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Artworks Auction
Artist: Michael Archer, SWS
Title: Winner
Size: 13” X 19"
Medium: Watercolor
Market Value: $400
Description: The painting is of a "Winning" horse
at the races in Grand Prarie.
Artist Contact: mickeyarcher.faso.com
Artist: Anne Abgott, AWS, NWS
Title: Lunch at D's
Size: 15" X 11"
Medium: Transparent Watercolor
Market Value: $450
Description: I paint for the joy of it! There is no greater
gift than to get up every day with nothing but the desire
to get a brush in hand.
Artist Contact: anneabgott.com
The annual SWS fundraiser provides award money for the Membership Show
that is held in September. These awards encourage artist submissions and ensure a high quality, exciting show. Raffle winners and winning bidders will take
home wonderful artworks and other items and know that they have helped
ensure a quality exhibition in 2021. Sizes given are without a mat or frame. Auction instructions will be on the SWS e-fundraiser website when the auction
opens. THANK YOU TO ALL THE ARTISTS WHO DONATED THEIR LOVELY PAINTINGS!
Artist: Beverly Boren, SWS
Title: Yellow Rose of Texas
Size: 12" X 6"
Medium: Watercolor
Market Value: $450
Description: Painted from Farmers Branch Rose
Garden
Artist Contact: bevboren.com
Artist: John Bayalis
Title: View of the Old Course
Size: 16” X 29"
Medium: Watercolor
Market Value: $2,800
Description: St. Andrews Golf Links in Scotland
Artist Contact: bayalistudio.com
Artist: Cecie Borschow, AWS, NWS, SWS
Title: Sunstruck: By the Pool #15
Size: 15" X 19"
Medium: Watercolor
Market Value: $450
Description: I was looking for subjects with shadows and sunlight. I found the chair poolside and took a picture because of the value contrast and the interesting shapes in the composition.Artist Contact: [email protected]
Artist: Tom Brown, SWS
Title: Mending Fences
Size: 9" X 14"
Medium: Watercolor
Market Value: $600
Description: A small ranch scene near Clayton,
N.M. I pass by it a couple of times a year. I am
always drawn to these rural homesteads wherever
I travel.
Artist Contact: tombrownwatercolors.com
Artist: Kay Byfield, SWS
Title: Three on a Log
Size: 18" X 10"
Medium: Transparent Watercolor
Market Value: $500
Description: Walking around White Rock Lake in
Dallas a couple of years ago, I took photos of
pelicans perched on a log near shore. I wanted to
paint this subject because of the interesting
shapes and textures of the birds and the wood,
and the interesting distorted reflections.
Artist Contact: artspeaksstudio.com
Artist: Nel Dorn Byrd, AWS, NWS, WFWS, SWS
Title: Tranquility
Size: 11" X 15"
Medium: Watercolor
Market Value: $400
Description: This was painted one morning when Gail Delger
joined me for some plein air painting time: subject matter is
the small stream near my home.
Artist Contact: neldornbyrd.com
Artist: Krystyna Dale, SWS
Title: Dancer
Size: 13.5" X 10"
Medium: Watercolor on Handmade Paper
Market Value: $400
Description: I'm fascinated with Native American
culture; their music and sacred dances. The colors of
their costumes are breathtaking and inspiring.
Artist Contact: billdaledesign.com
Artist: Bill Dale, SWS
Title: Mikonos
Size: 15" X 10.5"
Medium: Watercolor on Handmade Paper
Market Value: $400
Description: Painted from a vacation photo taken on the
Greek island of Mikonos where the white walls and
bougainvillea are irresistible subjects.
Artist Contact: billdaledesign.com
Artist: Walt Davis, AWS, NWS, SWS
Title: Wolfe City House
Size: 10" X 14"
Medium: Watercolor
Market Value: $330
Description: An early spring morning set the
stage for this depiction of a plain but proud East
Texas home.
