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Dispatch Volume 46, No.3 PO Box 6059, Raleigh, NC 27628-6059 ncwatercolor.org Summer 2021 WATERCOLOR SOCIETY OF NORTH CAROLINA The Palette Key Dates for the 2021, In Person, Tom Francesconi Workshop & Hotel Booking August 1 - Registration opens to non-members of WSNC August 15 - Hampton Inn Hotel discount ends August 20 – Workshop Registration closes The class opens to non-members of WSNC on August 1 st . So, if you have any friends who are not members, either get them to become members of WSNC, or have them sign up by then. There is a discounted rate for students who make a hotel reservation with the Hampton Inn in Lenoir, but you must make a reservation by August 15. To get this rate call the hotel at 828-758-7664 and book under ‘Watercolor Society’. This gets you a room for $124 a night. October rates will be $149-169 or higher, and the hotel usually books up due to leaf color tourists. This is the closest hotel to the Broyhill Civic Center and Lenoir’s newest hotel. The most important date to be aware of is August 20 th . You need to sign up for the class by this date. WSNC will be forced to cancel this event, if we do not fill this workshop by August 20 th . It would be a shame to lose this op- portunity with the talented Tom Francesconi. If we are forced to cancel the workshop, you will receive a full refund. If you have friends who are not WSNC members either get them to become members, or have them sign up by August 1 st . Continued on page 2 Greetings Fellow Members of the Watercolor Society of North Carolina By Zan Thompson WSNC, 2021 Workshop Coordinator Tom Francesconi’s Painting Fresh and Expressive Watercolors workshop will be held Monday through Wednesday, October 4-6, 2021, in Lenoir, North Carolina at the Broyhill Civic Center and we are all interested in protecting the health of our participants. We need to fill this class! For those of you who may be ‘sitting on the fence’ due to questions or concerns because of covid, here is some information to encourage you: The class will be held in a large, 5,250 square feet classroom. Student workstations will be spaced far apart for ample social distancing. With twenty students and Tom, our instructor, there will be 21 people in this space giving each person 250 square feet each! The space is designed for large banquets, and therefore has quality ventilation. In addition, the WSNC Board has agreed to require face masks or face coverings for students due to concerns of covid variants. The Broyhill Center may require additional protocols based on virus conditions at the time of event.

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DispatchVolume 46, No.3 PO Box 6059, Raleigh, NC 27628-6059 ncwatercolor.org Summer 2021

WATERCOLOR SOCIETY OF NORTH CAROLINA

The Palette

Key Dates for the 2021, In Person, Tom Francesconi Workshop & Hotel Booking

August 1 - Registration opens to non-members of WSNCAugust 15 - Hampton Inn Hotel discount ends

August 20 – Workshop Registration closes

The class opens to non-members of WSNC on August 1st. So, if you have any friends who are not members, either get them to become members of WSNC, or have them sign up by then.

There is a discounted rate for students who make a hotel reservation with the Hampton Inn in Lenoir, but you must make a reservation by August 15. To get this rate call the hotel at 828-758-7664 and book under ‘Watercolor Society’. This gets you a room for $124 a night. October rates will be $149-169 or higher, and the hotel usually books up due to leaf color tourists. This is the closest hotel to the

Broyhill Civic Center and Lenoir’s newest hotel.

The most important date to be aware of is August 20th. You need to sign up for the class by this date. WSNC will be forced to cancel this event, if we do not fill this workshop by August 20th. It would be a shame to lose this op-portunity with the talented Tom Francesconi. If we are forced to cancel the workshop, you will receive a full refund.

If you have friends who are not WSNC members either get them to become members, or have them sign up by August 1st. Continued on page 2

Greetings Fellow Members of the Watercolor Society of North CarolinaBy Zan Thompson WSNC, 2021 Workshop Coordinator

Tom Francesconi’s Painting Fresh and Expressive Watercolors workshop will be held Monday through Wednesday, October 4-6, 2021, in Lenoir, North Carolina at the Broyhill Civic Center and we are all interested in protecting the health of our participants.

