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WWW.SWSWATERCOLOR.ORG! MAY, 2015
May Fundraiser: Live Auction, Silent Auction, and Raffle!!Our May 12th Fundraiser is fast approaching. We hope all our membership will donate and attend our Silent Auction which will have all sorts of treasures such as old art books, DVDs, opaque projector, and other art-related items. One man’s trash is another man’s treasure as the saying goes. !
Be sure to download a bid sheet using the link on the SWS website, www.swswatercolor.org. Make as many copies as you need. You will need one bid sheet per item donated.!
In addition to the Silent Auction we will have a Live Auction, which will be led by none other than Mr. Jonesy Mc-Connell, artist, auctioneer and of some fame as a joke teller. We have 17 pieces of really great art being donated for the Live Auction. Art will be available at the auction from these outstanding artists : Michael Holter, Gail Del-ger, Gaylord O’Con, Bob Voges, Jeff Good, Beverly Boren, Marian Hirsch, Jonesy McConnell, Marie Renfro, Priscilla Krejci, Jeff Jensen, Nel Byrd, Walt Davis, Mickey Archer, Ron Bigony, Linda Kemp (our April demo artist who graciously donated her painting for our live auction), and Bud Biggs (American Watercolorist 1906-1985, donated by Mr. J’s Gallery and Framing). See images of all donated paintings on our website and on the next two pages..!
As an extra this year we will also have a Raffle. There are five artists in the Raffle Drawing: Naomi Brotherton, Cecy Turner, Herb Reed, Sherry Daerr, and Cindy Daunis. The raffle tickets are $5.00 each. There will be five drawings. Theoretically if you buy five tickets and you’re really lucky, you could win all five paintings. Any Artist can participate in purchasing raffle tickets, but they can’t win his or her own painting. Somebody is going to be really happy to go home with one or two or all of these paintings.!
This is SWS’s big annual fundraiser. The money generated will go to help offset the expense of our September Membership Exhibition. This year’s Membership Show is going to be Spectacular! So please participate. Come to the May Fundraiser. It will be fun, and it’s for a great cause.!
Cecy Turner, Tak-ing a Stand at Hermit Park
Naomi Brotherton: Flowers
Herb Reed, Craning the Neck
MAY FUNDRAISER, continued
Raffle Paintings, continued
Sherry Daerr: Two Sweet
Cindy Daunis: Sentry Duty
Live Auction Paintings
Michael Holter: Go West Young Lady
Gail Delger: Demo Tonight
Gaylord O’Con: McKinney Pa-rade Red Ford
Bob Voges: Cheers
Jeff Good: Mineola SunriseBev Boren: September Snow
Marian Hirsch: Aspens Jonesy McConnell: What a View
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Walt Davis: Old Stone House
MAY FUNDRAISER, continued
Marie Renfro: Caravan
Priscilla Krejci: Ben Yahuda StreetJeff Jensen: Shanghai Street
Nel Dorn Byrd: Arabella’s On the Square
Mickey Archer: A Days March South
Ron Bigony: Lone Oak Cotton Mill
Linda Kemp: Abstract Flowers & Grapes
Bud Bigs: Snow Scene
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Remember our power packed May 12th meeting with 17-count them- Live Auction paintings, 5 fabulous Paintings to be Raffled and a multitude of wonderful donated treasures in our Silent Auction! Images of all donated paintings are on our website.!!All of the generous donations are an effort to offset the costs of our Membership Exhibition in September.!We’ll be moving at lightening speed in order to get all of this done in our May meeting by 9:00, so come prepared to think, bid and move quickly!!!The timeline for all of this frivolity will be as follows:!6:00 Bring all of your treasures for the silent auction!7:00 silent auction bidding and purchasing raffle tickets (you may be drafted to help set up if you come earlier)!7:20 begin meeting (please help by getting to your chairs quickly)! Instillation of officers! Thank yous! Presentations of certificates! !7:30 Live auction !8:30 15 min for silent auction, additional bidding, and purchase raffle tickets!8:45 Close silent auction, hold Raffle!9:00 adjourn and finish paying for purchases!!A huge Thank you to Mickey Archer for organizing SWS’s presence at ArtsPark at North Park April 18th. It’s a big job to organize it, gather and transport all the equipment necessary, physically set up the booth, take photos and shoot video and take down the booth! Mickey did all of that with the help of a handful of faithful members. Thank you to Pat Kochan, Jeff Good, and Ron Bigony, who did the great demonstrations and to all of you who came to support by working the booth and by being audience members. Hopefully, we’ll get some of the people who stopped by the booth as new members. !!All year I have been filled with tremendous gratitude for each of you who have supported SWS and me in a multitude of ways. I