Artist Contact: waltdavisart.com
Artist: Cindy Daunis, SWS, WFWS
Title: Zebra Fascination
Size: 22" X 15"
Medium: Transparent Watercolor
Market Value: $850
Description: After painting my first zebra, I
couldn't stop. I have painted a series of them. I
enjoy using my imagination to add a little extra
color to their stripes.
Artist Contact: cindydaunis.com
Artist: Gail Delger, AWS, SWS
Title: Nine Birds
Size: 15" X 11.75"
Medium: Watercolor
Market Value: $400
Description: I like to paint quirky birds and then add
interesting lines that look like they are sewed to the paper.
Originally, I didn't have the birds in the painting, but then I
added them as a whimsical element.
Artist Contact: gaildelger.com
Artist: Frank Eber, AWS, NWS, TWSA
Title: Owls Head
Size: 12 X 16
Medium: Watercolor
Market Value: $500
Description: Harbor scene in Maine with typical fog.
Artist Contact: frankeber.com
Artist: Alicia Farris, NWS, SWS
Title: Off Duty
Size: 10" X 14"
Medium: Watercolor
Market Value: $600
Description: I like to think that the most important elements in my work are value and color, as the possibilities of how one relates to the other are infinite. Any subject matter is fair game as I paint what catches my eye, holds my curiosity and about which I am moved to tell a story. The challenge of trying new subject matter inspires me and I find it exciting to experiment with new materials and new ways to communicate with my brush.”Artist Contact: afarris.com
Artist: Linda Franklin, SWS
Title: Glory Roses
Size: 15 X 22
Medium: Watercolor
Market Value: $600
Description: I was working with several different concepts: value, a 3-spot structure, salting and layering, an abstract underpainting and negative painting. I had a drawing of the three roses and some of the leaves; the rest I "found" during the painting process.Artist Contact: Linda B Franklin Watercolors on
Artist: Michael Holter, NWS, TWSA, SWS,Title: The Loblolly PinesSize: 16" X 12"
Medium: Watercolor
Market Value: $500
Description: My work is impressionistic. I like to represent people or places and allow the painting to evolve from the structure of what is recognizable. The challenge is to balance the care needed to make the representation interesting… and perhaps believable, with the freedom, looseness and painterly quality that makes painting so unique and expressive.Artist Contact: michaelholter.com
Artist: Jeff Jensen, SWS
Title: Dallas Reflections
Size: 14" X 10"
Medium: Watercolor
Market Value: $475
Description: I have always been fascinated with urban landscapes and the way light bounces off of and defines those shapes and spaces. "Dallas Reflections" is one of those scenes
as seen from behind the wheel, which is the predominant way that most people see Dallas...from their car.Artist Contact: jeffreykjensen.com
Artist: Jane Jones, NWS, WFWS, SWS
Title: Burono Walking
Size: 15" X 22"
Medium: Watercolor
Market Value: $425
Description: An abstract street scene in
Burono, Italy.
Artist Contact: janejonesart.com
Artist: Mollie Jones, TWSA, SWS
Title: Berries and Cherries
Size: 15" X 11.75"
Medium: Watercolor
Market Value: $400
Description: In my transparent watercolors, I love to show how light and values and the skill of drawing insures a successful painting. My favorite subjects to paint are glass and silver...I am fascinated with the reflections and refractions I find in both. The pure transparency of watercolor is an absolute joy and pleasure to paint.Artist Contact: [email protected]
Artist: Robyn Jorde, SWS
Title: Dogged
Size: 9" X 8.75"
Medium: Watercolor
Market Value: $300
Description: During Covid isolation, it was therapeutic to make some paintings of dogs. This hound, full of hope and determination, is especially meaningful.Artist Contact: robynjorde.com
Artist: Pat Kochan, WFWS, SWS
Title: Lady Cardinal
Size: 19" X 21.5"
Medium: Watercolor
Market Value: $1,300
Description: Inspired by a student's bird nest that she brought to my class. We all painted it and I put a "Lady Cardinal" in mine. Artist Contact: patkochanfineart.com
Artist: Gaylord O'Con, SWS
Title: Hornby Lighthouse
Size: 10" X 14"
Medium: Watercolor
Market Value: $400
Description: My watercolor painting "Hornby Lighthouse" located in Jackson Bay, Australia.Artist Contact: gaylordocon.com
Artist: Herb Reed, SWS
Title: Tour de Lucca
Size: 20" X 12"
Medium: Transparent Watercolor
Market Value: $500
Description: This was inspired by my trip to Tuscany (and Lucca) two years ago. I love how the backlighting defines the subjects and their bicycles. I've been seriously painting in watercolor and sketching urban scenes for more than twenty years. Naomi Brotherton was my first instructor (of many).
