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Sain Louis Watercoor Sociey’s 23rd Annual Membership Awards Exhibition

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2020 SPLASH

Inaugural Virtual Exhibit at stlws.org

Twenty-third Annual Member Exhibition

BIG SPLASH!

Held virtually at stlws.org starting October 8, 2020

The Saint Louis Watercolor Society was formed in 1996 by a small group of area artists for the purpose of providing educational opportunities to artists who are interested in water media and to exhibit water media artwork to the public. Today, the society is a thriving group of talent as seen in

this exhibition. Their varied interests show through in this diverse collection that truly reflects citizens of the Gateway to the West, Saint Louis, Missouri.

ABOUT JUDGE: KEIKO TANABE Keiko was born in Kyoto, Japan. As a child growing up in an art-loving family, she always enjoyed drawing and painting and won many awards in children's art contests. She earned a BA in Intercultural Communication –- Intern’l Christian Univ, Tokyo, Japan -- and an MA in Intern’l Ed from UCLA, CA. She then worked in international relations positions, at a large law firm and at a private consulting firm which had her traveling extensively around the globe.

During all those years, Keiko’s heart had the growing desire to someday become an artist. That, fueled by her love of travel and strong interest in other cultures, eventually found its way out in 2003. After learning basic drawing and watercolor painting skills at a local community school in San Diego, she took on her first project as an artist together with her father, a renowned scholar of French literature in Japan. Through the Azure Sea and Sky of Provence: A Tribute to Her Joie de Vivre (Kosei Publishing, Osaka, Japan) was published in August, 2003, authored by her father and illustrated by Keiko. From then on, she intensely taught herself to be fluent in watercolor painting, just as one would do to master a foreign language.

Mostly self-taught, Keiko embarked on a professional art career in 2005, the same year she took a workshop from Alvaro Castagnet and discovered the joy of plein-air painting. Her paintings have been juried into many exhibitions across America and in Asia and Europe, purchased by private and corporate collectors, and published in leading art magazines. Additionally, she has self-published nine art books. As a sought-after workshop instructor, she has taught hundreds of workshops and numerous live demonstrations around the world and served as a juror in a number of art exhibitions including some major watercolor shows such as the Transparent WS of America, the Intern’l WS, the Northwest WS, the Utah WS, the New Mexico WS and now the Saint Louis WS. She is an official Ambassador for Winsor & Newton. In 2018, she was appointed to the advisory board of the American Watercolor Weekly. In 2018 and 2019, she was invited to be a faculty member for the Plein Air Convention & Expo, the world's largest plein-air painting event.

Keiko currently lives in San Diego, California.

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JUDGE’S STATEMENT It was quite an honor for me to be a juror of the 23rd Annual Membership Awards Exhibition - Big Splash. And I'd like to thank the Saint Louis Watercolor Society and congratulate everyone in the show for your achievement. I looked at all entries many times and was truly impressed with a wide range of subject matters, styles, concepts, and color palettes. As a juror, I based my decisions on the following: composition, overall design, technical proficiency, originality and experimental quality. Award-winning pieces not only excelled on many of these points but also communicated the artist's vision through their unique expression.

First Place HK Holbein, Inc

30-5 ml tube Watercolor Set St. Louis Art Supply Watercolor Journal

Steven J. Morris Nest with Purple Polka Dots

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Second Place HK Holbein, Inc

30-5ml tube Watercolor Set

Carolyn Cleveland • Smokey and the Bandit Julie Bantle STLWS • Abandoned Alicia Farris STLWS • A Moment with a Friend Vincent Stock • An Afternoon on the Rhine River Nancy Avdoian STLWS • Burst of Spring

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Third Place M Graham & Co 12-tube Watercolor Set

Jane Hogg STLWS • Sten Jean McMullen STLWS • Stunning Linda S. Wilmes STLWS • Covered Bridge at Halifax Nora Schomogy STLWS • Sunshine on Oranges Elizabeth Schaeffer • Fledglings BIG SPLASH : 5

Françoise Olivier STLWS • Janet at the Pulitzer Dana Rothberg • Japanese Garden Paula Potter STLWS • Pretty in Pink Lon Gilbert • Little Fox Ken Francis STLWS • Cortez Boat House

1st Award of Recognition Cheap Joe’s

$200 Gift Certificate

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Janine Helton STLWS • Beautiful Mess

