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September/October 2015 Utah Watercolor Society
UWS 2015-2016 Board
President
Colleen Reynolds [email protected]
Vice President
Ann Galt [email protected]
Recording Secretary
Linda Artman [email protected]
Bessann Swanson (alternate)
Exhibition Chairs & Images
Sandy Sleeper [email protected]
Art Sleeper [email protected]
Terrece Beesley [email protected]
Membership
Reida Fillmore [email protected]
Gail Wilhelmsen [email protected]
Communications
Mary Pusey [email protected]
Cynthia Powell (EventSpot)
Toni Youngblood (FaceBook)
Newsletter
Jenny Love [email protected]
Publicity
Sherry Meidell [email protected]
Bookkeeper
Cynthia Hepworth [email protected]
Education Programs
Julie Ickes [email protected]
Paint-Outs
Maggie Harrison
Blaine Clayton [email protected]
Western Federation Delegate
Tom Howard [email protected]
Past President & WFWS Alternate
Kristi Grussendorf [email protected]
Two-Star/Signature
Roxane Pfister [email protected]
Nan Gray [email protected]
Kathy Sutherland
Small Works Exhibition Chair
Gayle Allen [email protected]
Barbara Kidd [email protected]
Mini-Workshops
Vacant (contact Colleen Reynolds for info)
UWS-CVC President
Laura Hawley [email protected]
Website: www.utahwatercolor.org
Email: [email protected]
Find UWS on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/UtahWatercolorSociety
President’s Message
Should We Turn the Big Ship?
I recently had a great conversation with my favorite local
framer, John Zacharopoulos, Owner and Operator of The
Framing Establishment stores in Murray and Sandy. John has
over 30 years experience in the Utah framing business. Full
disclosure here – He is my favorite framer because he shows
my paintings in one of his stores. I also consider him a friend.
The gist of our conversation concluded that any business or
organization in today’s fast moving economy must adapt or
die. Let me start at the end of our conversation, with John’s
analogy; attempting to change a large organization is like turning a big ship. “It
doesn’t happen quickly and may take a lot of effort and time,” he said, “but
eventually, with persistence, the boat can change course.”
I loved the analogy. I happen to have some experience with big ships. I remember
returning to port aboard a US Navy aircraft carrier, marveling at how little tugboats
could guide and tow a huge aircraft carrier home. From my perspective, up on the
Admiral’s bridge, 20 stories above the waterline, the task looked impossible. But
tug they did, with masterful efficiency, bringing us safely home.
Where am I going with this, you ask?
Imagine the watercolor society structure as a mighty ship, on a steady course,
steaming through calm waters – but knowing a storm is brewing in the distance.
The society has two options: To stay on course and weather the storm, or alter
course and turn into uncharted territory. Please forgive all the nautical puns. I’m
having fun.
Option 1: Society stays on course. It perseveres; riding out The Storm, doing what
experience has taught her is The Way. After all, Good Weather will eventually
return, right? Society could well make it back to Good Weather with her calm
waters, battered but not beaten, still doing it The Way. Or The Storm could defeat
Society. Tug may have to rescue the remains, towing Society to the mothball fleet,
to finish out her remaining days as a tourist attraction in Florida…or Texas.
Option 2: Society reads the forecast and alters course into unknown waters. It
avoids The Storm – but encounters uncharted seas and lands, full of new people,
technologies and products: Facebook, the Internet, online entry forms and
newsletters, PayPal, email communication, customers who prefer bright colors and
abstract paintings, digital images, clay board surfaces, varnishes, watercolor
paintings without mats and glass - strange and unusual territory, indeed.
Society does not quite know how to proceed. But Tug offers a tow, and then
Abstract steps up to the end of the rope. Soon mighty Society heads slightly
starboard. And Value joins…and so does Design. Now Society is on a whole new
course. “But wait! We need to go back,” Society cries, “It was safer before.”
Colleen Reynolds
“Remember The Storm?” Asks Tug. “I’ll help you be
safe here.”
“And look at the colors and patterns on that distant
shore!” chimes in Abstract, “We’ve never been there
before. Isn’t it exciting?”
“NO!” Society exclaims, “It scares me!”
“It scares me too,” says Tug, “Let’s all go together.”
