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BWS News – August 2019
by albert@ | Aug 17, 2019 |
From The President’s Brush
The summer weather has been mostly good this season. Let’s hope it stays that way as it offers many opportunities to paint.
BWS wishes to welcome another new Associate member: Brielle Wilchinsky Brielle is an artist of many talents including watercolor. She says: “I love using watercolor as a way to counteract my tendency to over-control in my artwork. Putting water to paper and letting colors mix, flow, and change allows me to experiment and loosen up in ways that i have never been able to in other media. It’s the medium I reach for when I want to relax and play with my art. I also find watercolor to be a very natural compliment to my meticulous and detailed sketching style.” Check out her website here.
BWS is happy to announce our fall exhibit at Gallery Three located at the Artists Resident Theatre’s space at 138 South Oxford Street in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. There are thirteen BWS signature member artists exhibiting. “A Watercolor Ensemble” will have its reception on Friday, September 20th at 138 South Oxford Street from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. Please mark your calendars and please be sure to attend and support our fellow watercolorists. Your presence would be most welcome and appreciated.
-Albert
Note: “Extra extra, read all about it!” Since Steve Yaeger, our BWS Newsletter-in-chief is utilizing MailChimp to facilitate the process, we are pleased to announce that all recent newsletters are now available for perusal and your convenience on the BWS website. In the future we hope to have all past newsletters available in an archive on the BWS website. Please check it out here.
From Maruchi Santana
New Fall Trip…all members welcome to visit the New York Historical Society for a 60-minute tour of the Society’s special exhibition
Artist in Exile: The Visual Diary of Baroness Hyde de Neuville &
Audubon Focus Gallery
on Thursday, November 7th at 12 noon. The tour will be
led by Curator of Drawings, Roberta Olson
$25.00 for adults
You will also receive: a 10% discount in the Museum Store,
admission to introductory film New York Story and
new Center for Women’s History film We Rise, and
individual vouchers for reduced Regular Admission tickets on a future visit.
For more info: Artist in Exile
Please RSVP Maruchi@parhamsantana.com by August 31st.
One of Jeff Berman’s mixed media watercolor paintings will be in the National exhibition of the Audubon Artists of America. He says that he has been experimenting with water color pencil, watercolor crayon and traditional watercolor in the same artwork.
His students at the senior center in Brooklyn have been working with different approaches to watercolor and his acceptance to national shows using different techniques have spurred them on. They are doing homework and staying after class to improve their skills. He adds, “I am proud of them.”
Members Gallery
Bob Ferguson tells us that his Flowers in a Blue Vase was “painted with as little detail as necessary to portray a vase of colorful flowers.” Bob adds that he “felt that the fluidity and softness of watercolor seemed particularly well suited for the subject.” The viewer, I’m sure, agrees that Bob’s finished work satisfies his comment.
Members News
BWS exhibiting at the Rockaway Artist Alliance in Fort Tilden, NY
Fifteen Brooklyn Watercolor Society member artists will have a group show at the Rockaway Artists Alliance’s sTudio 7 Gallery.
BWS will be exhibiting there:
Saturday and Sunday (Mother’s Day), May 12 and 13;
Saturday and Sunday, May 19 and 20; and then,
Saturday, Sunday and Monday (Memorial Day), May 26, 27 and 28.
BWS members exhibiting at the show:
Jeff Berman, Eleanor Comins, Jerry Comins, Arlene Cornell, Bob Ferguson, Ellen Hoyt, Rhea Kirstein, Judy Kunhardt, Christian LeGars, Albert Massimi, Helena Neesemann, Loretta Poole, Stephanie Rauschenbusch, Mark Rabinovich, and Steve Yaeger.
The exhibiting artists will be on hand to lead tours, lead discussions or give a painting demonstrations for our visitor’s delight.
Five workshops will be held during this exhibition:
Jeff Berman, “The Use of Watercolor Pencils”, Sunday, May 13, 12:30 to 2:30
Rhea Sarah Kirstein,”The Flow in Flowers”, Sunday, May 13, 2:30 to 4:00
Bob Ferguson, “Sky and Seascape”, Saturday, May 19. 1:00 to 2:30
Rhea Sarah Kirstein, “The Flow in Flowers”, Sunday, May 20, 12:30 to 2:00
Bob Ferguson, “Sky and Landscape”, Saturday, May 26, 1:00 to 2:30
Seating for each workshop is limited. Donation will be $10 per workshop, payable in person the day of the workshop. Please register by emailing the individual workshop leader to save your seat asap.
Click here to sign up for the workshop of your choice.
