Mar/Apr 2011 - Northwest Watercolor Society

The Northwest Watercolor Society Newsletter
March-April 2011
March Program – Open Juror
Paul Jackson AWS, NWS
April Brings Bev Jozwiak as Our
Demo Artist and Speaker
The juror for the NWWS 71st
Open Exhibition, Paul Jackson, will
speak at our March meeting. In all
categories, landscapes, cityscapes,
portraits, architectural, and still life,
Paul Jackson is one of America’s
greatest contemporary
watercolorists. The powerful results
he achieves in his paintings make
an immediate and
spectacular impact. Paul imbues his
paintings with a genuine spirit of life, artistic planning and
finesse. Born in Lawrence, Kansas in 1968 and raised in
Starkville, Mississippi, Jackson began painting in college at
Mississippi State University. In 1992 he received a Master’s in
Fine Art from the University of Missouri. Since then, his
artwork has received top honors in national and
international competitions. Jackson’s paintings have been on
the cover of the Artist’s magazine four times in recent years.
Other media featuring Jackson’s work include: American
Artist, Watercolor magazine, Watercolor Magic, Watercolor
Artist, Forbes Magazine, The New York Times, The Wall Street
Journal, The Washington Post, NPR, and CBS News, The
Baltimore Sun, The St. Louis Post, The Kansas City Star, IN
New York magazine and TWA’s Ambassador magazine.
Jackson is the author of Painting Spectacular Light Effects in
Watercolor, from North Light Books.
It’s tempting to call her “Juicy
Jozwiak”, because her paintings ooze
of juiciness. They’re almost edible!
Bev Jozwiak is an international
award-winning artist, who was born
in Vancouver, Washington and still
resides there with her husband of 30
plus years. She has two daughters,
and two grandchildren.
Bev states that “Emotion plays an
important part in every successful
painting, so I choose only subjects that call to me and that
give my work energy and excitement. Painting very directly, I
place my watercolors on the
paper with very little mixing
on the palette. I use lots of
varied color in my blacks to
keep them from going flat,
in my whites to keep them
glowing, and even in my
skin tones to keep them
interesting.”
Bev graduated with
honors from Western
Washington University with
a degree in Fine Arts and an
Art History Minor. She is a
Signature Member of the
American Watercolor
Society, National
Watercolor Society,
Watercolor West, Northwest Watercolor Society, and Texas
Watercolor Society.
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UPCOMING MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS
March 22, 2011
April 26, 2011
St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church
6:45 Social Hour • 7:15 Meeting
President’s Message
Northwest Watercolor Society
P.O. Box 50387
Bellevue, WA 98015-0387
www.nwws.org
President:
Lola Deaton
206 992 5446
Vice-President:
Crickett Crockett
206 325 1897
Corresponding Secretary:
Genny Rees
206 232 6354
Recording Secretary:
Shan Koenig
425 424 9356
Treasurer:
Shirley Jordan
425 643 3123
Newsletter Editor:
Jeff Waters
425 396 1940
Newsletter deadline for the
March/April edition
is February 10, 2011
Email your items to
jeffrey.waters@comcast.net
(Subject line: NWWS or Hot Press)
or mail them to
Jeffrey Waters
P.O. Box 50387
Bellevue, WA 98015-0387
Please send new
memberships/changes
of address to:
Shirley Jordan
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Bellevue, WA 98015-0387
pjhitchens@mac.com
Please send all bills to:
Shirley Jordon
P.O. Box 50387
Bellevue, WA 98015-0387
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“…whether you are content to find fun in
trying to observe and depict the jolly
things you see, the vistas of possibility
are limited only by the shortness of life.
Every day you may make progress. Every
step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch
out before you an ever-lengthening, everascending, ever improving path. You
know you will never get to the end of the
journey. But this, so far from
discouraging, only adds to the joy and
the glory of the climb.”
Winston Churchill from his book,
Painting as a Pastime
Valentine’s Day, 2011 and the
notifications announcing the selection
results for the Northwest Watercolor
Society’s Annual Open Exhibition begin
to arrive in three hundred and seventyseven mailboxes around the country.
Before your hand touches the
envelope you’ve reached for, your pulse
quickens and you’d swear you felt your
heart thumping against your chest,
pounding maybe just a little louder than
usual. Your mind is racing far ahead
with the thought, “Oh, please, please let
the envelope be thick and fat!” There’s
no need to open the envelope to know
whether or not you are one of the artists
fortunate enough to be included as one
of this year’s exhibitors. If the envelope
is stuffed full with extra postage
stamped across it, you know! You let out
a squeal, or maybe a whoop or perhaps
just a big ole silly grin sweeps across
your face…you have just received all the
enclosures, all the information as to
when and where to deliver your
painting to the exhibition! The wait ‘to
know’ is over, your work was accepted!
You are in!
