2013 Fall NWS Newsletter

NATIONAL WATERCOLOR SOCIETYSINCE 1920

FALL/WINTER 2013

PRESIDENT Linda A. Doll

FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT Valli Thayer McDougle

SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT James Kuether

THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT Carol Mansfield

FOURTH VICE-PRESIDENT Mary Ann Beckwith

TREASURER RJ Lowy

DIRECTOR, EXHIBITIONS Penny Hill

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS Linda Baker

RECORDING SECRETARY Debbie Abshear

MEMBERSHIP/ COMMUNICATIONS Jeanne Hyland

HISTORIAN Lowri Sprung

BUILDING Frank Eber

NEWSLETTER Nancy Swan

HOPITALITY Detra Francis

GALLERY DIRECTOR Jan Godachy

President’s Message

Pablo Picasso has said, “Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” I think you will find that this year’s annual is an extraordinary exhibition of water media art created by some of today’s finest artists will fill your soul with life’s possibilities and perhaps allow you to see the world differently through the creators’ eyes.

A big thank you to Gerald Brommer, Kathleen Conover, and Dean Mitchell for an outstanding job in choosing 80 fabulous paintings from almost 1000 entries as well as selecting our newest signature members. Our Awards Juror, Roxana Velasquez, was sensitive and discerning in choosing the awards and our traveling exhibition.

Congratulations to everyone – those who had a painting selected, those who won an award or were chosen to be included in the Travel Show, and to those who received their Signature status this year. A special thank you to all who entered and supported NWS with their entry. Our heartfelt gratitude goes to the donors of the awards who help make all this possible. More than $40,000 was donated in these difficult economic times. We could not enjoy this wonderful art exhibition, regardless of how hard we worked, without the faithful art material companies, magazines, societies, and individual contributors. NWS Sponsors are listed on our website. Check it out! www.nationalwatercolorsociety.org

Our NWS Exhibition Director Penny Hill is to be applauded for her dedicated leadership in pulling this gigantic undertaking into a fabulous exhibition. A special thanks also goes to Valli McDougle for the many hours she invested to secure our numerous awards, to Jan Godachy for her tireless effort of preparing the gallery, hosting the opening and for all she does during the entire year and to my entire fabulous board who all worked so diligently on selection jury day, award jury day, on hanging day, and at the Annual Awards Buffet.

I am extremely proud to have been a part of this process and to serve as your president again. Congratulations again to each and every artist in this exhibition

Linda A Doll

President, NWS

Past Presidents at the Opening: George James, Chris Van Winkle, John Salchak, Willellyn McFarland, Loa Sprung, Bonese Turner, Ronald Miller, Pat Berger

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2013 NWS Events At-A-Glance MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

NWS 93RD INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL EXHIBITIONNovember 10, 2013 – January 11, 2014

2013 NWS PAST PRESIDENTS EXHIBITION Gallery Hours: Thursdays through Sundays, 11 A.M. to 3 P.M.

Additional Hours: First Thursday, December 5, 2013, 5 P.M. to 8 P.M.

2013-2014 INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE EXHIBIT, ISEA, NWS, December 15, - January 15 2014 NWS Studio Gallery, San Pedro, CA

PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS DEMOJanuary 12, 2014 10:00 AM - 1:00 PMNWS Gallery, San Pedro, CARegistration• Demo - $20.00 (USD)• Demo Non Member - $30.00 (USD)• Demo Online - $10.00 (USD)

Location: NWS 915 South Pacific Avenue San Pedro, CA 90731 (310) 831-1099

NWS 93rd Annual Exhibition Pre-Event Meet & Greet OUT OF TOWN ARRIVALS MEET AT THE SAN PEDRO CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL

INVITATION

ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING AT NWS GALLERY

January 11, 20142:00 PM

ALL SIGNATURE, LIFE AND

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS ARE

INVITED AND URGED TO COME.

