No SWS Meeting June, July, and August

WWW.SWSWATERCOLOR.ORG! JUNE, 2014

TUESDAY, Sept 9, 2014

Fealing Lin

NEXT MEETING:

7:00 pmLover’s Lane UMC

Asbury Hall

September Meeting: Fealing Lin will be the featured artist when SWS meetings resume in September. She is also the juror for our SWS Membership show.

Fealing is a signature member of National Watercolor Society, Transparent Watercolor So-ciety of America, Watercolor West, San Diego Watercolor Society and the Missouri Water-color Society. Her works have been juried in many national exhibitions including NWS, WW, TWSA (Transparent Watercolor Society of America), Brand National, Audubon Artist, San Diego Watercolor International and many others. She has won numerous awards among these shows.

Fealing’s works also appear in many magazines and books, including Watercolor Magic, Artist Sketch Magazine, International Artist Magazine, Best Watercolor, and Splash (9, 10, 11,12 & 14), and Watercolor Secrets by North Light Books (2009).

Mark your calendars for the September 9th meeting!

Wow! this past year has been such a great year for SWS! I’m having one of those, “What have I done?!” moments thinking of the shoes I have to fill.  I’m sure I speak for our entire membership when I say thank you, Mickey Archer, for such quality leadership. You are a true gentleman and have led with such grace, attention to detail, and humility. 

It’s with a feeling of great honor and respect for all of you who help to make SWS a professional and quality organization that I slip into the Presidents’ position. Fortunately, I have several trusted advisors who’ve promised to keep me on the straight and narrow and a wonderful Board with whom to work. New Board members are Ron Bigony, 1st. Vice-President in charge of programs, Jenny Ackerman, 2nd. Vice- President in charge of membership, Bryce Weigand, 3rd. Vice-President in charge of Workshops, and Bill Johnson, 4th Vice-President in charge of Exhibitions. Pam Wilson is our new treasurer, Laurin Sullivan is our new recording secre-tary, and Sherry Daerr is our Corresponding Secretary in charge of Constant Contact. Other key positions that you’ll need to know are Judith Pafford, the Scene Editor, and Gail Delger, Standards and Practices and take-in contact for our Membership Show.

I’m excited about the year ahead as there are already plans for such great things.  However, we can’t jump into those before I men-tion our May Treasure Hunt/Silent and Live Auctions. What a fun night we had! You won’t want to miss it next year.  Thank you Jon-esy McConnell, for a fun job as live auctioneer and, Mickey Archer, as “spotter of the bids and encourager of higher bids.”

A huge thank you to all of you who contributed treasures for the silent auction. We had over 200 books donated that had minimum bids of  $2.00-$10.00 and a variety of paint, watercolor paper and palletes, and portfolios. I can’t even name all of the rest of the items donated. I’m sorry I can’t list all of the generous members who contributed; however, a really big thank you goes to the follow-ing people who donated fabulous paintings for the live auction: Mickey Archer, Ron Bigony, Naomi Brotherton, Sherry Daerr, Ratin-dra Das, Pat Kochan, Priscilla Krejci, Jonesy McConnell, Gaylord O’Con, Teta Smith and to Ron Stephens who donated a spiffy French Easel. Also, a really big thank you to all of you who purchased treasures. Our sales total (with change rounded up) was $3500.00 toward the expenses for our Membership show in Sept. SWS members are the best!

I hope your paint brushes have been or are flying. Remember our two upcoming exhibitions: the Membership Show deadline is Monday, June 30 – Midnight deadline for entry of mailed CD’s and online entries, and the deadline for the Breaking BoundariesShow is July 31st. The timeline and prospectus for each show are on our website under “Exhibitions.”

Another event you won’t want to miss is the Preview Party Sunday, July 13, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Royal Lane Baptist Church, Dallas. This is a slide show of all of the paintings entered into the Membership Exhibition. Not only is it exciting to see all of the im-ages entered and the amazing talent of our membership, but it’s a great learning tool to see what stands out as really making an impression and what is really unique. Besides, it’s just fun to see and laugh with everyone during the summer. I always leave the Preview Party thankful for good friends, and inspired to PAINT!

I’m looking forward to seeing each of you on Sept. 9th for our next meeting. Our demo that night will be by Fealing Lin, our Member-ship Show Juror and September workshop presenter. Unfortunately, Fealing’s workshop Sept. 9-11is full; however, if you’re inter-ested in being on the waiting list,  contact Bryce Weigand bryce.weigand@gmail.com.  I’m sure you’ll enjoy the demo because Feal-ing is a joy to watch paint. Let’s all attend and kick off our ’14-'15 year with a bang.