-Colleen Big Ship and a Little Tug by
Colleen Reynolds
October Member Meeting,
Thomas Schaller: Oct 6th 7:00p
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September Member Meeting and
Social: Sep 1st 7:00p
UWS Events – Upcoming
Food, Fun and Framing! Join us to
kick off the UWS year for an Opening
Social (catered refreshments!) with our
new President, Colleen Reynolds,
and our Past President, Kristi
Grussendorf. Colleen will begin with
some welcoming fun and games and
describe the wholesale framing deal
for current UWS members (offered by
Alpine Mat Company). Kristi and
Colleen will then give a demonstration
on framing, both to prepare paintings
for exhibition entry and for plein air
events. Learn about the "tools of the
framing trade." Last year's quick
framing demo was so popular, we've
decided to feature it again! And just in
time too, because we will soon be
readying our Fall Exhibition paintings,
due at the end of September.
UWS Events Calendar Location for UWS Member Meetings
Sons of Utah Pioneers building 3301 E. Louise Ave (2920 S.)
Salt Lake City, UT 84109
Sep-15 1 UWS Member Meeting
5 UWS Fall Member Exhibition Accepted paintings notification (via email)
8 CVC Member Meeting
11-12 UWS Mini Workshop, Rob Adamson 9a-5p
18-19 CVC Workshop, Kristi Grussendorf (pouring)
Sep 26 –
Oct 3 UWS/CVC Workshop, Lester Lee, In the Steps of O’Keeffe (Santa Fe, NM)
Oct-15 3 UWS Fall Member Exhibition deliver paintings, Visual Art Institute 10a-3p
5-9 UWS Fall Workshop, National artist, Thomas Schaller
Oct 5 –
Nov 6 UWS Fall Member Exhibition, Visual Art Institute
6 UWS Member Meeting, National artist, Thomas Schaller
9 UWS Fall Member Exhibition Opening Reception, Visual Art Institute (7p
awards)
12 UWS Two Star / Signature Member Show Pick Up Paintings,
Red Butte Gardens (New pick up date – show extended to Oct 11th)
12-16 CVC Fall Workshop, National artist, Charles Reid (workshop is full)
Nov-15
2-3 CVC Fall Exhibition painting drop off (SLC can be dropped at UWS meeting on
Nov 3rd)
3 UWS Member Meeting, Lian Quan Zhen
6 UWS Fall Member Exhibition Final Day, Visual Art Institute
7 UWS Fall Member Exhibition Pick Up paintings, Visual Art Institute 10a-3p
10 CVC Member Meeting
Nov 13 –
Jan 2 CVC Fall Member Exhibition, Logan Fine Art Gallery
Dec-15 1 UWS Member Meeting, Holiday party / Dick Blick
4-5 UWS Mini Workshop, Maura Naughton “Play with your paints and mediums”
8 CVC Member Meeting
Jan-16 5 UWS Member Meeting, Presenter TBA
8 WFWS submissions due
9 UWS Mini Workshop, Digital Images
13 CVC Member Meeting
22-23 UWS Mini Workshop, Stan Elmer
Feb-16 2 UWS Member Meeting, Kathy Sutherland
9 CVC Member Meeting
11-13 CVC Workshop, Carl Purcell (tentative)
19-20 UWS Mini Workshop, Catherine Darling Hostetter
Mar-16 1 UWS Member Meeting, Don Weller (western art)
8 CVC Member Meeting
Apr-16 5 UWS Member Meeting, TBA
13 CVC Member Meeting
May-16 3 UWS Member Meeting, National artist, Bev Jozwiak
10 CVC Member Meeting
Jun-16 7 UWS Member Meeting, Closing social
Jun 9 –
Aug 28 WFWS, Arvada Center, Denver, CO (Opening reception – June 9th)
14 CVC Member Meeting
Oct-16 3-7 UWS Fall Workshop, National artist, Iain Stewart
May-17 1-5 UWS Spring Workshop, National artist, Janet Rogers
The Architecture of Light. All are
welcome! The UWS is thrilled to host
Thomas Schaller, an incredible artist
who will also be jurying our Fall
Member Exhibition and teaching our
Fall Workshop.
“I have been in
love with the
medium of
watercolor always
as its ability to be
a vehicle for the
unique voice of
the artist is
astonishing. … I
usually describe
my paintings as
'interpreted
Realism.' All art is a form of story-
telling and I believe that good art asks
more questions than it answers. … It
is my personal goal as an artist that
my work also succeeds as an
invitation to you to enter the world of
my paintings where I hope you are
moved to ask your own
questions, and begin to tell your own
stories.”