RSVP APPRECIATED. http://nationalwatercolorsociety.org

or phone: (310) 831-1099


Stan Green: Beverly Green Memorial Purchase Award Linda Daly Baker “Double Shadows “

Cheap Joe’s Art StuffPurchase Award Carol Frye “Making My Mark”

NWS 93rd Annual Exhibition Award Winners JURY OF SELECTION

NWS Masters Award Xiao Xing Hu “Plaid Scarf ”

NWS Past Presidents Award David Poxon “In a Farm Yard”

Linda A. Doll President’s Award John Salminen “Winter Alley” “

Winsor & Newton Award Chinmaya Panda “Old Wheels at Rest”

Alice Leonard Memorial Award Richard Hanson “Big Surprise” (Street Series)

Kathleen Connover, Gerald Brommer, Chairman, Dean Mitchel

Gold Coast Watercolor Society, Florida Award Elaine Daily-Birnbaum “It’s in the Telling”

Coupeville Arts Center dba/ Pacific Northwest Art School Award Denny Bond “Duplicated”

Blick Art Materials & Utrecht Art Supplies Award Cheng-Khee Chee “Koi 2013 #3”

Loa Ruth Sprung Award Dyanne Locati “Sedona Red Boulders”

NWS Purchase Award & Silver Star Robert Cook “Royal Street Jazz”

AWARDS


2013 93rd Annual Exhibition OPENING RECEPTION

ALSO IN EXHIBITIONARTISTS PRESENT WITH THEIR PAINTINGS

Sean Barrett CA Ron Bigony TX Marsha Chandler GA

Joseph Cibere CA Robert Cook TX Susana Cremin FL

Son Do CA Rene Eisenbart OR Mara Farnworth CA

Robert Fionda MI Ken Goldman CA Nancy Herbst AZ

Christine Heyse MD Ruth Ellen Hoag CA Michael Holter TX

Ali Aryan, Burnaby, CanadaDenise Athanas, SCLinda Baker, SCDonny Bitner, FLDenny Bond, PACheng-Khee Chee, MNTan Suz Chiang, MalaysiaJansen Chow, MalaysiaSally Cooper, FlDavid Cordas, OHElaine Daily-Birnbaum, WIRatindra Das, ILJoseph DiBella, VAVera Dickerson, VASterling Edwards, NCPasqualino Fracasso, ItalyKaren Frey, CALeslie Frontz, NCCarol Frye, FLQian Gao, CAFrederick Graff, OHRichard Hanson, IACathy Hegman, MSIsrael Holloway, COJoan Iaconetti, NYGeorge James, CAJoel Johnson, FLDwain Kelley, TXJonathan Knight, KSChris Krupinski, VA Melanie Lacki, CAAnnell Livingston, NMCarolyn Lord, CAPat Mahony, , CAKathleen Maling, FLAnne McCartney, CanadaAmy McKittrick, MTMark Mehaffey, MITed Nuttall, AZChinmaya Panda, IndiaKristine Parins, WICarole Pickle, PASue Pink, Bonita FLDavid Poxon, United KingdomJohn Salminen, MNCarol Ann Schrader, AZNancy Stark, VARobert Steinmetz, MEDavid Stickel, NCDonna Watson, WAHarold Willis, ItalySuzanna Winton, GATianya Zhou, China

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MORE ARTISTS WITH PAINTINGS AT OPENING

Lori Jenkins FL Stan Kurth AZ Diane Locati OR Sherry Matlack AZ

Geoffrey McCormack OR Valli Thayer McDougle CO Gay Paratore TX Anthony Rogone CA

Carol Stevens OH Myrna Wacknov CA Maureen Wheeler CA

2013 93rd Annual Exhibition OPENING RECEPTION


As director of the International Exhibition, I wish to thank everyone who came together with all the time they took

away from their own artwork to create such a grand event. The works themselves are representative of almost every form of water-media.

Each year we add more and more painters from around the world to our roster of signature members. This year’s new signature members from the international community are Tan Suz Chiang, Malaysia; Pasqualino Fracasso, Italy; and Xiao Xing Hu, China.

And for the first time signature member and this year’s winner of the NWS Past President’s Award, David Poxon, in the UK

shared the ceremony with his dinner guests via Skype. We have been working very intensely to develop capabitilities for our members around the world to participate in our events and for us to be able to interact in theirs.

So stay tuned for more worldwide events, join us on Facebook and monitor the updates on our website. We are streamlining the entry process working on ways to create more inspi-ration around the world.

And to all the new friends made, all the new friends met again, it’s been a grand weekend, stay in touch, stay tuned and keep inspiring. Penny Hill, Exhibitions Director

NWS Annual Exhibition Awards Reach Across the Pond

BY PENNY HILL, DIRECTOR EXHIBITIONS

Attend NWS Demos & Workshops Online World-Wide BY LINDA DOLL, PRESIDENT

NWS was fortunate to be able to present a fabulous lecture given by Dean Mitchell to our fellow artists both attending

at the gallery and to 15 testers who viewed this lecture online through GoToMeeting.com. It’s an exciting time when someone in Paris can view a lecture live taking place in San Pedro, CA.

