PPWS NEWS JUNE 2016

www.pikespeakwatercolorsociety.org

P.O. Box 355, Colorado Springs, CO 80903

Founded to promote, educate, and encourage artistic excellence in watercolor painting among members and within the community.

Next Meeting: June 15, 2016 Cottonwood Center for the Arts, 427 E. Colorado Ave., Colorado Springs, CO 80903 NOTE: NO MEETING IN JULY

President’s Letter

ONE BAD APPLE..... HALF FULL OR HALF EMPTY.… Those are a couple of phrases we use when we have an experience with an individual, or a fruit, or a vegetable, to describe what happens in a group when the force is disturbed by negative energy or a rotten spot. We focus not on how wonderful the other individuals are, or how flavorful the fruit is, or how tasty the rest of the veggies were, but on the fact that one incident has spoiled the entire experience. Sometimes we do that when we paint. How often I have heard someone reply to a compliment with a negative comment. "Oh yes it turned out except I should have used a different color" or "I wish I had done this in that corner instead." I know that when I finish a painting, it is always (or almost always!) my favorite painting....until I look at it for a few days and wish I had done something different. How difficult it is for us as humans to accept that life has its bad apples, that not every painting will turn out the way we had envisioned, or even that life will often throw a monkey wrench into the plans we had established. Maybe we had planned to get into the latest Continued on Page 2

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Hosts & Chefs

President’s Letter.....…….….……......1 & 2 Meeting Minutes……………..……….3 & 4 Programs…………………………………...5 C&B & Member Updates………….……...6 Calls & Workshops………….………........7 Other Opportunities……………………….8 Featured Artist……………………………..9 Photo Gallery………….…..…..…..……..10

Hosts: Sam Newcomb Robert Murray Sabrina Evans

Our Meeting Times Board: 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Social: 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM Meeting: 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM Program: 7:15 PM

June Program Rob Grishow Presentation on Photoshop, online submissions, his work, etc. http://www.robgrishow.com/portfolio/

Chefs: Sue Andzik Margaret Pasolli Carol Groesbeck

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Newsletter Editor: Karen Standridge Publisher: Johanna Cellucci Please submit articles and information by the 24th of July for inclusion in the July/ August 2016 newsletter to the editor at [email protected] or publisher at [email protected]

Connect with PPWS on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pikespeak-watercolor-society/

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show so we could finally get our signature membership but, for some reason, our painting was not accepted. Maybe we see just that one annoying aspect of someone's personality instead of the 157 good traits they have. How do we change our day to day outlook? I know that one thing I am trying to do is look at life differently. Maybe because I just had another birthday. Maybe because some of my friends are no longer on this earth. Whatever it is, I know that I want to learn to accept the fact that life is not about perfection but to celebrate the things that make me change my attitude. Did that color make you think about using it the next time you paint? Maybe what you did in that corner will look fantastic on the painting you are working on now. Maybe the trait in that person is what makes them great at what they do. In any case, put the bad apple out for the birds...maybe someday the seed will grow into an apple tree. It doesn't matter if the glass is half full or half empty....as long as it has wine in it!

Carol

“Still for a Moment” by Carol Losinski Naylor http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/carol-losinski-naylor.html

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General Meeting Minutes of May 18, 2016 by Eric Fetsch, Secretary

Board Meeting: There was no PPWS Board Meeting this month. General Meeting: Meeting was called to order 6:15 PM by Carol Naylor, President. Guests: Jeannie Howard, Merri Ziebell, Sue Torman, Susan Connie and Mary Jane Snyder were welcomed.

the meeting: Mary Piche as Vice President, Margot Ardourel as Treasurer and Rob Grishow as Secretary. International Watermedia: No report.