Regrettably, because of the
limitations of space in all exhibitions,
instead of that seriously coveted,
overstuffed letter, many more will
receive the tale-tale, thin envelope with
the one single page. The letter that says,
“Unfortunately, your painting was not
selected for inclusion in the 2011 Annual
Open Exhibition…” It says more, but,
you kind of stopped reading after those
first thirteen or fourteen words. You
can’t help but feel some
disappointment, not quite the valentine
you had hoped for today! Sometime
later you pick the letter up and continue
reading. You read how very difficult it
was for the juror to make his choices,
that there really were enough wonderful
submissions that could have filled
several more venues with paintings as
equally outstanding if space had only
permitted. True, it’s still not enough to
dull that irresistible desire that one of
those plump, overstuffed envelopes
should have landed in your
mailbox…nevertheless; you do realize
that scores of exceptional paintings had
to be excluded for one simple reason the lack of hanging space within the
venue!
Competitive exhibitions like the
2011 Annual Open Exhibition afford the
opportunity to bring real maturity to an
artist and their work, offering chance for
tremendous growth to all those that
choose to place themselves in the
vulnerable situation of having their
creations of art viewed, evaluated and
subsequently jurored for acceptance or
exclusion. It takes a great deal of
audacity, confidence and certainly
some bravery to gather the courage to
place one’s art into a competition for all
the world to see and judge.
Whether you are an exhibiting artist
and part of this 2011 exhibition or an
artist omitted this year; be proud of
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE, Continued
Editorial
what you have achieved and what still
lies ahead for the wealth of future
accomplishments that await you.
Entering exhibitions encourages artists
to push themselves and their work
beyond what is comfortable and
familiar, exceeding their previous
boundaries, always searching, striving
to do things they’ve never done before.
Things one really didn’t know how to
do, you find yourself attempting and to
your delight find that you have
succeeded in that quest! Regardless of
the initial outcome of this one
exhibition, you have gained the
experience, insight and wisdom to
become a finer artist, a better painter as
the result of entering an international
exhibition. Savor this newly gained
knowledge! Enjoy this triumph!
The Northwest Watercolor Society’s
2011 Annual Open Exhibition promises
to be a wonderful event, celebrating the
glorious art of watercolor and
watermedia painting. Fabulous,
glimmering watercolors that portray a
wide array of subjects and genres, styles
and techniques that excite the
imagination and mind of all, an
exhibition anticipated for it’s quality,
excellence and diversity…these are the
trademarks of this extraordinaire
exhibition! Just as we find inspiration
from endless, unexpected sources for
our paintings, we can find
encouragement for our journey, our
climb, from surprising avenues as well. I
close with this little passage
paraphrased from the lyrics of a Miley
Cyrus song – The Climb.
There’s always going to be another
mountain…you’re always going to want
to make it move. Always going to be an
uphill battle, sometimes you’re going to
have to lose. Ain’t about how fast you get
there, ain’t about what’s waiting on the
other side…It’s the climb!…Yeah…It’s the
climb!
It’s a fantastical, remarkable
journey that we as artists are on…keep
on painting…keep on climbing.
The Joe and Dan Show
Lola K Deaton, AWS, NWWS
NWWS President 2010-2011
Perhaps the greatest
benefit of NWWS
membership is access to
great instructors. We
have many superb
teachers, including Kay
Barnes, Ann Breckon,
Tom Hoffmann, Jackie
Beck, Eric Wiegardt and
many others.
One of my favorites
is the tag team of Joe
MacKechnie and Dan
Riley, two of the nicest
guys on the planet. You
rarely encounter one
without the other.
Last year, I attended their figure
drawing class and benefited greatly. The
class is misnamed. While it includes
wonderful figure instruction, it is
actually a superb survey of the methods
of drawing that could as easily apply to
boats or barns.
I spent a magical afternoon in a bar
in Siena, Italy ducking a violent thunder
storm, drinking excellent wine and
learning Joe’s unique method of
contour drawing. That afternoon is high
on my list of best lifetime experiences. If
you have the opportunity to participate
in Joe’s Italian workshop, do not pass it
up. I know he is planning a fall trip. I’m
holding out for the South of France.
In January, I attended their portrait
class. This is their signature effort and is
justifiably famous. You’d be hardpressed to find a better portrait than
Dan’s painting of McAlister Merchant.
Throw out everything you think you
know about painting a portrait. Success
has very little to do with accurately
portraying the mouth or eyes. It’s all
about the shadows and the third line. If
that makes no sense to you, you need to
take the class.
Joe and Dan believe in copious
handouts that are extremely beneficial
after you return home. I promise you
hair-tearing frustration on the second
day, then it all comes together.
I hope you saw their
demonstration at the January meeting.
Dan’s piece was particularly stunning
and precisely where I want to go.
Joe is also a world-class
photographer and generously gives of
his time and talent to photograph our
show entries and prepare the disk of
paintings we show at the meetings.