Linda introduces Dean...

Participants watch in person..

We will be doing much more of this so watch the webpage and newsletters for announcements.

We also used Skype to allow David Poxon one of our newest signature members to view the Annual International Exhibition Awards Presentation live from the United Kingdom. We are excited to announce that all future Award Presentations will be able to be viewed live.

We will be streaming our Annual Business Meeting in January as well as several demos that will take place next year. Again check the webpage for more information.

Our Monthly Board Meetings are also attended by Board Members online which saves time and travel expenses and has allowed board members from around the country to attend easily.

Dean slides are seen by testers on their home computer.

Linda works out the bugs in real time for future online demos..

...then runs into office to get feedback from testers worldwide.David gets view of awards.. We see David get his award.


93rd Annual Exhibition Award Presentation BY LINDA DOLL


WORKSHOP • DEMONSTRATION • LECTURE SERIES 2013

The visual transformation from chaos to order is the best way to explain my

most commonly used approach to painting. Working spontaneously, intuitively and without expectations I combine color and gestural mark making to begin the layering process of my paintings. I remind my students, “this is the stage in a painting to best capture the creative energy of the initial

inspiration. This is the beginning “chaos” and this is also where I let the spirit of the fluid watercolor have a say. (Kathleen Conover)

Art doesn’t begin with a brush and a palette, but with the

artist’s ability to perceive life. You have to learn how to live before you can learn how to paint. I have always tried to maintain a sense of humanity in my work, to create something that will take on its own personality but also reflect something about our world. I gradually introduce my imagery until the painting (whether representational or abstract) is complete, the composition dramatic and the message subtle. (Dean Mitchell)

NWSKATHLEEN CONOVER DEAN MITCHELL

LINDA DOLL

People and Still Life Subjects that hint at the person just outside the picture plane are Linda’s favorite painting

subjects. She portrays them without flattery or glamour in an aura of quietude, stressing their dignity and individuality. She combines areas of flat color with highly skilled composition and design to create an attitude of introspection when depicting her subjects.


NEW NWS ASSOCIATE MEMBERSJuly1, 2013 to

November1, 2013

NEWSLETTER GUIDELINESWe are so proud that our members achieve so many accolades

and therefore we are limited to what can be included.

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

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New Signature Members 2013

1. ISEA 22nd Annual - International Juried Exhibition BigArtsCenter,SanibelIsland,FL October 19 - November 20, 2013

2. ISEA/NWS/Wales - International Traveling ExchangeNWS Gallery, San Pedro, CA

December 15, 2012 - January 15, 20143. ISEA/NWS/Wales -International Traveling ExchangeArtsCentral,TownHallBerry,ValeofClemorgan,Wales,UK

August 20142013-2014 Three venue exhibition - a joint effort between ISEA & NWS (NationalWatercolor Society) going first to Sanibel Island, FL, then to the NWS Gallery in San Pedro, CA, and finally to the

country of Wales in 2014. Small works exhibit 12” x 12” x12”For full information: www.iseaartexhibit.org

NWS National Watercolor Society

Denise Athanas , SCSean Barrett, CARon Bigony, TXDenny Bond, PAMarsha Chandler, GATan Suz Chiang, MalaysiaJoe Cibere, CARobert Cook, TXSally Cooper, FLSon Do, CARene Eisenbart, ORMara Farnworth, CAPasqualino Fracasso, ItalyLeslie Frontz, NC

Nancy Herbst, AZ Ruth Ellen Hoag, CAMichael Holter, TXXiao Xing Hu, SCJoel Johnson, FLDwain Kelley, TXDyanne Locati, ORSherry Matlack, AZValli Thayer McDougle, COGay Paratore, TXWilliam Perry, PAAnthony Rogone, CACarol Stevens, OHSuzanna Winton, GA

ISEA International Society of Experimental Artists

PLUS

Daven Anderson, MONell Bartlett, CALisa Blaylock, CAMiwa Block, AZJessica L. Bryant, IDKathy Butler, GAElaine Callahan, GAAnita Cannon, TXSandra Carlton, TXT. Wiley Carr, CTSusan Chuka Chesney, CARobin Kay Coen, IDJacquelyn Fae Coleman, CAFrancesca Creo, VASuszanne Droney, CARoberta Dyer, CAEva Ellis, OHRobert H. Eoff, FLCarol Hunter Fairlie, TXChloe Feldman Emison, NHJosie Fife, UTHeidi Garwig, OHTami Gonsalves, CAJanet Green, MNLynne Hardwick, SCIsrael Holloway, COLynn Hosegood, VAElizabet Ingebretsen, CA