One last thought, SWS is an inclusive group, invite other painters you know to join rather than assume they’re already members or just don’t want to join. Some of them may be as delusional as I was and think they have to be invited to join or be a “real” artist be-fore joining. I was so excited when I heard that anyone could join. Important reasons to invite others to join are: If one of them is your significant other, he or she will leave the meetings feeling grateful that you aren’t as “unique” as some of the rest of us; and just think, the more people you ask to join, the fewer times you’ll be asked to volunteer to do something.

Teta

Teta SmithSWS President

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” Pablo Picasso

My Life in Watercolor, So Far by Ron Stephens

After  a  33-­‐year  career  in  Advertising  as  an  art  director  and  later  as  production  manager  at  some  smaller  agencies  around  Dal-­‐las,  Ron  retired  in  2006.    He  checked  out  some  books  and  started  studying  how  to  paint  in  watercolor.      That  watercolor  is  one  of  the  most  difDicult  mediums  to  learn  did  not  deter  his  interest.  Luckily,  about  the  time  he  was  struggling  the  most,  he  joined  a  new  watercolor  instruction  group  at  the  Irving  Heritage  center  being  launched  by  Tom  Wellman,  (president  of  SWS  at  that  time).  He  and  Tom  became  friends,  and  later  that  year  Tom  invited  Ron  to  an  SWS  meeting.  

Tom  was  an  avid  plein  air  painter  and  convinced  Ron  that  it  would  be  fun  and  rewarding.  Ron’s  Dirst  SWS  paint  out  in  Jefferson/Marshall  in  the  fall  of  2007  was  a  turning  point  for  Ron,  who  was  hooked.

Ron  joined  the  SWS  board  in  2007  and  began  producing  the  SCENE  for  SWS,  starting  with  the  March  2007  issue.    SWS  also  made  good  use  of  Ron’s  art/graphics  background  in  advertising,  getting  his  help  with  the  Member  show  prospectus.    He  was  also  responsible  for  changing  the  process  for  publishing  the  SCENE  and  Member  Show  prospectus  by  putting  them  on  the  web-­‐site.  For  a  while  Ron  still  produced  a  6  page  black  and  white  version  of  the  SCENE  for  mail-­‐only  members.

Ron  continued  to  crank  out  the  SCENE  and  help  with  other  graphics  needs  for  the  next  year.      As  2009  began  with  new  presi-­‐dent  Herb  Reed  and  Show  Chairperson,  Giza  Elwazir,  Ron    was  again  innovative,  transitioning  the  acceptance  of  show  images  through  email  rather  than  on  color  slides.    Ron  continued  publishing  the  SCENE  until  2012.

Ron  is  currently  Publicity  Chairman  for  SWS.  Ron  has  also  taught  a  once  weekly  Watercolor  class  at  the  Irving  Heritage  Center  since  2009  when  he  took  over  from  Tom  Wellman  who  passed  away.  

Most  of  all  Ron  is  proudest  of  the  growth  of  his  work  over  the  last  seven  years.  He  owes  most  of  this  to  the  workshops  attended,  to  include  such  notables  as:  Nita  Leland,  Carl  Dalio,  Naomi  Brotherton,  Arne  Westerman,  Mark  Mehaffey,  Ratrindra  Das,  Jane  Jones,  Skip  Lawrence,  Leslie  Frontz,  Maureen  Brouillette,  and  Andy  Evansen.  

Ron  started  experimenting  with  non  -­‐  representational  and  abstract  painting  about  2008  and  had  an  abstract  accepted  into  the  SWS  show  that  year.  Since  then  he  has  had  2  abstracts  accepted  to  the  SWS  show  and  2  to  the  WFWS  show.  Ron  says,  “Abstract  painting  in  Acrylic  and  mixed  media  for  me  is  pure  joy.  I  go  at  it  with  a  total  intuitive  “What  If”  strategy.  It’s  all  about  moving  the  paint  around,  making  marks,  building  texture,  covering  up  and  pulling  out  underlying  gems”.    He  still  enjoys  representational  painting  and  aspires  to  be  more  proDicient  at  it  and  hopefully  have  a  landscape  or  cityscape  accepted  into  a  show.  Ron  attributes  his  loose  impressionistic  style  to  painters  that  he  admires  like  Frank  Francesi,  Sterling  Edwards,  or  Erick  Weigardt.      Ron  con-­‐fesses,  “I  just  bounce  around  too  much,  I  need  to  establish  a  recognizable  style  that  everyone  will  identify  with.    I  must  keep  searching  and  be  persistent.”      We  know  you  will,  Ron.

