Spring Juried Show at the Biggs
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hanks to everyone who participated in our juried exhibition at the Biggs Museum of American Art. The lovely grouping of art highlights our diversity in technique and subject matter. If you have a chance, go see it. The show runs through May 29.
About 130 people enjoyed members’ paintings in our spring show at the Biggs on May 6. Ryan Grover, curator, and his staff did a wonderful job in displaying the 50 works in the second floor gallery of the museum.
Well-known artist Kass Morin Freeman, AWS, NWS, employed her personal vision and expertise in selecting and awarding paintings for the show. She focused on good designs, innovative spirit, and great technical skills.
Freeman’s statement noted that First Place winner Susan Johnston’s She Grew Up There reflects the barrenness of a cold, dry winter’s day through its complicated and sinewy shapes with the drab colors.
She praised Nancy Brown’s Shadows in Sotto, the Second Place winner, for its raw energy of color and motion, and John Hassler’s Third Place painting, Tree Reflections, demonstrates his masterful technique of the medium, which suits the subject matter perfectly.
Each Juror’s Choice recipient offered something unique. The powerful, cool shapes of Erika Neidhardt’s Recalculating seemed to float above a fiery world, drawing the viewer in. Anne Bellenger’s Out on a Limb reveals an arresting and powerful design of the raccoon and its surrounds, especially the thin slash of red and the dark branches. The fresh brushwork of Lesley McCaskills’s Swimming on Ollie’s Pond, allows the viewer to move continuously through the scene, pausing occasionally at the dark spots of nesting birds. Doris Davis-Glackin’s Cornwall Poppy approached iconic in the detail of the flower and the color choice between the subject and the background.
Member News
Gerilyn Caskill sold her painting, Start Your Engines, which was juried into the Biggs show.
DWS award winners from the Biggs show also won awards and recognition in the Baltimore Watercolor Society’s 2011 Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibition juried by John Salminen, AWS, NWS.
Doris Davis-Glackin’s Looking Up; John Hassler’s Summer Snow Fence; and Susan Johnston’s Sticks & Stones all took top honors.
Congratulations everyone.
Elizabeth Collard is the Guest Artist, at Benfield Gallery in Severna, MD. Collard has on display several watercolor and silk paintings through June 8th Her painting, Flowers of the Sun, is executed on silk using watercolor techniques.
Welcome New Members
Alicia Armstrong
Anna Bellenger
Joyce Flora
Rita Poore
Sally Reed
Donna Winterling
Upcoming Events
Our juried fine art exhibition at Nassau Valley Vineyards and Winery is July 5-20, 2011. Drop off is Wednesday, June 30, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Entry fee for members is $30 for two paintings; $35 for non-members. The opening reception is Friday, July 8, from 5 to 7 p.m.
Please note that this show is accepting any water-based media, except for water-based oils. Works are not limited to paper and may include canvas, jupo, clayboard, or other similar materials. Works must be for sale and have been created within the past three years.
The prospectus and entry forms will be available at our website: www.delawarewatercolorsociety.org.
Calling All Volunteers
We need your help with our juried shows, paint outs, news for Hot Press, and other events. You can volunteer to collect entry fees, hang paintings, organize plein air paint outs, and provide news stories, among other things
You can run for one of the positions opening up this year—Vice President, Workshop Director, Treasurer, or Northern Regional Director—as well as other opportunities.
Voting for positions will take place at our annual meeting. Please watch our website for updates and how to apply.
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