Road to Cherry Creek by Colleen Reynolds

July/August 2015 Utah Watercolor Society

UWS 2015-2016 Board

President

Colleen Reynolds colleencrbe@q.com

Vice President

Ann Galt galtann@ymail.com

Recording Secretary

Linda Artman ldartman2@comcast.net

Bessann Swanson (alternate)

bessanswansonart@hotmail.com

Exhibition Chairs & Images

Sandy Sleeper artisan1672@comcast.net

Art Sleeper artisan1672@comcast.net

Terrece Beesley terrece@comcast.net

Membership

Reida Fillmore rfillmore7@yahoo.com

Gail Wilhelmsen gogail.w@gmail.com

Communications

Mary Pusey mary.pusey@comcast.net

Cynthia Powell (EventSpot)

artists4ever@gmail.com

Toni Youngblood (FaceBook)

youngbloop@gmail.com

Newsletter

Jenny Love jenniferloveartwork@yahoo.com

Publicity

Sherry Meidell sherry@sherrymeidell.com

Bookkeeper

Cynthia Hepworth cindyjhep@gmail.com

Education Programs

Julie Ickes utahjewels@hotmail.com

Mini-Workshops

Linda Flannery lovetrees46@hotmail.com

Kay Hale khale414@gmail.com

Paint-Outs

Maggie Harrison

maggie.watercolor8@gmail.com

Blaine Clayton claytonblaine@live.com

Western Federation Delegate

Tom Howard tomhoward11@hotmail.com

Past President & WFWS Alternate

Kristi Grussendorf krisgrus@aol.com

Two-Star/Signature

Roxane Pfister roxane.pfister@usu.edu

Nan Gray nanrgray@gmail.com

Kathy Sutherland

ksutherlandfineart@comcast.net

Small Works Exhibition Chair

Gayle Allen grcallen01@gmail.com

Barbara Kidd barbarakidd@comcast.net

UWS-CVC President

Laura Hawley laura.hawley@gmail.com

Website: www.utahwatercolor.org

Email: info@utahwatercolor.org

Find UWS on Facebook at

www.facebook.com/UtahWatercolorSociety

President’s Message

Is Watercolor (water media on paper) Relevant in

Today's World of Art?

Well, it’s official. You voted me in as President of the Utah

Watercolor Society. What were you thinking? Ha! I will do

my best to carry the torch, lit in 1974 by Rose Ann

Peterson; carried by many other Utah icons of watercolor

including our most recent, the fabulous Kristi Grussendorf.

Wow! What big shoes I have to fill!

So what can I do that these others have not already done? Should I do

something different? Is our Society working? If so, “why fix it if it ain't broke?"

(An old Navy saying). If it is not working, why not? What can we do better?

I guess my own pressing question is the title of this article. Is a Society

dedicated to water media on paper relevant in today's art world?

I feel watercolor societies are relevant because this media and this society

happen to be absolutely essential to my art and to me. I paint in other media,

but again and again I return to watercolor. That magical interaction between

the water, the pigment, the paper, and the artist sings to me in a way no other

creative endeavor does. And, let's face it, watercolor is just harder than the

others, right? Or am I being arrogant? Do other media artists feel the same?

Should artists organize societies around one media? Why should we "advance

the art of painting in watercolors" as we state in our bylaws? Why not just

"advance art" in general?

I really want to investigate this idea from others' perspectives. In the coming

year, I hope to delve deeper into these questions by conducting interviews with

individuals both from within and without the UWS and share with you what I will

have learned. I hope to talk with at least one of each of these Utah art world

"movers and shakers:” 1) a University art professor, 2) a gallery owner, 3) a

framer, 4) an art collector, and 5) a current UWS member who considers

another media his/her primary media. Stay tuned!

Until then, I have decided this society "ain't broke," and I will do my best to

honor those who have been the UWS Presidents before me by carrying out our

Society's planned agenda. This 2015 summer is packed with watercolor

goodness. The Arts and the Park: Light on the Reef event in Torrey, UT has

just wrapped. We have the Small Works Exhibition currently showing at the

new Bountiful Davis Art Center. Our Signature and Two-Star Members will

soon exhibit at Red Butte Gardens. This Fall, we have an exciting lineup of

speakers, paint outs, exhibitions and workshops. Stay tuned to your email

blasts and this newsletter

Colleen Reynolds

as we roll out the specifics. Thank you ALL for your

participation, contributions, and smiles. And thank

you for trusting me to lead this Society through the

next twelve months. Now let's paint…in watercolor!