Mirka M. Fetté STLWS • Charlie

Tim Sheehan • Natchez Car Wash

Linda Meyer STLWS • St Peter & Paul Soup

Kitchen-2 Amy Fister Lottes STLWS

• Three Amigo’s

2nd Award of Recognition RAYMAR Art $125 Gift Certificate

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Julie Glossenger • Emerson LaWanda Karaca STLWS • Jacob’s New Look Mary Riney STLWS • Majestic Mist Carol Murphy • Irish Landscape from a Train Window Pickett Lema • Reflecting: Thrown to the Curb

3rd Award of Recognition

Artmart Brush Assortment - 1" Flat Winsor & Newton Sceptre

Gold II Brush and Princeton Sable Liner #3/0, Round Sable

#12, Round Neptune #10

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Barbara Martin Smith STLWS • Forever Free Lee Walter STLWS • Catching Rays Spencer Meagher STLWS • Sunlit Cabbage Judy Grewe STLWS • Autumn Trail Terry Lay STLWS • Silent City

4th Award of Recognition BLICK Art Materials

$100 Gift Certificate

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Kathy Kelly STLWS • Nesting Margaret M. “Maggie” McCarthy STLWS • Without a Farmhouse Near Carol Nourse • Banks Lake Waterlilies Donna Huneke • Captiva Island Ficus Linda J. Green-Metzler STLWS • Garden, Drusacco, Italy

5th Award of Recognition Speedball

Escoda 3 Brush Travel Set

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Claudia Broom • Amazing Grace Margaret Schneider STLWS • Modern Gypsy Joyce Rothermich STLWS • Spring Blooms Annette McGarrahan STLWS • Hyacinth Portrait Gretchen Gackstatter • Still I Rise

6th Award of Recognition Speedball Escoda 3 Brush Travel Set

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Shirley Eley Nachtrieb STLWS • Memories are Made of This Erin Blumer STLWS • Iris: Elder Jo Rezny McCredie STLWS • Nightscape Deborah Dey • Last Season Linda Thompson STLWS • Hidden City of the Incas

7th Award of Recognition Speedball

Escoda 3 Brush Travel Set

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Allyn O'Byrne STLWS • San Tropez Predator Marilyn King • Nite Sky Rebecca Krutsinger STLWS • Changing Seasons Linda Helm • Eureka Springs Charles H. Wallis STLWS • One Sweet Lady

8th Award of Recognition Speedball Escoda 3 Brush Travel Set

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1st Honorable Mention St Louis Art Supply Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolor Set

Karen Romani • Hanging On James Brauer STLWS • Mixed Petals Jan Foulk STLWS • Music Man Janet Doll STLWS • Three Blonds Maureen Brodsky • Cicada

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2nd Honorable Mention Creative Catalysts, Inc

$70 Instructional DVD Gift Certificate

Crystal Goldkamp STLWS • Cat and Candles Jeanne Thomas STLWS • Steam Punk Pat Cantoni STLWS • The Market Lady Marty Spears STLWS • Spring Bouquet Chris Flesor • A Little Smooch

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3rd Honorable Mention Golden Artist Colors, Inc

$50 Gift Certificate

Diane Carder • Gemma Patricia A. Long STLWS • Perfect Peace Judith Swank • Medusa’s Daughter Linda Rawson STLWS • Quiet Garden Hongmei Zhu • Happy to See You

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Martha Marin • A Summer in Italy Gail Crosson STLWS • Retired Barbara S. McCormack STLWS • Garrett Bringing Flowers to Gram Susan Eveker STLWS • Notre Dame, After the Storm Marilynne Bradley STLWS • Twilight Zone Mary Drastal • Look Up

4th Honorable Mention Golden Artist Colors, Inc

12-5ml tube QoR Watercolor Set

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Kathy Dowd STLWS • Summer of 2020 Gerry Klein STLWS • Red Coneflowers James Willmore • Oslo Fish Market Loretta Pfeiffer • Stormy Waters Florine T. Porter STLWS • Antonia Mildred Bernardo • A Beautiful Day at Portland Head

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Suzanne Galli Koenen STLWS • Reinforcement Allan W. Gillespie STLWS • New York City Patty Strubinger STLWS • All American Gina Perkins • Erin Go Bragh Molly Edler • California Succulent Pat Turpin STLWS • Eager Eighteen BIG SPLASH : 19

