2015 Summer NWS News

PRESIDENT Ken Goldman

PAST PRESIDENT Linda Doll

FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT AWARDS Valli Thayer McDougle

SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT TRAVEL SHOW Joe Cibere

THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT PUBLICATIONS Jeanne Hyland

FOURTH VICE-PRESIDENT PUBLICITY Beatrice Trautman

TREASURER Alice Kayuha

DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION Penny Hill

DIRECTOR, MEMBERSHIP EXHIBITION Son Do

RECORDING SECRETARY Stephanie Goldman

DIRECTOR, MEMBERSHIP Myrna Wacknov

DIRECTOR, HISTORIAN Lowri Sprung

DIRECTOR, FACILITIES/ PERMANENT COLLECTION Debbie Abshear

DIRECTOR, NEWSLETTER Nancy Swan

DIRECTOR, HOSPITALITY Detra Francis

DIRECTOR, WEB Parrish Hirasaki

GALLERY MANAGER Jan Godachy

Presidents Message Ken Goldman

Summer is already here and hopefully the artistic seeds you planted in Spring have ripened into edible fruits with new insights and lots of creative output.

I would like to acknowledge and thank Debbie and Steve Abshear for keeping the NWS San Pedro gallery as up-to-date as any museum venue

I have ever seen. This spring Debbie and Steve organized a volunteer clean-up/rebuilding party that was so much fun, it really should have been called an all day Pizza Party rather than the super-productive cleanup day it actually was. However, volunteerism can only do so much. The general repair and maintenance of the gallery with its valuable permanent collection is an ongoing concern and does not come without a cost. During the cleanup, we discovered our roof is in dire need of repairs. Your NWS Donation of any size (directed exclusively to the Building Fund) would be a welcome gift.

The now sparkling NWS Gallery currently hosts our Members Exhibition juried by Carol Carter and is up until July 31. Carol did a superb job of selecting a wide variety of beautiful watercolors which were skillfully arranged by Son Do and professionally hung by Steve Abshear. In addition to selecting this wonderful exhibition, Carol Carter then completely !lled two back-to-back workshops.

On June 4, during an event called 1st Thursday, San Pedros Chamber of Commerce escorted a group of 40 people to our gallery, and some commented that they couldnt believe they were looking at watercolors! The NWS gallery is now very much a part of San Pedros vibrant art scene. This is vital as the gallery is maintained by volunteers.

Signature member Katharine Cartwright, NWS has created a brand new $3000 Award exclusively for NWS and non-objective artists. The brilliance of Katharines conception, which she has called The Vanguard Award, is that it is only available to a !rst-time accepted entrant working in the area of non-objective water media. The Vanguard Award gives NWS an opportunity to !nd and highlight a rising star unknown in the water media world.

NWS is extremely grateful to all the National and Regional watermedia Societies that have generously posted the upcoming NWS International Entry Form and New Vanguard Award on their websites. Deadline to enter the NWS International Exhibition is July 31. We very much look forward to your inclusion!

Ken Goldman President, NWS

2015 Judi Betts Soon Y Warren David Poxon

Alternates Carolyn Lord Geoff McCormack Ken Goldman

2016 Frank Webb Paul Jackson Myrna Wacknov

Alternates Robbie Laird Sue Pink Laurin McCracken

2017 Mike Bailey Carol Pickle Cathy Hegman

Alternates Michael Reardon Kathleen Ballard Stan Kurth

UPCOMING ANNUAL EXHIBITION JURORS AND ALTERNATES

NATIONAL WATERCOLOR SOCIETY SINCE 1920 SUMMER 2015

NATIONAL WATERCOLOR SOCIETY 20152

2015 NWS Events At-A-Glance MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

Location: NWS Studio Gallery 915 South Paci!c Avenue San Pedro, CA 90731

(310) 831-1099

2015 NWS ANNUAL MEMBERS EXHIBITION June 6 July 31, 2015

2015 95th NWS ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION October 24 December 19 Opening Reception & Award Ceremony Guests of Honor: Invitational Members of Eau en Couleurs RSVP Required

DEMOS AND WORKSHOP SCHEDULE 2015 Attend Lectures Online or in Person Sign up sheet enclosed, or go online.