NWWS is extremely fortunate to
have these two wonderful artists as
members and I consider myself blessed
to call them my friends.
Very Important Book
Like you, I
have read literally
hundreds of art
books and have
entire shelves
devoted to them.
Most of these texts
on watercolor are
redundant.
Occasionally, I encounter a rare volume
that changes everything. I keep a very
short list of these works that I would be
happy to share with you if you send me
an e-mail.
The most recent addition to this
elite company is Catherine Gill’s
Powerful Watercolor Landscapes.
While it is a beautiful coffee table
decoration, you cannot simply skim this
book. You must read it, re-read it, study
it and make the information an integral
part of your soul. It is the most
complete, profound, penetrating study
of excitement in landscape painting I
have ever encountered. Much of the
information is available elsewhere, but
no one has compiled it so succinctly or
presented it so beautifully. Her
paintings are magnificently rearranged
abstractions of nature that take the
breath away.
I invite you to open the book to
page 100, study the photograph and
then view the landscape that Catherine
paints from it. That’s genius!
With her co-author, Beth Means,
Catherine has brilliantly formulated this
hardback book with a spiral binding
that allows the text to lie flat while you
work from it.
Powerful Watercolor Landscapes
is available on her website,
www.catherinegill.com, from Amazon.
com or from Northern Light Books.
➤ Jeff Waters,
Hot Press Editor
March-April 2011 · 3
2011 Open Exhibition – Accepted Entries
John Adams
Gloria Miller Allen
Elizabeth Allgood
Indian Summer
Pinnacles of Zion
The Imaginary Shadow of
Your Smile
Keith Artz
Want Bacon with That?
Kate Aubrey
Guardians at the Gate
Roger Baker
Springtime in the Cottage
Elena Balekha
Summer
Kathleen Ballard
Valentine Roses
Enda Bardell
Lean on Me
Kay Barnes
River of Color
Caren Bechtold
The Jazz Teacher
Mary Benson
Glowing Rhodies II
Sarah Bouwsma
Maple Tree
Cindy Brabec-King
Shrimp Forks
Cindy Briggs
Just Between Us
Martha Brouwer
Fishing
Mary Carlton
In an Azure Mood
Cheng-Khee Chee
Morocco Impression
Lei Chi
Muir Woods
Janice Cipriani-Willis
Rose
Sally Corbett
Le Jongleur II
Lola K Deaton
Reflections...One Glass Too Many?
Jeanne Dobie
Lone Pine
Chris Eckberg
In for the Evening
Bruce Edwards
High Steppin’ the Weeds
Sy Ellens
Riverside
Randy Emmons
Summer Warmth
Robin Erickson
Somewhere in Sorrento
Jim Farrand
What’s Inside
Z Feng
Tibetan Monk
Erich Fisher
Symbols & Ghosts
Beverly Fotheringham
Abstreal Mindscape
Charlene Freeman
Original Classic Cafeteria
Carla Gauthier
What We Worship
Charlene Gerrish
Desert Glass
Mary Gibbs
Incoming Tide
Amy Jo Giese
Enchantment
Sandy Haight
Abandoned Red Shoes
Tom Herbert
A Day at the Beach
Lynda Hoffman-Snodgrass Hawaiian Sunrise
William Hook
Waiting for the D Track
Bill James
Down Time
Sandy Kay
Lavadero en San Miguel
Ona Kingdon
MEH!!
Seiko Konya
The Felt Hat
Diane Lary
Bamboo Fire
Doug Lew
Regatta
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David Maxwell
Linda McCord
Reid Morgan
Ted Nuttall
Kaaren Oreck
Ron Pattern
Sandra Schaffer
Thomas W Schaller
Linda Southern Vanek
Ron Stocke
Jack Tavenner
Noel Thomas
Kathy Tiger
George Tutt
Eric Wiegardt
The Return
Busywork
Sequim Barn
Finale – Allegro Molto
Good Fortune for the Bride
Sunday Afternoon
Reflections of the KC
Art Institute III
Royal Crescent: Bath, England
We the People
Smith Tower, Seattle
In the Studio
End of the Road
Big Jim
Silver Complements
Our Pond
susan melrath
new works ~ garden series
march 3 through april 30, 2011
at the virginia inn
1937 1st ave. seattle
opening reception march 3rd 5-7 pm
www.susanmelrath.com
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Paul was honored by the American Watercolor Society
with signature membership at the age of thirty. He is also a
Signature member of the National Watercolor Society. Paul
was the Grand Prize winner in the “Paint Your Way to Paris”
competition and has been featured as one of the Master
Painters of the World in International Artists Magazine. Many of Paul’s works hang in private collections. Some
are on display in museums and public buildings.
