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Next Meeting September 10 at

Lovers Lane Methodist

Church

WORKSHOPS 2008

• RATINDRA DAS

September 8 -12,2008(5day) Asel’s –Cedar Springs $300* & $325**

• LOUISE CADILLAC

October 6 - 9, 2008 (4 day) Jaycee Center, Irving $240* & $265**

• STEPHEN QUILLER

November 10 – 14 (5 day) Jaycee Center, Irving $300* & $325**

WORKSHOPS 2009

• GAIL AYRES February 9-11, 2009 (3 day) Art-ists Showplace $150 + $36 materials All ma-terials provided

• JUDI COFFEY March

11 - 13, 2009 (3day) Artists Showplace, $180* & $205**

*Member **Non Member

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Eighty SWS Members Selected for 45th Annual Show The judge’s choices are in and the list below is the 45th installment of the best of the Southwestern Watercolor Society, according to Ratrindra Das, this year’s judge. For all of you that struggle to make this list, don’t give up...there’s always next year. Sue Alston “Annie” Plano, TX., Jodie Baldwin “Taylor” Fairview, TX., Judith Lynn Barry “Elegy in an English Churchyard” Mt. Pleasant, TX., Linda Bauer “Sea to Sky” Garland, TX., Carole Berry “Touche'd Out” Atlanta, TX., Judi Betts “Contemplation” Baton Rouge, LA., Julianne Biehl “My Grandfather's Village” Dallas, TX., Kathleen Krueger-Bishop “. . . Doodle-Do” Gilmer, TX., David M. Blackwell “Fishing Rest–Blazing Hot” Houston, TX., Michael Borne “The Flamenco Dancer” Prosper, TX., Patricia Anne Bowler “Ceasar” McKinney, TX., Naomi Brotherton “Summer Bright” Carrollton, TX., Maureen Brouillette “Montage” Dallas, TX., Carolyn Buch-mann “Spruce Creek Preserve” Denton, TX., Nel Dorn Byrd “Fabulous Finds” Plano, TX., Janette Chwae “Nostalgia” Irving, TX., Marguerite Costi-gan “Garden Beneath Windows” San Luis Obispo, CA., Lucille Cummings “His Favorite Colors” Dallas, TX., Gail Delger “Tools From the Past” McKinney, TX., Nancy Donley “Engine 1223” Car-rollton, TX., Barbara Earwood “Royal Lids” Sonora, TX., Gisa Elwazir “May the Life-Force Be With You” Dallas, TX., Peggy Fare “Fairy Frolic” Nacogdoches, TX., Amanda Farris “The Girl” Red Bank, TN., Patricia Feille “The Queen” Austin, TX., Carol Flori “Corners” Texarkana, AR., Jeff Good “Cotton Blossom” Dallas, TX., Kathleen Grand-jean “Glimmer” Dallas, TX., Don Harvie “Private Enterprise” Stockton, CA., Jeanne Heartsill “Thursday at the West Wall” Denton, TX., Gwen Talbot Hodges “Old Boat” Shreveport, LA., John James “Shanghai” Arlington, TX., Betty Jameson “Butterfly” Austin, TX., Tom Johnson “Downwind Run” Plano, TX., Dorothy Johnston “Tracy's Dogs” Waco, TX., Mollie Jones “Caliope Crystal” Flint, TX., Jane E. Jones “Full Bloom” Dallas, TX., Marilyn Eitzen Jones “Liquid Gold” Dallas, TX.,