wish I could name each of you individually. However, please continue to read as I at least say thank you to our Committee Chairs. Thank you, thank you, thank you to Linda Bower, Social (refreshments at meetings, etc.); Judith Pafford, Newsletter Editor; Jonesy McConnell and Gail Delger Western Fed. delegates; Walt and Isabel Davis, Paint Outs; Bill Johnson, local Paint Outs; Ron Stephens, PR; Liana Yarckin and now Cindy Daunis, Facebook; Gail Delger, Signature Group and Standards and Practices; Cindy Daunis, Painting of the Month; Jody Graham, Jimmy Magouirk, and Champ Herndon, House & Properties; Mary Trulove and Jan Herndon, DVD Library; Pam Wilson, Treasurer and Directory Editor; Sherry Daerr & Cindy Daunis, Photographers; and most importantly, Naomi Brotherton, special advisor to the President.!!Deadlines: for this year’s Membership Show is June 30; the Preview Party will be July 12th, 2:00-4:00 at Royal Lane Baptist Church; and deadline for dues is May 31st.!!I am filled with humility and gratitude to have served with all of you this past year. SWS has a rich, rich history of 51 years and gives invaluable service to all of us in our artistic growth. Thank you for a great year!!!Teta!!
Teta SmithSWS President
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Next Meeting: Tuesday, May 12, 2015, Lovers Lane UMC, Asbury Hall
By Gaylord O’Con, SWS
MICKEY ARCHER
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SPOTLIGHT ON ARTIST OF THE MONTH
!Mickey is a retired architect and past president of the Southwestern Watercolor Society. He is also a member of the Richardson Civic Art Society where he is currently the society photographer and videogra-pher.!!After retiring from a large architectural firm in Dallas in 2008, he picked up his watercolor brushes (which had been collecting dust for over 40 years) and began painting again. (I personally worked with Mickey over 25 years ago on the Blue Cross Blue Shield Headquarters)!!Mickey’s degree in architecture from Texas Tech University in 1967 had a very strong art emphasis including a number of watercolor classes. He painted in watercolor for a year or so after college but work and living got in the way until his retirement.!! “We lived in Pampa, Texas after I graduated and I took watercolor classes from Dr. Caballero, a professor from West Texas State now Texas A & M, Canyon). Dr. Caballero painted wet into wet and would make us soak our paper in the bath tub then drip water across the floor to our tables to paint. It was very “painterly”.!!Mickey enjoys painting western subject matter as well as detailed street scenes. He and his wife spent a month in New York City after her retirement and many of the paintings in his portfolio are from NYC including Times Square, Central Park and Washington Square, Little Italy and other favorite haunts.!!In trying to find his particular “style” of painting, Mickey realized he continued to be drawn back to very detailed paint-ings. “The more I looked at other artists’ work, I found I was most fascinated by those that had lots of detail, people, and architecture. I think my 40 plus years of architectural practice where details were everything had a lot to do with that”.!!!Continued on next page.!
Treat yourself to one or more of!the upcoming workshops by well-known watercolor artists.
SWS EVENTS
Pricing note: Frist price is for SWS members. Non members pay an additional $50. Both prices are listed under “Venue”.!In the future, prices may vary depending upon the featured artist.
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WORKSHOPS 2015-2016
For information and to sign up, contact: Bryce Weigand!3733 Normandy Avenue, Dallas, TX 75205, [email protected]!
DATE ARTIST VENUE
Mickey Archer, May Artist of the Month, cont.!
“When I began painting again in 2008, I knew I needed to take lessons and went on-line to the SWS website and found Mike Borne. Mike and I had worked together back in the 70’s and I remembered how good an artist he was. My son and I drove to Prosper, Texas where Mike lives every Saturday morning for about two months. Mike has forgotten more about watercolor than I will ever know”.!!“ I also took a 4-day workshop in acrylics at Artists’ Showplace from Hugh Greer, an artist from Wichita, Kansas. Acrylics seemed quite different to me and I thought I had to choose between acrylics and watercolor (don’t know why I thought that), but my first love was watercolor and my painting is now exclusively in watercolor”.!!”My year as president of SWS was one of the most fun and rewarding in my painting career. SWS members are so willing to share their knowledge and give helpful advice if asked and our meetings and paint-outs really inspire me”. Mickey’s hard work and dedication as president has strengthened SWS for the long term and will never be forgotten. !