Kay Jacobson Levine, FLTanongsak Jan-Ngoen, ThailandKaren Jones, AZSusan M. Keith, CAPatrick Kernan, ORJim M. Kuykendall, TXMisha Kuznetsov, QuebecDonald Maier, GAAllan Martin, CAAnne McCartney, CanadaMark McDermott , AKPushpa Sunder Mehta, COAndrea Merican, AZDottie Sue Mitchell, AZGrant Nixon, IDDeborah G. Olliff, CAJanet Perkin, CATammy Phillips, AKAl Phillips, ALScott Ponemone, MDPam Purselle, CAPaul Ramkrishna, IndiaElizabeth Ingebretsen, CAMarilyn Robbins, SCMark Robinson, ILValerie Saul, WAFrancis Stamps, NCChris Stubbs, OR


Antigua, “Street Limbo” by E. Richard Clark

OCTOBER 14 TO DECEMBER 6, 2013 West Valley Art Museum P.O. Box 6377, Peoria, AZ 85385 www.wvam.org

2013 Annual Traveling Exhibit Schedule

Annual 93rd Exhibiton Reception HOSPITALITY & BUFFET

S O C I A L

IN MEMORIAMDAVID EDWARD APRATO, NWS was born in Los Angeles, September 5, 1932, and passed away peacefully on April 27, 2012.Afirst-generationItalian-American,David had deep roots in the Los Angeles community through his profession as an

educatorwiththeLosAngelesUnfiedSchoolDistrictformore than 40 years.

MORRIS SHUBIN, NWS, was born in Mansfield, in eastern Washington State,onFebruary25,1920.He passed away at 93 in Montebello, CA. on April 14, 2013, the youngest of

several siblings. His second career was as a painting instructor and soon began winning international competitiveexhibitionsandinvitationals.Hewasasignature member of the National Watercolor Society and the American Watercolor Society.

Linda Doll will demonstrate how to photograph your work for exhibitions, how to crop, skew, and adjust levels to

allow your image to represent your painting more closely.

She will also demonstrate creating digital collage and well as a few other techniques. Handouts will be given so you can reproduce these techniques at home.

The demo will also be available online through “GoToMeeting.com” If you sign up for this, more info will be sent after registration. Handouts will be emailed to you before the Demo.

Registration• Demo - $20.00 (USD)• Demo Non Member - $30.00 (USD)• Demo Online - $10.00 (USD)sign-up on our website: http://nationalwatercolorsociety.wildapricot.org

Photoshop Elements Demonstration BY LINDA DOLL

JANUARY 12, 2014 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

NWS GALLERY, SAN PEDRO, CA


NEXT NEWSLETTER DEADLINE - MARCH 1, 2014Miles G. Batt, Sr. NWS, won three Best in Show: The Georgia Water-color Society 34th Annual National Exhibition, Blue Ridge, GA, the 40th Annual Exhibition at the Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Society, Golden, CO, and the Watercolor West 45th Annual International Exhibition, Brea, CA. His painting Florida File won a Purchase Cash Award for The Museum of Florida Artists, DeLand, FL at the Florida Watercolor Society 42nd Annual Exhibition, Sarasota, FL.

Chris Beck, NWS, is the guest columnist for the Brushing Up feature in the January/February 2014 issue of The Artist’s Magazine.

Ken Call MOWS, NWS, TWSA, was awarded Best of Show at the Skip Watts Memorial Exhibit in Springfield, IL for his painting Sometime Ago at the Pikes Peak International. Legacy exhibit, Her First Pearls was voted the People’s Choice award and his painting Maddie was named the winner of the Silver Medal at Montana Watercolor Society’s Watermedia 2013.

Pat Cook, NWS, has won 3rd Place in the 2013 Georgia Watercolor Society National Exhibition; Award of Merit in the 36th International Exhibition of Watercolor Art Society, Houston; Award of Excellence in Central Virginia Watercolor Guild 22nd Annual Exhibition; 1st Place in 40th Annual Rocky Mountain Watermedia Exhibition at Foothills Art Center, Golden,Colorado; Award of Distinction in the 34th Virginia Watercolor Society Exhibition, and the french magazine Pratique des Art published an article on her in Sept – Nov. issue, She had a solo exhibit at the Nichols Gallery in Barboursville, Virginia.