Members’ Show: Margot Ardourel, Members’ Show Chair, reported that intake will be November 9, show dates are Hosts and Chefs: Our hosts, Liz November 11, 2016, to January 5, Engel and Gail Wise, and chefs, 2017. The show will not be open Jeff Johnston and Sarah Patterson, to the public but, on the two were thanked for a delicious and afternoons of December 9 and 11, plentiful meal. the Pikes Peak Center will be open to allow the members to bring Information regarding the duties of clients to view the show free of the hosts is now posted in the charge. storeroom. Minutes: The minutes from the April meeting were approved as they appeared in the May newsletter. Treasurer’s Report: $15,000 is the approximate current balance in the PPWS accounts according to Carol Naylor.

Boulder Street Gallery & Framing PPWS Artist Co-op If you would like an opportunity to become a member, or guest artist for a month, contact Myra Patin at [email protected] to put your name on the waiting list. Visit BSG at: http://www.boulderstreetgallery.com

Library: Nina Cravens-Fry’s husband will donate her books to our Library. Myra Patin asked for donations of art and watercolor magazines. Cottonwood Gallery Wall: No report.

Boulder Street Gallery Report: July 1 is when we renew our contract for another year at the Marketing: No report. gallery. After contacting all the artists, there were openings which Membership: No report. were filled by those already on the waiting list. If you would like to Nominating Committee: When be added to our waiting list, which asked about putting together a currently has only two names nominating committee, Carol remaining, please call or email stated that Pattie Bowler had Myra Patin, Gallery Coordinator, already volunteered and nominated at [email protected]. herself for the position of President Continued on Page 4 with the following volunteering at Committee Reports

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Sue Andzik, BSG Guest Artist for May

Cottonwood Studio/Gallery In the interests of changing artwork every month, you can avail yourself of the opportunity of showing, and perhaps selling, your art for a small fee of $5 or $10, depending on its size. Please bring a piece or two to our meetings to be displayed on the outside wall space of our Cottonwood Studio/Gallery for a month at a time, or until the next meeting. If you have any questions, contact Eric Fetsch [email protected] Lou Ann Sosalla Critique Group Date: First Fridays, June 3, 2016 Time: 1:00 PM Place: Colorado Springs Senior Center 1514 N. Hancock Avenue Contact: Lou Ann at 719-599-3523 or email her at [email protected]

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Old Business: The winner of the “workshop for a new member” for this month was Sherrie J. Moore.

Cheyenne Mountain State Park this Saturday, May 21.

Memorial for Nina Cravens-Fry

Respectfully Submitted, Eric Fetsch, Secretary

The SCWS 2016 Aquarius National Watermedia Exhibition at NOTE: NO MEETING IN JULY the Sangre De Cristo Arts Center entry deadline is approaching. Please be sure to enter by May 31 through CaFE: https:// www.callforentry.org/ festivals_unique_info.php? ID=3153&sortby=fair_name&appl y=yes New Business: Carol held a sale before the meeting and raised over $1,000 for Cottonwood’s new scholarship program in memory of Denver Wolf.

“Glee” by Nina Cravens-Fry

Nina's husband, Frank Fry, is having a Message from Kay Beaubien memorial for her, which will be held on Sunday, June 5, and he hopes Humane Society Pikes Peak Region many of you can attend. 2016 Fur Ball

Gold Hill Mesa Coffee House Show, “Springtime in the Rockies,” curated by Carol Naylor, had a well-attended opening last Here are the numbers from the Fur Ball! I don't think we can get the Friday evening, May 13. Nina Cravens-Fry’s Memorial will be held by Frank Fry at their home in Pueblo on June 5 at 2:00 PM. (See third column on right of this page.)

figures for individual pieces, but we were a BIG part of the total!

Karen of the Humane Society, wrote: I have the art numbers for you. The total raised in the silent action was $29,000 - the art category was $5,181! This includes other art donors as well but the good news is When: Sunday, June 5, 2016 that art raised more money this year than last year. They lowered the Time: 2:00 PM starting bids this year so people ended Where: 1909 South Road up competing for many items. It was Pueblo, CO 81006 a different approach but it paid off!

