The Magazine of The Missouri Watercolor Society Fall 2013

Watercolor Studio

MoWS Board ofDirectors: George “Papa” Tutt,Executive Director, Fulton, Missouri Jo Tutt,Treasurer, Fulton, Missouri Jerry Berneche, Columbia, MOBess Duston, Kansas City, MOBrenda Beck Fisher,Hannibal, MOKate Gray, Columbia, MOPaul Jackson, Columbia, MOJean Kalin, Platte City, MOCatherine Mahoney,Hermann, MOBarbara Maxwell,Kansas City, KSCarol Carter, St. Louis, MOSandra Schaffer, Kansas City, MO

MoWS Office: Administration:Papa and Jo Tutt1406 Kenwood DriveFulton, MO 65251-1317573-642-6410georgetutt@socket.net

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“Proud Father” by Steve Morris

As Steve Morris looks over his collection of natural objects, he is searching for just the right item for his next painting. He chooses a bird nest; small, delicate and beautifully imper-

fect.

“This one is it,” he says. He recalls the Japanese principle of Wabi-Sabi, the aesthetic ideal of finding beauty in imperfection and impermanence. This ideal has guided much of Steve’s work from the very beginning. He brings this vision of the natural world to his watercolor paintings.

Gently turning the bird nest around in his hands, Steve pays close attention to the extraordi-nary details of this ordinary, discarded object. In his paintings he strives to show the artistry in any of the subjects he paints. Whether he is painting a vibrant, elaborate floral or an earthy, fragile bird nest, Steve expresses the beauty that might have otherwise gone unnoticed.

Steve began painting in 2009 after retiring from his career in graphic design and marketing. Transparent watercolors and graphite are the mediums he uses most. His work has been exhibited locally and nationally. He has had a piece included in the Susan K. Black Foundation’s Blossom II, Art of Flowers International Exhibition and has received the Watercolor Missouri International 2013 Members Award.

Steve is a Signature Member of the St. Louis Watercolor Society and the Missouri Watercolor Society. He is also a member of the American Watercolor Society, the Chesterfield Arts, and is a founding member of Art Group 360. Steve is part owner of the OA Gallery in Kirkwood, Missouri. His work can be seen at the OA Gallery as well as regular gallery shows in association with the Art Group 360. To see more of Steve’s work, please visit ArtGroup360.com.

I have collected nature's offerings for as long as I can remem-ber. Along the way I've gathered flowers, seed pods, sea-shells, taxidermy, and bird nests among other things. My eyes

naturally see the unusual, natural objects that casual observers may miss.

My home studio is a comfortable retreat furnished with a large oriental rug, an overstuffed leather chair, and an antique drafting table where I do my painting. It was my father's table and I'm honored to be able to use it. I appreciate the quality and integ-rity of handcrafted, old things.

In my space I surround myself with the gifts nature has provided to me. Shelves and tabletops contain many twigs, seed pods, fos-sils and dried flowers while a variety of books try to crowd them out.

If you look closely in my 'Cabinet of Curiosities' you will see an ever changing selection of bird nests, eggs, assorted bones, feathers, and of course more books. It's in this intriguing room where I do my work of creating something permanent out of imperfect and impermanent subjects.

Nature’s Amazing Builders by Steve Morris

I have always been fascinated with bird nests and the skill and in-genuity required to build them. Since I've started painting nests others have been collecting them for me. I'm always amazed at the large variety of nests and the abundance of materials used to create them.

I'm often asked if I change or modify the nests to fit my needs and the answer is always NO. I don't believe anyone can improve on nature. I try to showcase these incredible structures. I cannot imagine how difficult it must be to build a nest using only a beak and two small feet.

I typically work on 140 lb. Arches coldpress watercolor paper that I dry mount to acid free foam board. This step avoids the ripples and undulations that commonly happen when painting with watercolors. This also saves a lot of time in prepping.

I use a range of Winsor & Newton paints and a selection of brushes ranging from size 000 up to 4. I have found that a Faber Castell 2 1/2 HB pencil works best and doesn't smear or drag when I wet it. For masking I use a combination of Grafix brand extra tack prepared frisket film, available in sheets or rolls, Win-sor & Newton Masking Fluid, and a Masquepen.

Custom Built Home by Steve Morris

I start each painting with the bird nest in hand and several photo enlargements to show details. The composition is very important to me. I spend a lot of time on this to get the best placement. I then decide on the background and which technique or application I will use. Once these decisions are made I do a very precise, detailed drawing directly on my paper. If my piece includes a background I will put it in at this stage.