Judy Betts, NWS, AWS Demo: Sunday, August 16, 10am Noon

Soon Y. Warren, NWS, AWS, TWSA Workshop: Sunday Tuesday, Sept. 27 29, 10 am 3 pm Demo/Lecture: Tuesday, Sept. 29, 6 8 pm

Geoffrey McCormack, NWS, AWS Demo: Sunday, October 25, 10 am Noon

AWARDS, JURIED COMPETITION AND YOUR FRAMINGSTEPHANIE GOLDMAN

You finish a great piece, you frame it and hang it over the couch. You enter a juried competition, it gets accepted and you are elated, packing and shipping, right?

WAIT, will your piece of art, framed so elegantly look good with other awesome pieces in a juried exhibition?

ONLY IF YOU PAY ATTENTION TO KISS! (keep it simple stupid.)

K. Kream, white, or off-white; two-, four-, or eight-ply museum quality, acid free matt

I. Information on Back S. Safe - Plexiglass S. Simple - Clear, Natural, Blonde, Off White or Dark Wood/Metal frame,

maximum 1 - 1-1/2width.

Here are some examples of what happens in a juried exhibition and why your painting may not have won or even been considered for an award.

Damaged Frame, Too Many Mats, Colored Mats, Fancy Filets, Filagree Frames, No Mat, Fancy Gold or Silver Frames, Cheap Frame, Does Not Play Well With Others Frame, I Am All That Frame, Hey Look At Me Frame, Grandmas Cabin Frame, Grandpas Barn Frame, Diploma Frame, Gawdy Galerie Frame, etc, etc.

You get the picture. In a mixed juried competition, its very important to hang well with the art next to you. Thinking about hanging well with your neighbor goes a long way in not only getting a great place in an exhibition but also being considered for and receiving an award.

Good luck to all when entering your next juried competion.

Frames that do not go together in an exhibition.


China Small Image Exchange Exhibit BY LINDA DOLL, PAST PRESIDENT, CHAIR OF CHINA EXHIBITION

Well received live demonstrations at National Watercolor Society Gallery, San Pedro, CA.

Carol Carter demonstration/workshops.

Live Demos at NWS CAROL CARTER AND JEANNE HYLAND

Jeanne Hyland demonstration.

Zhou Tianya, CAA, NWS, has invited the National Watercolor Society (NWS) to collaborate in hosting a small image exchange exhibition. The small image exhibit will be held in conjunction with the 2015 Shenzhen International Biennial Exhibition, exhibited in the Shenzhen Art Museum from December 7, 2015, to January 10, 2016, and curated by Zhou Tianya.

In 2016, following the exhibition in Shenzhen, the small paintings from both countries will travel to San Pedro, CA, where they will be shown in the NWS Gallery from July 30, 2016, to August 28, 2016.

Separate opening receptions are proposed for both the Shenzhen International Biennial and the Small Image Exhibitions. The small images submitted by NWS artists were juried by Zhou Tianya, and Linda Doll will serve as juror for the Chinese artists paintings. Zhou Tianya is a well-known artist, teacher, author, and editor, who also has served for the past seven (7) years as Chair of the Art Department at Jingshu Academy of Technology in Hubei, China. Linda Doll, immediate Past President, and Director of NWS, is an internationally-known artist, teacher, juror, and workshop instructor.

Small works for this joint collaboration consist of paintings no larger than 15 in the longest dimension. They will be sent unframed to NWS and will then be shipped to China by NWS. Catalogs of the small image exhibition will be printed through the generosity of China, and each accepted artist will receive this wonderful catalog.

More than 400 entries were submitted, and Zhou Tianya has chosen 100 paintings from those entries. A list of accepted artists can be seen on our web site www.nationalwatercolorsociety.org


This spring brought a !rst to the NWS Annual Members Exhibition. We were able to engage our juror Carol Carter for two workshops, the !rst of

which !lled within a few days of its posting and the second within a week. Carol was so gracious to make the time for the hard work of back-to-back workshops. Carol already has signups for the next time she comes out to the west coast to teach again. We look

forward to giving our artists as many wonderful workshop opportunities as possible.

On that note, we are observing that the workshops are being populated with artists from around the world; the information highway is a broad one and the artists workshop schedules as well as our website serve to !ll the workshops quickly. We have waiting lists, but we like to keep them short as it is very complicated to manage. Our classroom holds the sweet attendance of only 15 artists and !lls very quickly. Please be assured we work with all, and the students are registered in the order they sign up. Enroll online: its instantaneous and all is easily taken care of.