September 2015 Mini Workshop:
Sep 11th – 12th 9a-5p
The fantastic local artist and rising
star, Rob Adamson, has agreed to
share his knowledge of all things art.
Rob has won numerous local, state
and national awards. His major
medium is oils but he has been
teaching drawing, composition, design
and painting at SLCC for several
years. His enthusiasm and talent
translate into any medium! Check out
his paintings at
robadamsonstudio.blogspot.com. Click
here for more information and to
register.
Prepare to be
amazed! Our
Fall Mini
Workshop will
be held
September
11th – 12th,
2015 Cannery Row, Monterey,
CA by Rob Adamson
In August three UWS members joined
the ISA sponsored paint out of local
area ponds. Linda Flannery, Olga
Hegner and Colleen Reynolds painted
in a private backyard garden,
serenaded by the sound of a
manmade babbling brook and the
tunes of a live piper to boot - a
delightful experience all around! Feast
your eyes on the awesome results by
Linda (watercolor) and Olga (oil).
UWS Paint Outs
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UWS Events – Upcoming
November Member Meeting:
Lian Quan Zhen Nov 3rd 7:00p
41st Annual WFWS
Exhibition: June 9 –
August 28, 2016
It’s never too early to start thinking
about the annual WFWS Exhibition.
The 2016 show will be hosted by the
Colorado Watercolor Society and held
at the Arvada Center for the Arts and
Humanities. Every year, UWS is proud
to see our members accepted to this
prestigious exhibition! Check the UWS
Website for prospectus and additional
WFWS information.
WFWS 2016
2015 UWS Fall Member
Exhibition: Oct 5th – Nov 6th
2014 Best of Show Award
– Circles by Kazuko Hill
This year’s Juror
(and Fall
Workshop
instructor) is the
talented Thomas
W. Schaller. The
show will hang at
the Visual Art
Institute in Salt
Lake City, UT from October 5th –
November 6th with an Opening
Reception and Awards Ceremony on
October 9th. If you would like to
volunteer to help with the event,
contact Sandy or Art at 801-619-0289.
workshops (hosted by Colleen
Reynolds). Lian will demonstrate a
painting using his renowned
watercolor pouring method.
Lian Zhen is a sought-after watercolor
and Chinese painting artist, as well as
a teacher in the US and abroad. He is
one of the most popular authors of
North Light Books on painting.
He started sketching and painting in
his childhood and continued as a
hobby while practicing medicine as a
family physician in Canton Province,
China. After immigrating to the US in
1985, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts
Degree from University of California at
Berkeley in 1992 and a Master of
Architecture Degree from MIT in 1996.
He has had many shows in the US,
Hong Kong and China.
We are most
privileged to
welcome
international
artist, Lian Quan
Zhen, to the UWS
member meeting!
Lian is in town giving
Pond paintings by Linda
Flannery (above) and
Olga Hegner (right)
The Paint Out Crew is ready to
capture all kinds of foliage and
compositions for fall. We took most of
the summer off, although we saw each
other at Midway in late June and at the
pond in August. Blaine Clayton will be
our “camera guy” and “restaurant
guru” this year. Our lunch together on
paint out days will be carried on. We
usually “paint out” on the first Saturday
after the monthly member meeting, but
for September we will paint with
Murray Arts Council for their first year
of Plein Air on the Jordan River
Parkway on September 19th.
In October, we will be at the Provo
River near mile marker 15 on October
10th at 10:00am. Click here for more
info.
Digital Images Workshop Recap
We had a great response to a much-
needed workshop. With paintings to
photograph, computers, cameras and
cell phones, we all practiced trying our
hand at creating our own digital
images. Lots of missteps, some
successes, and more practice will
make it easier for all of us to enter
shows! We are planning to offer this
one-day workshop again in the future.
It will be great for a review or for new
folks wanting to learn this seemingly
complicated skill.
Image source: public domain. Copyright belongs to photographer/designer
Lian’s art teaching credentials include
eight years at the University of
California at Berkeley as well as
watercolor and Chinese painting
workshops in the U.S., Europe,
Canada, Mexico, Bahamas, China,
South Africa and Australia. He has
also been an invited juror several
Watercolor Societies' exhibitions and
other local shows. His paintings have
been featured in magazines such as
Watercolor 94 Spring, Splash4,
Collectors (Hong Kong) and books of
Landscape on Watercolor (UK),
Finding Your Visual Voice and
Painter's Quick Reference books by
North Light Books. Lian's four books
published by North Light Books have
distributed internationally.