Humbly Yours (for the next year),

-Colleen

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2015 UWS Two-Star / Signature

Member Show: Aug 21st – Sep

3rd

UWS Events – Upcoming

If you are a Two Star or Signature

Member of the UWS, get your

paintbrushes out and get ready for this

year’s Two Star/Signature Member

Show taking place at the lovely Red

Butte Garden! The theme for this

year’s show is “Wasatch.” Opening

Reception/Awards Ceremony on

Friday, August 28, 2015 from 6-9pm.

Judge: Ian Ramsay. Click here for

entry requirements and to register.

The deadline for entry into the 2015

UWS Fall Member Show is fast

approaching! All entries must be

received by midnight on August 8,

2015! This year’s Juror (and Fall

Workshop instructor) is the talented

Thomas W. Schaller. The show will

hang at the Visual Art Institute in Salt

Lake City, UT from October 5th –

November 6th with an Opening

Reception and Awards Ceremony on

October 9th. Go to the UWS website

for prospectus information and to

register.

Image sources: public domain. Copyright belongs to photographers/designers

2013 Two-Star/Signature Show

Breaking Through Award –

Unlimited by Catherine Darling Hostetter

2015 UWS Fall Member

Exhibition: Oct 5th – Nov 6th

2014 Best of Show Award – Circles by Kazuko Hill

July 2015 Mini Workshop:

July 11th 9a-5p Fasten your seat belts, and lash

down your brushes! We are going

to have a great line-up of Mini

Workshops for this coming year. July

11th kicks off the mini-workshop

season with our Digital Images one-

day workshop. Many UWS members

want to learn how to photograph and

resize their images for show entries.

Terrece Beesley has agreed to share

her expertise on “all things digital.”

Come yourself and/or send or bring a

helper (maybe that HOA: a.k.a.

“Husband of Artist”). $20 for UWS

members, $30 for non-UWS members.

What a deal! Click here for registration

details and supplies list.

UWS Events Calendar Location for UWS Member Meetings

Sons of Utah Pioneers building 3301 E. Louise Ave (2920 S.)

Salt Lake City, UT 84109

Jul-15 11 UWS Mini Workshop, Terrece Beesley, Digital Images 9a-5p

17-18 CVC Workshop, Tom Howard, Taking the Fear Out of Plein Air.

Aug-15 8 UWS Fall Member Exhibition Entries Due (Midnight)

20 UWS Two Star / Signature Member Show Deliver Paintings,

Red Butte Gardens 9a-5p

Aug 21 –

Sep 13 UWS Two Star / Signature Member Show, Red Butte Gardens

21 UWS Small Works Show Final Day, Bountiful Davis Art Center

22 UWS Small Works Show Pick Up, Bountiful Davis Art Center 2p-5p

28 UWS Two Star / Signature Member Show Opening Reception / Awards

Ceremony, Red Butte Gardens 6p-9p

Sep-15 1 UWS Member Meeting

5 UWS Fall Member Exhibition Accepted paintings notification (via email)

8 CVC Member Meeting

11-12 UWS Mini Workshop, Rob Adamson 9a-5p

14 UWS Two Star / Signature Member Show Pick Up Paintings,

Red Butte Gardens

Sep 26 –

Oct 3

UWS/CVC Workshop, Lester Lee, In the Steps of O’Keeffe (Santa Fe, NM)

Pre-workshop meeting on Aug 22nd 10:00a – 4:00p. Location TBA.

Oct-15 3 UWS Fall Member Exhibition deliver paintings, Visual Art Institute 10a-3p

5-9 UWS Fall Workshop, National artist, Thomas Schaller

Oct 5 –

Nov 6 UWS Fall Member Exhibition, Visual Art Institute

6 UWS Member Meeting, National artist, Thomas Schaller

9 UWS Fall Member Exhibition Opening Reception, Visual Art Institute (7p

awards)

12-16 CVC Fall Workshop, National artist, Charles Reid

Nov-15 3 UWS Member Meeting, Lian Quan Zhen

6 UWS Fall Member Exhibition Final Day, Visual Art Institute

7 UWS Fall Member Exhibition Pick Up paintings, Visual Art Institute 10a-3p

10 CVC Member Meeting

September 2015 Mini Workshop:

Sep 11th – 12th 9a-5p

The fantastic local artist and rising

star, Rob Adamson, has agreed to

share his knowledge of all things art.