One of the precepts of our Members Exhibition is that the juror may not be a member of NWS. We are thankful to our growing membership for their suggestions and we love all the discoveries that are made and the new members joining. Carol was

a very thoughtful juror, choosing what she saw as work that was innovative and expressed the level of accomplishment of our membership. We only have seven awards for the Members Exhibition all in the honor of our past presidents so it was very stressful decision making.

Some observations as to this 2015 exhibition in particular: we experienced several declinations of entries this year, due in large part to not reading the eligibility requirements, framing including some of the professionally framed pieces as well as errors in shipping. Make sure that once your work has been juried in it also meets all the criteria so that it can be included in the exhibition. And, please, please ensure that your work is properly hinged when mounted; there has been much slippage during transport. Be aware there is a fee for repairs, and there is also the opportunity to reframe with a loaner.

And lastly but surely not the least important is all the wonderful volunteers who work behind the scenes to make all this happen. I wish this year to thank Son Do and Stephanie Goldman for placing the show and Steve Abshear for the !nal adjustments and hanging of the show. We are looking for some artists who will join us for the upcoming Members Exhibitions and a new Director of the Members Exhibition. It is a great opportunity to learn these skills and also to work with some of the !nest artists from around the world; and, oh yes, its FUN!

2015 NWS Annual Members Exhibition BY PENNY HILL, DIRECTOR OF ANNUAL EXHIBITION


Dan Bartlett Award, $1,000 Denny Bond

Once Upon a Time

Noel Quinn Award, $1,000 Don Taylor

Gators

Delmer Yokum Award, $1,000 Will Bullas

Carny

Irma Attridge Award, $1,000 Lance HunterSeeing Red

Wayne Lacom Award, $1,000 Susanna Spann

Holiday Window Dressing

Clem Hall Award, $500 Robin Erickson

Looking Skyward

Jeffrey Joel Johnson

Nora Bushong Larimer

Terrie King

Angela ChangLuis Fernando Perez

Geri Medway

Marilyn Wear

Patricia Healy

Douglas Greer

Karen L. Heidler

Susan M. Keith Devorah Friedman

Howard Clapp Award , $500 Nancy NeidichGoddess 10

2015 NWS Annual Members Exhibition Winners

2015 NWS Annual Members Exhibition Attending Artists


Seeding the Future of WatermediaEDITED FROM ARTICLE IN COURIER GAZET BY DAGNEY C. ERNEST | JUNE 18, 2015

SPRUCE HEAD (ME) Watercolor may be the !rst medium rain mixed with earth, mindfully applied. In the 21st century, where can such a longstanding tradition be headed? A Midcoast artist wants to help pave the way for watermedia to move into the future, and the prestigious National Watercolor Society is welcoming the effort.

Katharine A. Cartwright of Spruce Head, Maine, is a Signature Member of the NWS, which is currently accepting submissions for its 95th International Exhibition. One of the top awards is the new $3,000 Vanguard Award, conceived and funded by Cartwright.

The idea is to elevate watermedia in this country. When you look at the trajectory for watercolor in the art world, Ive found that China is so far advanced, getting very cutting-edge, she said a few days before the annual call to artists opened.

Cartwrights own work has been shown in China, selected by a seven-member international jury (that was) exhibited in the Shenzhen International Watercolor Biennial in 2013. While some representational work comes out of her studio, her recent Laws of Nature series consists of conceptual abstract paintings based on scienti!c principles.

The Vanguard is for innovative work, non-objective work, from artists who have never been juried in before, Cartwright said. We want to attract artists, but also give them some money artists everywhere need money so they can paint.

The International Exhibition does indeed draw entries from everywhere; submissions come from thousands of artists all around the world, Cartwright said. So establishing an award to encourage innovation can have a ripple effect and not just among painters.

This is my nudge to push the jurors to be a little more open, too, she said.

Ken Goldman, president of the NWS, agrees. This award gives the juror an opportunity to select strictly from a pool of nonobjective artists on the basis of one piece against another by !rst-time artists this eliminates the need for those artists to compete against certain artists who win awards over and over again, because it has to be a !rst-time acceptance.

Goldman added that he is pleased that Cartwright validated the NWS cutting-edge watermedia reputation by selecting it to be the venue for this award. He said he thinks Cartwright is not only a very great artist, but one of the most thoughtful, big-hearted, generous people I have ever known. He views the Vanguard as an opportunity for artists to gain !rst-time recognition that can sometimes be dif!cult in such a competitive !eld, where their work is up against well done representational pieces. Cartwrights body of works contains examples of both.

