Message from the President Another mild winter for the most part, hopefully will mean an early and mild spring for plein air painting. Be sure to check out our website’s new schedule this spring which is shared with us compliments of the Milwaukee Sketch Club. Our appreciative thanks to them as always.

Winter has not stopped our members from preparing new work to meet the WWS exhibition schedule. Information on our Spring exhibition at the Anderson Arts Center in Kenosha can be found in this newsletter or on our website. I’ve spent some of my winter, as I know many of you have, exploring exhibitions in our nearby galleries. I hope you had an opportunity to see the MAM exhibition Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House, London. The Rembrandt self portrait was very impressive as were all of the paintings in the exhibition.

There are many wonderful smaller galleries such as Katie Gingrass Gallery, Tory Folliard Gallery, The Portrait Gallery, Elaine Erickson Gallery, MIAD Galleries and many other college galleries to name a few. Art galleries in your community could become an exhibition opportunity for you. Most of them change their exhibitions often and probably would like to have you walk in their door and talk to them about the opportunity of having your work exhibited in their gallery.

Perhaps some of you are able to spend part of your winter traveling and painting, if not we know how to make the best use of our studio space.

I look forward to seeing you at the Anderson Art Center opening April 14th.

Steve Horvath

Wisconsin Watercolor Society

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Board Notes

Our last Board Meeting was held on Saturday, February 9 and called to order by President Steve Horvath. Present were Bill Davis, Joyce Eesley, Steve Horvath and Kappy Schwab. Exhibits Chairperson, Judy Murphy’s report mentioned that the prospectus for our Spring Show at the Anderson Arts Center has been mailed. Membership Chairperson Karen Finerty mentioned that one new artist’s work will be presented at our Spring Show to be voted on by our membership. Be sure to look for the ballot box. Steve Horvath mentioned that our website has been updated and that members will again have the opportunity to revise their data in late spring. Any desired revisions should be forwarded to Steve.

Fall Exhibit A wonderful exhibit at the Cedarburg Cultural Center October 21 – November 25. Our two prospective members were both voted in by our members. A hearty welcome to Elizabeth Ivers and Everett W. Powell.

Guests viewing paintings at our Fall Show

March 2013

WWS Spring Show Our Spring Show will be held at the Anderson Arts Center April 14 - June 2. The Anderson Arts Center is housed in one of the last of Kenosha’s great mansions. The high ceilings, woodwork detail and windows overlooking the gardens and the lake form a remarkable setting for Kenosha County’s only public center dedicated to the fine arts.

Delivery of your work is Sunday, March 24, 1 - 4:00 pm. Shipped paintings are not accepted. Opening is Sunday., April 14, 1 – 4:00pm. Pick up date is June 2, 1 - 4:00 pm. Three works can be exhibited in the show. The entry form is due March 17th. If you have any questions contact Judy Murphy, rtbyjudy@gmail.com.

The WWS Fall Show will be held at the Plymouth Arts Center, Gallery 110 North, Plymouth, WI August 9 – September 27, 2013.

60th Anniversary Dinner

Karen Finerty, Alice Struck, Joyce Eesley, Claudia Prehn, Steve Horvath, Barbara Sorenson Rambadt, Kappy Schwab, Bill Davis Our thanks to Karen Finerty for arranging the superb setting at the Wisconsin Club for our 60th Anniversary Dinner. A good turn out, delicious dinner and inspiring talk by Graeme Reid, Assistant Director of the Museum of Wisconsin Art, made for a very special evening. We also thank the following contributors for their wonderful donations: Artist & Display, Blick Art Materials, Cheap Joe’s, Jack Richeson & Co., and Utrecht Art Supplies.

Bob and Julie McMurray, Joye & David Moon

Graeme Reid

Evie and Tim Grasse

Member News WWS members were well represented in the Watercolor Wisconsin 2012 juried exhibit at RAM’s Wustum Museum of Fine Arts in Racine. Those artists were: Christine Alfery, Kathy Armstrong, Judith Beyer, David Bielot, Christine Buth-Furness, Jean Crane, William Davis, Joyce Eesley, Lisa Englander, Harold E. Hansen, Julia F. McMurray, Joye Moon, Judith Gahn Murphy, Laura Nelke, Diane Shabino, Kitty Sturrock and John Vlaj. Harold E. Hansen received the George Frederiksen Award, a Memorial Purchase Award for his painting, Beekeeper, Jardin du Luxembourg. Jean Crane received an Award of Merit for her painting, Transition, 2012.