UWS Member News
Kristi
Grussendorf’s
painting In
Touch is
packing up for
an international
trip! After
hanging in
Shenzhen,
China from
December 15,
2015 – January
10, 2016. In Touch by Kristi Grussendorf
It will then travel to the NWS gallery
in San Pedro, CA to hang from July
30, – August 28, 2016.
UWS and Member Workshops
Upcoming UWS National Artist Workshops – Long-term Outlook
UWS Mini Workshops
Contact Linda Flannery at [email protected] or see the UWS website for
more information
• Rob Adamson, “Painting with Power, Perspective and Intention” Sep 11-12,
2015. $125 for members. $160 for non-members.
• Maura Naughton, “Play with your Paints and Mediums” Dec 4-5, 2015.
• Digital Images Workshop, Jan 9, 2016.
• Stan Elmer, Jan 22-23, 2016.
• Catherine Darling Hostetter, Feb 19-20, 2016.
CVC Sponsored Workshops
Contact Brenda Brunello at 435-881-5573 or [email protected] to register.
See the UWS website for more information.
• Kristi Grussendorf, “Poured Painting Techniques” Sep 18-19, 2015
• Lester B. Lee, Sep 26 – Oct 3, 2015 in Santa Fe, NM – class size limited to
12 people.
Shanna Kunz (VAI)
• Composing Landscapes: Workshop at Strawberry Bay Marina.
Demonstration in watercolor and oil. All mediums are welcome. Plein air
painting in afternoon. It is beautiful at Strawberry Reservoir this time of year!
Lunch included both days. $150. Contact Stephanie at 801-298-8071 or
[email protected] for registration or additional information.
Bruce Robertson, Shelley Young, and Barbara Kidd
Join the instructors at Visual Art Institute (2901 S. Highland Dr, SLC) for Fall
Term classes (Sep-Dec 2015)
• Kids Classes: Intro to Art, Printmaking, 3D City, and Ceramics
• Teen Classes: Ceramics, Bookmaking, Anatomy, Color Theory, Figure
Drawing
• Adult Classes: Ceramics, Watercolors, Oils, Foundation Drawing, Figure
Drawing (flex passes available for adult classes)
Go to www.visualartinstitute.org, email [email protected], or call 801-
474-3796 for more information.
Terrece Beesley
• Watercolor Studio: Workshop designed for students with their own
watercolor projects to work on under direction of a supervising artist.
Participants should bring their watercolors, paper, brushes and support
material to work on a subject of their choice. Sep 17th – Nov 19th 6:30-8:30p.
(no class on Oct 1st or Nov 5th). Eccles Community Art Center $90 members,
$95 nonmembers. Call 801-392-6935 to register.
Brienne Brown
• Plein Air Workshop: Brienne returns to Utah to teach a Plein Air Watercolor
Workshop in Moab. Oct 7th 9a-5p. Oct 9th-10th 9a-5p each day. Moab Arts
and Recreation Center. Click here for more details.
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Jana Parkin is excited to be taking
two groups of plein air painters to the
alps in Switzerland next summer.
Dates and details to come.
Thomas
Schaller
Oct 5-9, 2015
Website
Bev Jozwiak
May 2-6, 2016
Website
Iain Stewart
Oct 3-7, 2016
Website
Janet Rogers
May 1-5, 2017
Website
Keiko Tanabe
Oct 2-6, 2017
Website
Congratulations
to Thomas
Schaller, our
UWS Fall
workshop
instructor and
juror! Along
with his 2014-
2015 AWS
Dong Kingman
Award for Chambers Street, NYC,
Thomas achieved AWS Signature
Status!
Rebecca Livermore has an
exhibition at LaFave Gallery in
Springdale, UT Oct 17-31, 2015.
Congratulations to former UWS
Workshop instructors John
Salminen, who won the Gloria
Devereaux Memorial Award
for Brooklyn/Bedford and Carla
O'Connor, who won the Edgar
Whitney Memorial Award
for Bellisime at this year’s AWS!
We’ve had a great response to our
membership drive! Thank you all for
being so on-the-ball, and welcome
to the many new members of the
UWS!
We are hoping to have our new
2015-2016 UWS Member Directory
available at the first Fall member
meeting on September 1st at
7:00pm.