SEP. 8-9-10 2015 MIKE BAILEY* mebaileyart.com
ARTISTS SHOWPLACE
ARTISTS SHOWPLACE
$250 / $300OCT. 13-14-15 2015
(3 DAY)
NOV 10-11-12 2015
PAT COOK patcookart.com !SUSAN TREGAY susanwebbtregay.com
A deposit of $50 is required to hold your place in a workshop. Final pay-ment will be required as the workshop date approaches. Watch the SWS website for details. Contact Bryce Weigand if you would like to be on a wait list for a workshop listed as FULL.
$250 / $300
ARTISTS SHOWPLACE
(3 DAY)
*Mike Bailey is the juror for the 2015 SWS Membership Show.
$250 / $300
Mike Bailey Workshop - Still has openings!
Mike Bailey: Bandits at One O’Clock, Line Dance, Yellow, and Pole Dance
“The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider’s web.” Pablo Picasso
Pam Wilson is collecting dues for 2015-2016. You can pay online, mail a check to Pam at 1086 Hawkwood Way, Allen, TX 75013, or she will be collecting dues via cash, check or credit card at the May meeting.
SWS EVENTS
SWS Public Art Program Exhibit:!!The SWS Public Art Program exhibit is now hung with 24 watercolors on display. Please plan to see our members work in the Addison Conference Center. Open 9 to 5, M to F with lots of free parking.!!If you submitted your work examples to the SWS Public Art Program and did not make the final list, please remember to sign up early when the next Public Art Exhibit is announced as these exhibits get filled quickly.!!Thanks to everyone who participated in this exhibition. It takes lots of work by a lots of folks to make these exhibits happen.!!Addison Conference Centre / 15650 Addison Road / Addison, TX 75001 / Ph: 972-450-6241!
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NOTICE: At the April meeting, one senior membership renewal was paid via credit card and processed successfully, but no name was visible on SWS’s records. If you 1) renewed your senior membership dues at the April meeting by credit card, and 2) did not receive a receipt from the Treasurer, please contact Pam Wilson, [email protected], 972.839.1086, in order to get credit for your payment.
The Addison Conference Centre is located East of Addison Road one block north of Arapaho Road. !! The exhibit will have a duration of about 6 to 8 weeks depending on the City of Addison's schedule.!!If you have further questions, please contact: Robert McLaughlin, Program Chair / ph: 214-264-8504 / email: robertmclau@gmail!
APRIL HAPPENINGS Paintings of the Month
Featured artist Linda Kemp demonstrated her positive ap-proach to negative painting at the April meeting.
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April painting of the month winners from left to right:! 1. Jo Williams - Cimarron Canyon 2. Nick Kuntz - Tahoe 3. Judy Stubbs - Sun's Up! !
HAPPENINGS
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Mickey Archer held his show opening at the Artist Showplace Gallery April 10th, Framing the Fron-tier / A Western Art Show. Mickey has beautiful western style watercolor paintings in the show. !
Hugh Heaton: At The WakeRon Bigony: San Pedro Morning
Gaylord O’Con sws, had his painting Fall in Fort Worth juried into the Plano 125 show for 2015."
Hugh Heaton had At The Wake accepted in the Trinity Arts Guild Open Show.!!
Mickey Archer at Framing the Frontier
Ron Bigony had a second painting make it into the bi-monthly Plein Air Competition, a 11 X 20 watercolor named San Pedro Morning. This gives Ron two paintings that will be entered into the Finals.!
Gaylord O’Con: Fall in Fort Worth
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HAPPENINGS
Sue Kemp: Heatwave
Wallace Hughes held an artist's reception on April 12 in Goodrich Gallery in First United Methodist Church, Dallas. The re-ception was well attended and of the 45 paintings in the show, 10 sold. The show closed on April 26.!!
Sue Kemp, sws (Austin, TX) was awarded a $500 prize for Heatwave, by juror Steve Rogers, in the Texas Water-color Society 66th Annual Exhibit. The national exhibit will hang at the Radius Center in San Antonio through May 28.!
Toni Wengler: We Are Not Alone
For the second year in a row, Toni Wengler has won a First place National award in the DAR American Heritage Committee Art & Sculpture Drawing category. The colored pencil piece We Are Not Alone will be hung in the DAR Mu-seum in Washington, D.C. during Continental Congress in June. Toni says the cowboy in the painting is a true, work-ing cowboy! She met him while visiting a ranch outside of Glen Rose, Texas. He was very large and strong, yet such a gentle man! And, he was a good story teller!!