My painting process begins by masking out my drawing using the prepared frisket film often used in airbrushing. Once the mask is cut I use a bone burnisher to rub the edges down and start laying in the washes, gradually building them to the desired color or effect I want. I work this way be-cause if anything can go wrong it usually happens at this point and the only thing I will have lost is the drawing.

Now that the background is in I pick a starting point such as a twig, branch, or straw etc. to begin painting. I work one element at a time so I can focus on the detail in each individual piece and take it to a finished stage. I usually lay in a base color on damp or moist paper that's not too saturated. I then add in the details using more of a dry brush technique.

Once all the elements are painted I come back and put in the shadows building them up to the desired density. This method allows for subtle details to show through even when the shadows are quite dark. I have found that this approach to painting works well for me on various subjects and allows for the detail I strive to achieve.

My paintings are a personal response to each subject I paint. Because I work with the actual object in my hands my senses of sight, touch, and smell are engaged in a unique way. Often, just moving the subject into a new position gives me a whole new appreciation for its creation and offers me an exciting new composition.

There is impermanence in nature that I try to capture in my paintings. One week a nest is full of tiny, baby birds and the next week the birds have flown away and the nest abandoned. Nature has given us an amazing selec-tion of subjects to paint and I hope my paintings help people appreciate all these small works of art.

Speck-tacular Nestby Steve Morris

Out on a Limbby Steve Morris

CongratulationS to all the WinnerS at thiS year'S national MeMBerS invitational. First Place: Tuva Stephens McKenzie, TNSecond Place: Daven Anderson St Louis, MO Third Place: Penny Brown Fayette, MOHonorable Mention: Sy Ellens Kalamazoo, MIMerit Award: Brenda Beck Fisher Hannibal, MOMerit Award: Don Taylor Panama City, FLMerit Award: Catherine Mahoney Hermann, MOMerit Award: Michael Steddum Webb City, MOMerit Award: Rosemary Zbinden Fulton, MOM. Graham Award: Steve Morris Chesterfield, MOWinsor & Newton Award: Paul Jackson Columbia, MOJack Richeson Merchandise Award: Gary Cadwallader Warrensburg, MOJack Richeson Merchandise Award: Bess Duston Kansas City, MOGolden Artist Merchandise Award: Barbara Maxwell Kansas City, MOAmpersand Award: Vicki Cheek Columbia, MOJack Richesson Merchandise Award: Jeanne Conway St Louis, MOSalis International Award: Lynne Kroll Parkland, FLSalis International Award: Shirley Nachtrieb St Charles, MOSalis International Award: Pat Thomson Raytown, MOStrathmore Artist Paper: Maggie Bauman Maryland Heights, MOStrathmore Artist Paper: Sandra Schaffer Kansas City, MOStrathmore Artist Paper: Alicia Farris Springfield, MOStrathmore Artist Paper: Jerry Berneche Columbia, MO

First Place painting by Tuva Stephens

Papa and Jo Tutt with Second Place painting by Daven Anderson

Papa and Jo Tutt with Third Place painting by Penny Brown

Papa Tutt introduces the MOWS Board

The crowd at the reception for the 2013 National MOWS Members Invitational

The Montminy Art Committee: Libby Gill, Cathy Salter. Laura Perez-Mesa

Catherine Mahoney with her Merit Award-winning painting Laura Perez-Mesa, Joanne and Jerry Berneche

MOWS Board Members Papa Tutt, Linda Wilmes, Shirley Nachtrieb, and Catherine Mahoney with Laura Perez-Mesa

Diane Stolz won First Place in both Pastel and Oil at the Harrisonville Fine Art Exhibition on October 6th. Diane was also juried into the Pastel Society of New Mexico for their November Exhibi-tion. She won 3 Honorable Mentions through Jerry’s Artarama Art Contests.

Ken Call, MOWS was awarded Best of Show at the Skip Watts Memorial Ex-hibit in Springfield Illinois. He was also awarded the People’s Choice Award at the Pikes Peak International “Legacy” exhibit, and the Silver Medal at Mon-tana Watercolor Society’s Watermedia 2013.

MoWS honor roll member Paul Jack-son won the Peggy Oeschsle award at the 33rd Annual International Exhibition of the San Diego Watercolor Society. He also published a beautiful coffee table book covering his life as an artist and his fantastic paintings, titled “The Wander-ing Watercolorist”.

