Brandywine River Museum

Noted on Lines and Colors blog, the Brandywine River Museum is hosting two fab landscape exhibits, one of which showcases the Hudson River School painters.

http://www.brandywine.org/museum/exhibitions/current

Click on "read more" for each exhibit and you'll see a few works from them. One example, a brilliant fall landscape by Bierstadt.

Lars Lerin

Lerin is a Swedish watercolor artist. He has a new exhibit opening at the American Swedish Museum in Minneapolis. The link is to a gallery that represents him. His work is very atmospheric, and some of the images look like he puts two or more full-size sheets together. I think these would be awesome to see in person.
http://www.larsbohmangallery.com/artists/lars-lerin

Flowers and Still Life

I was recently at the Denver Art Museum and saw In Bloom: Painting Flowers in the Age of Impressionism. The exhibit is over but you can still peruse the info on it: http://denverartmuseum.org/exhibitions/bloom

Among other lovelies, it included this one by Vincent van Gogh


and this Manet:


One really fun addition to this exhibition was that it included scents of specific types of flowers as well as freshly dug earth. You could smell these throughout the exhibition rooms. There was also a whole wall from which different scents were flowing. And you could snag a small scratch and sniff card to take away.

With my interest in still life, I have been poking around looking for resources and examples, and I came across this blog:
http://stilllifeinoils.blogspot.com/
Although there are not regular postings on the blog, there are plenty of postings in the archives, including some on contemporary artists working in the genre. Following is one by Laura Jones, an Australian artist.

Verna's Art Travels

This post is from Verna R., who's been traveling and seeing some awesome art:

Joan and I visited the Wisconsin Artists Showcase (Jura Silverman Gallery) in Spring Green, Wis.  Lots of great stuff there, but Dave Bielot was my favorite.   He has a Facebook page, but not an actual web site, apparently.  

I pulled a few paintings below and you can see a couple more in these web sites. He is a high school art teacher and watercolorist.

 

https://www.facebook.com/david.bielot

http://www.channel3000.com/madison-magazine/arts-culture/a-world-of-watercolors/32256654

http://www.uplandsguide.com/calendar/57/114-The-Wisconsin-Artists-Showcase-at-the-Jura-Silverman-Gallery-featuring-Watercolors-by-David-Bielot/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You know how when you're researching something, you always find other things :

This website has wonderful pastels by Susan Klabak:

http://susanklabak.blogspot.com/2014_09_01_archive.html 

And this one has watercolors by Vicky Lillaart:

http://www.vickylillaart.com/gallery.html

More John Singer Sargent

At the monthly WVWS meeting, Lorie Amick mentioned a John Singer Sargent exhibit at the Gardner Museum. Here's the link to that: http://www.gardnermuseum.org/collection/exhibitions/past_exhibitions/inscrutable_eye?filter=exhibitions:5553

Click on the images and you'll see much larger versions, which even show his brushstrokes.

WVWS members only -this week we begin displaying our watercolors at Sylvia's Brick Oven in Lafayette. The exhibits will be bi-monthly giving members an opportunity to exhibit and sell. It will showcase local art to the community. Members should have received an e-mail with details, if not, leave a comment here and you will be contacted.

Van Gogh, Turner, and Animation

Two items of interest:

There's a new Turner exhibit in Britain. Follow this link to a blog post about it: http://linesandcolors.com/2013/12/30/turner-the-sea/
In that post, there's a link to the museum. Once there, click on the arrow to see some animations of Turner's works (or buy your tickets if you will be in UK for the show!). Also, go down and click on the link for the book, which takes you to amazon and some images from the book, some of which are watercolors.

This link takes you to a short (3 min.) animated film of some of Van Gogh's paintings. Interesting possibilities! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPQSN3fNLF4&feature=player_embedded

John Singer Sargent techniques

In case you can't get to Boston or Houston, the last two stops for the JSS exhibition, follow this link to see some great videos on recreating his watercolor techniques: http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/john-singer-sargent-watercolors

2013 Juried Show Exhibit Is ending...

Just a reminder to all WVWS artists that our 2013 juried show at TAF finishes tomorrow, October 25.  Please stop by and pick up your paintings.  It would be nice if your painting is sold and the new owner picks it up!  More to come on that if we have made some sales.

Reminder: Matisse exhibit

Just a reminder. The Matisse exhibition at the Indianapolis Museum of Art opens today, Sunday, October 13: http://www.imamuseum.org/exhibition/matisse-life-color-masterworks-baltimore-museum-art

ArtPrize 2013

An amazing art exhibit you can explore on line if you can't get to Grand Rapids, Michigan, is ArtPrize 2013.  It's unique because any artist in the world can enter for a small fee, and win the largest monetary prizes in the world for an art show:  $200,000 for first place, $75,000 for second place and $60,000 for 3rd place.  The jury to determine the winners?  The general public votes!  Check out the web site for photos of the 1500 exhibits that blanket the city.  The winners will be announced this weekend!  www.artprize.org.  The photo is a quilt carved from wood.  Look at the web site and marvel and the creativity of artists!