Jerry Kagay “Painted Desert II” Dallas, TX., Pat Kochan “The Journal” Dallas, TX., Bobbye Koncak “Barbara, Waitress With an Attitude” Mineola, TX., Priscilla Krejci “Walking Together” Allen, TX., John Krenik “Impediments Denied” Plymouth, MA., Olive Lambert “Drop Sail” Dallas, TX., Dave Maxwell “Long Live the Queen” Ft. Worth, TX., Barbara McNutt “Belle Piquant” Richardson, TX., Sally J. Meding “Time Mechanism” Allen, TX Susan Meyer “City Cowboy” Tucson, AZ., Anita Meynig “Fridge” Richardson, TX., R. Jan Myers “Gimme More” McKinney, TX., Dana Nearburg “Afternoon Shadows” Dallas, TX., Lola Newell “Sunny-Side Up” Richardson, TX., Kenji Nishikawa “Underpass VI” Colleyville, TX., Thomas J. Owen “Claudia's Retreat” Colorado Springs, CO., Carolyn Patterson “Dreamer” Austin, TX., Suzy "Pal" Powell “Peppermint Sun-dae” Plains, TX., Sandy Reese “A Case of the Blues” Ovilla, TX., Marie Renfro “Abandoned” Allen, TX., Nancy Rhodes “Bird of Paradise” Paris, TX., Peg Rosenlund “A Discussion” Dallas, TX., Jeanne Ruchti “Checking the Calves” Wauzeka, WI., Joel Sampson “Love Potion” Dallas, TX., Carol V. Scot “Blue San Juan Mountains” Dallas, TX., Renata Sharman “Morning Boats 2” Richardson, TX., Harry Shields “Zuni” Richardson, TX. Cindy Posey Singletary “Daisies” Benton, LA., Kay Smith “Soup's On!” Big Spring, TX., Glenda K. Smith “Taos Temple” Highland Village, TX., Natalie Smythe “Powerful Presence” Glendale, CA., San-dra St. John “Maybe This One” Scroggins, TX., Melody Stanford “Alamo” Dallas, TX., Lesley Talty “A Good Day to Pull” Keller, TX., Dorothy L. Thorpe “Color Adventures” Dallas, TX., Wendelyn Vermillion “Friday Night at the Frog Pond” Dallas, TX., Gale Webb “Loving It Blue” Lubbock, TX., E. Gordon West “Oaxaca Patterns” San Antonio, TX., Paul Wick “Zsa Zsa” Tyler, TX., Judy Wilder-Dalton “No Work, All Play” Quitman, TX., Richard Wilson “Rocky Point” Dallas, TX., Val Wright “Lilly the Fairy Princess” Naples, FL., Dovie Wu “The Dancer” Dallas, TX.,

SWS Back at Lovers Lane Methodist Church After the past year at Fretz Recreation Center, with its Mexican folk music, waiting in the hallway for the end of Karate and short setup time, we are moving back to Lovers Lane Methodist Church. This year we’ll be meeting on the first floor of the same build-ing, in room C103-105. It’s about the same size as

the room we had two years ago, but being on the first floor is a big plus. Just park in the same area, enter the familiar doors, but take an immediate right to the end of the hall. That’s SWS . . . on the second Wednesday of each month at 7 PM.

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Artists’ Showplace

SEPTEMBER 2008

Sept 12 West by Southwest Reception

OCTOBER

Nita Leland Oct. 6 - 10 Watercolor

Oct. 10 Reception … Leland Book Signing Hugh Greer Oct. 14 - 17 Acrylic

Joyce Faulknor Oct. 18 - 19 Colored Pencil

NOVEMBER

Ann Hartley Nov. 6 - 7 Experimental

DECEMBER

Dec. 7 SWS Christmas Party Dec. 12 Holiday Reception

FEBRUARY 2009

Mel Stabin Feb. 2 - 6 Watercolor

MARCH

Anne Bagby March 25 - 27 Experimental

APRIL

Ken Hosmer April 20 - 24 Watercolor

MAY

Gerald Brommer May 11 - 15 Stained paper/Abstract

Gerald Brommer May 18 - 22 Watercolor landscape

President’s Corner Dear Friends . . . SWS is entering the 2008-09 season with much energy, interest and some changes.