Cartwright teaches as well as paints, and the concept for the Vanguard Award developed because she wanted her students to do innovative work.

I decided I should put my money where my mouth is, she said.

Cartwright is looking forward to the awarding of the inaugural Vanguard Award at the International Exhibition. Her wish is that it will encourage other awards to be created for the NWS other exhibitions and that it will catch on for other Societies, as well.


NWS 2015 International Exhibition Juror Chairman, Judi Betts, NWS, AWS internationally acclaimed for her transparent watercolor paintings, has won more than 100 awards in major competitions, her work appears on TV, CD labels and in over 35 books. Judi is the author of the award winning books WATERCOLOR Lets Think About It! (5th printing) and PAINTING A QUEST toward XTRAORD!NARY (5 awards). She has participated in many Invitational exhibitions including 1st, 2nd and 3rd Invitational Exhibitions of Contemporary International Water-Media Masters, sponsored by the 50th Anniversary Exhibition in 2011. Judis paintings are also in the Permanent Collections of the states of Arkansas and Louisiana, the New Orleans Museum of Art at the Spring!eld (MO) Art Museum, and she has received the Louisiana Governors Award for Professional Artist. The Transparent Watercolor Society of America awarded her their

Master of Watercolor designation. Judi was selected for a special award for Contributions to the medium of Watercolor by Watercolor USA Honor Society and in 2012 received their Lifetime Achievement Award, their highest honor. She also is a contributor to many prominent art magazines. The ARTISTS MAGAZINE selected Judi to be a juror for their 2002 International Art Competition which drew over 15,000 entries. She judged the Experimental Art Category. Over her career, she has been juror/judge for more than 150 national/international and regional competitions. In 2009, she served on the Awards Jury for the American Watercolor Societys 142nd International Competition. More than 425 workshops have been presented by Judi; and she has given invitational sessions for watercolor societies in Norway, Puerto Rico, Sweden and Canada. Read more about her on our website or visit her at www.judibettsaws.com

NWS Demonstration: Watercolor Lets Think About ItWITH JUDI BETTS NWS, AWS

Sunday August 16, 2015 10 A.M. Noon NWS Gallery San Pedro CARegister online www.nationalwatercolorsociety.org

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JUDI BETTS DEMONSTRATION2015 Lecture and Workshop Series held at the NWS Gallery, 915 So. Paci!c Ave., San Pedro, CA 90731.

Further inquiries contact Penny Hill. 760-908-3389 [email protected] Check the event you plan to attend. Signing up as new Member Lecture/Demo $20 each, $30 non-members Online participation for members only $10.


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NWS 2015 International Exhibition Juror Soon Y. Warren, NWS, AWS, TWSA, works internationally as a full time artist, teacher, and workshop instructor. Creative process hands-on painting is her passion and the life she enjoys.

Workshop participants will learn to paint a cut crystal bowl in watercolor using a step-by-step process. Materials and information provided before the session will enable you time to prepare your drawings before the workshop and use class time to work on painting techniques. Learn how to create a luminous underpainting. Soon shares how to approach painting crystal using glazing, washing, the concept of color theory relationships, as well as light and dark values

to achieve vibrant and sparkly crystal. In addition, you will be encouraged to bring your own current pieces to paint along with your reference material. End each day with discussion and critique with Soon, a kind and giving instructor. Take advantage of this special workshop created for NWS. Lecture Note: To accommodate our world-wide memberships varied and busy schedules we are trying an evening time slot.

Enrollment will be processed in the order received. (Online registration, its easier and speedier.)

NWS Workshop and Lecture: Painting Cut Crystal with WatercolorWITH SOON Y. WARREN, NWS, AWS, TWSA

Workshop: Sunday-Tuesday, September 27-29, 2015 10am 3pmDemo/Lecture: Sunday, September 27, 2015 6 8 pm


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SOON Y. WARREN WORKSHOP & DEMO2015 Lecture and Workshop Series held at the NWS Gallery, 915 So. Paci!c Ave., San Pedro, CA 90731.

Further inquiries contact Penny Hill. 760-908-3389 [email protected] Check the event you plan to attend. Signing up as new Member Member $300 Non-Member $350 Lecture/Demo $20 each, $30 non-members Online participation for members only $10.