Although Paul Jackson has an unequalled passion for
watercolor, his creative genius has not been limited. In 2001,
he unveiled a 30’ diameter tiger mosaic on the University of
Missouri campus by leading hundreds of volunteers in
assembling more than 420,000 Italian glass tiles for the
project. Jackson’s painting, Not Exactly Front Row Center was
recreated as the stage design for the musical Porterphiles at
the York theatre in NYC. Paul has also thrice designed Easter
eggs for the White House and he designed the Missouri
Commemorative State Quarter for the United States Mint. Additionally, Jackson was the featured speaker at the
International Watercolor Masters Invitational in Lushan,
China in 2008. In 2009 he served as the invited juror for the
American Watercolor Society’s 142nd annual international
exhibition. In 2010, Apple computers created the first “Artist
Sketchbook” App using Jackson’s work. It is available in the
App Store under Paul Jackson. www.pauljackson.com. APRIL MEETING, Continued
She has had
numerous one
woman shows
throughout the
Northwest, won two
gold, and one silver
Grumbacher
medals, won too
many awards to list
in national
competitions,
freelanced for many
card companies, has
been featured in
numerous
magazines,
including Art
Collector,
International Artist,
North Light
Magazine, American
Artist, and The Artist,
was listed in Who’s Who in American Artists, won the Betsy
Dillard Stroud Creative Challenge with the winning entry
featured in Watercolor Magic Magazine, has been included in
seven Best of Watercolor books, including Splash 9-12, and
her work can be found in thousands of corporate, and private
collections throughout the United States.
View Bev’s work on www.bevjozwiak.com.
Tentative Plan for Patron
Wine Tasting Event
Save the date! Planning is in the works for a winetasting event to be held May 5, 2011 designed to attract
the art-buying public to see our fabulous Open
Exhibition. It will be held at the Mercer Island
Community Center tentatively from 5-8 pm. We are
currently coordinating with the Washington Athletic Club
(WAC) and several other social organizations to make the
event available to their members.
The event will feature the delicious wines of
Northwest Cellars, a Kirkland winery. Attendees can try
the wines which will then be available for purchase. The
labels will be created from paintings in the show and will
be selected by the buyers.
NWWS volunteers will be needed to mingle with the
guests, help with the wine and painting sales and do
demos throughout the evening. It should prove to be lots
of fun and a great opportunity for the art buying public to
get to know the NWWS. Please contact Linda Dunn at
lpdunn@aol.com to volunteer.
Feel free to invite any art patrons you know. More
details will be forthcoming as plans firm up. The cost will
be $25 per person for the wine-tasting.
6 · March-April 2011
PAUL JACKSON WORKSHOP
March 21-25, 2011
Reach the next level of artistic confidence and ability as Paul helps you explore design,
color, value, textures and patterns. Through informal lectures, discussions, demonstrations
and critiques you will be guided in refining your personal painting style. Come prepared to
find logical and creative answers to your watercolor problems.
Paul will demonstrate the versatility of watercolor paint. You will learn how to mix colors
using a limited palette and how to work in thin layers of washes to build up luminous colors.
Paul will lead you step-by-step with
illustrations of the painting process.
Emphasis will be on what makes a good
painting, planning the entire picture area,
the importance of thinking through the
composition, good division of shapes, value
planning, what to communicate about the
subject, and how to correct mistakes.
If watermedia is your passion, then this highly energized
painting workshop is for you! Paul's stress-free, positive approach
toward the act of painting will inspire you to loosen up and have
fun again. Expect an intense, concentrated and lively workshop
where you will elevate your understanding of how watercolor can
be controlled.
Paul is the author of “Painting Spectacular Light Effects in Watercolor.” His work has been often featured in the
International Artist and The Artist’s Magazine. He is a signature member of the American Watercolor Society.
NWWS 5-DAY WORKSHOP
DATES:
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10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church
308 4th Ave. South, Kirkland, WA 98033
Register Now! Class is limited to 20
$400 NWWS Members, $450 Non-members
All payments in US funds
All cancellations subject to $50 fee. If cancellation is received within 35 days
of workshop, deposit forfeited unless space can be filled from waiting list.
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Balance is due on February 14, 2011. All payments in US funds.
MAIL TO: NWWS Workshop – P.O. Box 50387 – Bellevue, WA 98015-0387
E-mail: workshops@nwws.org
Member News
Bev Jozwiak – our April speaker –
(NWWS Signature member) has been
recently elected a signature member of
the American Watercolor Society. Her
painting All dressed up, was juried into
the 144th Annual International
exhibition and will be included in two
new books, Splash 12, and Best of
Worldwide Figurative Book, by Kennedy
Publishing. She will have three
paintings included in the latter.