Laurie Hoffman • Byodo-In Temple Don Luber • LaQuinta Water Fountain Becky Dale • Cotter Rainbow Bridge Deanna Miller • Watch It Fly Carla Baron Giller STLWS • Good Trouble Tom Sepe • Different

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Karen Papin STLWS • Welcome to the Magic Valley Xiafang Zhang STLWS • Painting on Yupo Maggie Zografakis STLWS • Two and One in the Background Michelle Davis STLWS • Walk With a Friend Kitty Harrison • Jacob’s Offering

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WE ARE MOST APPRECIATIVE OF OUR SPONSORS Please support their fine products!

MANY THANKS TO OUR VOLUNTEERS The STLWS Board of Directors would like to extend a heartfelt ‘Thank You’ to our volunteers who have made our first virtual Big Splash exhibition such a huge success. During this global pandemic they were able to adjust long-standing plans and gracefully adopt new procedures so this tradition could continue. Many thanks to our Event Chairs: Carolyn Cleveland and Carla Baron Giller, our Communications Chair: Jane Hogg, our Publicity and Awards Chair: Florine Porter, and our Website and Catalog Chair: Amanda A. Yancey.

We would also like to thank our juror, Keiko Tanabe, for her extensive knowledge and masterful art training. The task of choosing just a few of the entries to receive awards is a daunting one amongst so many talented STLWS artists.

And, finally, we would like to thank Ted Daniels of The Hot Copy in Maryland Heights who has skillfully taken on the job of printing this catalog and all the many items throughout the years for the STLWS. His attention to detail and ‘go the extra mile’ service cannot be beat.

We would like to acknowledge the beautiful artwork of Shirley Eley Nachtrieb that has filled the Big Splash on our cover.

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Nancy Avdoian, Watercolor, 9x9, $200, pg 4 Julie Bantle, Watercolor, 10x14, $295, pg 4 Mildred Bernardo, Watercolor, 9x12, $100, pg 18 Erin Blumer, Watercolor, 12x16, $425, pg 12 Marilynne Bradley, Watercolor, 15x22, $1200, pg 17 James Brauer, Watercolor, 10x14, $200, pg 14 Maureen Brodsky, Watercolor, 15x20, $289, pg 14 Claudia Broom, Watercolor, 23x15, NFS, pg 11 Pat Cantoni, Watercolor, 10x13, $150, pg 15 Carolyn Cleveland, Watercolor, 15x13, $100, pg 4 Diane Carder, Watercolor, 11x15, $250, pg 16 Gail Crosson, Watercolor, 15x20, $400, pg 17 Becky Dale, Watercolor, 16x20, $300, pg 20 Michelle Davis, Watercolor, 7x11, $185, pg 21 Deborah Dey, Watercolor, 10x14, $250, pg 12 Janet Doll, Watercolor, 22x18, NFS, pg 14 Kathy Dowd, Watercolor, 11x11, NFS, pg 18 Mary Drastal, Watercolor, 16x22, $425, pg 17 Molly Edler, Watercolor, 12x12, $125, pg 19 Susan Eveker, Watercolor, 11x11, $100, pg 17 Alicia Farris, Watercolor, 21x15, NFS, pg 4 Mirka M. Fetté, Watercolor, 9x9, NFS, pg 7 Chris Flesor, Watercolor, 10x8, NFS, pg 15 Jan Foulk, Watercolor, 13x23, $500, pg 14 Ken Francis, Watercolor, 15x22, NFS, pg 6 Gretchen Gackstatter, Watercolor, 11x14, NFS, pg 11 Lon Gilbert, Watercolor, 14x10, NFS, pg 6 Carla Baron Giller, Watercolor, 20x16, NFS, pg 20 Allan Gillespie, Watercolor, 18x27, $1000, pg 19 Julie Glossenger, Watercolor, 18x26, NFS, pg 8 Crystal Goldkamp, Watercolor, 11x7, $200, pg 15 Linda Green-Metzler, Mixed Media, 9x11, $300, pg 10 Judy Grewe, Watercolor, 14x11, $120, pg 9 Kitty Harrison, Watercolor, 15x21, $350, pg 21 Linda Helm, Watercolor, 10x14, NFS, pg 13 Janine Helton, Watercolor, 15x11, $800, pg 7 Laurie Hoffman, Watercolor, 13X15, $200, pg 20 Jane Hogg, Watercolor, 15x11, NFS, pg 5 Donna Huneke, Watercolor, 15x19, NFS, pg 10 LaWanda Karaca, Watercolor, 11x17, NFS, pg 8 Kathy Kelly, Watercolor, 10x13, $250, pg 10 Marilyn King, Watercolor, 11x14, $150, pg 13 Gerry Klein, Watercolor, 11x14, $185, pg 18 Suzanne Galli Koenen, Wtrclr Collage, 18x24, $500, pg 19 Rebecca Krutsinger, Wtrclr/Gouache, 24x18, $600, pg 13 Terry Lay, Watercolor, 17x23, $1500, pg 9 Pickett Lema, Watercolor / Gouache, 12x14, NFS, pg 8 Patricia A. Long, Watercolor, 13x17, NFS, pg 16