RON STEPHENS

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SPOTLIGHT ON ARTIST OF THE MONTH

ARTISTS SHOWPLACE

(3 DAY)The lineup for the next twoyears for SWS Workshopspromises to bring information

ARTISTS SHOWPLACE

MICHAEL REARDONreardonwatercolors.com

SEPT. 9,10,11 2014

DUNCAN SIMMONS &

SWS EVENTS

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2collaboratingartists.com

FEALING LINfealingwatercolor.com

OCT. 14,15,16 2014

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Contact Walt or Isabel Davis if interested. widavis7@gmail.com, 903-886-2711

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COMPLETED

.Mark your calendars now for the fall SWS paint out September 26-28 in Corsicana, Texas.  Deb Miller at the Warehouse Gallery in the downtown arts district will be our sponsor.  She is making the gallery available for our Saturday night reception and show-ing, and will invite local artists and art patrons to join us.  We will be able to sell our work that evening.  Details about hotel and restaurants will be forthcoming.

Painting of the Month winners from left to right:1st Place: Hugh Heaton, Startled2nd Place: Ron Stephens, Street Improvements3rd Place: Jimmy Magourik, Island Anchor

LIVE AND SILENT AUCTIONS May Paintings of the Month

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Mickey and Jonesy prepare to kick-off the live auction at the May SWS meeting.

Donated art treasures await the silent auction.

Jonesy starts the live auction with style and humor.

Ron and Mickey, how many artists does it take to set up a French easel?

Art treasures go home with new keepers.

HAPPENINGS

Plein Air Group Outing in Waxahachie

Bill Johnson’s plein air group held its May outing in Waxahachie TX on Satur-day May 31.

They joined Tina Bohlman and the “Paint Waxahachie” group at the Farmers Market and other locations including the beautiful old Ellis County Court-house. The weather was perfect, and everyone enjoyed the outing.

The next monthly paint out time and location are still TBD. If you are inter-ested in having in a fun group experience, contact Bill Johnson, (214)-350-4546, acousticdesign@earthlink.net.

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HAPPENINGS

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Contemporary Watercolorists of Arizona: Marie Renfro, Roller Coaster

Merchant Award - Jack Richeson & Co.: Walt Davis, Avispa Blanca Sagrada

AWA/WFWS Signature Mem-ber Award: Ratinda Das, Port Clyde Revisited

Award of Merit: Judi Betts, Southern Retreat

Western Federation of Watercolor Societies Exhitibiton Awards for SWS Members

Below are the four SWS artists and their paintings that won awards in the 39th Annual Exhitibiton of the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies hosted by the Arizona Watercolor Association. SWS had a total of 15 artists who were juried into the show.

Jacque Wacker received a first place award for her painting Night Light at the 2014 Spirit is Ageless Celebration of Artists and Writers at the Point, Center for Arts and Education, on the campus of C C Young.

Debra Lalumia’s painting won 2d place Memorial Day weekend in the TVAA (Texas Visual Arts Association) 67th annual art show. She is also having her first solo show in Kaufman TX at Side Street Coffee, 209 N. Washington, June 5, 5:00 pm-7:00 pm. 

WEBSITE

1st VP -­‐‑ PROGRAM CHAIRRon  Bigony  903.297.3483ronbigony@aol.com2700  Gilmer  RoadLongview,  TX  75604

4th VP -­‐‑ EXHIBITION CHAIRBill  Johnson  214.350.4546acousticdesign@earthlink.net3556  Ainsworth  DriveDallas,  TX  75229PAINT-­‐‑OUT CHAIR

2nd VP -­‐‑ MEMBERSHIP CHAIRNew  Members,  Renewals,Address  ChangesJenny  Ackerman  214.327.2599sheltieblessed@yahoo.com6940  Lakeshore  DriveDallas,  TX  75214

214 810 3363

SWS  CONTACTS

News Articles, Happenings & AdsJudith Pafford 972.378.9247judith.pafford@verizon.net5809 Misted Breeze DrPlano, TX 75093

HAPPENINGS

3RD VP -­‐‑ WORKSHOP CHAIRBryce  Weigand  214.526.4849bryce.weigand@gmail.com3733  Normandy  AvenueDallas,  TX  75205

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PRESIDENTTeta  Smith  214.244.9449teta22@tx.rr.com7100  Chase  Oaks  Blvd.Plano,  TX  75025

.smiller2@sbcglobal.netSteve Miller

SCENE EDITOR

Gaylord O'ʹCon 214 876 4851gaylord@gaylordocon.com2717 Purdue AveDallas, TX 75225

TREASURERPam  Wilson  972.839.1086pamwilson.allen@gmail.com1086  Hawkwood  WayAllen,  TX  75013

Breaking Boundaries Timeline:Showing: Thur., Aug. 21 – Thur., Sept. 11 Reception: Thur., Sept. 4, 2014, 5:30 -7:30 pm.