Membership Corner
There are many benefits of UWS
membership!
• Have your show or event
advertised with an official UWS
eBlast!
• Enter a show!
• Take a workshop!
• Get a link for your website listed
on the UWS website!
• Get inspired at the monthly
meetings!
Questions to Reida Fillmore at
[email protected] 435-512-
7217 or Gail Wlhelmsen at
[email protected] 801-400-4459.
Remember
you can still
renew
membership
or join the
UWS any
time. Click
here for
more info (or
click the link
under
“Join UWS” on the homepage of our
website.
2. Confused about how the art
business works, or how to manage a
small business.
3. Just sourpusses.
Sometimes you hit a trifecta and find
someone who fits in all three
categories. When I see that, I am
sad for whatever circumstances
have given them such a negative
outlook. That’s because I know they
are victimized to a degree by
themselves. To be on balance, I
must say I know many more happy
artists than I know unhappy ones.
If you are bitter about the state of
your career, you need to turn your
negativity around. Life is too short to
be unnecessarily unhappy about
your career or your life. We don’t all
get the same skills and starting
point. We do all have the same
options to choose to make the best
of what we have.
Buying Art Is Not Out of Vogue —
It Never Was.
If you are struggling in your art
career, it is under your control to fix
it. You can find an unending list of
reasons why things suck.
Technology, geography, and apathy
are biggies for many. Here’s the
thing. People have never stopped
buying art. Let me repeat. People
have never stopped buying art.
I have known artists, art publishers
and gallery owners who have stayed
in business through thick and thin.
Buying habits change. Some years
are better than others. Nevertheless,
art continues to sell. Always has,
always will.
Why Is Your Art Not Selling?
Okay, maybe they aren’t buying your
art. If that is the case, you need to
figure out why. The usual reasons
are either you are making work that
is hard to sell. That is, it has limited
appeal to most buyers. Or, you have
work people will buy when they see
it often enough, but you are not
efficient in getting it seen by the right
prospects often enough.
If your work is a problem, you can
keep making work like that, but you
should lower your expectations
about how well it will sell. Happiness
is about meeting expectations. If
yours are out of line with the reality
of what you are making, you are
making yourself unhappy.
(continued on page 6)
Rebecca Lewis received a 2nd
Place award at the 2015 Salt Lake
County Fair for her painting "Barn
fire" and an Honorable Mention
ribbon for her watercolor painting
"Douglas 1".
UWS Member News
Congratulations Setsuko Yoshida
for her 2015 NWS accepted painting
Beyond Forms.
Neena Plant was a participating
artist for year's Bountiful Summerfest
International, Aug 6th – 8th at
Bountiful City Park. Other than a
powerful storm on Friday evening,
the event was enjoyable and
educational.
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There is a plethora of art business
information available online and in
print for artists. Here are excerpts
from one such blog post by art
marketer Barney Davey.
Ten Right Ways How to Be A
Happy Artist
Over the years of reading forums
and comments on sites and blogs for
artists, I have noticed a trend. There
are unhappy artists who are more
than willing to offer their opinions. I
find most are either:
1. Bitter about struggling to make a
go of it selling their art.
Useful Art Tips
The class is held at Cottonwood Presbyterian
Church at 1580 E. Vine Street (6100 S.) in
Murray. Time is 12:30 – 3:00 p.m. on most
Saturdays. It’s an ongoing class that
combines the basics (composition, value,
color, paint handling skills) with wild
experimentation. Contact Sue for information
at 801-209-3062 or email
Sue Martin Art
Classes
Sue Martin welcomes
new students to her
Saturday afternoon
water media class.
Colleen Reynolds,
BFA, MS Education
Watercolor Classes
Watercolor classes on
Wednesdays and
Advanced Watercolor on Thursdays.
Colleen teaches beginner to advanced adult
artists. 21st Studios in Sugarhouse: 974 E.
2100 S. Suite B6. Contact info:
[email protected] or 801-560-2554.
Pricing and class descriptions:
www.colleenreynolds.com/art-classes
Sherry Meidel, UWS, NWS.
Watercolor Classes
Located in Bountiful, Sherry is
available to teach workshops
and private lessons in her
home. Email
visit www.sherrymeidell.com
for more information.
Art Classes Available
Lynda Burruss, BFA,
USU. 30 years
experience. Signature
Member UWS.
Ongoing classes for all
ages and levels. Email:
Lyndaburruss-
[email protected] Website:
www.lyndaburruss.com.