Last week we had the opportunity to watch Geoffrey McCormack www.mcsurf.com demonstrate his techniques for achieving richly saturated backgrounds. Although he uses traditional artists paints and papers, many of the supplies Geoff uses are items more commonly found in grocery or hardware stores.

Geoffs recent work include everyday objects like smooth stones and cardboard boxes. He paints these objects with startling realistic textures, colors, perspective, lighting and shadows. His compositions combine objects to form an intriguing interplay of shapes and contrasting values, often with objects appearing to #oat on multiple planes.

After planning his composition, Geoff masks off the areas he wants to preserve white paper where hell paint details later. Then he #oods the paper with liquid color to achieve even, saturated backgrounds.

To get his colors to the right consistency, Geoff stirs and shakes watercolors or liquid acrylics with water (he selects staining rather than granulating pigments) in resealable plastic food storage containers.

To build saturated layers of color, he uses kitchen sponges. Hes learned to keep his sponges moving with just the right touch to cover the paper evenly. Geoff has found that using sponges with pigments suspended in water allows him to apply darker, more even color in a fraction of applications and time that would be required with a brush.

To mask areas where hell later paint boxes or rocks, Geoff uses a variety of !lms and tapes that were developed for auto-body painting. These tapes and !lms cling well to textured surfaces, peel off without damaging paper or leaving a residue, and come in a variety of widths to mask anything from thin lines to large !elds.

Geoff has experimented with many materials and techniques to !nd the right combination of unusual tools and traditional art supplies that will help him achieve the visual effects he wants to see in his work. His inspiring paintings show us what artists can achieve when they take the time to explore and develop techniques and use their creativity and resourcefulness in pursuit of a unique visual style.

NWS Demonstration: Supplies For Art Arent Always Art SuppliesA DEMONSTRATION with GEOFFREY McCORMACK NWS, AWS

Sunday October 25, 2015 10 am to Noon NWS Gallery San Pedro CARegister online www.nationalwatercolorsociety.org

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NEW NWS ASSOCIATE MEMBERS March 2, 2014 to July 1, 2015

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work with fellow artists either online or in person.

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WE PRINT the following for Signature and Associate members: Awards (only from National or International exhibits open to all artists. No members only shows.) Indicate the award[s] you received. Recent publications that include your work Special honors (i.e., Signature membership to national art groups; serving as Juror; having work added to permanent collections, etc.) Inclusion in invitational, solo or two-artist exhibitions

WE DO NOT PRINT: Your workshops or websites Your inclusion into exhibits (unless you get an award and it is in an exhibit open nationally to all artists) Items over 6 months old

Submitted material will be edited if it does not conform to the above criteria OR in order to fit space available.

REQUIREMENTS: Indicate your member status (Signature or Associate) ACCOLADES: Format your submission in the 3rd person Use the Accolades section in this newsletter as a guide. Be specific about titles and dates. ARTICLES will be reviewed for content and relevancy. NWS reserves the right to accept or reject articles and edit the contents to fit. IN MEMORIAM: NWS will publish one submitted photo, space permitting. CALL FOR ENTRIES: Submitted and applicable to NWS will be posted

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Francesca Brayton received the Glenwood Spring Award for San Carlos Pelicano in the Western Colorado Watercolor Society National Show, Grand Junction, CO during March 2015.

Julia Chu had 10 watercolor paintings in World Wide Art Book, International Contemporary Masters, Volume 9.

Ming Franz, NMWS, NWA, won the Grand Prize in the International Artist Magazine Challenge NO. #86, Abstract / Experimental Art. painting for Rushing Water April/May 2015. Her four-page article was in the April 2015 issue of American Art Collector magazine.

Rolland Golden, NWS, a member since it was the California Watercolor Society was honored in Baton Rouge on May 7th, as a Louisiana Legend as a visual artist by Louisiana Public Broadcasting.

John Hewitt, TWSA, has been awarded the Kenneth M Shuck $3000 Memorial Award of the 2105 Watercolor USA Exhibition in Springfield, MI at the Springfield Museum of Art. He was also the artist in residence for the month of February, 2015, at the Yaquina River Art Museum in OR.

Mike Kowalski, NWS, was awarded the Silver Medal of Honor at the 148th International Watercolor Exhibition.of the American Watercolor Society for his painting Read all about it.

Mike Mazer was elected as a Fellow Magna Cum Laude in the American Artists Professional League, NYC.

Oren Cooper received the Lily Fund Award at the 45th annual Watercolor West International Exhibition for A day at the beach.