We need to fill this class! For those of you who may be ‘sitting on the fence’ due to questions or concerns because of covid, here is some information to encourage you:

• The class will be held in a large, 5,250 square feet classroom.• Student workstations will be spaced far apart for ample social distancing. With

twenty students and Tom, our instructor, there will be 21 people in this space giving each person250 square feet each!

• The space is designed for large banquets, and therefore has quality ventilation. • In addition, the WSNC Board has agreed to require face masks or face coverings for students due to

concerns of covid variants. • The Broyhill Center may require additional protocols based on virus conditions at the time of event.

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Contact me, Zan Thompson, should you desire to see the class description and workshop supply list prior to signing up. Workshop participants have the opportunity to dine with Tom on a pay-on-your-own basis Tuesday night. This is a great way to get to know Tom better.

Friends and colleagues, please sign up on the WSNC website at your earliest opportunity and let’s make this workshop happen. Again, please feel free to contact me, if you have any questions.

[email protected]

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Tom Francesconi

Paintings by Tom Francesconi

How to Access the Online Annual Meeting October 3rdby Peggy Saporito WSNC, President

To all WSNC Members: The WSNC 2021 Annual Meeting and Award Pre-sentation will be held online Sunday, October 3, 2021, at 10AM EST. Please plan to join us for this important and exciting event.

To attend, you must pre-register. An email inviting you to register has been sent to all members. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about how to join the Webinar meeting. This same email, with the instructions on how to access the meeting, will be sent to all those who have registered one week before the meeting, as a reminder, and

again, one day before the meeting. Click on the “Join Meeting” box within one of these reminder emails on the day of the meeting. You will be connected to the meeting.

The Annual Meeting Agenda will show on your screen until the meeting starts. You will NOT need to enter a Webinar ID unless you call in by phone. If you do call in, the Webinar ID is listed in your reminder email. All attendees will enter, and remain muted during the meeting.

Questions can be sent to the designated Board member during the meeting using the ‘Question’ Section on your control panel. NOTE: In case the querry does not receive a reply within 10 minutes, contact Barb Rohde at [email protected] right away.

It would be wise to allow yourself at least 15 minutes to log in before the meeting on October 4.

Registration URLhttps://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8324395253928150541

Webinar ID873-819-555

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Back to Some Normalcyby Peggy Saporito WSNC, President

We are looking forward to a bright and normal future for WSNC. In 2022 the Annual Juried Exhibition and Con-ference will take place in New Bern with juror Don Andrews. Group rates have been secured at the Bridge-pointe Hotel & Marina for $105, and at the Hanna House for $123. More details to follow in future newsletters.

There was a total of 244 entries submitted by 135 artists for the 2021 Annual Juried Exhibition. Congratulations to the 70 entries that were jur-ied in by Tom Francesconi. It is always exciting to have your painting selected and disappointing when it isn’t selected, but I can only tell you from experience, just try again. What is turned down one year could be accepted the next, or it might be accepted into another competition.

We have 8 available spaces for the Tom Fran-cesconi Workshop at the Broyhill Civic Center in Lenoir. Please read the information regarding this workshop in this newsletter on pages 1 & 2.

Kathleen Conover has agreed to be our juror in 2023. I am still working on finding a venue in the Central Region for the Annual Exhibition and Conference.

We are going to be formulating guidelines for the Permanent Collection. Rick Bennett will be work-ing with a committee to recommend suggestions to the Board. Anyone willing to serve on this committee, please notify Rick at [email protected].