Mr. Adamson has won numerous

local, state and national awards. His

major medium is oils but he has been

teaching drawing, composition, design

and painting at SLCC for several

years. His enthusiasm and talent

translate into any medium! Check out

his paintings at

robadamsonstudio.blogspot.com .

Registration and details forthcoming

via eBlast. Hope to see you there!

Prepare to be

amazed! Our

Fall Mini

Workshop will

be held

September

11th – 12th,

2015 Cannery Row, Monterey,

CA by Rob Adamson

Join Colleen Reynolds and Kristi

Grussendorf for a member social,

introduction to the new year, and a

framing demonstration.

April found us on the West Side of Salt

Lake with a sizable group, including

some oil painters. There were

railroads, cement plants, warehouses

and sunshine.

Painting out in May is always “iffy”

because of the weather. Our May 10th

Paint Out was quite rainy. Three of us

met for lunch prior to 1:00p and then

headed to Liberty Park, which was

quite wet. We did see another UWS

member driving around the circle, but

everyone else had better sense than

to come out on such a day!

We of course, finished our year in

Capital Reef, for our second Arts and

the Park: Light on the Reef annual

event. It's was a challenge for rain but

we loved it from under our umbrellas.

Please send new Paint Out location

suggestions to Maggie Harrison

(maggie.watercolor8@gmail.com) or

Blaine Clayton

(claytonblaine@live.com).

We would love paint out together in

July and August! Watch for

announcements online and via eBlast.

Additional congratulations to Joyce

Baron, Lynda Burruss, and Kathy

Sutherland on achieving WFWS

Signature Membership status with

acceptance to this year’s show!

The Standing Stones of County Meath by Kathy

Sutherland

Outcrop by Joyce Baron

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UWS Events – Paint Outs

Western Federation of Watercolor Societies Recap UWS Events – Upcoming

Congratulations to all the UWS

members who were accepted to the

2015 Western Federation of

Watercolor Societies exhibition in

Lubbock, TX:

Gail Alger, Double White Bird

Joyce Baron, Outcrop

Terrece Beesley, Freshly Cut

Brienne Brown, One Step Away

Lynda Burruss, Seedling Transitions

Cindy Kambourian, Birdhouse

Paige Kimball, Wise Guy

Carl Purcell, Hope

Kathy Sutherland, The Standing

Stones of Couthy Meath

And the following UWS members also

won awards!

Award of Excellence - Joyce Baron

Golden Colors - Lynda Burruss

Award in Memory of – Carl Purcell

Charpak Inc – Kathy Sutherland

Click here to see the full WFWS show!

Hope by Carl Purcell

Seedling Transitions by Lynda Burruss

This year’s Western Federation of

Watercolor Societies Conference

(Western Fed 40) was held in Lubbock

Texas, May 28th – 30th, hosted by the

West Texas Watercolor Society. They

were great hosts, and I offer my

personal thanks for their work.

The delegations were treated to dinner

at the homes of some very nice folks

and, even though the Buddy Holly

museum was closed (due to flooding),

Ann DeWeese got to meet and visit

with a classmate of the rock and roll

star, so her disappointment was

subdued.

As we visited in our meetings, ideas

were shared and policies were voted

on. One change that occurred was

the required number of WFWS

exhibitions for an artist to receive

Signature status. That number was

reduced from four to three accepted

entries to bring Western Fed more in

line with other organizations around

the country.

Joyce Baron reported to the delegates

that the Archives Department at the

University of Utah will accept and keep

archives of our organizations’ shows

and events. She and Maura Naughton

have worked on archiving over the

past few years. The news was warmly

accepted by the Western Fed

delegates.