We’ll be meeting back at Lovers Lane Methodist Church, after a year of Mexican folk music and set up complications.

We have a new and strong board. If you have ideas or suggestions, or even some constructive criticism, please contact one

of us. You can find our contact info on our website.

Our 45th Annual Exhibition is being hung, and it is an out-standing array of talent.

In the next nine months we have a full slate of six work-shops, covering both traditional and experimental water-color. Many of these are already full and the rest are filling up. Check over the list in the SCENE or on our website, and sign up for one or more.

Last year we introduced our new look of the SCENE and it’s been well received. Now we have a new look for our web-site. Check that out.

We will be exploring other new ways to communicate across our membership. One thing to expect is electronic or digital submission for our SWS Exhibition next spring. Most art organizations are now doing this, or are planning this big step.

I hope to see you at our first meeting on September 10, Lov-ers Lane Methodist Church.

Herb Reed

Naomi Brotherton (Dal las) enterta ins Naomi Brotherton (England )

Left to right: Naomi Brotherton (England), Naomi Brotherton (Dallas), Naomi’s (England) mother.

Naomi B ro the r ton (Da l l a s ) en te r -t a i n s Naomi B ro the r ton ( Eng l and )

Over a year ago Naomi Brotherton in England put her name in the computer and Naomi Brotherton (Dallas) information showed on her screen. This started an on going correspon-dence with Naomi's mum. They have just been to Dallas for a 9 day visit with Naomi and her family. Naomi (England) is 16, just out of our equilavant of high school and entering Drama Study upon return to England.

Left to right: Naomi Brotherton (England), Naomi Brotherton (Dallas), Naomi’s (England) mum.

972. 223.1223 Send $75 deposit to 15615 Coit Rd #230,

Dallas, TX 75248 www.artistsshowplace.com for

more information

Nita Leland's new book "Confident Color: An Artist's Guide to Har-mony, Contrast & Unity", will be out soon and there are several artists from SWS are included. They are: Teta Aris, Naomi Brotherton, Gail Delger, Gwen Talbot Hodges, Cheryl McClure, Sally Meding and Herb Reed.

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Watercolor Sketch Books FREE ( 1 ) 6 X 11 Book with 10 Arches CP

#140 and 10 acid free #60 note sheets, with the purchase of one 7 X 10 book with 27

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Checks To: Frank Koncak 903-569-8172

234 CR 2504 - Mineola, TX. 75773 ENDORSEMENTS BY Jane Jones,

August 29— September 27

SWS 45th Annual Membership Exhibition. September 10 Demo by Juror Ratindra Das, Lovers Lane United Methodist Church, 9200 Inwood Road at Northwest Highway

September 26 7—9 p.m., Awards Reception at

Art Centre of Plano. September 29 10 a.m.—2 p.m., Pick up hand-delivered paintings at Art Center of Plano. Return shipping by Craters and Freighters of shipped artwork.

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34th Western Fed Show is Set for May 2009 SWS is a member of the Western Federation of Water-color Societies and all SWS Active Members are eligible to enter their annual juried art exhibition. Only when entry is made through SWS, and an entered work is accepted, will status points be earned toward SWS Signature Membership. For more infor-mation, contact the Western Federation Chairman, Jonsey McConnell. The prospectus is available on the SWS and SDWS website. Calendar: Nov. 15, 2008: Entries due to Society Delegate Jan. 15, 2009: Accepted Notices Mailed Feb. 21, 2009: Deadline for Arrival of Artwork March 10: Notification of Awards May 1-31, 09: Exhibit Open in San Diego Juror: Robert Burridge

Gail Ayres Starts 2009 With February Workshop Gail Ayres February 9—11 (3 day) Artists Showplace $150 + $36 materials. All materials pro-vided “Monotype The Painterly Print” Experience the magic of printing your own paint-ings. Participants will learn the art of painting and printing mono-types. Both re-ductive and sub-tractive methods are used. In this class we also develop the ghost image left on the plate to bring depth and texture to succeeding monotype prints. www.ayresstudio.com

