“I’ve Got My Eye On You” has done it again. He will be off to New York to the Salmagundi Club!
I’m honoured to have him accepted into this prestigious historic exhibition and sale.
Now he has gone on to win the Fredrick Wong Prize.
https://americanwatercolorsociety.org/2024-annual-award-winners
After New York he will be part of the traveling exhibit as it wanders around the USA
And, there is an article in Forbes Magazine about the 157th Exhibition.
It’s almost too exciting!
I’ve Got My Eye on You, Mr Sneerfulness, has now also received aa award from the Art of Watercolour Magazine in the 2023 edition of Women in Watercolor. With over 1800 submissions this is beyond a mere “That’s very nice”. The quality of the international competition is outstanding. In 2022 “Arctic Queen, Bee received an honorable mention.
For the full show of 2023 winners please go to
https://womeninwatercolor.com/2023-award-winners/
and scroll down to the five merchandise awards.
Pictures came before words. Depicting animals in art is nothing new, in fact it dates back over 17,000 years to the Lascaux caves. So what keeps me returning to animals as my subject? It’s the challenge of accurately depicting detail and texture of coats, feathers, skin and equipment in pricise glazed layers of pigments, without overworking a subject.
The Federation of Canadian Artists International Mail In Exhibition at the Federation Gallery, Granville Island
Yellow Fritillaria “For Ukraine” was used for the on-line invitation image.
On Wednesday November 20 Peter Marsh was the scheduled presenter at the Banbury Watercolour Workshop with the topic “Personal Expression” Unfortunately this was not to be the case. Nola stepped into his place with Subject, Style and Personal Expression”.
Subject is what we see, Style is how the artist interprets the subject . Substance is the physical pigments and surface they occupy.
Samples and the tools used to achieve the images were shown, explained and demonstrated. Nola used works from her files to illustrate the concepts. First was a pair of flowers. The same species, from two views and in two styles on the same paper and using the same sized brushes.
Fritilaria #1,a loose 20 minute sketch, detailed with ink.
Fritilaria #2 , stylized using a flat brushes in a variety of widths to create a similar image with a modern twist. This took longer as each glazed layer must dry as the image is developed. NB retitled Yellow Fritillaria, For Ukraine it was selected by FCA Federation Gallery as an invitation image
The next set of samples were all developed at the CanAm All Breed Equine Expo held on the first weekend of April at the Markham Fairgrounds. Over three days Nola demonstrates to a constantly changing international audience of horse lovers of all ages. The same Subject approached in a variety of Styles on a variety of Surfaces. Each image used a variety of brushes. Two added Pencil Crayon
mixed media
It’s fun to play with paints, pencils papers and brushes
Pictures speak. Pictures came before words. Pictures are timeless. Pictures record our world.