march program: donna howell-sickles · (3 day) duncan simmons & kieko yasuoka...
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WWW.SWSWATERCOLOR.ORG March, 2014
NEXT MEETING:
TUESDAY, March. 11, 2014 7:00 pm
Lover’s Lane UMC ASBURY HALL
March Program: Donna Howell-Sickles
Our March program will be a demo by Donna Howell-Sickles. Her work is in several galleries, the main one being Davis & Blevins The Main Street Gallery in Saint Jo, TX.
Donna was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame in recognition of her work with imagery celebrating the cowgirl.
In the Western art genre, Donna Howell-Sickles has taken the image and idea of the cowgirl beyond charcoal lines and into reality. Howell-Sickles has been exploring the layers beneath the cowgirl’s engaging exterior for more than 30 years. A vintage postcard from the 1930’s featuring a cowgirl with ruby red lips sitting atop her horse instilled in Howell-Sickles a lasting fascination with the cowgirl spirit. The cowgirl in the postcard was at once both familiar and unreal. This dichotomy in the imagery has fueled Howell-Sickles’ artwork, and inspired her to create images of women that are both real and myth. Howell-Sickles’ artwork captures the quintessence and timelessness of the cowgirl spirit.
Donna says, "My fascination with the cowgirl image began in my last year of college. I received an old postcard from a friend in a typical art student trade. He brought over a large box of stuff including some of his own pottery. Near the bottom of the box were several old postcards, one of a cowgirl c. 1935
seated on a horse captioned "Greetings from a Real Cowgirl from the Ole Southwest". The image spoke to me and I had no idea why. Although I had grown up on a farming ranching operation in Texas we never really thought of ourselves as Western. I surrendered to the attraction and as I used the Cowgirl in my art and I slowly filled in the blanks about my fascination with the imagery."
Gaylord O’Con has over 30 members signed up for our annual spring Paint-Out in Glen Rose, Texas on April 11, 12, and 13th. It is not too late to join in a fun-filled weekend.
Mickey
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
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The nominating committee has come up with a strong slate of officers for next year and we will vote on them at the March meeting. See the candidates list below.
Judith Pafford is our new SCENE editor effective March 1. Please note the new instructions for submitting Happenings and advertising found in the Happenings and Advertising sections. Thank you, Ju-dith, for bringing your creativity and en-ergy to the newsletter!
SWS has been invited by management at NorthPark shopping center to do a paint-ing demonstration on Saturday, March 15, from 3—5:00 PM and Beverly Boren has volunteered to represent us. Her demo will be near the red sculpture in the new section of the mall, so come out to cheer Beverly on and enjoy a demo by one of our best artists.
Many of you have been asking about our annual membership exhibition and I am happy to announce that the Eisemann Center in Richardson will be this year’s venue. Fealing Lin is our juror for the show and will be doing a workshop as well in September. The prospectus will be on-line soon with all of the details, so be watching for it.
Bill Johnson has received a huge re-sponse from members wanting to par-ticipate in a plein air painting group and is organizing paint-outs for this spring.
Michael Archer
SWS President
Candidates for office for 2014-2015.
President Teta Smith
1st VP/Programs Ron Bigony
2nd VP/Member Jenny Ackerman
3rd VP/Workshops Bryce Weigand
4th VP/Exhibitions Bill Johnson
Treasurer Pam Wilson
Recording Secretary Laurin Sullivan
Corresponding Secretary Sherry Daerr
Parliamentarian Mickey Archer
Paris Plein Air Art Show
Twenty-four painters traveled to Paris, Texas last September to participate in the SWS Fall Paint-out. Joe McCord of the Plaza Art Gallery in Paris has invited us back to exhibit our work. There will be an opening reception at 5:00 on Thursday, March 6 at the gallery on the west side of the square. The show will run through Friday, March 28.