- Tom Howard

(Your UWS WFWS 2016 Delegate)

September Member Meeting:

Sep 1st 7p

41st Annual WFWS

Exhibition: June 9 –

August 28, 2016

It’s never too early to start thinking

about the annual WFWS Exhibition.

The 2016 show will be hosted by the

Colorado Watercolor Society and held

at the Arvada Center for the Arts and

Humanities. Every year, UWS is proud

to see our members accepted to this

prestigious exhibition! Check the UWS

Website for prospectus and additional

WFWS information.

WFWS 2016

Congratulations to the UWS Small

Works Exhibition winners!

Best of Show – Richard Burton,

Sunday on the Seine

Award of Excellence – Barbara Kidd,

Old Shanghai

Award of Excellence – Sue Burdett,

Silver Lake

Award of Merit – Christi Heal, Fruit,

Flower, and Flame

Award of Merit – Beth Arbuckle

Ashdown, Promenade

Award of Merit – Cathy Silcox, The

Harbor

Juror’s Award – Jill Bliesner, 3 Fruits

Juror’s Award – Antoinette Jewett,

Pondering the Dream

Juror’s Award – Dianne Adams, My

Old GMC

Juror’s Award – Catherine Darling

Hostetter, Sheep Selfie

Honorable Mention – Laura Hawley,

Dark Skies in Clarkson

Honorable Mention – Karen

Bettilyon, Retired

Honorable Mention – Maura

Naughton, A Soft November Day

Linda Flannery recently won 2nd

Place in the amateur division painting

event at the Wasatch Plein Air

Competition in Midway, UT for her

painting of the Fill'er up Coffee station.

UWS and Member Workshops

UWS National Artist Workshops – Long-term Outlook

• Thomas Schaller, Oct 5-9, 2015

• Bev Jozwiak, May 2-6, 2016

• Iain Stewart, Oct 3-7, 2016

Colleen Reynolds Sponsored Workshops

Workshops are held at 21st Studios, Sugar House, Salt Lake City, 974 E 2100 S,

Suite B6. Visit colleenreynolds.com to learn more about all of Colleen’s

workshop offerings. 801-560-2554.

• Pouring in Layers, Fri-Sat, July 17-18 (9a-4p). Join Colleen to learn her

award-winning method of pouring watercolor or Brusho®, using masking and

pouring in layers. $175.

• Watercolor Landscape, with Jerry Fuhriman. Fri-Sat, Aug 21-22 (9a-4p).

Check the website for more details.

CVC Sponsored Workshops

Contact Brenda Brunello at 435-881-5573 or bkbrunello@msn.com to register.

See the UWS website for more information.

• Tom Howard, July 17-18, 2015

• Lester B. Lee, Sep 26 – Oct 3, 2015 in Santa Fe, NM – class size limited to

12 people. Pre-workshop meeting on Aug 22nd 10a-4p (Location TBA)

Kristi Grussendorf

• Watercolor classes for Cache Valley Center for the Arts in Logan, UT.

Thursday nights 6:30p-8:30p. www.cachearts.org/art-classes

Terrece Beesley

• Watercolor workshop for ages 8-14. July 30th 1p-3p. Creativity and

techniques will be at the heart of our workshop. Please dress to get messy,

Depending upon your child's creativity mode, they may bring home a single

painting or many paintings.

$18 for members, $20 for non-members. Contact Eccles Community Art Center

in Ogden for registration. 801-392-6935

• Loose, Expressive Watercolor. Aug 20th 6p-9p. This workshop is designed for

students who are looking to break out of the box, and develop a more

expressive painting style. The class will be informative, challenging and fun.

We will focus on experimentation and developing a personal approach.

$40 for members, $42 for non-members. Contact Eccles Community Art Center

in Ogden for registration. 801-392-6935

Shelley Young and Bruce Robertson

• Come join us at the Visual Art Institute (2901 S. Highland Dr, SLC) for an

intensive one-week workshop focusing on the figure. Many of the exercises

will have you thinking and drawing “out of the box”. You will be drawing every

morning and afternoon, as well as experimenting with some mixed media

techniques. We will have semi-nude life models each day and you will

complete numerous drawings. If you would like to see our “Figure Academy”

in action, please feel free to drop by VAI between 10:00 - 12:00 or 1:00 - 4:00

(Monday - Friday) this July. $350

Go to www.visualartinstitute.org, email info@visualartinstitute.org, or call 801-

474-3796 for more information.