Oren Cooper received the Lily Fund Award at the 45th Annual Watercolor West International Exhibition for A Day at the Beach, City of Brea Art Gallery, October - December 15.

Charlene Collins Freeman, was selected for publication in North Light Book Splash 15 Creative Solutions with Original Classic Cafeteria and Another Cocktail, Charlene was also recently accepted into the historical Women Painters of Washington.

Pat Dispenziere, NWS, received Signature Membership in Western Federation of Watercolor Societies. and her watercolor Tallinn won a merit award in Pittsburgh Watercolor Society’s 67th Annual Exhibition, Aqueous Open 2013.

Edie Fagan, NWS, FWS has her painting Ben in Splash Retrospective - 20 Years of Contemporary Watercolor Excellence (North Light Books, 2013).

Catherine Hillis won the Ed Longley Memorial Award in the Baltimore Watercolor Society’s Mid Atlantic Regional Exhibit; and the the Cheap Joe’s Award in the West Virginia Aqueous National. Her painting My Perspective: The David is included in the new SPLASH 14 book, just released.

Jeanne Hyland has qualified for Signature status in Watercolor West, and will be part of their Demonstration/Seminar Series, Saturday, October 26th. She will be doing a demonstration for Northern Arizona Watercolor Society (NAWS) November15th in Sedona, AZ.

Roland Lee, NWS, is one of 70 painters included in the Zion National Park section of the new book Art of the National Parks. Published by Fresco Fine Art Publications.

r. mike nichols has a one-man show Exploration, at The Art Depot Gallery in Fontana - October 8 through November 22. His painting Koi was awarded First Place in the Elements of Art “Mini-Size” at the Brandon Gallery in Fallbrook. He won First Place in Watercolor and Best of Theme for Watercolorist and Best of Show for Mystery Man at The Arts Colony Summer Show and Twenty Minutes to Midnight was awarded a Third Place in Watercolor at The Arts Colony in Corona Fall Show. Watercolorist received the Ampersand Art Supply Award in the 45th Annual Watercolor West Juried Exhibition.

Diane Schmidt, NWS, AWS, received the Joan Rothermel award at the 2013 American Watercolor Society exhibition. Her painting Soothsayer was also selected for the 2013-14 travel show. She won the Joan Koch purchase award in the 2012 Kansas Watercolor Society National exhibition.

Deborah Swan-McDonald, NWS, has a watercolor, The Professor, in Splash 14 Light and Color.

Chuck McPherson, NWS, SDWS, won the Board of Directors Award at the San Diego Art Institute’s 52nd International Exhibition for The Judge. He juried the Summer Arts at Dos Lagos Open Show and the San Diego Watercolor Society June Exhibition. His watercolor, Spring’s Blush, won a People’s Choice Award at SDWS in August. He is also invited to be in Nature Improved: San Diego Artists Interpret Our Landscape, a dual exhibition by the San Diego History Center and the Oceanside Museum of Art.

Kris Parins, NWS, has her painting Floaters included in Splash 14: Light and Color. Kris will serve as juror of selection and awards for the Waterloo Watercolor Society’s October Exhibit in Austin TX. She will have a solo exhibit at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, from Dec 2013 through April 2014.

Kris Preslan, NWS, TWSA, WAS-H is included in the North Light publication, Splash: Twenty Years of Contemporary Water-color Excellence. with her painting,The Old Indian.

Susan M. Stuller, NWS, will be a featured artist in the December issue of Watercolor Artist Magazine October 2013. She has a painting in Splash 14: Color and Light, won the Dick Blick Award in the Alabama Watercolor Society National Exhibition and has a solo show at the Signature 9 Gallery, May 1-31 2013.

Chris Van Winkle, NWS, TWSA, WW, received the Judith and Richard Cohen Memorial Award for his painting, Hiawatha’s Song, at the 32nd annual Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolors at Old Forge, New York, on August 16, 2013.

Steve Walters, NWS, won an Award of Excellence at the PAA 47th Mother Lode National Exhibition for his painting Circus Nikita.

Lois Wolford, NWS, received the Forest Runes Award at the 32nd Adirondack National Exhibition of American Watercolors for Cold Day in NY.

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In a Farm Yard” David Poxon

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