Hermine Salinger, sws
By: Ruth Siegel, SWS Board Member SPOTLIGHT ON ARTIST OF THE MONTH
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Hermine Salinger has checked off an important goal on her ‘bucket list’. At age 97, she achieved SWS Signature status!! Hermine grew up in the Texas Panhandle but came to Dallas to attend SMU, where she met her husband. She raised four children and was very active in the community. Her first foray into creative arts was through embroidery and needlepoint. She decided she wanted to try painting. She met Bud Biggs through her son-in-law, who had used Bud to develop advertising for his business. She started attending classes with Bud. In the first class, he provided art supplies and told her to paint the projected picture. She later learned that the others in the class, who had many years of experience, had bet that she would not last a month. But she proved them wrong. She joined SWS when Bud Biggs became President. Her first Board position was providing refreshments. She moved up to Board President one year when the elected President unexpectedly took a job in California. Over the years, she and her husband opened their home to entertain visiting workshop artists and for SWS Christmas parties. Hermine loves painting mountains and the Prairie. Lately, she has been stepped beyond her comfort level, painting people and abstracts. She has studied with many artists including Leo Smith and Pat Kochan. Painting has become a very important part of her life. Since she has started painting, she has made many wonderful friends. And painting provides her with the ability to go into her home studio and lose all sense of time.
DATE ARTIST VENUE
APR. 8,9,10 2014 (3 DAY)
MICHAEL REARDON reardonwatercolors.com
ARTISTS SHOWPLACE $225 / $250
SEPT. 9,10,11 2014 ( 3 DAY)
FEALING LIN (SWS show juror)
fealingwatercolor.com
ARTISTS SHOWPLACE $225 / $250
OCT. 14,15,16 2014 (3 DAY)
DUNCAN SIMMONS & KIEKO YASUOKA
2collaboratingartists.com
ARTISTS SHOWPLACE $225 / $250
NOV. 11,12,13 2014 (3 DAY)
LIAN ZHEN lianspainting.com
ARTISTS SHOWPLACE $225 / $250
FEB. 12,13,14 2015 (3 DAY)
DAVID DRUMMOND drummondart.com
ARTISTS SHOWPLACE $225 / $250
SWS EVENTS
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WORKSHOPS
2013—2014
The lineup for the next two years for SWS Workshops promises to bring information and inspiration for every artist. It is not too early to sign up, and make a commitment to yourself, for yourself!
For information and to sign up, contact: Pam Wilson 1086 Hawkwood Way, Allen, TX 75013 (972) 727-1086 [email protected]
Pricing note: Each workshop’s price is for SWS Members; non-members pay an additional $25. Both prices are listed under “Venue”.
Plein Aire Painting Buddies
Nel Dorn Byrd and Priscilla Krejci Set a Pace For Us
Twenty years ago while in Switzer-land with a Rob Erdle Watercolor Painting workshop, I became aware of the camaraderie of Nel Dorn Byrd and Priscilla Krejci. They were not roommates, but always painted in the same vicinity.
Some mornings as most were headed for their first cup of coffee, Nel and Priscilla were met in the hallways with their first painting of the day. Yes, they had already been out to paint, and one time in Venice they painted with the temperature below freezing at that hour. They put the rest of us to shame.
Priscilla tells how their relationship got started: “I’ve always admired Nel’s ability in watercolor, so when I decided to take it up in the early ‘90s I looked to Nel for ad-vice. She was an excellent teacher. She encouraged me to try painting outside. Our first plein aire painting expedition occurred in Plano. She whipped out these wonderful paintings and I struggled with watercolor pencils on a 3 x 4 inch tablet. Mine were total disaster but I found it was great fun! Nel taught me the importance of painting fast and capturing that first impression”.
Phasing out her registered nurse career, Priscilla, a Texan by choice, has become a full time artist. Somewhat self-taught, she has also studied with local artists and at-tended many watercolor workshops nationally and internationally, resulting in her coveted AWS Signature membership.
Pursuing a career in art, Nel Dorn Byrd, native Texan, followed up her college studies with local watercolorists, and national and international workshops, also gaining her AWS Signature designation.
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2014 SWS Spring Paint Out Glen Rose, Texas. April 11,
12, 13, 2014 Visit. WWW.SWSWATERCOLOR.ORG
for more details RSVP to:
Gaylord O'Con, sws / Paintout Chairman
BITS OF HISTORY Paintings of the Month
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First place: Bryce Weigand "On the Turquoise Highway"
Second place: Wallace Hughs "Squak"
Third place: Cecy Turner "You? Henpecked?"
Leon and Nel now live in Aubrey, Texas and Priscilla is in Allen, but the distance does not keep them from meet-ing regularly to paint on location. They each paint fast and small enough to finish a sketch in 30 to 45 minutes, then turn to another sub-ject. Sometimes they just do a morning session, or they may return to a place after lunch in the area or having their own sack lunch. They find good subjects in the nearby communities, or may travel to another vicinity for different attractions. They do laugh about the failures when they attempted to depict a Ferris wheel in a small carnival. On the other hand, they had great fun painting at the local band concert housed in a gazebo.
