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President’s Message, by Robin H. Roberts Walker
The deadline for the 2015 exhibit is rapidly approaching. . .
Remember March 2, 2015 is the final date for submissions. There is
a slight change in the prospectus. . . Monday, May 25, 2015 will be
the date to pick up your art from the Radius if you are in the show.
The nominating committee has added some new names to
our upcoming board and we are thrilled to have new faces to help in
the huge task of organizing our exhibitions. The nominated slate of
officers will be sent to members by Constant Contact so be watching
your email and please vote. Remember, we need YOU to help us
continue this first class organization so PLEASE contact us if you
are willing to participate. If everyone just does ONE THING, we
can be stronger and better in the years to come.
Be sure and sign up for this year’s workshop and for the workshop in 2016. Both are
incredible national artists and having them available to us is an opportunity you don’t want to
miss.
As always, it is a pleasure and an honor to serve you as president of Texas Watercolor
Society and I welcome any comments or suggestions. You can call me direct at (830) 876-
8980. All the best, be blessed and keep painting. It is good for your soul.
—Robin H. Roberts Walker
President
Winter, 2015
At the Watercolor’s Edge The Texas Watercolor Society Newsletter Important Dates, 2015:
3/2/15: Entries due to
TWS
3/13/15: Accepted entries
posted to website
4/1/15: Deadline to re-
ceive shipped entries
4/2/15 Hand Delivered &
crates due at Radius, 9-
10AM, hang show
4/13/15 Juror selects
award winners. 6 PM FREE
Steve Rogers demo,
Church of Reconciliation
in SA
4/14-15/2015 Juror Work-
shop, Church of the Rec-
onciliation in SA
5/9/15: 4-7 PM TWS mem-
bership meeting and re-
ception for awards at Ra-
dius Center
5/25/15 Pick up hand de-
livered work & return ship
paintings
Welcome New Members
TWS is proud to welcome the following new members:
Ana L. Torres, Laredo, TX
Bernadine Scott, Round Top, TX
Virgil Carter, Boerne, TX
Darcia Mucha, Fayetteville, TX
Michele Missner, Austin, TX
Angie Pavlicke, Fayetteville, TX
Congratulations to new Signature Member:
Hailey Herrera
Special Congratulations to our new Purple Sage Member:
Kirby Attwell
Important Dates for 2016 Exhibition Season
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September, 2015: Board and committee meeting
November 2, 2015: Call for Entry for 2016
January, 2016: Board and committee meeting
March 1, 2016: Entries due to TWS
March 11, 2016: Accepted entries posted to website
March 30, 2016: Deadline to receive shipped entries
April 1, 2016: 9-10 Am hand delivered and crates due at New Braunfels Art
League
April 1, 2016: Hang show at New Braunfels Art League Gallery
April 4, 2016: Juror selects award winners
April 4, 2016: 6 PM Free demo: Frank Francese at New Braunfels Art
League
April 5, 6, 7, 2016: Juror workshop, Frank Francese at New Braunfels Art
League
May 6, 2016: 4-7 PM TWS Membership meeting and reception for awards at
NBAL
May 30, 2016: 9-10 AM Pick up hand delivered and return ship paintings
Are your membership dues
current?
If unsure, check the date after your
name on any mailings from TWS. The
year indicated is the year your dues are
paid through. Questions about your
membership or dues? Contact :
Members in the News— Kudos
TWS Members in WFWS: Seven TWS artists were selected
by juror Linda Baker for the 2015 Western Federation of Wa-
tercolor Societies Exhibition. TWS members and paintings
selected are:
Don Taylor, “Worn and Weathered”
John James, “Geometry”
Julie McCollum, “Red Autumn”
Sy Ellens “Placid Medium”
Lee Ricks, “Sunlit San Jose”
Jennifer Polnaszek, “Still Life Quilt”
Jane Jones, “Tapestry”
Images of the selected paintings are posted on the TWS web-
site.
Joan Blackburn’s painting “Red Rules” won the Founders
Award at the Montana Watercolor Society’s National exhibi-
tion in Big Fork MT in October. Jean Pederson was the judge.
Joan Blackburn’s
book, Exploring
the Abstract, pub-
lished by Create
Space is getting 5
star reviews on
Amazon.com. She
also has a video
made while teach-
ing a workshop
that can be seen on
the home page of
her website:
Joan Blackburn.com
Red Rules by Joan Blackburn
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Members in the News—George M. Schoono-
ver announces the
following awards for
2014: Keystone Na-
tional/Honorable
Mention; North East
Watercolor/award for
transparent watercol-
or; Missouri Water-
color Society/
Winston Churchill award for watercolor; Pennsylvania Water-
color Society/Award for watercolor; Illinois Watercolor Soci-
ety/Winsor Newton award for Artistic Excellence.
Laurie Goldstein-
Warren’s painting,
Mardi Gras Mask
won third place at
Watercolor West’s
International Exhibi-
tion this year.
Barbara Jeffery Clay
has had a painting se-
lected for the fourth
time into the American
Watercolor Society’s
Exhibition. Barbara is a
signature member of
AWS and a Purple Sage
member of TWS.
Betty Jameson was selected to exhibit 22 paintings in a two-
person watercolor show entitled “A Brush With Color” at the
Dell Community Center Gallery, Jan 14-February 14, Austin,
Texas. She also had a painting accepted into the Kansas Wa-
tercolor Society’s National Exhibition 2014 , Nov 21, 2014-
January 4, 2015, AND the Montana Watercolor Society’s
32’nd Annual National Juried Exhibition. Betty won First
Place, Water Media at the River Art Group’s Annual Show and
Sale at the RAG Gallery in La Villita, San Antonio, TX Octo-
ber 3-4, 2014.