Judi Coffey Slated for March, 2009 Workshop Judi Coffey NWS, MSW, WFWS, TWS, WCWS, MWS March 11—13 (3 day) Artists Showplace $180* $205 ** “ C R E A T I V E L A Y E R I N G … T H E M Y S -T E R Y O F C O L L A G E ”

The workshop will emphasize design using col-lage materials. You can use acrylics, hand col-ored papers, copies of old photos and hand written letters, stamps (your own designs) and fabric. You can use an un-planned approach to stretch your imagina-tion, leave your com-fort zone and find a uniqueness that is yours alone. Join Judi in a “free-for-all” www.judiart.com

Creative Arts Studio School of Art

Art Classes for Children: Ages 5 –18 Art Supplies

Call today to schedule a FREE lesson! 817 355 5170

P.O. Box 129, Bedford, TX 76095 www.creativeartschool.com

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Happenings…

2 0 0 8 S W S S i g n a t u r e A w a r d s

Member Painting Show Accepted Alston, Sue Annie SWS Bayne, Jane Whatever WFWS Happened, Baby Jane Kagay, Jerry Painted Desert SWS Nearbur, Dana Afternoon SWS Shadows Read, Robbie E.T.A. About WFWS Midnight Sampson, Joel Love Potion SWS San Soucie, Pat Small WFWS Neighborhood Garden The award is achieved by acceptance into five SWS sponsored, juried exhibits.

Betty Jameson's painting," Reef " was chosen by Gerald Brommer for the Taos National Exhibition of American Watercolor XII at the Millecent Rogers Museum, Taos, New Mexico August 16 to Septem-ber 30, 2008. Her painting," Lunar Picnic" was accepted for the 18 Hands Gallery's 1st Annual "Table Show" August 2-31, 2008. Her painting," Wild Forest" was selected by Ratindra Das for Montana Watercolor Society's 26th Annual National Juried Exhibition at The Bigfork Art & Cultural Center, Bigfork, Montana October 3-25, 2008. She also has two paintings, "In The Garden” and "Play Ball! se-lected by Marvin Shaw for the South Cobb Arts Alliance 21st National Juried Art Exhibition at The Mable House Art Center, Mableton, Georgia August 23rd to September 28th, 2008. Dora Hagge, of Hastings, NE had a painting accepted in The Ameri-can Artist Professional League 79th Grand National Exhibition in New York City at the Salmagundi Club. Another painting was accepted in the Allied Artists of America 94th Annual Exhibition in New York City at the National Arts Club. She is the author of a newly released book that has 15 of her paintings in it. It is an inspirational book ti-tled, “Windows On His World,” published by Tate Publishing & En-terprises. Dora is teaching a workshop in Greeley, CO in September; and another in Hastings, NE in October.

Yvonne "Evie" Fullingim exhibited new watercolors in the SA-LUTE TO THE FOURTH show, at Tornado Gallery in Lubbock, TX. at the First Friday Art Trail event that opened July 4th

Suzy “Pal” Powell was recently accepted into a show in Roswell, NM, the American Plains Artist show in Midland, TX and the Wyo-ming Watercolor Society Show in Sheridan WY. She received her signature status in the Wyoming show.

Babs Light has three paintings from the May Flower Paintout ac-cepted to be shown in the DeGolyer House at the Dallas Arbore-tum. The display will be shown the entire month of September.

Nel Dorn Byrd has a painting in the 27th Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolors, Aug. 23 - Oct. 5 in Old Forge, NY. Juror was Frank Webb.

Debbie Cannatella of Tyler has paintings on exhibition at Chattham Gallery in Plano with their multi-artist Summer showcase. She also is participating in the juried exhibition for the Associated Women in the Arts at the Louisiana State Archives Gallery in Baton Rouge, Louisi-ana. Opening Reception October 12.