Jean Kalin had a painting included in the juried 2013 National Kansas Water-color Exhibition in Wichita, Kansas. She will also have two paintings included in the upcoming Artistic Touch 6 book. Jean also has a painting included in the 71st Juried Exhibition of The Audubon Artists, which will be shown on the website www.audubonartists.org from Oct.12 thru Dec. 31.

MoWS honor roll member Mary lou Corn has a solo show at Gallery Zeke in Steelville, Missouri, for the months of November and December.

Sharon Way-Howard had a painting ac-cepted into the Jack Richeson Online Jur-ied Animals, Birds & Wildlife 2013 show.

Shannon M. Ross had a one-person exhibition of abstract art at the Kansas City Artists Coalition.

Susan M. Stuller, MOWS has an 8 page article in the December issue of Wa-tercolor Artist Magazine. She also has a painting in Splash Retrospective, a 20 years look back at the best of Splash. Susan will have 2 paintings included in Artistic Touch 6.

Marion W. hylton was awarded a gift certificate in the Alabama Pastel Society exhibition, and an Honorable Mention in the Mississippi Watercolor Society exhibition.

linda Wilmes was commissioned to paint a mural (5 ½’ x 36’) on the wall of the American Legion in St. Charles, Mis-souri. The mural was dedicated on Sept. 15. It shows the end of WWI and the beginning of the legion in 1919, then goes into WWII, the Korean war, Viet-nam, Gulf War, and Afghanistan wars. linda’s mural is pictured below.

Peggy Bishop’s painting, "Ornamenta-tional", was accepted into two competi-tions: The Missouri Watercolor Inter-national 2013 and the Cincinnati Art Club's ViewPoint 45 where it sold. Her painting, "Preparation", was accepted into the Kentucky Watercolor Society's Aqueous USA 2013, and will receive a material award on November 1, 2013, at the Actor's Theatre in downtown Lou-isville, Kentucky.

George “Papa” Tutt won a gold medal in the Red River Watercolor Society Na-tional. He had paintings included in the Columbia Art League Members’ Sum-mer Open, the Illinois Signature Show, and the Louisiana Art and Artists Guild Exhibition.

Linda Green-Metzler took first prize in the “Street Scenes” timed paint at the September St. Charles Riverfront Paint Off for watercolor. She currently is exhibiting all her St. Charles plein air works at Remington’s Gallery and Frame Shop, Old St. Charles, Missouri.

Julie Baldwin had a solo exhibit in Oc-tober and November at the McPherson Opera House in McPherson, Kansas.

Marilynne Bradley, MOWS will be honored by the Webster Groves Art Commission as the 2013 recipient of the Webster Groves Lifetime Achievement in Art Award.

Betty Jameson won a First Place and Honor Award at the Wind River Art Guild’s National fine Art Show Dubois, Wyoming. Betty also won Third Place at the River Art Group’s 66th Annual Competition, San Antonio, Texas.

Shirley Nachtrieb had paintings in two separate shows at the St. Peters Cultural Art Centre. She also had artwork ac-cepted into the “Fiber Content” Juried Exhibit at Framations Art Gallery, St. Charles, Missouri. She had a painting in the Missouri Watercolor Society Nation-al Member’s Invitational at the Boone County Historical Society, Columbia, Missouri. She also had artwork juried into the 22nd Annual International Art Exhibit of International Society of Ex-perimental Artists, Sanibel, Florida; and the Pre-Holiday Exhibit at the Contempo Gallery, Sheldon, Washington. Shirley had artwork represented in the Who is God Book IV, published in 2013 through GDP Studios, Sheldon, Washington.

ann Pember won the following awards in the second half of 2013: Honorable Mention: Mississippi Watercolor Society 2013 Grand National; Trails & Streams Medallion: for A Woodland Theme; Adirondacks National, Old Forge, New York; Mary Bryan Memorial Award; Academic Artists Association Annual Juried Exhibition, Connecticut. She had paintings in the following national juried

exhibitions: Pikes Peak Watercolor Society International Watermedia 2013, Colorado; National Watercolor Society Members and Associates Juried Exhi-bition, California; Academic Artists Asso-ciation 63rd Annual National Exhibition of Contemporary Realism in Art, Vernon Art Center; Vernon, Connecticut; Ad-irondacks National Exhibition of Ameri-can Watercolors; Old Forge, New York;Montana Watercolor Society Waterme-dia 2013; Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 117th Annual Open; Watercolor West 45th Annual, California; Audubon Artists 71st Annual Online Exhibition; Pittsburgh Watercolor Society 67th Aqueous Open, Pennsylvania; Missis-sippi Watercolor Society 28th Grand Na-tional, Mississippi. In addition, Ann was featured in the 2013 Edition of Marquis Who’s Who of American Women.