Kimberly Roush

• Mastering Watercolor (7-week workshop), sponsored by Kimball Art Center.

Contact jocelyn.scudder@kimballartcenter.org for more info.

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UWS Member News

Blaine Clayton recently won 2nd Place

in the watercolor quick paint out event

at the Wasatch Plein Air

Competition in Midway, UT. His

painting was also of the Fill'er up

Coffee station.

Jeffrey J.

Johnson’s

painting Circle,

Column, Row

recently won Best

of Show at the

Uintah Arts

Council juried

show. Circle, Column, Row

by Jeffrey J. Johnson

Sunday on the Seine

by Richard Burton

Colleen Reynolds, BFA,

MS Education

Watercolor and Drawing

Classes

Watercolor on Wednesdays.

Advanced Art (Drawing and

Painting) on Thursdays. Colleen teaches beginner

to advanced adult artists. 21st Studios in

Sugarhouse: 974 E. 2100 S. Suite B6. Contact

info: colleencrbe@q.com or 801-560-2554. Pricing

and class descriptions:

www.colleenreynolds.com/art-classes

2nd Annual Arts and the Park: Light on the Reef Recap The 2nd Annual Arts and the Park: Light on the Reef plein air event, sponsored

by the Entrada Institute and Capitol Reef National Park, had 25 UWS artists

performing incredible feats of artistic creativity for three days (June 9th – 12th,

2015), despite ominous skies and rain for most of the painting days! All the

participating artists "bucked up" and pushed on through! In the end, the painters

outdid themselves with a fabulous show of approximately 50 paintings in the Plein

Air Competition and Auction. Many more paintings were also submitted for the

"Back Room" sales opportunity, new to this year's event. Thirteen paintings were

sold during the Auction and Sales event night! More sales may happen throughout

the summer, with the remaining paintings taking up residence in the Capitol Reef

National Park Visitor's Center Gift Store after-event sale. So if you're of a mind

to visit the beautiful Capitol Reef this Summer, be sure to stop by the Visitor's

Center and brag about our UWS artists! The Arts and the Park gala event was

capped off with a workshop instructed by UWS member (and last year’s 1st Place

winner), Sherry Meidell, on the grounds of the breathtaking Cougar Ridge Lodge

and Ranch, generously offered by Gary and Tami Bagley.

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Terrece Beesley, BFA, UWS,

WFWS

Terrece teaches beginning and

intermediate watercolor at the

Eccles Community Art Center.

Also available for large group

seminars. Contact info:

terrece@comcast.net

www.terrecebeesley.com

Sherry Meidel, UWS, NWS.

Watercolor Classes

Located in Bountiful, Sherry is

available to teach workshops and

private lessons in her home. Email

sherry@sherrymeidell.com or visit

www.sherrymeidell.com for more

information.

Art Classes Available

Lynda Burruss, BFA, USU.

30 years experience.

Signature Member UWS.

Ongoing classes for all ages

and levels. Email:

Lyndaburruss-

art@comcast.net Website:

www.lyndaburruss.com.

Jana Winters Parkin, BFA,

UVU art instructor. Water

Media Instruction

Located in the Provo area,

Jana is available to teach

workshops and private lessons in her home studio.

Contact info: www.parkinX.com 801-602-2726.

1st Place Award: Spring Canyon by Lola Kartchner

Congratulations to all the Arts and the

Park: Light on the Reef winners!

1st Place – Lola Kartchner, Spring

Canyon

2nd Place – Jeanne Hansen, Storm at

the Reef

3rd Place – Colleen Reynolds,

Panorama Point

Honorable Mention – Joyce Baron,

First Light

Honorable Mention – Susan Kendall,

In the Wash

Honorable Mention – Sherry Meidell,

Twin Rock’s Little Sisters

A Painterly Group of Plein Air enthusiasts!

Lola Kartchner painting from her car on the “Day of

Deluge”

Joyce Baron

Jeanne Hansen

Colleen Reynolds

Susan Kendall

Sherry Meidell

If you've been a member of UWS for a while,

you most certainly already know Marian

Dunn and are familiar with her award-winning

paintings. Marian is a UWS Signature

Member and has served in the past years in

almost every capacity on the UWS board.