Wanda Wilkins was recently awarded the Salmagundi Club of New York Certificate of Merit "For Outstanding Work." Title: "Seeing Red" in the 31st Annual Non-Members Juried Painting and Sculpture Exhibition and received the Jack Richeson & Co., Inc. Award. July 2008

Mary Emerson will have a solo exhibition at the Old Bank Gallery, in Ada, Oklahoma, the month of September. The reception is Satur-day, September 6.

Robin Avery had a painting published in the recently published Splash 10 book out this summer by North Lights Books….and also have a painting in the Watercolor USA 2008 Exhibition at the Spring-field Art Museum Springfield, Missouri. Missy Lamb Sofey of Sherman, was the featured artist in a one-woman show this summer in the Johnson Gallery of Austin Col-lege. The exhibition of Texas Landscapes included twenty new works. She will be the featured artist at American Fine Art Gallery in the Dallas Design District tour on September 20th and her landscape paintings will be featured there until October 20.

E. Gordon West was honored as being the feature artist in the American Watercolor Society's summer newsletter. He has also had a book published entitled: "Watercolors by E. Gordon West".

Marvin Stevenson has two watercolors accepted in the American Plains Artists, annual juried show at the Museum of the Southwest, in Midland, Texas. Show is open from August 28 to October 19, 2008. Janet Tsou joins a group of outdoor painters in MountainAire paint-ers Art Show at Crested Butte Center for Arts, Crested Butte, Colo-rado from Aug. 11- September 1, 2008.

Amanda Farris will have a painting, “Diversity,” in a Tennessee Watercolor Society membership exhibit at the Shuptrine Gallery in Chattanooga, TN. The show opens on Gallery Hop weekend, which is the first weekend in September and runs to the middle of October.

Cecy Turner is having a solo show in September at Sunset Art Gal-lery of Amarillo. The opening reception is Friday, September 5th, from 5 - 9 p.m. On September 6th at 1:00, she will give a demonstra-tion for the Amarillo Watercolor Society.

Marilyn Eitzen Jones has had a show of 22 pieces at the Gallery at the Verizon Corporate Headquarters in Las Colinas (Irving, TX) dur-ing July and Aug. The theme of the show is "At Home & Away" and features multimedia works on Dallas and travels around the world.

Karin Michele Anderson has a show at the Verizon Headquarters Gallery in Las Colinas from August 25th through September and a small showing at Starbucks on Lower Greenville in the last half of August. Earlier this year she won awards in the Richardson Civic Art Regional Show, Society of Watercolor Artists in Ft Worth, RCAS 50+ Show, and the Lakewood Library Show. She has also exhibited this year in Western Fed in Tucson, TVAA Signature Show and Mem-bership Show, and Visual Art Coalition of Dallas.

Shirley Collins had 2 paintings, “Duet” and “Ballet Dancer” at the ACA exhibit from May 5—30. She also has works displayed at Artist’s Showplace.

Plans for the Fall Paintout are underway. Destination: Weatherford, Texas and Chandor Gardens Date: Early November (exact dates being negotiated) For a quick peek, check out the Chandor Gardens website: www.chandorgardens.com and click on Picture Gallery. Contact Walt at widavis7@earthlink.net for details as plans progress.