Dianna Shyne will be showing at
Gallery by the Bay in Stanwood May 616 and presenting a plein air
demonstration for Art League North on
Thursday May 4 at 10:30 am. Insights
Gallery in Anacortes will be hosting a
solo show entitled “UnHinged”
featuring Dianna’s newest paintings,
opening on June 11. Dianna will also be
exhibiting at Details Gallery on Prince
Edward Island, summer 2011 and the
Cole Gallery in Edmonds will be giving
a solo show of her work in November.
www.diannashyne.com.
shipped. This is material not included
in the book, and is useful for artists in
making some important choices about
what kind of space you want for your
landscape paintings. The book is also
available from Amazon and national
booksellers, as well as local art supply
and book stores. Dates for signings and
demonstrations:
• Feb 22, Tuesday, 7pm at Third Place
Books in Ravenna area of Seattle, WA
ravenna.thirdplacebooks.com
• March 18, Friday, 2-4pm at ArtMedia
in Beaverton area of Portland, OR
www.artmediaonline.com
• March 12, Saturday, 12-2pm at
Bellevue Art and Frame
www.bellevueartandframe.com
• April 5, Tuesday, 10-12 at Dan Smith
in Seattle, WA www.danielsmith.com
• April 27, Wednesday, 10-12 at Dan
Smith in Bellevue, WA
www.danielsmith.com.
▲ Kate Barber
Jacqui Beck’s painting One to Another
is in the Pacific NW Juried Abstract
Show (January 8 – 30, at Gallery By the
Bay in Stanwood WA (www.gallerybythe
bay.com), and her painting Emerging
will be in the Women Painters of
Washington Spring Members Show
(February 1 – April 29, 2011) at the
Women Painters of Washington Gallery
(www.womenpainters.com)
(www.jacquibeck.com).
▲ Martha Brouwer
Powerful Watercolor Landscapes by
Catherine Gill and Beth Means, has
been released by Northlight/F&W
Publications. It is available at
www.catherinegill.com. A nine- page
additional article with full color art on
Creating Space in your Paintings is a gift
Print-on-Demand mini-chapter for
anyone ordering from this site. This will
be emailed to you when your book is
8 · March-April 2011
Kathy Collins’ solo show A Year of
Painting opens Friday March 4, 5-7 pm
at Kaewyn Gallery, 10101 Main St,
Bothell.
Kate Barber’s and Martha Brouwer’s
paintings were accepted for the
American Watercolor Society Show in
New York City April 5 – May 1. Kate’s
entry is called Mute. And Martha’s is
called Without Death There Is No Life.
Susan Melrath – In the Garden –A Solo
Exhibit - Virginia Inn – 1937 1st Ave.
Seattle. March 3 – April 30. Reception,
Thursday, March 3 5-7pm.
www.virginiainnseattle.com.
susan@susanmerrath.com.
Call
The Eastside Association of Fine
Arts
(EAFA) is excited to announce
for Artists!
the opening of EAFA Gallery at
Seattle Design Center. A new and
exciting venture with the Seattle
Design Center, EAFA Gallery offers
exhibition space for fine art shows
and exhibitions sponsored by EAFA
up through June 2011. EAFA
Tis Huberth
will have two
paintings Bits
and Pieces and
Three Coins in
Best of America
Watermedia
Volume II to
be published
early this year.
EAFA is a nonprofit art organization serving the Eastside for 35 years. It is
run by a supportive body of artists, providing a unique opportunity for
fellowship, education, charitable projects, monthly meetings,
regular exhibitions and promotion of fine art within the Puget Sound area.
EAFA is proud to have over 450 members, ranging from emerging to
established artists, and as a group is recognized for producing some of the
!
highest quality local art exhibitions in the Greater Seattle Area. The Seattle Design Center
Located in the Georgetown neighborhood of south Seattle, the Seattle
Design Center is the Puget Sounds most renowned resource for design
professionals, offering 65 showrooms displaying the finest of custom home
furnishings and fixtures available.
The EAFA Gallery
The EAFA Gallery is located in showroom #A239 on the second floor of the
Atrium Building. There will be rotating fine art exhibitions up until the end
of June 2011, all of which will be juried to maintain the highest quality work,
and will showcase art for sale by some of the best artists in the area. The space
covers approximately 4,000 square feet, and has the capacity to feature
some 50 plus selected artists and 200 works of fine art. On display will be both
two dimensional and three dimensional works in a wide range of art mediums,
including oil paintings, watercolors, photography, encaustic, fused glass, metal
sculpture, and mixed media.
Schedule of Exhibits
Kris Preslan’s painting Cars I’ll Never
Own, #9, has been selected by juror
John Salminen for inclusion in the 34th
International Exhibition of the
Watercolor Art Society-Houston. She
also had a transparent watercolor
painting, The Old Indian accepted into
the annual exhibition of the American
Watercolor Society’s juried show this
April at the Salmagundi Club in New
York and her painting, Sidewalk
Raphael #2 was accepted into the 36th
annual exhibition of the Western
Federation of Watercolor Societies, an
organization representing, eleven
watercolor societies, to be held in
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Date
11/28/2010 – 01/22/2011
01/26/2011 – 02/26/2011
03/02/2011 - 04/08/2011
04/13/2011 – 05/13/2011
05/18/2011 – 06/18/2011
Exhibition
EAFA Gallery Exhibit #1
EAFA Open Juried Abstract Show
EAFA Gallery Exhibit #2
EAFA Volunteer show
EAFA Members Show Special Events
Jan 28th – 12:30 – 4:30pm - EAFA Abstract Show Opening Reception Meet the
Artists Event & Awards
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March-April 2011 · 9
Editor’s Contest
I received many e-mails pleading
that I continue the contest. Let’s see
those entries! Artists love old barns.