Beth Bale has agreed to organize the WSNC booth at the ‘Arts of the Carolinas’ in Raleigh at the Hilton Raleigh North Hills November 12–14. She will be at the WSNC display with catalogs, new rack cards, and other relevant marketing material. This is a wonderful event with work-shops, a vast variety of art supplies, and oppor-tunities to network. Anyone willing to help Beth man the WSNC booth, please contact Beth, [email protected] or me, [email protected]

We were extremely saddened to hear of the death of Russell Yerkes who died on May 19, 2021. He served as the WSNC president from 2002–2004, 2009–2010 and 2013-2014. He initiated the Art In Education Program which began in 2007. This WSNC program, with matching funds from Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff, supports local schools by supple-menting their art departments. WSNC offers a teachers’ scholarship to attend the annual work-shop, and Cheap Joe’s provides art supplies.

New WSNC MembersKathleen Butts ClaytonRyann Carey HillsboroughSusan Caudill West JeffersonTerry Conlon Wake ForestJudith Getz CaryJo Glotzbach MadisonSusan Gragg SanfordAlma Hoffmann WaynesvilleJames Keul DurhamAnn Kyle PittsboroCathylee Mahin Chapel HillBrowen McCormick CandlerLynne McDuffie RobbinsMarsha Mills BeaufortSandra Moore AshevilleDonna Moree GreensboroAleksandra Padua CaryOlga Roesch OrientalDavid Wasserboehr GreensboroAlison Willard Hickory

Current Membership StatsActive: 240; Active Signature: 124;New: 42; Life Members: 17; Pending: 108

The Board has renamed this the ‘Russell Yerkes Teachers Scholarship Award’. Russell was also in-strumental in creating the Permanent Collection which is on display throughout the State several times during the year. In honor of his many con-tributions to WSNC, a Russell Yerkes Memorial Award has been established to which members may contribute. To donate, go to the Memorial Award on our website, ncwatercolor.org

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Oct 3 - Nov 12

Workshop Registration Opened to Non Members

Hampton Inn Hotel discount ends

Worshop Registration closes

10AM Annual Meeting, Recognition, Juror Demo, Exhibition Awards

In-Person Workshop at Broyhill Civic Center, Lenoir, NC

Online Annual Juried Exhibition

2021 WSNC EVENTS CALENDAR

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We Remember and Honor Russell Howard Yerkes IIMay 23, 1955 ~ May 19, 2021

Known for his colorful, detailed, brilliant watercolor paintings, Russell Yerkes’s talent was immeasurable. After studying Art History at Mansfield State College, Russell continued to pursue his lifelong love of drawing and painting, and became an internationally recognized, award-winning artist.

Russell earned signature recognition with the American Watercolor Society and the Midwest Watercolor Society and was an active Signature Mem-ber of the Watercolor Society of North Carolina where he served multiple terms as president.

Russell’s involvement in the North Caro-lina art community leaves behind a legacy

of stewardship. He was passionate about art, teaching and mentoring, and was integral in the development of art education in North Carolina Public Schools. As WSNC president in 2007, along with Joe Miller, he developed the Art In Education Program which helps supplement the local schools’ art departments in the city of our annual

exhibition. This pro-gram, with matching funds from Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff, enables multiple students to further their love of the arts. The WSNC Art Teacher Scholarship Award parallels this program. WSNC pays for a teacher to attend the annual workshop, and Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff covers their supplies. Because of his dedication in developing this mentoring program, the WSNC Art Teacher Scholarship will be now called the Russell Yerkes Art Teacher Scholarship.

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In 2009, Russell initiated the WSNC Permanent Collection. This collec-tion travels to different North Carolina venues, increasing the visibility and stature of watercolor.

In 2010, Russell implemented the Traveling Show consisting of 30 pieces selected by the annual juror to travel throughout the State.

A regular at eastcoast art shows, Russell left a lasting impression on his peers. Russell was humble and kind. His energy, enthusiasm and zest were contagious.

Russell was a family man, immensely proud of his sons, best friends with his wife, Brenda. Dare County Arts Council hopes to reschedule his exhibition, ‘Finding My Way’, in 2022.