Lorraine Watry announced the Western Federation and Colorado Watercolor Society Exhibitions, June 9 to August 28, which will be hanging concurrently at the Arvada Please tell your artists friends how Center. Laurel Bahe will be presenting a “Magnet Making” Workshop at

Frank said that Nina was not a conventional artist and not a conventional thinker, so her memorial will not be conventional either. It will be held outdoors (weather permitting) at their home. Light refreshments will be served.

much they are appreciated. They are supporting a wonderful organization that brings joy to so many homes by saving over 20,000 animals a year.

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Please put this date on your calendar and join everyone in saying goodbye to our fellow artist and dear friend.

Programs by Reveille Kennedy, Program Chair May Program:

June Program:

Eric Fetsch demonstrated the method for “Painting Like Monet” using the Integrated Palette technique. He explained the concept used by the Impressionists and demonstrated along with six volunteers. The Integrated Palette may use any combination of colors, evoking both night and day, and lights and darks. He laid out a palette using the following six colors: Indian Yellow, Alizarin Crimson, Cobalt Blue, Raw Sienna, Terre Verte and Costal Fog as the neutralizing color. The volunteers used simple leaf paintings to demonstrate what could be achieved.

Reveille Kennedy, Program Chair, has gotten our member, Rob Grishow, to do a presentation for our June program. He will speak about and show us Photoshop image cropping, editing, online submissions, and tell us about some of his unique work. Rob will have handouts to give us. He will also try to find some free apps that are simple for people to use and we can pick his brain for answers to our questions.

The Integrated Palette uses a method that produces soft combinations of colors and allows a range of grays and tones. The selection of colors is consistent and recognizable in each artist’s work. One poignant stroke of color often appears in each work as a counterpoint to the softness and light that is the result of the Integrated Palette. To learn more, visit Eric’s website: http:// ericfetsch.com/lets-paint-likeimpressionists

Rob has been painting since he was young, first learning how by watching Bob Ross on PBS with his dad. Starting with acrylics, he gravitated to oils and eventually watercolor, which really seized his interest. He attended the Colorado Institute of Art on a full scholarship and has been a graphic designer ever since, only recently diving back into watercolors. His previous work was much more realism based, but currently, a more flowing, abstract, and impressionistic feel stirs his passion.

“Rusty Hill House” ©Rob Grishow

Please visit Rob Grishow’s website at: http://www.robgrishow.com/portfolio/

“Outpost” ©Rob Grishow

Integrated Palette Demo using watercolors by Eric Fetsch Example of results on left by Laurel Bahe

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“Craggy Flow” ©Rob Grishow

Membership Updates and Crowing & Bragging

Crowing and Bragging:

Membership Updates Renewal period for the 2016/2017 Membership Dues is June 1 to September 1, 2016.

Rob Grishow had a piece accepted into the CWS State Exhibition in Arvada. Laurel Bahe was accepted into the Art Prize International Show in Grand Rapids, MI, in September 2016. Laurel will be doing an interactive crowd participation piece. Mary Piche was accepted into both the CWS Sate Exhibition and the Western Federation Exhibition, sold two paintings at Poor Richards, sold three paintings for the fundraiser, “Look What the Cat Brought In.” Robert Murray received First Place the at Sunny Vista Show, sold three paintings at Gold Hill Mesa, sold two paintings at a “House Show,” sold twenty-three to Museo del Desierto in Saltillo, Mexico, and is showing at 503 West Colorado Restaurant and Gallery opening on June 3 at 6:00 PM. Reveille Kennedy sold one painting at Arati Gallery, juried the Blossom Festival Show and is the featured artist at Arati Gallery this month. Lorraine Watry had a painting juried into the 2016 CWS State Exhibition. Sue Andzik sold two paintings at the Boulder Street Gallery.

“Howard Street Yard” ©Don Van Horn

The Membership Form and Signature Membership Application are on the PPWS Website. You can also join or renew your membership by paying your dues directly through the website at: www.pikespeakwatercolorsociety.org/ documents.html

Visit our PPWS Website http:// www.pikespeakwatercolorsociety.org

Also, please inform June Galaz, Membership Chair, of any changes in your phone number, home, email or If you would like your name under the website addresses. Email her at: “Membership” tab to link to your website, [email protected] contact Joan Judge at [email protected] and provide her with your website address.