Laura Nelke, Great Wall of Shadows – China

Evie Grasse is having an exhibit, The Southwest and Beyond, at the Frank Juarez Gallery in Sheboygan May 9 – June 15 with a reception May 11, 5-8 pm.

Alice Struck was one of the eight artists selected to paint “in house” for the Cedarburg Cultural Center’s Paint Your Art Out, Roaring 20’s Speakeasy Gala in February.

The Margaret Hicks Memorial Award for Best New Artist has been awarded to Harold Hansen for his painting titled, Rothenburg Towers. The painting was included in the 79th Annual International Exhibition of the Miniature Painters, Sculptors, and Gravers Society of Washington D.C.

Harold E. Hansen, Rothenburg Towers

Joye Moon had a painting accepted into the Western Colorado Watercolor Society National Exhibit at Grand Junction, CO.

A painting by Lee Weiss was chosen for the joint exhibition of the Philadelphia Watercolor Society and National Watercolor Society and will be traveling with the show in 2013.

Jean Tobin’s one-person show, Portraits and More, was featured in February at the UW-Sheboygan Fine Arts Gallery, Sheboygan, WI.

New member, Everett W. Powell’s painting, Fishing The Flambeau, was juried into the 37th National TWSA exhibit to be held at the Kenosha Public Museum opening May 4, 2013. .

Everett W. Powell, Fishing the Flambeau

Artist Profile Quick Sketch: Dan Simoneau By Steve Horvath This article is a continuation of a series of mini biographies of members as a way of introducing ourselves to each other and to our audience outside of WWS. Please see previous profiles in this series archived on our website.

Dan Simoneau in his studio Kenosha, Wisconsin, January 25, 2013 – Sometimes our route to creativity is a circuitous one. Such is the case with Dan Simoneau.

Dan is originally from Lewiston, Maine. He spent his formative years there showing an interest in art at a very young age. He started exhibiting when he was 14 years old. All of his fellow exhibitors were, of course, older than Dan. He saw them as ready-made mentors providing him with good suggestions and inspiration. He also joined local art association in High School that gave him further art exposure and helpful feedback.

Dan started college after graduating from High School in 1980. He enrolled in the Art Education program at the University of Southern Maine but soon found that he didn’t care for that particular program of study even though he wanted to teach. He then switched to the Fine Arts program in Pottery, and Print Making.

He needed to pay for his education so while

in college he landed a job in a local bank on the accounting side of the business. He graduated from college in 1984 but stayed on at the bank in accounting as he found his way into his artistic pursuits.

Buyouts and other business moves resulted in Dan moving to Fort Wayne, Indiana. There was more company restructuring ahead and by as early as 1992 Dan found himself in Toledo, Ohio working on the computer programming side of the accounting business.

After arriving in Toledo, and in his continual quest to connect to the art community, Dan joined the Spectrum Gallery at the Botanical Gardens where he could exhibit his work.

He submitted two pieces of work in the Toledo Area Artists Exhibition, an 85-year-old exhibition venue at the Toledo Museum of Art, and won an award. This really got his attention and motivated Dan even more toward his need to make art. Soon after he was juried into the Northwestern Ohio Watercolor Society to meet, mingle, and exhibit with other watercolorists. Meanwhile, his company would periodically send him back to Fort Wayne on business trips. It was on one of these trips that Dan met Len Iaquinta, an active member on the business side of Fort Wayne’s Artlink co-operative gallery, and they have been together ever since.

Dan and Len moved to Chicago in 1995 and Dan pursued a larger market area for developing his art. With a suggestion from Len, Dan pursued an ad from PeopleSoft in Chicago looking for instructors teaching implementation and usage of their financial software. This opportunity came to fruition and after settling in the North side of Chicago Dan connected with the Cornelia Arts Center and The Friends of the Arts group, a co-op of studios.

In 2000 Dan and Len decided to move to Kenosha for convenience of traveling to and from work. This led to Dan’s current job as a software consultant with the Revere Group, now known as NTT DATA.