Thank you, Russell. WSNC truly misses, and thanks you for making the world a more beautiful place.

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Get Into Shapeby Rick Bennett

‘Cary Stop for Footlongs’ was a commission using the client’s photo (right). There were a lot of shapes!

Use of shapes is a powerful tool to develop your painting. Shapes can be geometric or organic, interesting or cliche, iconic or unique, and if you ignore them,

they may work against your painting. No matter the subject, the selection and handling of shapes make a painting. Find the shapes in your sub-ject, and if there aren’t any, make some up or choose another subject. The size of the shape and it’s placement begin to talk about its im-portance. The value of your shape is a control factor in determining it’s importance. To make that shape more important, increase the contrast in value with the surrounding shapes. Making the value closer to the surrounding shapes will subordinate the shape. Objects close in value will unite into a larger mass.

Brightness of color affects the importance of a shape. Making the color less bright will sub-due that shape, allowing another area to be the star. Vivid color brings more attention. You can see the NC State Fair at the outer edges on my painting, but quieter color reduces importance.

Hardness of edge controls the importance of your shape. Hard edges draw attention. They speak about the solidity and strength of the object. Soft edges tend to blend with the back-ground. Soft edges allow the eye to move on to other areas.

Some shapes are iconic and immediately iden-tify the object. Pears, stop signs, eggs, and ketchup bottles at a hot dog stand.

Shapes can be boring. Oranges are round so you must make them interesting. Group them with overlapping edges and they become a larg-er irregular mass with shadows that extend the shape. Don’t just copy life or the photograph you are working from. Choose how you need each shape to be in order to develop a successful painting.

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Things are really looking up!by Suzanne Hetzel WSNCCentral Region Director

2022 Central Region Exhibitionat Campbell House Galleries

Southern Pines, NC, Moore CountyMark your calendar for the joint showing of

WSNC Central Region artists and the Seagrove Woodfired Potters, on May 2-30, 2022. They

are a well known, respected potters’ group that will bring in additional viewers.

— A Possible Workshop —

‘Revisit and Restore’We would look at our old paintings and deter-mine how to improve them, re-working them directly on the old painting, or repaint them on new watercolor paper. We will critique the before (photo) and after. If you have a paint-ing you would like to improve, snap a photo of it prior to the workshop. If we have an exhibit, the photo will be displayed next to the improved painting. More information will be forthcoming.

Our Mini One-Day workshops at Jerry’s Artara-ma are still on hold. We will send out word as soon as things open up again. In the meantime, keep painting!

Central Region Directors Ellen Newman - [email protected] Suzanne Hetzel - [email protected]

(We’re looking at two more venues in 2022) __________________________

Thanks to Beth Bale For opening up her home and farm to some of our artists. A great day was had by one and all! This is ALWAYS a great source of inspiration.

On June 12, five WSNC members joined with a few Sanford Brush and Palette Club members to paint en plein air at the farm of Beth Bale near Sanford. The day had been forecast for rain on and off, but the intrepid group were de-termined to paint!

They had four hours of overcast weather. Just as they left the skies opened up.

Joe Lahita was unconcerned in his cozy location inside the barn. The horses and chickens welcomed the attention, and inspired sever-al artists to paint them.

Beth said this group was one of the friendliest and most generous groups she has had the pleasure

to host. Painting outside teaches important les-sons in painting loosely, and seeing true colors in nature. As she said, “Photos flatten color and dull shadows. In painting en plein air, we see and mix colors as they are in nature. [We paint] quickly and [do] not overthink it. [The] freshest paintings...come from painting en plein air.”

Anyone wishing to or-ganize a plein air event near them are encour-aged to do so.