Kathy Sutherland Art
Classes
Kathy has taught
watercolor classes in her
studio for 27 years.
Ongoing enrollment of 30
students. Once per week For 2 hours. All
ages and abilities. Contact info 801-565-9889
or [email protected]. Visit
Kathy’s website at www.kathysutherland.com
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You can also choose to make art
with more appeal. Even though it is a
creative endeavor, it is also a
product that needs commercial
appeal if you want to build a
successful business around selling
it. Otherwise, accept you have
created a pleasant pastime where
you occasionally get rewarded with
sales.
If It’s Not Your Artwork, Then It’s
Your Other Work.
If you know your art sells when
enough people see it, and you are
not moving your work, you have a
marketing problem. Making art is
part of your art business. The other
part is finding customers and
prospects and selling your work to
them. That takes marketing first and
selling second. Marketing and selling
your work is your other job. One you
cannot let lapse without risking your
career.
Marketing creates interest and
intrigue. It drives actions that lead to
sales. You get sales with a well-
designed website, strong traffic,
excellent conversions with powerful
calls to action. You might also get
sales because you drive traffic to an
e-commerce site.
As an alternative, you might network
online and offline and generate
direct sales to collectors. This
scenario, selling direct to collectors,
is the best for artists and collectors.
It is what I teach and preach about.
Selling through galleries works.
There just are too few to go around.
There Is No Free Lunch.
You have to make your own way.
When you begin to move in the right
direction, you will find there are
those who want to help you. Start
making little victories. Each one
makes you a winner. We love
winners. We want the best for them.
Work for the day when it is you
helping an up and comer. Give back.
Pay it forward. Shrug off your
negativity and get moving. Your
career is waiting. You, yes YOU,
can achieve great things. Start to
believe. Aim high. Aim higher. Be
restless. Most of all, get going.
Click here to read full article.
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Jana Winters Parkin,
BFA, UVU art instructor.
Water Media Instruction
Located in the Provo
area, Jana is available to
teach workshops and private lessons in her home studio. Contact
info: www.parkinX.com 801-602-2726.
Toni
Youngblood, BA
Painting
Ongoing
beginner and
intermediate
acrylic painting through Salt Lake
Community Ed. Private and semi-private
lessons available. Watercolor, acrylic,
encaustic. Contact info:
Paige Kimball, BA: Watercolor Instruction
Located in the Yale-
Harvard area, Paige
announces a beginning
women’s watercolor
class 1-3p Wed
through the school
year. Especially
targeted for moms or
Those who need direction in choosing
supplies and getting started. $80/month.
[email protected] 801-599-7491
Marian Dunn
Watercolor and Acrylic
Instruction
Tuesdays, 1-4pm.
Located in the Salt Lake
area, Marian teaches
beginner to advanced
artists out of her home
studio at 228 Bryan Circle (1560 S)
$20/class. Contact info 801-581-1670
Tom Howard, MFA.
Watercolor Class at Salt Lake
Community College.
Classes are Tuesday and Thursday
evenings beginning May 20th and running
through the summer. 5:30pm – 8:35pm at
the Jordan Health Sciences Building,
Jordan Campus, Room 117
UWS Water Media Instructors
If you would like to be listed on the UWS Instructors
webpage, email the following information to Mary
Pusey at [email protected]
1. image of yourself
2. image of one of your paintings
3. your web address (if applicable)
4. your email address or contact information
5. Your credentials for instructing
6. Level of class(es) you teach
7. Type of Media
8. Location where you teach
Click here for examples of other UWS instructors
on the UWS website.
Useful Art Tips
UWS-CVC 2015-2016 Board
President
Laura Hawley [email protected]
Vice President
Phil Harrison [email protected]
Recording Secretary
Pat Leake [email protected]
Treasurer / Membership
Jill Bliesner [email protected]
Workshops
Brenda Brunello [email protected]
Show Chair
Jeannie Millecam
Assistant Show Chair
Eiko Anderson [email protected]
Art Librarian
Colleen Harrison [email protected]
Plein Air
Kara Swensen [email protected]
Critiques
Lester Lee [email protected]
Social Media
Phil Parisi [email protected]
Scholarship
Doug Hyldahl [email protected]
Publicity
Nancy Eastmond
Hospitality
Leisa Firth [email protected]
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or "Sig", has a beautiful show currently hanging in Furhiman Fine Art and Framing.