Amy Fister Lottes, Watercolor, 22x20, $500, pg 7 Don Luber, Watercolor, 16x20, $450, pg 20 Martha Marin, Watercolor, 8x10, NFS, pg 17 Maggie McCarthy, Watercolor, 22x14, NFS, pg 10 Barbara S. McCormack, Watercolor, 10x14, NFS, pg 17 Jo Rezny McCredie, Mixed Media, 20x16, $500, pg 12 Annette McGarrahan, Watercolor, 12x16, $500, pg 11 Jean McMullen, Watercolor / Gouche, 8x8, $250, pg 5 Spencer Meagher, Watercolor, 13x17, $1100, pg 9 Linda Meyer, Watercolor, 15x20, $350, pg 7 Deanna Miller, Watercolor, 24x16, NFS, pg 20 Steven J. Morris, Watercolor, 18x23, $4500, pg 3 Carol Murphy, Watercolor, 14x10, NFS, pg 8 Shirley Eley Nachtrieb, Watercolor, 15x11, $350, pg 12 Carol Nourse, Watercolor, 10x15, NFS, pg 10 Allyn O'Byrne, Watercolor, 15x15, $425, pg 13 Françoise Olivier, Watercolor, 10x14, NFS, pg 6 Karen Papin, Watercolor, 15x22, NFS, pg 21 Gina Perkins, Watercolor, 15x21, $200, pg 19 Loretta Pfeiffer, Watercolor, 22x15, $200, pg 18 Judith Swank Polys, Watercolor, 17x25, $500, pg 16 Florine T. Porter, Watercolor, 11x14, NFS, pg 18 Paula Potter, Watercolor, 11x14, NFS, pg 6 Linda Rawson, Watercolor, 16x12, $400, pg 16 Mary Riney, Watercolor, 12x16, $250, pg 8 Karen Romani, Watercolor, 12x 9, $300, pg 14 Dana Rothberg, Watercolor, 11x14, NFS, pg 6 Joyce Rothermich, Watercolor, 14x16, $250, pg 11 Elizabeth Schaeffer, Watercolor, 7x9, $125, pg 5 Margaret Schneider, Watercolor, 10x15, $450, pg 11 Nora Schomogy, Acrylic, 10x8, NFS, pg 5 Tom Sepe, Ink and Watercolor, 8x19, $350, pg 20 Tim Sheehan, Watercolor, 22x14, NFS, pg 7 Barbara Martin Smith, Watercolor, 17x21, $1750, pg 9 Marty Spears, Watercolor, 11x15, $325, pg 15 Vincent Stock, Watercolor, 18x12, $350, pg 4 Patty Strubinger, Watercolor, 14x18, $300, pg 19 Jeanne Thomas, Watercolor, 11x14, $200, pg 15 Linda Thompson, Watercolor, 14x21, NFS, pg 12 Pat Turpin, Watercolor, 9x12, NFS, pg 19 Charles H. Wallis, Watercolor, 12x16, $500, pg 13 Lee Walter, Watercolor, 14x14, NFS, pg 9 James Willmore, Watercolor, 16x20, NFS, pg 18 Linda Wilmes, Watercolor, 13x18, $500, pg 5 Xiafang Zhang, Watercolor, 14x20, $500, pg 21 Hongmei Zhu, Watercolor, 16x12, $250, pg 16 Maggie Zografakis, Watercolor, 14x18, $500, pg 21

Index of Entrants

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