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See Eastern Region’s Sabine Baeckmann’s work in

Upcoming events22nd Annual Landfall Foundation

Art Show and Sale

Aug 25-27, 2021, 10AM-7PM Country Club of Landfall800 Sun Runner Place

Wilmington, NCA charitable organization in

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Barb Rohde’s painting, Horseshoe Crab Medley is in the

South Carolina Watermedia Society’s 44th Annual National Juried Exhibition

Aug 2 - Sept 24, 2021Pickens County Museum

307 Johnson St, Pickens, SC 29671In-person at the museum and

live-streamed online!Awards Ceremony Aug 28th, 4:30PM - 6:30PM

‘Nature Up Close’ Workshop

JoAnn Pippin WSNC, InstructorFlorence Thomas Art School

West Jefferson, NC

Monday Mornings in September

‘Nature Up Close’ is a great class for people who love to see patterns and color in fields, forests, and mountain trails. This class ex-plores basic techniques and skills in water-color painting, using different natural themes such as fruit on a branch, fallen leaves, lichen patterns on rocks and tree trunks, and light on blossoms and foliage. In each of 4 sessions we will match technique to subject matter, producing paintings that introduce the dif-ferent approaches that watercolorists use. The goal for practicing artists is to explore new ways of painting familiar subjects, and for beginning watercolorists to find a favor-ite technique. We will all work with the same reference photos and drawings, in order to learn the basics, so you will be able to use your skills with future subjects. Be prepared for some homework, as the 3-hour sessions are for demonstrations, discussion, and starts on paintings you will work on during the week that follows the class.

To register, call the Art School at 336-846-3827, or email [email protected]

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Looking Forward to 2022!by CoraMae Pipkin WSNC, Art In Education Director

Hello my fellow members! Wow, Covid has truly interrupted the Art In Education program. There will be no Art In Education awards again this year. The pandemic has prevented us from working with the teachers and raising money for this program. I am so very sorry that this program has been nega-tively affected, but I am truly looking forward to the 2022 Annual Conference in New Bern!

Until then, please take time to offer new or gently used art materials to your local schools. The art teachers are always grateful for donations to help give their students new creative experiences!!

Remember to order supplies from Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff, as they are our greatest supporters of the Art In Education program!

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Aqua and Equis: The Work of Sabine Baeckmann and her Students

Oct 9 - Nov 6, 11AM to 4PMArtExposure of Hampstead, NC

22527 Highway 17Hampstead, NC

Teaching and resi-dent artists’ gallery in Pender County, ArtExposure is a half hour’s drive north of Wilming-ton. Over 5,000 s.f. houses working art-ists’ studios, class-rooms, in-house

custom framing services, a gift and art supplies shop, and displays of nearly 40 local and region-al artists. ArtExposure50.com

26th Annual

Art in the Arboretum Exhibit and SaleNov 5-7, 2021

(Rain date: Nov 12-14, 2021) New Hanover County Arboretum

6206 Oleander DriveWilmington, NC

Wilmington Art Association

Sabine also has work in the

Seacoast Artists Gallery, Myrtle Beach, SC, and the Suncliff-on-the-Lake histori-

cal retreat on Lake Erie in

Derby, NY.

EASTERN WSNC

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ART AND THE LAW

(This article originally ran in the 2017 winter issue of

The Palette Dispatch)

What rights do I own in a work of art I have created? How long do rights last?

by Attorney Patti Jenkins, Hogue Hill, LLP

In my legal practice I often advise visual art-ists about their legal rights in the works they create. Below are responses to questions I am often asked by artists:

An artist owns the copyright in their works. Copyrights are protected under the federal Copyright Act, which provides that “copyright vests in the author of an original work of au-thorship fixed in a tangible medium of expres-sion.” What does that mean?

The “author” is the person who is the creator of an “original” work. An “original” work is any work that is the independent creation of the au-thor. “Original” does not mean novel. For exam-ple, your painting of poppies is original, even if many other artists have painted paintings of poppies. All that is required to be “original” is that is created by you and is your expression (not copied from another’s work, photograph, etc.). In other words, copyright protects your “expression” of the poppies, not the idea of painting poppies.