Dan keeps himself totally immersed in

making art when he is not involved in his consulting responsibilities. He has competed nationally in art competitions with much success. He joined the Wisconsin Watercolor Society (WWS) about ten years ago and at the same time joined the Transparent Watercolor Society of America (TWSA) serving on their board as Membership Chair, Vice President, and served on the search committee for the TWSA museum search to find a permanent location for their annual exhibition. They ultimately settled on the Kenosha Public Museum.

Dan also served as Director of the co-op Artists Gallery in Racine for two years. He is now involved with the Lemon Street Gallery co-op in Kenosha and maintains a studio in Racine where he can paint, exhibit his work, and receive visitors by appointment to view his art. Dan has a long list of professional affiliations, exhibitions, and awards that confirm his commitment to making art.

Dan Simoneau, Marco, Watercolor

Dan is very proud of his most recent work,

‘Marco’, (See photo), which has just been accepted into the 146th Annual Exhibition of the American Watercolor Society in New York in April.

There were 140 works accepted out of 1100 submissions. Dan says that this watercolor was painted with one layer built on top of the other starting with a base color of yellow and continuing to build his color layers from there. Dan had this to say about his painting style, “because I love photorealism, I would painstakingly paint every detail in the scene. Thanks to an inspiring professor in college who taught watercolor and my independent study courses, I learned I could achieve the illusion of the same amount of detail with much less effort and I continue to paint in this looser style today”.

Dan also works in acrylic and received signature status in the International Society of Acrylic Painters in 2010.

Dan Simoneau, Medium Rare, Acrylic on canvas

To add to this WWS member’s repertoire of creativity please visit Dan’s website for a complete list of his accomplishments. Who: Dan Simoneau Where: Racine Studio

visit by appointment - dan@dsimoneau.com Info: http://www.dsimoneau.com Please click on the Members tab on our website at www.wisconsinwatercolorsociety.com to see more of Dan’s watercolor images.

Annual Meeting

Our Annual Membership Meeting is scheduled for April 13, 2013 at the Marcia Coles Community Room which is below the Lake Park Bistro, 3133 E. Newberry Blvd., Milwaukee. Members can park in the parking lot in front of the building and have a short walk around the building to the entrance on the lake side.

There will be a brief business meeting at 1:00pm which will include an election of officers. Following the meeting we are happy to have WWS member Joyce Eesley do a demonstration in watercolor. Plein-Air Painting Attention all you hardy outdoor winter painters! Check out our website in early spring for the future Plein Air spring painting schedule. Thanks to the Milwaukee Sketch Club for sharing their painting schedule and locations with us. Exhibit Opportunities

Investigate the Wisconsin Visual Artists website, www.artinwisconsin.com/index.php for great information about art opportunities in Wisconsin. 2014 Wisconsin Artists Biennial January 17 – March 2, 2014 Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI Main gallery of new building. Digital entries must be postmarked no later than September 6, 2013. This is a juried exhibition open to all artists statewide working in all media. Art can be hand delivered or mailed to enable artists in all areas of the state to participate. Prospectus will be on the website, www.wisconsinvisualartists.com Registration Deadline: Friday, July 14, 2013

8th Annual Hidden River Art Festival September 14 & 15, 2013 Now in its 8th year, the Hidden River Art Festival is an integral component of the visual arts programming at the Wilson Center, which includes both indoor and outdoor exhibits and activities within Brookfield's beautiful Mitchell Park. Previously open to Wisconsin artists only, this year, for the first time, the Festival will showcase 100 artists from 12 Midwestern states. Early Bird Deadline: March 15, 2013 $35 Final Deadline: April 12, 2013 $45 Apply at zapplication.org

