2012 Exhibitions

This year I entered many national and regional exhibitions.  At this date I have had paintings accepted in eight venues and am waiting for the notifications from three more.  It is gratifying to have my paintings selected by jurors whose personal works and achievements I value.  Here is the list of exhibitions with references to the blog posts where the paintings may be seen.

Gibson County Visual Arts Association, Trenton, TN. April 9 - May 11.  Cheng-khee Chee was the juror. MADRONE (see blog post Sept. 8, 2010).  ROSEMARY'S IRIS (see blog post July 26, 2010).  MADRONE won an honorable mention.

Tennessee Watercolor Association, Memphis, TN. May 4 - June 20. Gerald Brommer was the juror.  LEMONS AND TANGELOS (see blog post April 3, 2010).  MELANIE (see blog post Sept.8, 2011).  MELANIE was selected to be in the Traveling Show.

Texas Watercolor Society, San Antonio, TX, June 1 - 30. Steve Doherty was the juror. IRIS TETE A TETE (see blog post April 19, 2011).

Society of Watercolor Artists, Fortworth, TX, April 15 - June 22. Juror was Robert Burridge. EN GARDE ( see blog post April 3, 2010).

Dogwood Regional Fine Arts Exhibition, Knoxville, TN, April - 27. Juror was Terry Jordan.  SUN-LIT FALL FOLIAGE (see blog post Aug. 10, 2012).  This was a brand new painting.  It was sold at this show!

Southern Watercolor Society, Nacoochee, GA, June 9 - July 7. Juror was Frederick Graff.  PARTY TIME (see blog post April 3, 2010).  I had just joined this organization and was very happy to have one of my paintings accepted.  SWS includes 19 states and an impressive membership of very talented artists.  Nacoochee is in a beautiful area of northwest Georgia.

Fountain City Art Center, Fountain City, TN, June 8 - July 12. SPLISH - SPLASH (see blog post Aug. 11, 2011).  LEMONS AND TANGELOS II (see blog post April 14, 2012).  LEMONS AND TANGELOS II won an honorable mention. 

Aqueous USA, Kentucky Watercolor Society, Oct.3 - 28.  Juror was Ted Nuttal. MADRONE (see blog post April 3, 2010).

I am waiting for notification from three other watercolor organizations. 

Dogwood Fall Foliage

This painting may look very familiar.  Last Spring I painted a half-sheet version of the same subject.  It was accepted in the Dogwood Regional Fine Arts Exhibition and was sold at the reception.  I had just finished it and it was gone!  I decided to enlarge the composition and go a bit brighter with the pigments.  This is the result: a full-sheet painting of the vibrant fall foliage of the Dogwood when bathed in bright sunshine.