Artist Contact: Herb Reed Watercolors on Facebook
Artist: Marie Renfro, NWS, WFWS, SWS
Title: Flair
Size: 8.25" X 7.75"
Medium: Acrylic Collage
Market Value: $100
Description: Flair is an acrylic collage on watercolor paper with collaged pieces of prints which I have made.Artist Contact: marierenfro.com
Artist: Gwen Revino, SWS
Title: The Toy Seller
Size: 11" X 14"
Medium: Transparent Watercolor
Market Value: $500
Description: This painting was done from a photo I took on a trip to Cabo San Lucas. I was struck by the contrast of the woman sitting with her colorful toys and
the bare wall and doorway.Artist Contact: gwenrevino.com
Artist: Kay Smith, SWS, WFWS
Title: Wine and Roses
Size: 14.5" X 14.25"
Medium: Watercolor
Market Value: $300
Description: A bouquet of fragrant red roses sits beside several wine glasses, waiting for the romance to begin. For the viewer's entertainment I often add imaginary elements of surprise in my art.Artist Contact: kaysmith.artspan.com
Artist: Richard Sneary, NWS
Title: Laundry Day in Havanna II
Size: 14" X 10"
Medium: Watercolor
Market Value: $1,075
Description: 2020 trip to Cuba,
O’Riley Street in Havana.
Artist Contact: richardsneary.com
Artist: Ron Stephens, SWS, WFWS
Title: Utopia Panorama
Size: 22" X 22"
Medium: Acrylic on Paper
Market Value: $450
Description: A multi media painting on 300# paper with a base of textured acrylic and acrylic painting. There is use of charcoal and water base graphite with pieces of painted kitchen paper towel. There is also Caran d Ach. My intent was an abstract landscape image that hopefully conveyed a horizon line with a stream coming down with a variety of shapes and color at the mid line. Artist Contact: ron-stephens.fineartamerica.com
Artist: Cecy Turner, NWS, SWS, WFWS
Title: Transition to Fall
Size: 14" X 10"
Medium: Watercolor
Market Value: $450
Description: Aspen trees painted plein air in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. These are my favorite trees to paint! See more aspens on my web site, www.cecyturner.com.Artist Contact: cecyturner.com
Artist: Pam Wilson, SWS
Title: Foxy Ladies
Size: 18" X 10"
Medium: Watercolor
Market Value: $350
Description: I took a photo of these beautiful foxgloves in Carcassonne, France several years ago. This was a project of joy, seeing the unique beauty of the foxgloves come to form on my easel. I hope someone buys "Foxy Ladies" and gets pleasure
out of looking at these beautiful flowers every day.Artist Contact: Pam Wilson
Watercolors on Facebook
Artist: Alexis Levine, NWS, TWSA
Title: Rock-a-Bye-Baby
Size: 22 X 13
Medium: Watercolor
Market Value: $550
Description: My watercolor paintings appear tobe realistic ... but they are thoughtfully conceived,strategically designed, and carefully drawn aroundabstract shapes, values, colors, movement, andpositive and negative spaces. I believe that myapproach gives my work a more contemporary feel,and results in paintings which convey my personalreaction to my subject, not merely the visual facts.
Artist Contact: alexislavineartist.com
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