On the evening of the Logan Gallery Walk, she greeted friends and new viewers of
her work from her wheel chair. Her silk paintings are so vibrant and lively, and some
of her paintings made me wish for a road trip to New Mexico.
Sig spoke of some of the other artists we know who have influenced her work. I
thought of my own experiences with many of you. I am so grateful to know you, and
feel your influence in my own efforts to be a better painter. We artists sometimes
like to work alone, but I really feel we benefit greatly from the support, experience
and knowledge of those other artists around us.
I am a better artist because of my involvement in the Utah Watercolor Society, and I
have heard others share the same sentiment. When we help each other build this
organization, we all win. Thank you for the part you play! Get and stay involved! We
all need each other's support!
Upcoming Cache Valley Events:
Our next three workshops are Kristi Grussendorf, September 18th – 19th, "Poured
Painting Techniques"; Lester Lee, September 26th – October 3rd, "In the Steps of
Georgia O'Keefe"; and Charles Reid, October 12th – 16th.
We look forward to our upcoming meetings, starting in September. They will be in
the Logan Library, on the Second Tuesday of the month. critique starts at 6:30pm,
and our meeting starts at 7:00 pm.
Our Fall show will be in November. See the calendar on page 2 of the newsletter for
important dates.
-Laura
News From the North – Cache Valley Chapter
Blog Spot: www.uws-cvc.blogspot.com
CVC Member Meetings are held the
second Tuesday of each month at the
Logan Library.
Utah Watercolor Society is a great influence on me. I love
the opportunities my involvement gives me.
This August, I had the great privilege of seeing Joyce Baron
and Cache Valley Artist Richard Garland exhibit beautiful
paintings at the Kimball Art Festival in Park City. Richard
Garland's artwork has a wonderful spontaneous, watery feel
to it. I love what the paint does on his paper! I can really feel
the emotion of Joyce Baron’s dynamic work!
Another one of our Cache Valley painters, Dianne Siegfried, Laura Hawley
President’s Message
Alder’s Barn by Laura Hawley
Utah Watercolor Society
PO Box 581005
Salt Lake City, UT 84158-1005
www.utahwatercolor.org
8 UWS Paint Spot, September/October 2015
The UWS Paint Spot newsletter is
now email delivery only and will also
be posted at www.utahwatercolor.org.
Mail Masters will have all UWS Paint
Spot issues on file and available for
print requests. Mail Masters is located
at 3953 S Wasatch Blvd, SLC. Call
Dean at 801-998-8670 if you wish to
coordinate and purchase a printed
copy of an individual issue.
frame moldings, white or off-white
mats, regular glass (not Plexiglass),
and white foam board backing.
Complex orders (requiring more than
10 minutes of frame and mat
selection) will be referred to the
wholesaler's associated retail custom
framer with a discount coupon.
Sample pricing:
Quarter Sheet (11x15), with a 4-inch
mat into a 19x23 frame - $45
Half Sheet (15x22) with 4-inch mat
into a 23x30 frame - $55
Full Sheet (22x30) with 4-inch mat
into a 30x38 frame - $65
Prices will vary based on desired
frame choice and mat/frame sizes.
Sales tax additional.
Price includes frame, single white or
off-white mat, regular
glass, white foam board backing and
hanging hardware. Self assembly.
Redeem this offer with your free UWS
business card(s) that are available at
the sign-in desk at monthly UWS
member meetings.
Digital Newsletter
Custom Framing Deals
for UWS Members
Alpine Mat Company, a wholesale
custom framer, has agreed to
give current UWS members special
custom framing prices. They will be at
our September member meeting.
Alpine Mat Company
235 West Plymouth Ave. (3750 S.),
Suite 4, Salt Lake City, UT 84115
(801) 485-5515
Orders must be "simple" requests -
using Alpine Mat Company's in-stock
UWS eBlasts
BLASTS are UWS emails. They are
a membership benefit. You get
information and reminders AND you
get to share your events and
activities!
To sign up for BLASTS, go
to www.utahwatercolor.org. At the
bottom of any page is the link Get
UWS Blasts, our email
updates. Click on the link and follow
the directions.
To send a BLAST, format your
information in an email. Verify its
accuracy and include your contact
information. Attach a .jpg image if
possible. Send your email to Mary
Pusey: [email protected].
Not getting BLASTS or don’t want
to get them? Contact Mary Pusey at
the email address listed above for
help.
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