Finding Beauty in BadThings:Porcelain Vine created by Fraiser Smith

Award Winning Paintings from the WVWS 2013 Juried Show

Here they are the winners! Congratulations!  You can see the exhibit will be at the Tippecanoe Arts Federation until  October 25, 2013

Best in Show

A.D. 80

Victoria Willis

NFS

First place

OCTOBER SYMPHONY 

Rena Brouwer

325.00

Second Place

YOUR ANGER BECOMES YOU 

LaDonna Vohar

425.00

Third Place

CROCKS & MORE

Arvilla Friar

300.00

Honorable Mention

FORGOTTEN TOY

Judith Sorton

NFS

Honorable Mention
NOT YOUR AVERAGE GOLDFISH

Jerrie Heath

500.00

Honorable Mention
POPPIES

Axie Frey

300.00

2013 Annual Juried Show and Gallery Walk

Tonight is the opening reception for the 2013 Annual Juried Show held at Tippecanoe Arts Federation and part of the Gallery Walk.  Local watercolor artists have created some wonderful pieces that the WVWS is proud to present in this exhibit.  Join us for the reception at 6:00pm.
click on this link for details.
.http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs110/1102142480891/archive/1114939224980.html

Busy Day for WVWS!

The third Tuesday is the regular day for the WVWS monthly meeting.  Receiving paintings for the annual juried show today, made it a very full Tuesday.  The judge will have a challenge when he juries the 40 entries tomorrow.  The show opens to the public at 6:00 this Friday, at the Tippecanoe Arts Federation.  It is also the Art Walk, so art lovers will have plenty of art to enjoy.

Becky Brody gave a stimulating hands on demo with YUPO.  Everyone enjoyed trying their hand at this serendipity art experience.

The Hoosier Salon Exhibition Field Trip

WVWS Field Trip

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The Hoosier Salon Exhibition

Saturday, August 24, 2013

Come see the fantastic annual Hoosier Salon Exhibition, a juried show that has began at Marshall Fields in Chicago in 1925 and moved to Indianapolis in 1940.  (One of our own member, LaDonna Vohar, has a painting in the show this year.)  The show is at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center at 450 W. Ohio St. in Indianapolis.  Following is the schedule.  Some times at the museums are flexible.  We will have car pools.

Schedule:

9 a.m. – Car pools depart from the Tippecanoe Art Foundation parking lot.

10:15 a.m. - Arrive at the History Center to view the show.

Noon – lunch at the café at the History Center.

1 p.m. – Drive over to the Indianapolis Museum of Art

3 p.m. – Head home.

Costs:

History Center:  adults $7, seniors 60+ $6.50 (if we have a group of 10 cost is $6 each or $5.50 senior)

Lunch varies.

Indianapolis Museum of Art - free one hour tour if we have a group of 10.

Car pool and parking cost is $8.00 per person.

Car pools:

Presently Marilyn Martin and Lanni Senn are driving and have room for 4 riders each.  If you are interested in going along or driving, please phone Sheila Graveel at 765 586 -8041 or Marilyn Martin at 574 274-6861.  We need to know how many are coming as soon as possible. 

If you want to drive yourself or meet us there, we would be glad to see you!

West Lafayette Public Library Exhibit

Many hands make light work, and Thursday we saw that in action, as the WVWS members worked together to hang a lovely watercolor exhibit at the West Lafayette Public Library.  Here are a few photos of the works, but no substitute for actually seeing the exhibit!  It will be on display until August 31.

Michael Lockard Hanging Paintings

1007 Main Street by Michael Lockard

French Countryside by Linda Brammell

Scottish Highlands by Margie Towery

Apple by Verna Ritz

Abstract by Jean Jasckson

Summer on the Celery Bog by Barbara Lee

Along  the Tippecanoe by Maryiln Martin

Respite for Cranes by Marsha Castillo

Artist Marilyn Martin

Something to Buzz About by Jerie Artz

House on the Hill by Jean Jackson

Moutain Gate by Lanni Senn

L'ascenseur a Nice by Linda Brammell

Trilliums by Arvilla Friar

Artist Becky Chapman

Vision by Pam Lassiter

Upcoming IMA Exhibitions

Upcoming at the Indianapolis Museum of Art:

Watercolor Society of Indiana exhibition opens Oct. 11
Matisse, Life in Color, exhibition opens Oct. 13

Mark your calendars! This would make a good field trip for WVWS.

Member's Exhibit at the West Lafayette Public Library

August will be here before we know it.  WVWS members are getting ready to exhibit paintings at the West Lafayette Public Library.  Here is the basic information if you would like to participate in this event:

"Something to Buzz About" by Jerie Artz

John Singer Sargent Watercolors

I had planned to post a review of the book on this major exhibition, "John Singer Sargent Watercolors." Instead, here's a link to a review of the exhibit, along with some closeups:
http://www.linesandcolors.com/2013/07/07/more-on-sargent-watercolors-at-the-brooklyn-museum/

The book includes a lot of information about JSS's techniques and materials. The book itself is fabulous.

Venues:
Brooklyn Museum until July 28
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, October 13--January 20, 2014
Houston, March 2--May 26, 2014

I plan to see it in Houston.

Transparent Watercolor Society of America

The 2013 exhibition winners are up on the TWSA site: http://www.watercolors.org/exhibitions/2013/

The winners are at the top of the page and the other exhibitors are listed below (click on a name to see the painting).