Miles G. Batt, Sr. was award Best in Show in three different exhibitions: Georgia Watercolor Society 34th Annual National Exhibition, Blue Ridge Muse-um, Blue Ridge, Georgia; Rocky Moun-tain National Watermedia Society 40th Annual Exhibition, Foothills Art Center, Golden, Colorado; and Watercolor West 45th Annual National Exhibition, Brea Art Center, Brea, California. He also won a cash award at the Florida Watercolor Society 42nd Annual Exhibition, Art Cen-ter Sarasota, Sarasota, FL

Mike Mazer's painting “Tied Up” has just returned from a two-year tour of eight museums across the country with the American Society of Marine Art-ists. He is currently exhibiting two of his paintings in the 20th Anniversary Marine Art Show at the Coos Art Mu-seum in Coos Bay, Oregon and was the recipient of awards at both the North Shore Arts Association in Gloucester and the Arts Affair at Marina Bay in Quincy. Mike was requested by the Uni-versity of Mass Press to allow the image of his painting “New Bedford Whale-man Statue” to be used as the cover image for their new book published this August titled: “A Bold and Hardy Race of Men: The Lives and Literature of American Whalemen”. It is available now in book stores and on Amazon. The original painting is in the collection of the New Bedford Free Public Library. This year the Cape Cod Art Association in Barnstable established a new Master Artist category, and Mike was one of the first artists to be designated with that status. In addition, Mike had a painting accepted into the 2013 collection of the United States Coast Guard in Washing-ton, DC.

Judith Repke had two pieces accepted into the Hard Line show at Framations, in St. Charles, Missouri.

Don taylor was selected as an elected member of the AAPL (American Art-ists Professional League). He won the second place Silver Award in the 2013 Tallahassee Watercolor Society 2013 Annual Brushstrokes Exhibit; the F&W Media/Strathmore Award in the 2013 Pike’s Peak Watercolor Society Annual Exhibit; the Dick Blick Award in the 34th Pennsylvania Watercolor Society Annual exhibit; and a Merit Award in the 2013 MOWS Members Invitational. His paint-ings in the 2013 ANEAW (Old Forge) exhibit and the 2013 Florida Watercolor Society exhibit were selected for the respective traveling exhibits.

MOWS Honor Member Dean Mitch-ell served as a member of the Jury of Selection for the National Watercolor Society’s 2012 Annual Open Exhibition. MOWS members Pat Cook and Mike Bailey served as alternates. Twenty-three MOWS members had paintings selected for this exhibition.

Carol Z. Brody, NWS was awarded signature status in Watercolor West, a transparent watercolor society in Cali-fornia, and in the Florida Watercolor So-ciety. Both organizations required three acceptances into their juried shows for this honor. Carol's painting, "Party Papers and Red Circles" was chosen for the Shenzhen International Water-color Biennial in China, in December. There were 2825 submissions, and 206 paintings were chosen, 130 from China and130 from the rest of the world.

Pat Cook, MOWS had a painting, Conversation LXXVIII, accepted into the Shenzhen International Watercolor Biennial in China.

Doris Davis-Glackin, MOWS had a paint-ing, Looking Up, accepted in the Shen-zhen International Watercolor Biennial in China. Doris received the Chandler Bellows Memorial Award for her painting Ode to Summer's End in the Philadelphia Watercolor Society's 113th Anniversary International Exhibition of works on paper. She also was honored to receive the PWCS Crest Medal given to recognize those members who have shown consistent excellence in works entered in their annual exhibitions. The exhibition was held at the E.O. Bull Cen-ter for the Arts, West Chester University, Pennsylvania.

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Carole A. Burval, TWSA, MOWS, WHS had a very successful One Woman Show ‘Nature’s Glory’ at the LaGrange Gallery, LaGrange, IL in June. Her painting, ‘Faced With Reality’ is included in the new book from North Light, Incite: Dreams Realized which is available now on-line and in bookstores. ‘Faced With Reality’ was also juried into the Wyoming Watercolor 28th Annual National Exhibition this summer. Her work ‘Nature’s Turmoil’ won Honor-able Mention in the Norris Gallery’s Watercolor 2013 Exhibit in St. Charles, IL. At the ‘Sprout Shout’ Exhibit in July, Carole’s painting ‘Summer’s Glory’ won 1st Place.