Copyright “vests”, which means the copyright is created and owned by you in that work, immediately upon your creation of that work. You don’t need to do anything more to own the copyright in that work.

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Watercolor Workshop in Umbrella Umbria, Italy!October 17 - 28, 2003

by Ann Vasilik, WSNCM

Commissions kept pouring in. My prints were selling like crazy. Everyone wanted my endorsement, and my name was a household word. But, something was wrong—so predictable, a comfortable rut. I needed new ideas, I needed mistakes! Along came opportunity, a watercolor workshop in Umbria, Italy. I was off to ‘paint my brains out’!

I filled my suitcase with art supplies, full sheets of paper, stretched pads, sketchbooks, tracing paper, pencils, pens, brushes, every tube of paint I had, camera, folding stool, French easel, water bottle, art umbrella, sunglasses, suntan lotion, sun hat, even pea-nut butter and crackers for street-side lunches. And...oh, yes...shorts, t-shirts, san-

dals, sundresses, a sweater for cool evenings. I threw in a raincoat just in case.

I met Charlotte Britton, our instructor and guide in Rome. A bus took us to a restored 16th century monastery, sitting up on a hill in the town of Terni, now the La Romita School of Art. The rooms were spartan, but comfortable. We piled on blankets at night to counteract the ancient heating system.

Sunday dawned, partly sunny. We headed for the bridge at Narni that had been painted by Corot and Turner. Using a full sheet of paper, I rapidly paint-ed the ancient Roman bridge. I was psyched!

Monday...cold. At San Pietro, I began to render the exterior of an 8th century abbey until a driving wind and soaking rain came up suddenly.

I ran, but was drenched when I reached the visitor’s center. There I viewed church frescoes. Interest-ing, but not the day I’d hoped for.

Tuesday, in the hill town of Labro, everything was grey—the rocks, the walls, the streets, the houses, the arches! The chilly, overcast sky spawned a grey, gloomy outlook. Stoically, I set up my easel and umbrella on a stairway, and went to work. With no light and shadow, there were no interesting contrasts. My washes stayed wet in the damp air. And then it poured, and my washes became puddles! Well, at least I tried. So, off I went to look at more frescoes.

Wednesday it was raining for our trip to Montefalco. My brushes never made it out of the box. The mist, and rain, and chill drove the group inside a church where we viewed (you guessed it) more frescoes. Oh, and on the way home, we stopped at three more churches...to view the frescoes!

Thursday it was cold, windy and rainy. We met an art restorer in the tiny town of Gavelli. He gave us a riveting lecture on how to restore frescoes!

In Scheggino Thursday afternoon we had a miracle—the rain stopped! I pulled out a full sheet to do a study looking up at the hill town. Dense, grey clouds loped across the sky. It didn’t matter that it was cold, I was paint-ing! What joy! I had to create the light since the sun wasn’t out. With only a half day left, time slipped by, and I had just started. I reluctantly packed up. At least there would be no frescoes that day!

Friday we headed to the biggest town, Orvieto. Our first stop was the duo-mo (cathedral) to see the frescoes! Nothing like more frescoes to dampen a painter’s plein air trip of a lifetime.

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Frescoes behind us, I soon found a great spot with a expan-sive view of steeples, arches, and a street, with of all things, sun and shadow. With a smile on my face and a sigh of relief, because I finally was going to do what I went there to do. I put up my easel, sat on a bench, pulled out my peanut butter and crackers lunch, and pensively studied my subject. Then, BAM! Hundreds of people came streaming down the street carrying banners, flags and signs. They were led by a car blaring military music. The crowd swarmed around me.

A few yards away, microphones bellowed—something to do with a strike. I packed everything and escaped by a side street. Like a vagabond, I wandered the streets carrying my 24” x 36” portfolio, and my gear. Looking for a place to paint, I wandered the town, but found myself back in the square I had just left which was now empty. I sat again at “my” bench, and started all over again. The day was almost gone, so with frantic motions, I brushed the broad washes of sun and shadows on my watercolor paper, with the merest suggestion of some details. Another day of painting obliterated!