They come in great shapes and are
relatively easy to paint . Here are
five. Select one and give it your own
interpretation. Alter the shape,
color, composition or size. Have fun!
10 · March-April 2011
Weigardt on Watercolor
A Letter of Inspiration
Years ago, (l987) as I was building
my career in watercolor painting, I sent
a letter to my mentor, Irving Shapiro,
expressing either some fatigue, lack of
interest, or the frustration from what
appeared to be a period of fruitless
creativity. Regardless of the specifics of
my frustration, I received back from him
this eloquent note of encouragement. It
is proudly displayed in my studio. I
think his words of wisdom apply equally
to all of us.
“I think that the matter of the artist
who spends days upon days in the
studio not coming up for air and finally
coming out unshaven to declare that his
ART demands all of his energy and
devotion is right out of the pages of
some fictional and romantic novel. A
poor one at that. Everyone that I have
ever discussed the matter with will have
had the same experiences as me— days
when I can’t wait to get behind a brush,
days when it’s the last thing that I want
to do (but will do anyhow, if the
schedule is pressing enough), and days
when I just take off for a shopping trip
with my wife, a visit to a museum, a
movie, or maybe just nothing at all. I
think that a certain amount of time has
to be devoted to emptying the brain.
However, our concentration and
dedication to painting will, I think, have
us see the world differently than others,
so that even when we might be doing
what seems totally unrelated to painting
Letters
we’re still soaking up what will affect
our painting. In my own experience, I’ve
found that at those times when I’ve had
to be away from the studio for a stretch
of a few days or even longer, or even
when I’ve chosen to not paint for a
while, that when I come back to the
drawing board I am refreshed, I am
more responsive, and more often than
not, my work shows the benefit of a bit
of renewed excitement.
It just isn’t possible —or even
desirable, maybe— to have a totally
even attitude of sustained interest in
panting. That invites burn-out, if we
should demand this attitude of
ourselves. It might very well be that the
results of this self imposed pressure
provides us with OK paintings, but the
spirit has to be bruised by this kind of
excess.
If you don’t feel like painting now
and then, don’t sweat it. I understand
that Rembrandt bowled a few lines with
the boys once a week, and that Rubens
tooled around on his motorcycle. We,
like anyone else, are human.
Best Wishes,
Irv Shapiro
Keep your brush wet!
Eric Wiegardt AWS, NWS
School of Painting
Watercolor Workshops 2011
3/28-4/1, Honolulu, Hawaii • 4/12-15, Greenville, NC
4/25-28, Springfield IL • 5/23-27, Camano Island, WA
6/6-17 Kenosha, WI • 6/27-7/1, Ocean Park, WA
9/26-30, Greenville, NY • 10/3-7, Rockland, ME
10/18-21, Ft. Worth, TX • 11/13-19, Ft. Mill, SC
12/5-8, Portland, OR
Now Available at www.ericwiegardt.com
Eric Wiegardt Signature Brushes
Also on the website and at Wiegardt Studio Gallery are:
Essential Design Workbook,
Watercolors-Free and Easy Book, Instructional DVDs,
Original Paintings, Giclees & Lithographs
Just finished reading Hot Press. Very
fun issue! Sure hope you don’t have to
drop the editor’s contest. I enjoy it very
much!
What a great painting (Randy
Emmons), even though it was the only
one.
➤ Amy Giese
I always enjoy your editorials and
wish to take you up on your offer to
share your notes from the Don Andrews
workshop. Thanks in advance,
➤ Carolyn Modarelli
modcar@comcast.net
Jeffrey,
Sorry to hear that the Editors
Contest was less than successful
(although it could be argued that Randy
Emmons interpretation was very
successful). I hope you get enough
positive responses that you decide to
continue with this idea. For no good
reason, I do not remember seeing this
opportunity in the NovemberDecember newsletter – my fault. If you
continue, I promise to enter future
E.C.’s. Thank you for your work and
your efforts. Keep your brushes wet.
➤ Tom Linden
American Frame
Corporation
When you purchase frames and framing
supplies from American Frame
Corporation and tell them you are a
member of NWWS, they donate 5% of
your order to us! This rebate funds the
American Frame awards given at our
Annual Open Exhibition and Waterworks.
So, the more you buy, the bigger the
award you may win! See their products
at www.americanframe.com or call
1-800-537-0944 for their catalog.