She has given workshops, done

demonstrations, and has provided instruction

and support. Many are familiar with her

luminous watercolors and probably won't be

surprised to hear that she excels in several other mediums as well. But did you

know she's a television star, too? Marian created, wrote and hosted a PBS show

entitled, "Experiencing Art.” She has influenced many and her work can be found in

many corporate and public collections including the Springville Art Museum, the

University Of Utah Arts Museum, and many more. The 2014-2015 UWS Board has

chosen to award Marian an Honorary Membership. Thank you, Marian, from all of

us who have been personally and positively impacted by you and for representing

the medium of watercolor so well here in this community and beyond!

UWS Honorary Membership

One of the most competitive shows of the year, the 2015 UWS Spring Open

Exhibition saw one of the highest number of entries ever received, resulting in a

very competitive and beautifully curated exhibition! Richard Stephens was an

excellent juror and the Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theater Loge Gallery provided

a lovely and unique venue for displaying the accepted paintings. Best of Show went

to Sherry Meidell for her painting Old Glory.

Congratulations to all the award winners!

Best of Show – Sherry Meidell, Old Glory

Award of Excellence – Roland Lee, River of Time

Award of Excellence – Carl Purcell, Encroachment

Award of Merit – Kristi Grussendorf, Dogs at Millcreek

Award of Merit – Mary Pusey, Going for a Run

Award of Merit – Joyce Baron, Big Bang

Juror’s Award – Jeannie Millecam, Dry Fork River

Juror’s Award – Kathy Sutherland, The Collector

Juror’s Award – Pamela Christiansen Simons, Heuchera, Southern Comfort

Juror’s Award – Colleen Reynolds, Flirting in the Light

Past President’s Award – Irene Rampton, Little Black Dress

Merchant Award – Laura Hawley, Rise and Shine

Merchant Award – Dianne Adams, Rastaman

Merchant Award – Lynen M. Petersen, Bonnyview Demolition Day

Merchant Award – George Schkudor, My Women

Richard Stephens Award – Gail Alger, Iris With a Touch of Yellow

Richard Stephens Award – Sharon Cannon, Adriana at Mi Ranchitos

UWS 2015 Spring Open Exhibition Recap

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Thank you to those who have

renewed your UWS membership for

another year, and welcome to our

new members!

Annual membership dues are $35

per year and were due by June 30th.

If you’re late, don’t worry, you can

still renew, but there will be a $5 late

fee assessed.

We are hoping to see the new 2015-

2016 UWS Member Directory

published and available at the first

Fall member meeting in September.

Take advantage of the many

benefits of UWS membership!

• Have your show or event

advertised with an official UWS

eBlast!

• Enter a show!

• Take a workshop!

• Get a link for your website listed

on the UWS website!

• Get inspired at the monthly

meetings!

Go to Membership at the UWS

website for more information.

Questions to Reida Fillmore at

rfillmore7@yahoo.com or call 435-

512-7217.

Membership Corner

Sherry Meidell with her winning

painting Old Glory

UWS Member News

Kristi

Grussendorf’s

painting In

Touch is

packing up for

an international

trip! After

hanging in the

NWS gallery in

San Pedro, CA

from July 30th –

Aug 28th, 2015,

it will then In Touch by Kristi Grussendorf

travel to Shenzhen, China to hang

from Dec 5th, 2015 – Jan 10th, 2016!

UWS-CVC 2015-2016 Board

President

Laura Hawley laura.hawley@gmail.com

Vice President

Phil Harrison philh22@comcast.net

Recording Secretary

Pat Leake patty.leake@gmail.com

Treasurer / Membership

Jill Bliesner jillpbl@hotmail.com

Workshops

Brenda Brunello bkbrunello@msn.com

Show Chair

Jeannie Millecam

jmillecam@hotmail.com

Assistant Show Chair

Eiko Anderson eikosart@gmail.com

Art Librarian

Colleen Harrison rcolleen99@msn.com

Plein Air

Kara Swensen kswensen@gmail.com

Critiques

Lester Lee lblee.artist@gmail.com

Social Media

Phil Parisi philip.parisi@usu.edu

Scholarship

Doug Hyldahl hyldahl@comcast.net

Publicity

Nancy Eastmond

nancy@eastmond.org

Hospitality

Leisa Firth deer-hollow@comcast.net

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Besides painting, summers for the Hawley household are typically spent at

cross country practice. We join the 100+ other high school students and

parents and meet at 6:00am to work towards our summer running goals.