John Hewitt, TWS Purple Sage Member, will be Artist in
Residence at the Yaquina Art Museum in Oregon for the
month of February, 2015.
Lucille Edgarian, TWS Signature Member, has work on dis-
play at the Lake Travis Public Library in Lakeway, TX the
entire month of February.
Pink Canna Day by Barbara Jeffery Clay Java Pilates by George M. Schoonover
Workshops, travel opportunities offered by members:
John Hewitt is taking a group to
Italy September 21-October 6,
2015 for a spectacular Southern
Italy painting tour. All expenses:
$3800. See ancient walled towns,
olive groves, a Hotel carved into
a mountainside! Free instruction.
Laurie Goldstein-Warren will
be giving workshops at Cheap
Joe’s and Cloudcroft, New Mexi-
co in 2015. For more infor-
mation, you can see Laurie’s
website:
www.warrenwatercolors.com or
email her at :
In addition, information on her
workshop at Cheap Joe’s can be
found on the Cheap Joe’s web-
site. Painting by John Hewitt
Mardi Gras Mask
Painting by Laurie Goldstein-
Warren
WFWS is recognized as one of the
premier societies composed of 12 state
and regional watercolor organizations.
Being accepted into one of the yearly
exhibitions is an honor but is only avail-
able to those who are members of one of
its societies. Its catalog is recognized as
one of the best in the country. One of
the perks for being a TWS member is
that all are eligible to enter the WFWS
Annual.
The 40th WFWS Annual Exhibition will
be held in Lubbock, Texas, April 16-
July 15, 2015.
Questions may be sent to E. Gordon
West, WFWS TWS Rep., at
Robin H. Roberts Walker will go to
Lubbock representing TWS this year.
Gordon will continue with delegate
work until the end of the year while
teaching Robin how to handle the com-
petition next year.
WESTERN FEDERATION OF WATERCOLOR SOCIETIES (WFWS) by Gordon West
WFWS is on the web at:
www.wfws.org
The entry form for the 66’th Annual
National Exhibit of the Texas Water-
color Society is attached to this news-
letter. The call for entries opens in No-
vember, 2014, and ends March 2,
2015.
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AMERICAN FRAME gives a 5% discount to TWS members.
Mention the code Alliance13_5%
Check it out at
www.americanframe.com
TWS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 2013– 2015
PRESIDENT
ROBIN H ROBERTS WALKER
P.O. Box 309 Seguin, Texas, 78156
830-401-0153
1’st Vice President, Awards 2’nd Vice President, Exhibit 3’rd Vice President, Catalog 4’th Vice President , Membership
MARY L. QUIROS
2875 Haw Creek Rd, Fayette-
ville, TX, 78940 956-
286-8912 marye-
VACANT!!!!!! HELP WANTED!
IF INTERESTED, CONTACT
ROBIN AT:
RIC DENTINGER
15750 IH-10 West
San Antonio, Texas, 78249
210-260-2508
ANNE BRENNAN VELA
14110 Bluff Park Dr.
San Antonio, TX, 78216
210-403-3830
Treasurer Recording Secretary Corresponding Secretary EXHIBIT COMMITTEE
Receiving/shipping:
Robin Roberts Walker
Digital Entry:
Anne Vela
Catalog:
Ric Dentinger
Reception:
Prudy Kinsel
LEE RICKS
126 Hayden Road
Pleasanton, Texas 78064
830-569-2481
CHRISTINA CASTILLON
302 Stratford Ln.
Laredo, TX 78041
956-744-4692
LINDA BATEMAN
125 Towering Vista
Boerne, TX, 78006
830-229-5643
Director At Large Director At Large Director At Large
SUE KEMP
8102 Greenslope Dr.
Austin, TX, 78759
512-345-8572
DONA LECRONE WALSTON
318 Twisted Wood Dr.
San Antonio, TX 78216
210-496-9249
LINDA LAMANTIA
402 Nye
Laredo, TX, 78041
956-723-2173
Newsletter Editor Web Site Coordinator Properties Mgr./Archives OTHER COMMITTEES
MARSHA M. REEVES
2926 Sussex Gardens Ln.
Austin, TX, 78748
512-292-6201
PAT SAFIR
521 Corona St.
San Antonio, Texas, 78209
210-829-1301
LINDA BATEMAN
125 Towering Vista
Boerne, TX 76006
830-229-5643
Publicity Sage Brush Chairman Workshop Chairman WFWS Delegate
Vacant! Help Wanted! If you
can help, please contact Robin
H Roberts Walker at
JULIE MCCOLLUM
2212 Lakeshore Dr.
Canyon Lake, Texas 78133
830-223-5018
Betsy Moritz
764 Rio Brazos, Boerne, Tex-
as, 78006 830-336-3638
E. GORDON WEST
2910 Briarcroft
San Antonio, Texas, 78217
210-657-4494
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TWS Newsletter is scheduled for winter, summer,
and fall. Send “MEMBERS IN THE NEWS” an-
nouncements, calls for exhibition entries, upcoming
workshops, or other things you would like to sub-
mit, to:
MARSHA M. REEVES
Remember to send your best “Member News” items.
Follow Texas Watercolor Society
on Facebook at:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/85146258835/
Members may post their paintings on the Facebook page.
Constant Contact
We have been sending Constant
Contact TWS emails from time
to time. If you have not re-
ceived them, let us know so we
can correct your email address.
AT THE WATERCOLOR’S EDGE
IS A PUBLICATION OF
THE TEXAS WATERCOLOF SOCIETY
Look for it on the web at
www.texaswatercolorsociety.org
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