Nel describes her plein aire painting equipment which she has used for years, “I paint on a very low folding stool and lay my palette, paints and paper on the ground.” Priscilla re-ports that she, on the other hand, is constantly “trying to reinvent the wheel” by experimenting with the newer equipment on the market.
As Signature Members of SWS, Nel and Priscilla sup-port the various activities. As competitors they nearly always both win prizes in the exhibitions. Would you think that the habits of painting regularly might lend itself to their success?
Naomi Brotherton SWS, NWO, TWS, WFWS
Traveler’s Hotel by Nel Traveler’s Hotel by Priscilla
SWS CONTACTS
PRESIDENT Mickey Archer 972 974 2660 [email protected] 1014 Means Farm Rd.
Garland TX 75044
1st VP - PROGRAM CHAIR
Teta Smith 214 244 9449
[email protected] 7100 Chase Oaks Blvd.
Plano, TX 75025
2nd VP - WORKSHOP CHAIR Workshop Sign Ups, Payments and
Scheduling Pam Wilson 972 727 1086
[email protected] 1086 Hawkwood Way
Allen, TX 75019
3RD VP - MEMBERSHIP CHAIR New Members, Address Changes and
Membership Dues Ruth Siegel 214 351 1009
[email protected] 3739 Waldorf Dr
Dallas, TX 75229
4th VP - EXHIBITION CHAIR Gayle Ledbetter 972 562 6726 [email protected] 211 S. Westpark McKinney, TX 75070
PAINT-OUT CHAIR Gaylord O'Con 214 876 4851
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TREASURER Bill Riley 214 810 3363 [email protected] 10263 Better Dr. Dallas, TX 75229
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HAPPENINGS
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Michael Holter's painting, "The Veil Has Been Torn" was juried in as one of 80 paintings to be shown in the 2014 Transparent Watercolor Society of America 38th Annual Exhibition. He is also presenting his popular Creating Stunning Watercolor Portraits from Photographs work-shop March 5-7. Call Michael 972.965.2078.
Muriel Mimura was honored to receive Third Place in the Society of Watercolor Artists’ Mem-bership Show for her painting “Red Flowers on Her Hat - Inca Pisac.” Sharon Giles will be teaching a Suminagashi (Japanese marbling technique using inks on water) workshop at the Irving Public Library in March. She will also teach another session for
the library on acrylic printmaking using the gelli plate later in May. She will demo the tech-nique at the May meeting of the Society of Watercolor Artists.
Carmen Kelley had three paintings accepted in the Pens & Patterns Zentangle Exhibit at the Brandi Cooper Studio located in Valley View Center. Her “Tangled Fruit” won the People’s Choice Award.
Jimmy Magouirk’s watercolor "Hard Life" was accepted in the Plano Art Association's "Black History" exhibit
Karin Michele Anderson has 8 watercolors hanging at the Richardson Heights Recreation Center through March 11th.
Betty Jameson had a painting accepted into the Missouri Watercolor Society's Watercolor International, Winston Churchill Museum and Library, Fulton, Missouri April 1-May 26, 2014 and had a painting accepted into the Southern Watercolor Society's 37th Annual Exhibit at the Kerr Arts and Cultural Center, Kerrville, Texas April 1-27, 2014.
Calling all Architects/Engineers, retired or working who love to create artwork and might like to participate in a show in ArtReach Gallery at Lovers Lane United Methodist (LLUMC) September 1 - October 2. Paintings, drawings, sculpture will be considered. Any subject matter is welcome, not just architectural subjects - more details to come later. If interested - please respond with contact information to - Marilyn Eitzen Jones [email protected] 214-350 4205
SUBMIT NEWS FOR HAPPENINGS TO: [email protected] prior to the 24th of the month. Items will be included on a first-come-first served basis as space is available.
Jane E. Jones
Art Studio S.W.S., T.W.S., N.W.S., A.C.A., W.F.S., N.W.O.,
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LAKE CITY EXPERIMENTAL WC/ACRYLIC: August 14-17 (4 days); 9:00-3:00; Jane’s L.C. Studio; $475 supplies included
COLOR AT PELHAM ART LEAGUE: August 28-Sept. 1 (5 days); Canada; contact Mary Powley 905-892-4625
ABSTRACTING NATURE: November 3-7 (5 days); 9:30-3:30; Artists’ Showplace; $390
Individual Critiques Available
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