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March-April 2011 · 11
Opportunities
The California Watercolor Association
is pleased to announce their 42nd National
Exhibition Water+Color to be held from
September 8 through October 9, at the
Marin Art and Garden Center. We
anticipate more than $15,000 in cash and
merchandise awards. Online entries only.
Use the on-line entry form on the California
Watercolor Association’s website,
www.californiawatercolor.org. The deadline
is April 23, 2011. Adventure On!, hosts art and adventure
retreats. This year we’re hosting two
amazing, guided watercolor painting and
sightseeing trips to Italy, October 2-13 and
16-27. These guided trips include all costs
except flight to Italy and even include
painting instruction with Northwest
watercolor artist Kathy Rae Wood.
www.adventureon.net/italyretreats.html
www.kathyraewood.com/italyretreats.
13th Annual Juried Kenmore Art Show
August 19 – 28. Entries due August 12
between 10am - 8pm - Northlake Lutheran
Church, 6620 NE 185TH St., Kenmore,
Washington 98028. Prospectus will be
posted in April. www.artsofkenmore.org.
Judi Betts, AWS and Stella Canfield Czech Republic, May 26-June 8, 2011.
360/678-0838, director@ stellararts.org,
www.stellararts.org
Catherine Gill - Saturday, March 5 – 11am
to 4pm - book signing party for Powerful
Watercolor Landscapes at Catherine’s studio.
Catherine and Beth Means will have books
to sign, and will be celebrating big time! All
are welcome. www.catherinegill.com and
click on Studio for directions.
Wonderful Opportunities
for NWWS Volunteers
Needed now for these very important
and exciting Board of Director positions
Awards Chair Venues Chair
Contact Lola Deaton, President lkdeaton@comcast.net.
12 · March-April 2011
Cathy Woo will teach a workshop April 1-4
called the “Nuts & Bolts of Painting in Water
Media” at Dakota Art’s La Conner Art
Workshops in Mt. Vernon, Washington.
Contact Cathy for more information or go to
http://www. laconner artworkshops.com.
Sharp Art Gallery - Call for Artists - new
hybrid art gallery part online/part brick and
mortar. No commissions charged to artist.
Apply now online.
http://www.sharpartgallery.com.
Dianna Shyne is offering ongoing
Impressionism in Acrylic classes at Arts
Umbrella in Bothell. Thursdays 12:30-3:30 or
Thursday evenings 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm. Arts
Umbrella is located at Country Village 23732 Bothell Everett Hwy - Bothell, WA
98021. 360-387-4950 http://artsumbrella.com/pages/ dianna.html. Dianna
will also be teaching a five day Plein Air
Workshop on Prince Edward Island (Eastern
Canada) in Early September.
Donna Watson – Personal Expression: A
Design Approach. April 8, 9, 10. ArtWorks in
Edmonds, WA. This workshop is for all styles
of painting and for all aqueous mediums.
Cost: $250 with a $50 deposit. Contact:
Meredith Arnold, Director of ArtWorks.
meredith@artworks-edmonds.org.
donna_watson@earthlink.net.
Kathy Collins’ watercolor workshop at
Cannon Beach, Oregon - April 6-10, $395.
Learn an accessible technique for high
contrast, impressionistic paintings. Register
at www.paintacross america.com or
kathy.collins2@comcast.net.
Parklane Gallery welcomes artists from
across the country and around the world to
enter our 19th Annual International Juried
Miniature Art Show. www.parklane
gallery.com for the prospectus as well as
additional information regarding
compliance with the guidelines and
definition of miniature art. Deadline: April
24-26. Exhibition Dates: May 3 – June
5. Cash awards: Best of Show $500, 1st Place
$300, 2nd Place $200, and numerous
sponsor awards. The Magnolia Art Show is a juried show
with cash prizes. Judges select the best work
in each media group which includes
painting, photo/print, and 3D. Registration
Deadline is July 15. www.magnolia
artshow.org. Contact Andrew L. Parker with
RE/MAX Metro Realty | 2312 Eastlake Ave
East | Seattle | WA | 98102.
Overlake Healing Arts Program - For
members of NWWS, there is an opportunity
to hang framed, under-glass watercolor in
Overlake Hospital as part of the Healing Arts
Program. These paintings are for sale and
the commission is 10% of sale price donated
to the Overlake Foundation. The next
Overlake Healing Arts hanging opportunity
will be March 27. Anyone interested must
contact Charlene Burley for entry forms and
rules. The cut off for submission will be
March 12. For those that want to plan
ahead, the following hang will be July 31 and
the cut off will be July 12.
charnabe@aol.com . 253-631-4879 (home,
evenings and weekends) .
Jacqui Beck
teaches a variety
of Expressive
Acrylic Painting
workshops, a
great opportunity
to learn to paint
more expressively
and personally.
Discover
techniques that
lend themselves
to increasing the
tendency to
experiment,
loosen up, and be
more expressive.