Kris Parins, NWS, FWS, received the Weber/Mission Gold Award in the 46th Watercolor West International Juried Exhibition, for Nine Bicycles. This and another are featured in Splash 16 Exploring Textures, published in June of 2015.

Kris Preslan, NWS,TWSA, WW, WAS-H, has her paintings in Splash 17: Inspiring Subjects. She will be in North Light books showcasing the best in contemporary watercolor paintings.

Robin Purcell, NWS, AWS, MCWA, LPAPA, is featured in an article A Head for the Hills, June 2015 issue of Watercolor Artist. She had a two-person exhibit featuring After the Fire Series plein air watercolors, February 28 April 6, 2015.

Philomena Sculco received M.Graham & Company, and Fred Blackburn Memorial Patron Fine Art Award #2 at Watercolor Society of Alabama, 74th National Exhibition, for Thirsty Anemones in Fairhope, AL.

Steve Rogers AWS, NWS, TWSA, was the sole Juror of Selection and sole Awards Judge for the 66th National Exhibition of the Texas Watercolor Society, April-May, 2015 in San Antonio, TX.

Angela Barbalace, won the Elizabeth Ruggles Memorial Award for the 45th Garden State Watercolor Society annual exhibition.

Chris Beck won the First Place award in Other Media in the Richeson75 Small Works exhibition at the Richeson School of Art and Gallery in Kaukauna, WI for Arabesque. February 23 April 4, 2015.

Cheng-Khee Chee, AWS DF, NWS, TWSA, WHS, has a retrospective exhibition A Natural Flow: The Way of Cheng-Khee Chee, Paintings 1974-2015 through The University of Minnesota, Duluth Tweed Museum of Art held May 12 September 30, 2015. His article A Glimpse of the Asian Aesthetic, will be published in the Ask the Experts Column in the March Artists Magazine.

Devorah Friedman was awarded the National Watercolor Society Reciprocal Award in Watercolor Wests 46th International Juried Exhibition. She also received Signature Member at the 2014 Pennsylvania Watercolor Societys 35th Exhibition.

Jeanne Dobie was selected as the Awards Juror for the Philadelphia Water Color Society International Exhibition, Reading, PA., September 5 October 25, 2015.

John Wilkison, NWS, AWS, received his Signature Membership in AWS with his acceptance into their 148th Annual International Exhibition.

Roland Lee, NWS, won Best of Show at the Dixie Watercolor Societys fall exhibition. He also received Peoples Choice Award and four Purchase Awards at the Zion National Park Plein Air Invitational, UT, November 2014. In addition he was recently awarded the 2014 Governors Mansion Medal by the Governor, Gary Herbert, for contributions to the visual arts in UT.

Robert Lee Mejer (Bob) had his article in Artists Magazine May issue: Happy Accidents, Achieve intriguing Textural Effects by Letting Watercolor have Its Own Way on a Gel-Covered Surface.

Judy Nunno has an article Not Your Grandmas Florals featured in Watercolor Artist, April 2015.

Kim Minichiello achieved Signature Membership in the Georgia Watercolor Society this year with Mayan Gate.

Frank Spino, NWS,TWSA, WHS-USA, PWS, PWCS, FWS, will exhibit Orange Crush at the International Watercolour Society Invitational Exhibition in Fabriano, Italy. His Zhujiajiao, China Water City was awarded Second Place in the Brevard Watercolor Society SPLASH exhibition. Radishes won the Peoples Choice.

Susan Webb Tregay, NWS, TWSA, WHS, will have a painting on the cover of Hendersonville Magazine.

Jeanne Dobie was the Juror of Selection for the Watercolor Society of Alabama National Exhibition, Fairhope, AL, March 8 - 27th, 2015.

Oren Coopers painting A Day At The Beach received the Lily Fund Award at the 45th annual Watercolor West International Exhibition, City of Brea Art Gallery, October 12 - December 15.

Judy Nunno won the Jack Richeson Award at the Southern Watercolor Society 38th Annual Exhibition for Labor of Love and served as juror for the Miami Watercolor Society 42nd Annual Spring Exhibition.

Jeanne Hylands Bell Pepper & Blue Jar won the Mabel Culpepper Award at the 2015 New Mexico Watercolor Society Spring Exhibition. Albuquerque, NM. Her Poinsettia Blast painting was a Finalist in the Richeson75ONLINE; Still Life & Floral 2015.

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