Sherry Daerr's painting Diablo was accepted into the 49th Annual Richardson Civic Art!Society Regional Art Exhibition.!
HAPPENINGS
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Debra Lalumia had one painting juried into Texas & Neighbors Regional Art Exhibition. The artists’ reception was held Sunday, April 19, 2015, at the Irving Arts Center. She also participated in the Spring 2015 ArtWalk in Terrell, Texas, on May 2, 2015. !
Sherry Daerr: Diablo Robbie Fitzpatrick: Patience
Robbie Fitzpatrick had paintings selected for the Georgia Watercolor Society 2015 National Exhibit, the Southern Watercolor Society's 2015 Annual Juried Exhibition, the Society of Watercolor Artists 2015 International Juried Watermedia Exhibition, the New Mexico 2015 Membership Exhibit, and the National Watercolor Society's 2015 Members Exhibition. Her painting, Patience, accepted into the Texas Watercolor Society's 66th Annual National Exhibit won a Merchandise Award.
Betty Jameson won a Daler Rowney Purchase Award worth $100. at the Texas Watercolor Society's 66th Annual National Exhibit for Panhandle. She also had a painting selected for the Pikes Peak Wa-tercolor Society's International Watermedia 2015 at the Colorado Springs Library 21c, Colorado
Betty Jameson: Panhandle
Betty Jameson: Fossil Story
HAPPENINGS
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Michael Holter’s painting Keeping Myself in Check has been selected for publication in North Light Book’s Splash 17 and also won first place for water media in the Texas & Neighbors 2015 Exhibition. !Newsie won the Daniel Smith Award at the Missouri Watercolor Society 2015 International Show.!Ten Gallon Gus won the Rob Erdle Memorial Award from the Texas Watercolor Society.!Holding Court, of the Somervelle County courthouse in Glen Rose that was painted during an SWS paintout, is currently in the Plein Air Southwest Salon at the Southwest Gallery.!Steam Dream has been selected for the National Watercolor Society 2015 Members Show.!!
ELINA GREGORY-GOODRUM: Rock ’n Roll
Michael Holter: Keeping Myself in Check
Michael Holter: Ten Gallon Gus
Michael Holter: Steam Dream
Michael Holter: Newsie
Ellna Gregory-Goodrum had a painting accepted into the Watercolor Missouri International in St. Louis - April 3-May2.
HAPPENINGS
Jeanne Hyland's portrait of NMWS mem-ber, Katherine Gauntt, Leaning Toward Red was just accepted to the National Wa-tercolor Society, 2015 Annual Member Ex-hibition, June 6–July 31, 2015. Opening re-ception Saturday, June 6, 2-5PM. !!Jeanne has 2 pieces accepted to Rich-eson75ONLINE; Still Life & Floral 2015; Finalist, Poinsettia Blast + Meritorious entry, Yellow Pepper & Blue Jar #2. Online show & awards publish May 18, 2015!!Jeanne’s works Purple African Violets and Red Hot Prickly Pear #2 are on display at Masterworks of New Mexico, 17th Annual Fine Art Show. April 4-25, 2015, Al-buquerque, NM.!!She also will have two paintings at 2015 New Mexico Watercolor Society Spring Exhibition. Albuquerque, NM. May 10-31; Bell Pepper & Blue Jar and Mexican Hat Dance. Opening re-ception Saturday, May 9, 1-4pm.!
Jeanne Hyland: Poinsettia Blast and Yellow Pep-per & Blue Jar
Jeanne Hyland: Leaning Toward Red
Jeanne Hyland: Purple African Violets, Red Hot Prickly Pear #2, Bell Pepper & Blue Jar, and Mexican Hat Dance.
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HAPPENINGS
Darla Bostick had a painting accepted for the Louisiana Watercolor Society 45th International (Beneath the Elephant Ears) as well as one at the Tom Peyton 49th Memorial Art Exhibition in Alexandria, LA (Golden Agave). She won first place for Oils/Acrylics (The Masters) in the Richardson Civic Art Society 50+ Exhibition and recognition in the Mixed Media division for Beijing Guardian. For the first two weeks in May she took a group of artists (one as far away as Australia) for an Art Adventure in Spain. Darla had an altered digital photograph in the 18th Rio Brazos Exhibition in Granbury and 2 pieces (Shaded Hostas and Sweet Tooth) accepted in the Richardson Civic Art Society 49th Regional Show showing at the Eise-mann Center in Richardson.!!Several SWS members have works in the Visual Arts Society of Texas and Denton Poets Society "Merg-ing Visions" Exhibition in Denton through the end of May where the visual arts pair with written poetry. They are: Jo Williams, Darla Bostick, Carmen Underwood, Jackie Haugen, Andrea Albright, Iris Ann Moore, Carol Rowley.