Watercolor Workshops Eric Wiegardt Secrets to Painting Loosely: Getting Started September 24 – 28, 2013 9am – 4pm Peninsula School of Art, Fish Creek, WI PeninsulaSchoolofArt.com Charles Reid The Tuscan Renaissance Center, Italy May 3 – May 10, 2013 Housed in the monastery of San Fedele in the Chianti region of Tuscany between the towns of Vagiiagli and Radda-in-Chianti. Intermediate to Advanced Art in the Mountains, 503-930-4572 info@artinthemountains.com Painting in Provence Through the Eyes of Van Gogh and Cezanne June 1 – 11, 2013 Jane Barnard, instructor, www.barnardstudio.com Painting Events and Shows Watercolor Wisconsin 2012 Through April 2013 RAM’s Wustum Museum 2519 Northwestern Avenue, Racine, WI TWSA 37th National Exhibition May 4 – August 4, 2013 Opening and gallery walk 2:00pm Kenosha Public Museum 5500 First Avenue, Kenosha, WI Miller Art Museum WI Wildlife Biennial XVI June 1 – 23, 2013 Wine/Appetizers Reception, June 1, 6:30pm Group invitational featuring Wisconsin’s finest wildlife artists in traditional and contemporary styles of painting and sculpture Door County Masters: Group Invitational July 27 – September 10, 2013 Reception: Saturday, July 27, 5:00 – 6:30pm Artists who have been working for 50 years 107 South 4th Avenue, Sturgeon Bay, WI millerartmuseum.org Art Institute of Chicago Picasso and Chicago Through May 12, 2013 111 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL

Wisconsin Watercolor Society Activities for the 2013/2014 Annual Calendar 2013 April Annual Member Meeting /

Board Meeting April 13, 2013 12:00 – 3:00pm Marcia Coles Community Room Lake Park, Milwaukee 12:00 – 1:00pm Board Meeting Election of Officers 1:00 – 3:00pm Demonstration by Joyce Eesley

May Board Meeting May 18, 2013 Saturday, 1:00 – 3:00pm

Steve Horvath’s House

June, July Plein Air Painting August See WWS website for locations

www.wisconsinwatercolor- society.com

September Board Meeting

September 14, 2013 Saturday, 1:00 – 3:00pm Steve Horvath’s House

October Annual Banquet

October 26, 2013 Saturday, 6:00pm Carini’s La Conca d'Or November Board Meeting

November 9, 2013 Saturday, 1:00 – 3:00pm Steve Horvath’s house Jury new members to be included in Spring 2014 exhibition.

December No scheduled activities Annual dues invoices

2014 January No scheduled activities Dues payable by January 31 February Board Meeting February 8, 2014 Saturday, 1:00 – 3:00pm Steve Horvath’s House March Board meeting if necessary April Annual Member Meeting April 12, 2014

Board Meeting/ Election of Officers 12:00 – 1:00pm Program TBA Demonstration 1:00 – 3:00pm

Marcia Coles Community Room Lake Park, Milwaukee

Traveling Artists

Farm/Art DTour October 4 – 13, 2013 The Farm/Art DTour is a 50-mile self-guided backroads tour by car, bike or buggy through the beautiful, unglaciated hills and valleys of Sauk County, Wisconsin. The tour is punctuated by Art Works (large-scale temporary art installations) and artist-built Roadside Culture Stands (selling fresh, locally grown produce) and Field Notes (rural culture education sites), Pasture Performances and more. http://fermentationfest.com San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Adventure October 25 – November 4, 2013 Travel with Joye and Dave Moon on unique day trips, spectacular locations, enjoy the authentic Day of the Dead Celebration, Coyote Canyon horseback ride, pyramid tour, a spa day and visits many artisan studios. This is a non-painting trip but sketch books are welcome. Contact Joye for a brochure if you are interested, 920-235-4429.

Wisconsin Watercolor SocietyKappy Schwab3800 W. Grace AvenueMequon, WI 53092

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Let me know what is happening in your area-exhibitions, workshops, painting trips, current museum exhibitions, awards. I would love to hear from you! Send articles about members, photographs/digitals of artwork. Deadline for September issue is August 18, 2013

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OFFICERS DIRECTORS President Exhibits STEVE HORVATH JUDY GAHN-MURPHY horvath@execpc.com rtbyjudy@gmail.com Vise President Historian WILLIAM DAVIS BARBARA wdavis34@wi.rr.com SORENSON RAMBADT rambadt@mac.com Treasurer JOYCE EESLEY Newsletter joyce_eesley@msn.com KAPPY SCHWAB kappyschwab@gmail.com Secretary KITTY STURROCK Publicity/Nominations ksturrock@wi.rr.com ALICE STRUCK aastruck@sbcglobal.net Past President/Advisor Membership LYLE PETERS KAREN FINERTY ls.peters@sbcglobal.net jkfin@att.net