Sunday, in San Gemini, it was cold and foggy. But hey, it wasn’t raining! With just the morning there to paint, I tackled only a half sheet. I had a nice study of buildings in the fog. The sun came out, and I couldn’t resist painting in the shadows. (I should have left it as fog!) The rest of the day was spent at Carsuale seeing the Roman ruins. While it was basically just piles of rocks, it was very impressive, although I wished I was still painting. (At least there were NO frescoes!)

Sunday, to my delight, was a whole day of painting in Todi. We took the el-evator up to the town where we had a view of the town cascading down the mountainside. However, being the rebel I am, I took to the streets to find “my” view. This was finally what I was looking for in Italy!

The street where I set up was narrow, shaded and chilly, but I could hard-ly restrain myself from jumping for joy. I pulled out my peanut butter and crackers, and planned the attack. Although I had only a few hours before meeting the bus, I optimistically began another full sheet.

But oh, what a complex subject! My view looked steeply into the street below, while the tiled-roof build-ings rose up on both sides around me. There was a church silhouetted against the valley far below. If I was painting a scene like this at home, I would first do thumbnail sketch-es, and plan for several days. How I wanted to paint all of it, but this was a difficult perspective! Think, compo-sition! Carefully the drawing unfolded on the paper. I got the big washes down. By late afternoon the air was damp and cold. The sky was flat and grey. I packed up and went down the hill to meet the bus, knowing that waiting for us in Strettura, was a fantastic, multi-course meal...the last supper!

On our last day, with bright sunshine (grrrr!) we visited Stroncone, a small hill town. The town was poor and rundown, but it had some very picturesque views. There was little time to sketch. My optimism for ‘great painting’ had evaporated. I did the next best thing, with camera in hand, I got some great shots of the hill towns of Umbria.

Back in Asheville, I got little sympathy as I complained about the weather and lack of time to paint. However, as I studied my portfolio of frustrated ‘starts’ and frantic finishes (seen in this article), I did see a new direction emerging in these echoes of Umbria, and the wonderful experience that was Italy.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2021Peggy Saporito: President252-475-4843 [email protected]

Barbara Rohde: Vice President 2021 Exhibition Director919-452-7050 [email protected]

Diana King: Treasurer919-777-6081 [email protected]

Penny Davis: Secretary (Recording/Corresponding)252-245-1009 [email protected]

Steve Cavallo: Eastern Region 201-925-8232 [email protected]

Pegi Barnes Sharp: Eastern Region 252-235-8878 [email protected]

Suzanne Hetzel: Central Region847-372-5622 [email protected]

Ellen Newman: Central Region919-450-0745 [email protected]

Alan Capps: Western Region 704-241-7220 [email protected]

Allan Butt: Western Region 704-909-8719 [email protected]

Bonnie J Becker: Personnel 919-488-4507 [email protected]

Rick Bennett: Permanent Collection919-609-9205 [email protected]

Anne Jarema: Marketing/Public Relations 828-505-3818 [email protected]

Eileen Tullner: Membership804-436-2761 [email protected]

Cathy Klopfenstein: Publications Editor/Art Director919-519-1776 [email protected]

Laleh Bagherzadi: Traveling Exhibition919-816-7772 [email protected]

Eng Pua: Technology919-942-3756 [email protected]

CoraMae Pipkin: Art in Education 252-361-5002 [email protected]

Jeanie Frye: Donations Director704-975-1457 [email protected]

Sabine Baeckmann: Social Media Director716-704-5588 [email protected]

Rebecca Davis: Signature Pin Chair252-562-3201 [email protected]

Judy Rider: 2021 Local Exhibition Chair828-381-9996 [email protected]

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Patricia Wellborn 2015

Meredith Jannsen 2017

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