissched-uledtoopenwitharecep5on,sponsoredbySMMA,onJune2andrunthroughAugust27,2017.TheSpringfieldArtMuseumislocatedat1111E.BrooksideDrive.Admissionisalwaysfree.
HAPPENINGS
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Teta Smith [email protected] 214-244-9449 Beginner & All Levels Water Media & Collage Classes
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Member Teacher Listings Rate: $25 per year !Teacher ads will renew on May 31 each year beginning May 31 2017.
4th VP - EXHIBITIONS CHAIR Bill Johnson [email protected]!Co-CHAIR, Christine Scott !
2nd VP - MEMBERSHIP CHAIR Carmen Prince [email protected]!
SWS CONTACTS
PRESIDENT Bryce Weigand [email protected]!
TREASURER Donna Mohr [email protected]!606 Oakbend Dr.!Coppell, TX 75019
Walt Davis, [email protected], 903-886-2711 beginner and all levels watercolor and drawing
Radha Chatterjee 214-762-6783, [email protected]. Beginning & Intermediate watercolor/acrylic/realistic/abstract classesWallace Hughes 214-821-0257 www.richland.edu/ceBeginning & Intermediate Watercolor Richland College
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1st VP PROGRAM CHAIR#Jerry Kagay [email protected]!
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PAINT OUT CHAIR#Gaylord O’Con [email protected]’!Co-CHAIR Lou Bono [email protected]!
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