Background of Green Apatite Genuine Courtesy of Lorraine Watry “Gateway To The Garden” ©Lorraine Watry

Crowing and Bragging

Note: We want to publish your accomplishments. Even if you are not at a meeting, or forget to put a note into our Crowing and Bragging “basket,” please If you have not visited our page, please feel free to send your information by the do. While you are there, consider giving 24th of the month for publication in the us a “Like” and inviting your friends to do next month’s newsletter to Johanna Cellucci at [email protected] or Karen the same. Standridge at [email protected] Visit our Business Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/Pikes-PeakWatercolor-Society-213815385337465/

Newsletter

“Chat Room” ©Kathleen Murray

Consider joining our Pikes Peak Watercolor Society Members Only Closed Facebook Group Page by visiting the link below and clicking the “Join” button. If you have any questions or need help, contact Becky Plack at [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/groups/ 1518360895114020/ Page 6

All members will be sent the newsletter by email attachment when it is published. It will also be uploaded to our website at http:// www.pikespeakwatercolorsociety.org/ newsletters.html. Only members without an email address will be mailed a printed copy. For those who have problems accessing the newsletter, you can request a printed, black and white copy be mailed to you by contacting Kathryn Kelso by email at [email protected]

Call for Entries and & Workshop Opportunities Call for Entries:

*National Watercolor Society 96th Annual International *Montana Watercolor Society Exhibition 34th Annual Watermedia Exhibition Deadline: July 15, 2016 Deadline: June 1, 2016 Jurors: Frank Webb, AWS, NWS Juror: Dale Laitinen, NWS, WW Paul Jackson, AWS, NWS Prospectus: Myrna Wacknov, NWS www.montanawatercolorsociety.org Juror of Awards: Derrick Cartwright, Director University Galleries, USD *Philadelphia Water Color Society Prospectus: http:// 116th International Anniversary nationalwatercolorsociety.wildapricot. Exhibition of Works on Paper org/ Deadline: June 10, 2016 Juror of Selection: Mary Whyte, AWS North East Watercolor Society Juror of Awards: Stewart White, 40th International Juried AWS, NWS Exhibition Prospectus: www.pwcsociety.org Deadline: July 22, 2016 Jury of Selection: Five previous Louisiana Art & Artists’ Guild award winners 47th Annual River Road Show Juror of Awards: Robert J. O’Brien, Deadline: June 13, 2016 AWS, NWS Juror: Bill Farnsworth, OPA Prospectus: www.northeastws.com Prospectus: www.laag-site.org/RiverRoad-Show Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society 13th National Exhibition *Watercolor West 48th Annual Deadline: July 23, 2016 International Juried Exhibition Juror: Thomas Schaller, AWS, Deadline: June 22, 2016 NWWS Juror: Robbie Laird, NWS Prospectus (available June 6): Prospectus: www.watercolorwest.org www.nfws.org Spokane Watercolor Society Annual Juried Show Deadline: July 1, 2016 Juror: Gloria Miller Allen, AWS, NWS Prospectus/Entry: https:// www.callforentry.org/ festivals_unique_info.php?ID=3300 CaFE Entry: https:// www.callforentry.org/ festivals_unique_info.php? ID=3300&sortby=fair_name&apply=y es *Pittsburgh Watercolor Society Aqueous Open 2016 70th Annual International Deadline: July 11, 2016 Juror: Gerald Brommer, AWS, NWS Prospectus: http:// pittsburghwatercolorsociety.com/ page-1735864 CaFE Entry: https:// www.callforentry.org/ festivals_unique_info.php?ID=3402