Tudio 7 Gallery is open for visitors from noon until 4:00 PM weekends only. The address for the Rockaway Artist Alliance sTudio 7 Gallery is Fort Tilden, Gateway National Recreation Area, Far Rockaway, NY 11695
by Henrietta | Apr 4, 2018
In September 2016 BWS has once again been invited to show at the New York Public Library Riverside Branch. At least 10 members have agreed to participate in this month long show so far.
The NYPL Riverside Branch is located at 127 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10023. They are usually open by 10am, although their daily closing hour varies.
The members are in the planning stages of choosing the art they want to show, and also what days they each will hold their “Meet The Artist” events.
Stay tuned for details.
Saint Francis College exhibit ending this week!
by albert@ | Sep 27, 2015 | Art Show, artist demonstration, Brooklyn, meet the artist, New York City
If you haven’t already seen the wonderful watercolor exhibition at St. Francis College in downtown Brooklyn, there are only a few days left before the paintings come down.–this week Wednesday, September 30th in the morning in fact, is your final opportunity!
BWS Show at LaMantia Gallery
Fri July 31st through Sun Aug 2nd
by henrietta | Jul 31, 2015 | Art Show, artist demonstation, Brooklyn, classes
The Brooklyn Watercolor Society is exhibiting at the LaMantia Gallery in Northport, Long Island. all weekend – from Friday, July 31st through Sunday, August 2nd.
We at BWS are very excited to be able to invite you to our art reception and “Meet the Artists” event this Saturday, August 1st, from 2:00 until 5:00 pm at the Gallery. The address is 127 Main Street, Northport, New York. 11768. The phone number for the Gallery is 631-754-844
The LaMantia Gallery is well known for representing the work of many International artists and hosting an array of different styles of art. Over the weekend, fifteen BWS artists will be exhibiting their work (you can see samples of their work by clicking Artist in the sidebar to the left).
Exhibiting artists are:
Jerry Comins
Arlene Cornel
John Dillon
Bob Ferguson
Terry Ferrier
Ellen Hoyt
Paul Keim
Rhea Kirstein
Judy Kunhardt
Albert Massimi
Helena Neesemann
Miriam Paul
Loretta Poole
Yuko Takei
Steve Yaeger
Will you be there? We hope so!
BWS Newsletter 2015 Test
by albert@ | Feb 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
Watercolor of the Month
Milford Zornes (1908-2008) was born and raised in Oklahoma graduating from high school in California. He hitch-hiked across the USA for a number of years befor attending the Otis Art Institute learning watercolor under Millard Sheets, a gifted painter and teacher. Zornes started winning awards for his work by 1933 and was a P.W.A.P. artist in the New Deal, painting murals in government and public buildings. In appreciation he was given a one man show in Washington, D.C. The show was viewed by president Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) and his wife. They liked his work and chose a painting to hang in the White House.
Zorne was drafted in 1943, serving as one of many US Army artists visiting various WWII war zones drawing and painting the history of the war. Mr. Zornes returned to California to help lead the en plein air movement of the "California Style" art painting alongside his former teacher, Millard Sheets Other members of the group were Rex Brandt, Pike Dike and others depicting the brightly lit western landscape in a direct, bold and colorful manner.
He was a teacher at his former school, Otis Art Institute, a theatre Art Director in Claremont California, and a fine artist. In 1994. His paintings can be found in many collections and museums including the White House, the Library of Congress Collection,
Robert Ferguson: My landscape, Marsh (left), is intended as a serene, soothing image with limited color and contrast. I think a few low-flying birds may have brought a little more to the overall feel of the picture. The Venice Canal painting has more going on, but it seems to express a quiet mood as well. I like it, but wish it had been a little brighter.
Treat yourself to a touch of spring! Considered America's first great watercolorist, John James Audubon painted his avian studies in unparalleled
exhibition Audubon's Aviary: The Final Flight (Part III of The Complete Flock) reveals new findings about the artist's methods and influences. This third installment illuminates Audubon's true genius and the multiple reasons why history names him an America icon and New-York Historical's watercolors a national treasure.This is your last chance to catch them for the next 10 years.
If you are interested in participating in this tour, please contact Stephanie: rauschenbusch@earthlink.net by Wednesday, the 11th. Based upon response, the details and tour will be worked out by Stephanie.
Off The Palette
Henrietta says to check out a site giving instructions on how to photograph and edit your art for a web site.
Copy and paste: http://theabundantartist.com
This gallery is offering a Watercolor basics class for $50. Think BWS could have an art show here:The Curator Gallery?