ARTISAN'S STUDIO-GALLERY FALL CLASSES & WORKSHOPS 2008

PAT KOCHAN SWS,TVAA,TWS, NAPA, WHS FINDING YOUR OWN STYLE All Levels - Focus is on Individual Style Watermedia Monday Weekly DAY Classes -10:00-2:30 $50/day Sept 8, 15, 22, 29, Oct 27, Nov 3, 17, Dec 1, 8 ACRYLIC WORKSHOP 2009 All Levels 3 - Days $200 Jan 12-13-14 Mon - Tues - Wed 9:30 3:30 NAOMI BROTHERTON SWS, NWO, TWS, WFWS VARIATIONS IN WATERCOLOR Times of Day/Kinds of Weather Wednesday Weekly DAY Classes 10:00-2:30 $50/day Sept 3, 17, 24, Oct 1, 15, 22, 29, Nov. 5, 19, Dec., 3, 10, 17 Saturday Classes (3rd Sat) 9:30 -3:00 $50/day Sept. 20 Painting Night Scenes Oct. 18 Painting Aspen Trees Nov. 15 Painting Flowers FLOWER PAINTING WORKSHOP Nov. 13, 14, 15 9:30-3:00 $50/day

Renowned Artist from Colorado - GREAT COLORIST FRANK FRANCESE NWS, WHS 3 - Day ADVANCED WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP Oct. 30-31- Nov. 1, 2008 Thurs-Fri-Sat 9:30 4:00 $250

2825 Valley View Lane Suite 301

Dallas, TX 75234 972 488-8182

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JaneE.Jones Art Studio

S.W.S., T.W.S., N.W.S., A.C.A., W.F.S., N.W.O., W.C.W.S

2008-2009 WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

COLOR – Nov. 17-21 (5 days); 9:30-3:30; $295

EXPERIMENTAL – Jan. 19-23 (5 days); 9:30-3:30; $295

BEGINNERS – Wednesdays; Feb. 18, 25, March 4, 18, 25, April 1, 8;

9:30-2:30; $378 DESIGN/COMPOSITION – Tuesdays; Feb. 24,

March 3, 10, 17, 24, April 7, 14; 9:30-3:30; $413

LAKE CITY PLEIN AIR – June 22-27 (5 ½ days); $375

LAKE CITY COLLAGE & EXPERIMENTAL – Aug. 11-15 (5 days); 9:00-3:00;

$375; supplies included LAKE CITY GALLERY STUDIO CLASSES –

Tuesdays June 30-Aug. 18; 9:00-2:30; $48 per day

Individual Critiques Available All Dallas classes are held at Artists’ Showplace,

15615 Coit Rd Visit Jane’s web site www.janejonesart.com

For information call 972.407.1566

SWS CONTACTS PRESIDENT Herb Reed 972-231-0411 herb.reed@tx.rr.com 1127 West Lookout Dr Richardson, TX 75080

PROGRAM CHAIR Joel & Maureen Brouillette Sampson 214-340-6914 js@joelsampson.com 1108 Ferndale Rd Dallas, TX 75228

WORKSHOP CHAIR Patti Bowler 214-544-3502 pbtexin@aol.com 519 W. Hunt St. McKinney, TX 75069

MEMBERSHIP CHAIR Address Changes Priscilla Krejci 972-359-0262 pkrejci@tx.rr.com 4 Harper Drive, Allen, TX 75002

PAINT OUT CHAIR Walt Davis 903.886.2711 widavis@arn.net 3915 FM 1568 Campbell, TX 75422

WEBMISTRESS Sharon Giles 972-570-7565 sharon.giles@gmail.com 2824 Burning Tree Ln. Irving, TX 75062

TREASURER Bill Riley 214-352-6288 billriley@swbell.net 10263 Better Dr. Dallas, TX 75229

HAPPENINGS & OTHER NEWS: Newsletter Editor Ron Stephens 972-986-7133 ronstephens2342@verizon.net 2925 Linden Lea, Irving, TX 75061

SCENE Newsletter Submissions

Contact Scene Editor to receive advertis-ing rates by mail or email. Discounted rates are available to members. Happen-ings contains news that is submitted to the editor about current SWS members. Email notices are preferred. Contact in-formation is above. Copy deadline is the 15th of each month preceding publication date. The SCENE is pub-lished ten times a year: Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec., Jan., Feb., Mar., Apr., May, June. Next deadline: September15 for October issue

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Design & Color Theory Classes By Sharon Serrago

214 636 4271 See website for details

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