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Middletown Arts Center Area Art Exhibition
Two WOWS members were recognized at the 2024 Middletown Area Art Exhibition: Billie Dickson won 3rd Place in Water Media with her painting "Half Timber House in Normandy" and Rose Schultz won 2 Honorable Mention awards, one in Water Media with "Leeward Boat" and one in Mixed Media with "Woodland Path".
From the President
The WOWS Holiday Fine Art Show is up and will run through Dec. 22, 2024. The juror, Margie McCollough, has selected the award winners and her statement on judging the show is as follows: "I was honored to be the juror for the December Show of the Western Ohio Watercolor Society. I think all the work in the show was very good and it was difficult to narrow it down for the awards. Recognizing that watercolor is one of the most difficult mediums to master, I applaud all the artists involved in the show. Choices were made on technique, originality, subject and execution. I did not base the awards on a specific genre but on pieces that were interesting and would draw the viewer in for a closer look. Overall, the show was very professional and well done."
Congratulations to our award winners:
1st Place: (Due to unusual circumstances, 1st place has been forfeited)
2nd Place: Jeanette Ferguson. “Big Mountain at Whitefish, MT"
3rd Place: Tessa Kalman, "The Homecoming Parade"
Honorable Mention (4):
Paula Whittington, “The Gardener”
Nyeon Ju Woo, “Late of Autumn”
Billie Dickson, “The Birder”
Carol Edsall, “Summer’s Last Hibiscus”
Show award winners
December 1, 2024
Hello Members,
As I sit here tapping out this message to you, the snow is falling, I’ve just enjoyed some Thanksgiving leftovers, and I have pecan pie awaiting me when I’ve finished. For this, I am thankful. Along with pie, I’m also looking forward to our Holiday Fine Art Show, because it's always fun to see what artistic endeavors our group has been up to. (See the "Show Opportunities" section for details.)
I’m also thankful for the folks who responded to my call for news-worthy events and information; you’ll see those mentioned below. One news tidbit that I’ll share here took me back to a time after I had just graduated college and attended a Guild of Natural Science Illustrators workshop in Seattle. One of the classes was on using watercolor techniques in botanical illustration. I learned a lot in that 2-day class, and although these days I’ve moved away from such exacting detail in my work, I still appreciate the blending of science and art in these beautiful paintings. A current artist whose work you might appreciate is Julia Trickey - an award-winning UK botanical illustrator who has painted, taught and authored articles about her work over the last 20 years. See her work here: https://www.juliatrickey.co.uk/, and thank you, Jane, for the tip!
I hope I see many of you tomorrow at registration, and even if you can’t participate in the show, please visit the exhibit and enjoy the efforts of your WOWS colleagues.
Cheers, Tessa
President WOWS
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Page updated 12/20/2024
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(NO meetings the months of:
January, February, July, August, November and December.)
Fellowship at 12:30 PM; Program at 1:00 PM
Also of note, these WOWS members' works were accepted into the Middletown show:
Sherry Li Cai, Carol Edsall, and Karen Livingston. Congratulations!