The New England Watercolor Society 15th Biennial North American Open Show Deadline: July 28, 2016 Juror: Mary Whyte, AWS Prospectus:

www.newenglandwatercolorsociety.org

NorthStar Watermedia Society 2016 National Juried Exhibition http://northstarwatermedia.com Deadline: August 1, 2016 Juror: Kerry Morgan, Minneapolis College of Art & Design Prospectus & CaFE Entry: https:// www.callforentry.org/ festivals_unique_info.php?ID=3204

*qualifying exhibition toward signature status

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Workshop Opportunities “Summer of Watercolor” Workshops Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities In connection with the WFWS41 Exhibit and the Colorado Watercolor Society Dates: June and July 2016 Instructors: Randy Hale, Janet Nunn, Kathleen Lanzoni, Pam McLaughlin and Lorraine Watry For information and to register, call 720-8898-7200 Or visit: http://arvadacenter.org/ Patience Heyl Workshops Taos, NM, Plein Air Workshops June 2-5, June 9-12, June 16-19, July 1-5, July 21-24, Aug, 18-21, Sept. 1-4 and Sept 15-18 Contact Patience for information and reservation details at [email protected] Quiller Gallery Creede, CO http://www.quillergallery.com June 4 to 10, 2016 Experimental Water Media August 16 to 26, 2016 Intensive Color and Water Media Seminar September 25 to October 1, 2016 Painting En Plein Air Martha Mans, AWS Painting Workshop in France September 3 to 13, 2016 Book: http://montfaucontours.com/tours/ Contact Martha: [email protected] Tom Lynch by the Colorado Watercolor Society Dates: September 13 to 15, 2016 Contact: Terrey Harrod at [email protected] NWS 2016 Workshops 9/26-9/28 Paul Jackson Painting the Night in Watercolor 9/30-10/2 Paul Jackson Reflection, Translucency and Transparency 10/24-10/26 Robbie Laird The Abstract Nature of Nature 10/27-10/29 Robbie Laird Layered Watermedia Paintings Register online: http:// nationalwatercolorsociety.wildapricot.org/ page-1591842 Southern Colorado Watercolor Society Linda Baker Workshop October 5 to 7, 2016 Contact Peg Macinick at: [email protected] Artist Getaways in 2016 Occidental, the Sonoma coastal forest October 16 - 22, 2016 register today

Other Calls and Opportunities

We Celebrate Nina Cravens-Fry

Taos Art Museum at Fechin House Juried Exhibition and Auction Call for Artists: Deadline June 25, 2016 Information and Prospectus: http:// www.taosartmuseum.org/call-forartists-2016.html Jean Pierre DeBernay will be going to Taos on June 24 to deliver some of his paintings to this auction. If anyone else is interested in sending paintings down with him, he will be glad to take them. Picking up returns will depend on whether he has to go back or not. He is hoping they will accept and auction off all of his entries, but he is glad to help if he can. Please call or email Jean Pierre with questions [email protected].

Celebrate the National Parks’ 100th Anniversary Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument “Plein Air Paint Your Park Event & Art Sale” Featuring The Pikes Peak Plein Air Painters www.PikesPeakPleinAirPainters.com Invitation extended to all local artists including PPWS by Kenneth Shanika, Director of PPPAP Painting Dates: August 20 to 27, 2016 Show Dates: August 27 and 28, 2016 Register: http:// pikespeakpleinairpainters.com/event/ 76605/florissant-fossil-beds-nationalmonument-plein-air PPPAP Facebook: https:// www.facebook.com/Pikes-Peak-PleinAir-Painters-634496989941501/

Commonwheel Artists Co-op is excited to announce an opportunity you might find of interest. We are looking to expand our online store and are searching for additional artists to help add items to our "virtual" inventory. All applicants will have their artwork juried so that we can maintain a level of quality and a good mix of products/styles. The jury process will be conducted using photos, so please be sure to send us your best representative examples.

June Galaz is inviting everyone to Steel City Art Works for First Friday, June 3, 5:00 to 8:00 PM. We have a large display of Nina's work and it will be up all month too. Thank you for your interest.