Darla Bostick: Beijing Guardian and Sweet Tooth
Alicia Farris was honored to receive "Juror's Choice" best of show award for All in a Day at the 16th Annual Exhibition of the St Louis Watercolor Society. “Many thanks to juror, Tom Lynch, who chose my work for the award,” says Alicia. The exhibition will be displayed at Creative Art Gallery in St. Louis until May 16, then much of the work from the show will move to Jacoby Arts Center in Alton, Illinois to be displayed there following the St. Louis show.
Alicia Ferris: All in a Day
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Judith Pafford’s painting Momentum won the New Wave Fine Art Products Merchandise Award in the water media category at the Richardson Civic Art Society 50+ exhibit.
HAPPENINGS
Rance Jones has a nine page article in the June issue of Watercolor Artist, a very nice spread with lots of pictures of his art, including the three below. Rance also has a gallery opening at Gallery 1300, 1300 Dragon Street, Dallas TX, Saturday May 16th, 5:00-8:00 pm called 100% Irish, Original Watercolors by Rance Jones.!
Judith Pafford: Momentum
Rance Jones: Local Time (2013 SWS Mem-ber show 1st Place)
Rance Jones: Foxhounds of Donegal (Award winner in 2014 SWS Member Show)
Rance Jones: Roundstone Harbor
Texas & Neighbors 30th Regional Art Exhibition April 18 - May 16, 2015
Irving Arts Center - Main Gallery
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SKETCHING FOR TRAVELERS!Cloudcroft, New Mexico, 5 day workshop, August 3-7, $400!Walt Davis SWS, AWS!!This hands-on fast paced workshop will prepare you for!sketching on location using a variety of media and tech niques. Illustrated travel journals, sketch diaries, studies for paintings, and visual meditation are just a few of the ways to put what you learn to good use. !! Register at www.cloudcroftart.com, (915) 490-5071 or call ! Walt Davis (903) 886-2711
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MEMBER TEACHER LISTINGS
Teta Smith [email protected] 214-244-9449Beginner & All Levels Water Media & Collage ClassesJane E. Jones [email protected]; www.janejone-sart.com, 972-407-1566; Watercolor/Acrylic/Collage/Critique
Michael Borne RA 512-318-1279 www.mborne.comBeginner to Advanced Adult Watercolor classes - Saturdays
Member Teacher Listings Rate: $25 per yearPage 15
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1st VP -‐‑ PROGRAM CHAIR!Ron Bigony 903.297.3483 [email protected] 2700 Gilmer Road Longview, TX 75604
4th VP -‐‑ EXHIBITION CHAIR!Bill Johnson 214.350.4546 [email protected] 3556 Ainsworth Drive Dallas, TX 75229
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2nd VP -‐‑ MEMBERSHIP CHAIR New Members, Renewals,Address Changes Jenny Ackerman 214.327.2599 [email protected] 6940 Lakeshore Drive Dallas, TX 75214
SWS CONTACTS
News Articles, Happenings & AdsJudith Pafford 214.673.9532 [email protected]!5644 St. Peter DrPlano, TX 75093
3RD VP -‐‑ WORKSHOP CHAIR Bryce Weigand 214.526.4849 [email protected] 3733 Normandy Avenue Dallas, TX 75205
PRESIDENT Teta Smith 214.244.9449 [email protected] 7100 Chase Oaks Blvd. Plano, TX 75025
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TREASURER Pam Wilson 972.839.1086 [email protected] 1086 Hawkwood Way Allen, TX 75013
Walt Davis, [email protected], 903, 886-2711 beginner and all levels watercolor and drawing
Radha Chatterjee [email protected]!Beginning & Intermediate watercolor/acrylic/realistic/abstract Classes
This workshop will focus on the use of watercolor to paint exciting impressionistic paintings of people and places. You will explore the use of light and shadow to create interesting compositions and achieve dynamic results. Novice and advanced students are welcome.
Wimberley Artist Workshops
Watercolor ImpressionismAll inclusive 4-day workshop • June 8-11, 2015 • $1250
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www.wimberleyartistworkshops.comHeld at Beautiful Creekhaven Inn
Contact Bill Appleman • 512.847.9344 • 800.827.1913 • [email protected]
Wallace Hughes 214-821-0257 www.richland.edu/ceBeginning & Intermediate Watercolor Richland College
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