Usually one of the students will share an inspiring quote. Last Friday, I

heard this:

“Someone once told me not to bite off more than I can chew. I said 'I'd

rather choke on greatness than nibble on mediocrity!” –Unknown

I thought about what this meant for me as a painter, and remembered how I

came to join the Watercolor Society. My good friend Kara and I had been

meeting together weekly for some time to work on our art. I studied graphic

design in college, and I enjoyed drawing, but I didn’t consider myself to be

any kind of painter. She had heard of the society, and was eager to attend,

but not alone. After much persuasion, she dragged me along. I was afraid

to try something new, but I had always wanted to be a painter. Long story

short, I got hooked. Now, after much encouragement and instruction, I'm

finally getting over my fear of ruining the paper, and I have a LARGE stack

of desirable and less than desirable paintings – not to mention the treasure

of awesome artist friends.

I have (maybe against my better judgment) shared with all of you my third

effort at painting with acrylics below. Once again, no idea what I am doing!

I have gained so much from taking a chance and being willing to try

something new. I hope we all take those chances that present themselves,

put aside our fears, and allow ourselves to stretch a little!

-Laura

News From the North – Cache Valley Chapter

Blog Spot: www.uws-cvc.blogspot.com

CVC Member Meetings are held the

second Tuesday of each month at the

Logan Library.

Plein air season in Cache Valley is finally in full swing.

I really enjoy the time spent outdoors with my friends

from the Watercolor Society!

Often as I set down my pencil and prepare to begin

another painting, I have that ever-present “I have no

idea what I am doing” feeling. That feeling that maybe I

have bitten off more than I can chew.

Laura Hawley

President’s Message

Orbital by Laura Hawley

Utah Watercolor Society

PO Box 581005

Salt Lake City, UT 84158-1005

www.utahwatercolor.org

info@utahwatercolor.org

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The UWS Paint Spot newsletter is

now email delivery only and will also

be posted at www.utahwatercolor.org.

Mail Masters will have all UWS Paint

Spot issues on file and available for

print requests. Mail Masters is located

at 3953 S Wasatch Blvd, SLC. Call

Dean at 801-998-8670 if you wish to

coordinate and purchase a printed

copy of an individual issue.

frame moldings, white or off-white

mats, regular glass (not Plexiglass),

and white foam board backing.

Complex orders (requiring more than

10 minutes of frame and mat

selection) will be referred to the

wholesaler's associated retail custom

framer with a discount coupon.

Sample pricing:

Quarter Sheet (11x15), with a 4-inch

mat into a 19x23 frame - $45

Half Sheet (15x22) with 4-inch mat

into a 23x30 frame - $55

Full Sheet (22x30) with 4-inch mat

into a 30x38 frame - $65

Prices will vary based on desired

frame choice and mat/frame sizes.

Sales tax additional.

Price includes frame, single white or

off-white mat, regular

glass, white foam board backing and

hanging hardware.

Redeem this offer with your free UWS

business card(s) that are available at

the sign-in desk at monthly UWS

member meetings.

Digital Newsletter

Custom Framing Deals

for UWS Members

Alpine Mat Company, a wholesale

custom framer, has agreed to

give current UWS members special

custom framing prices.

Alpine Mat Company

235 West Plymouth Ave. (3750 S.),

Suite 4, Salt Lake City, UT 84115

(801) 485-5515

Orders must be "simple" requests -

using Alpine Mat Company's in-stock

Would you like to be more involved

in the Utah Watercolor

Society…even participate on the

Board?

The UWS needs volunteers like

you! Every position will eventually

need a replacement! What talents

might you be able to share? Let one

of the UWS Board members know if

you are interested in knowing more

about a specific position.

Are you interested in learning the

duties of putting together our UWS

PaintSpot Newsletter for the 2016 –

2017 year? Email

jenniferloveartwork@yahoo.com for

details!

Get Involved in UWS!