June Galaz To get more information, please go to http://www.commonwheel.com/e-storeSteel City Art Works form-main-page.html for the application We Celebrate Nina Cravens-Fry and additional details. Friday, June 3, 5:00 to 8:00 PM Thank you for your time, interest, and Steel City Art Works continued support of Commonwheel 216 S Union Ave, Pueblo, Colorado Artists Co-op! 81003 Juanita Canzoneri Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ Marketing Manager Steel-City-Art-Works-195533239358/? Commonwheel Artists Co-op http://www.commonwheel.com/about.html fref=tsp Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/ 1073307492735897

Margaret Pasolli would like to invite our members to visit Bella Art & Frame, 183 Washington Street, Monument, CO 80132, for Third Thursdays Art Hop receptions, May through September, from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Bella Art & Frame represents five of our PPWS members, Jo Gaston, Joan Judge, Margaret Pasolli, Myra Patin and GeorgiAnna Carpenter. Hope to see you next on June 16 for the second Art Hop of this season. Website: http:// www.bellaartandframe.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ Bella-Art-Frame-120255141334999/? fref=tsp Page 8

Victor Celebrates the Arts 17th Annual En Plein Air Art Show and Sale Labor Day Weekend September 3, 4 & 5, 2016 Victor, CO Registration Deadline: August 19, 2016 Online at: www.VictorCelebratesTheArts.org Email: [email protected] Phone: 719-689-5836

Featured Artist Jean Pierre DeBernay

“Blue Vase”

“Broad Tail Hummingbirds”

“Ballet Folklorico”

Jean Pierre DeBernay My first art commission paid me in marbles. I was born and raised in Normandy, France, and you could get extra credit in school if you illustrated your homework. I soon had a following of other students wanting me to decorate their homework for marbles. “By the Sea”

Skipping to the USA. The only job offer I received at Penn State was from a campus interview with Hallmark cards. I was his last meeting for the day, and he was eager to go fishing. That offer determined the course of my life and let me know God was at the helm. After eight years at Hallmark, I went on to become the art director at Current, Inc. Some of my most memorable events, other than getting married and raising two sons, include first place in the Kansas Watercolor Society Exhibition, and acceptances into Watercolor USA and the Rocky Mountain National. Somehow, I was included in many other national shows, at the Philadelphia Museum of Fine Art and printmaking exhibitions. “Wolves”

"Coffee Pot Panorama"

I joined the PPWS when we were less than twelve members and met in each other's homes. What a wonderful organization it has become. Watercolor is still my first love, but I find oil challenging also. Presently, I show at The Boulder Street Gallery and am represented by the One Sevenine Gallery in Sedona, AZ. I have an art ministry at Eastside Church, where I do worship painting, art parties and have used art in our prison ministry. I also teach classes and hold workshops when time permits. Website: http://www.debernaygalleries.com Page 9

Images of the PPWS May 18, 2016, Meeting and Eric Fetsch Watercolor Demonstration Photos by Johanna Cellucci

PPWS May Meeting and Watercolor Demonstration by Eric Fetsch - May 18, 2016

The well-attended May meeting was conducted by Carol Naylor, President. Our member, Eric Fetsch, demonstrated the method for “Painting Like Monet” using the Integrated Palette technique. He explained the concept used by the Impressionists and demonstrated along with six volunteers. The Integrated Palette may use any combination of colors, evoking both night and day, and lights and darks. He laid out a palette using the following six colors: Indian Yellow, Alizarin Crimson, Cobalt Blue, Raw Sienna, Terre Verte and Costal Fog as the neutralizing color. The volunteers used simple leaf paintings to demonstrate what could be achieved. The Integrated Palette uses a method that produces soft combinations of colors and allows a range of grays and tones. The selection of colors is consistent and recognizable in each artist’s work. One poignant stroke of color often appears in each work as a counterpoint to the softness and light that is the result of the Integrated Palette. To learn more about this, visit website: http://ericfetsch.com/lets-paint-like-impressionists

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