Learn how to use
collaging, under-painting, and layering
techniques to bring more life to your
paintings and more enjoyment to your
painting process. See website for upcoming
workshops. www.jacquibeck.com.
Arts of Kenmore - 13th Annual Juried
Kenmore Art Show - August 19 - 28, Entries
due August 12, between 10am - 8pm.
Northlake Lutheran Church, 6620 NE 185th
St., Kenmore, Washington 98028. The 2011
Prospectus will be posted in April.
www.artsofkenmore.org.
Stella Canfield – The Joy of Watercolor Coupeville, WA Workshop Feb 13-17, 2011.
360-678-0838, director@stellararts.org,
www.artgallerystella.com.
Opportunities
Pikes Peak Watercolor Society
International Watermedia XVII. June 24 July 23. Call for entries. Entry Deadline April
1 - Cottonwood Center for the Arts, Colorado
Springs, CO 80903. Entry form and digital
images . Cash Awards: $2,000 Best of Show;
$1,000 Gold Award; $250 Founders Award.
www.pikespeakwatercolorsociety.org .
Watermedia17@pikespeakwatercolorsociety.
org.
Stella Canfield and Vesko Velev –
Bulgaria Art Workshops, June 10-21, 2011.
360-678-0838,
director@stellararts.org, www.bulgariaartw
orkshops.com for more info. Stella Canfield
Studio, P O Box 1676, Coupeville WA 98239.
Combining Czech Republic and Bulgarian
Tours is possible.
The 6th Annual Wedgwood Art Festival,
will be held July 9-10, and is seeking artists
for the show. For more information, check
their web page at wedgwoodfestival.com.
The Festival will be held in the northeast
part of Seattle.
Jeff Waters will offer a one-day watercolor
workshop, Basic & Advanced Techniques
that will introduce the student to the basic
elements of watercolor and rarely taught
advanced techniques that separate the
mundane from the spectacular. Handouts
will be provided, including a reading list for
further study. The seminar will be broken
into two sections. The first session will
present an introduction to watercolor
painting and basic technique. The second
session will provide the student with tools to
take his paintings from” Nice Watercolor.” to
“WOW!” Bring a sack lunch. A complete
supplies list will be available once
registered. Location: Si View Social Room
Metropolitan Park District – North Bend,
WA. $40 June 11 - 10:30AM-5:30PM .
Register online at www.siviewpark.org.
Bev Jozwiak - our April speaker - (NWWS
Signature member) has been recently
elected a signature member of the American
Watercolor Society. Her painting All dressed
up.... Was juried into the 144th Annual
International exhibition and will be
included in two new books, Splash 12, and
Best of Worldwide Figurative Book, by
Kennedy Publishing. She will have three
paintings included in the latter.
Dan Riley and Joe MacKechnie, who with
Ann Breckon gave a terrific demonstration
at our February meeting, have two
workshops coming up that might interest
you. On the weekend of March 25-27 they
will teach their acclaimed workshop on
Figure drawing. Then in April, on t he
weekend of April 22-24 they will conduct a
workshop titled Art Composition and
Personal Style. If you are interested in either
workshop contact Dan Riley at
rileydk@comcast.net.
Catherine Gill - Two day indoor workshop Design in Landscape. March 26 - 27, 9:30-4:30
pm will cover design basics, keeping things
simple (shapes), and learning the basic
landscape parts to help you sort through the
overwhelming mess of an outdoor scene. All
this seems simple, but somehow it is easy for
it to get lost in the frenzy of painting. Come
for a review and your next year’s paintings
will really show it! Demonstrations will be in
watercolor and mixed media of watercolor
and pastel (2nd day). Catherine will have
enlarged color copies of landscapes to work
from. Cost: $165, maximum of 12. Open to all
media. Oil painters, send me an email to
discuss the use of solvents. Demonstrations
will be in watercolor. Cost: $165, maximum of
12. Ballad studio. Sign up online at my store
at www.catherinegill.com or mail me a check.
Live Arts Bothell - Call for a Artists -juried
show - June 25 – 26. Paintings Prints
Drawings. Entry deadline, April 22.
www.liveartsbothell.org,
juriedshow@liveartsbothell.org.
2011 PLEIN AIR WORKSHOP AT LE
CASACCE, ITALY WITH PACIFIC
NORTHWEST ARTIST JOE MAC KECHNIE
WHERE
Seggiano—Tuscany, Italy, 60 klms South of Siena
WHEN
September 17 to October 1, 2011
COST
$3,250.00 per person—Dbl Occup.
$3,500.00 Sgl Occup (if Available)
$2,850.00 per person-Non artist
(Plus Air Transportation)
DEPOSIT & FULL PAYMENT INFORMATION
Deposit of $500 by January 1, 2011
Full Payment by April 1, 2011
Email Joe at joe@netos.com or phone 425 486-1763 if you
would like to find out more about joining him in Tuscany.
March-April 2011 · 13
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