Digital image submitted: The month of July, 2014, deadline July 31. (up to 2 works), Sub-mit digital images to ccotter@collin.edu and theartsgallery@collin.edu.

Deliver art work: Sat., Aug. 16, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. Install: Mon., Aug 18 - Wed, Aug 20, 2014 Pick up art work: Fri., Sept. 12 and Sat., Sept. 13, 9:00a.m. to 2:00p.m. Gallery Hours: T.B.A.

Contacts: SWS: Teta Smith, e-mail address: tetasmith@me.com

THE ARTS gallery, Betty Siber, Director, Claudette Lowery, Gallery Assistant, 972-881-5873

Collin College, e-mail address: theartsgallery@collin.edu

Breaking Boundaries Curator, Cathy Cotter-Smith, ccotter@collin.edu

Breaking Boundaries: An Open Show by Southwestern Watercolor Society at THE ARTS Gallery, Collin College Theme: Breaking Boundaries provides an opportunity for water media painters to use the medium in non-traditional ways. Break the rules! Ideas include, but are not limited to: incorporating 3 dimensional shapes or objects, working on unusual surfaces, adding other art media or supplies. SWS subject requirements will still apply. See full prospectus at www.swswatercolor.org.

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SWS 2014 Membership Show: The SWS Membership prospectus is on-line at www.swswatercolor.org. Be sure to read and follow the prospectus carefully. SWS membership dues must be current in order to enter.Membership Show CALENDAR

• Monday, June 30 – Midnight deadline for entry of mailed CD’s and Online entries

• Sunday, July 13 – Preview Party at Royal Lane Baptist Church, Dallas, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

• Monday, August 4 (target date) – Acceptance notification

• Tuesday, September 2 – Deadline for shipped art

• Tuesday, September 2 - Hand delivered art due 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Eisemann Center

• Thursday, September 4 – Exhibit Opens, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday

• Sunday, September 21 – Awards reception, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Eisemann Center

• Sunday, September 28 – Exhibit closes

• Monday, September 29 – Pick up hand delivered art, 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

• Monday, September 29 – Shipped art returned

ANNOUNCEMENTS & ADVERTISEMENTS

Note from the Treasurer: If you have a Chase bank account, you now have an additional way to pay SWS:1. Go to www.chase.com.2. Under Payments and Transfers, select “Pay a Person Using Chase QuickPay” 3. On the new screen, next to the box for “Send To” choose Add a new recipient4. On the new screen, for “New Recipient Name” enter Southwestern Watercolor Society5. For “Email Address,” enter pamwilson.sws@gmail.com6. Re-enter pamwilson.sws@gmail.com to “Confirm Email”7. For “Amount” enter the amount you want to pay SWS8. Under the “Amount” box, note the line “Make this a recurring payment.” Do not choose this option unless you want

to set up an annual dues payment.9. In the “Pay From” box, you will select the account you want to use (if you have multiple checking accounts)10. In the “Message” box, enter the purpose of your payment (examples: 2014-15 senior dues, member show entry

fee, SCENE 4 x 4 ad, or deposit, Fealing Lin workshop) After you have set SWS up as a QuickPay recipient, paying SWS in future will be simple (skip steps 3-6). Why use Chase QuickPay? • Neither you nor SWS will pay any fees for using QuickPay, as opposed to PayPal that charges SWS a fee for each transaction. • QuickPay processes much faster than writing manual checks and saves the cost of checks and postage. PayPal and checks are still viable options for paying SWS. This is an additional option.

SWS Membership Renewals were due May 31: Membership runs June1 through May 31 each year. If you haven’t paid your dues for the new year, please get them to Pam Wilson as soon as possible. Mail your checks to her address in the contacts listing above, pay on-line, or use the new method below:

MEMBER TEACHER LISTINGS

Teta Smith teta22@tx.rr.com 214-244-9449Beginner & All Levels Water Media & Collage Classes

Wallace Hughes 214-821-0257 www.richland.edu/ceBeginning & Intermediate Watercolor Richland College

Sharon Serrago 214-636-4271 sharon@serrago.comWatercolor/Acrylic/Collage

Jane E. Jones janejonesart@yahoo.com; www.janejonesart.com 972-407-1566; Watercolor/Acrylic/Collage/CritiqueMichael Borne RA 512-318-1279 www.mborne.comBeginner to Advanced Adult Watercolor classes - Saturdays

Member Teacher Listings Rate: $25 per year

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