Friday, Surprise Awards from NAWS

Friday was an emotional day for me at the first fall season Northern Arizona Watercolor Society monthly meeting.

The Spring NAWS Show was held in May at which time show awards were selected by juror John Salminen, a signature member of numerous art societies including the AWS and NWS. John has received more than 200 awards in national and international exhibitions.

In the May show, John chose my watercolor to be the recipient of his Juror’s Award; this is the painting the juror liked best in the show. In the September NAWS meeting, I received two additional, even more special awards for this watercolor painting: the People’s Choice Award and the NAWS Member’s Choice Award.

I’ve felt this recognition is far more difficult to accumulate during the two week duration of the show: votes from the public; even greater from my fellow artists. I was touched by this acknowledgment from the membership. Friday was a good high energy day.

Open House Sunday, Show Low Arizona

watercolor painting

Image 22 x 30

Framed 30 x 38

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Thank you for sharing this experience with me!

Enjoy the season as the leaves are changing their coats to color.

Mary Dove

Bye for now.

(AWA) Arizona Watercolor Association Fall Show Selection

The AWA show juor Lian Quan Zhen selected my watercolor Santa Fe Cása for the fall show.

Lian Quan Zhen came to the United States in 1985 from China and earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California at Berkeley in 1992, followed by a master of Architecture from MIT in 1996.

Zhen has published three books with North Light and his fourth, on Chinese watercolor painting techniques, will be released this fall. You can visit his website www.lianspainting.com to see examples of his work or watch short videos on YouTube. Enjoy his demo on his website.

Santa Fe Cása

watercolor

Image size: 22 x 30
Frame size: 30 x 38 x 1.25

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AWA FALL SHOW 2013

September 29^th – November 2^nd

                                    Village Square At DANA PARK                                                                          1755 South Val Vista                                          Mesa, Arizona 85204

                            Reception & Awards 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm                           Awards Presentation at 7:00 pm

Thursday, October 17, 2013

All are welcome!

 Enjoy the cooler temperatures and smells of September fall in the air! 

Mary Dove

Bye for now. 

Sky Harbor Airport Museum Show, Phoenix

Sky Harbor Museum Show has a cute name and subject this year for their fall show. Birds, Blooms and Bugs will be the theme for the show. It will be interesting to see how many bug paints are entered into this juried show.

I love bugs, just not into painting bugs. Therefore, I have two birds and two blooms being submitted for jury consideraton. Here they are:

Birds:

The Green Jay is a beautiful, colorful approx 9” bird found in South Texas. 

The configuration of these old gateposts, with native grasses and flowers, show their construction design along with the character and texture of the wood. This subject is a natural stage for the Texas Green Jay.

Lookout, Texas Green Jay

watercolor

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"This African Ostrich has attitude in spades." He was found in the middle of the road on a bike trip to the Cape by my adventurous neighbors.

Attitude, African Ostrich

oil pastel painting

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Blooms:

My yard is the resource for many paintings. Enjoy this beautiful sunny Sedona day and our native pink prickly pear cactus flower.

Pink Prickly Pear Yellow Cactus Bloom

oil painting

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Love painting from my yard. This is one of the most beautiful Trumpet Vines in the yard. Its flowers and bean seeds are the largest of all my 9 vines on the fences. This flower group is on the fence next to a large Donkey Ears Cactus; year after year they seems to enjoy each other company as the flowers grow through the ears of the donkey cactus.

Trumpet Vine and Donkey Ears Cactus

oil painting

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The show starts on November 2 thru May 4, 2014. Entries needed to be in on September 13^th. The artist almost needs to work a year ahead for juried shows. Notification of acceptance into the show will be October 4^th. This show, not being a membership show, is open to all artists living in Arizona. There will be lots of artists and many more painting for the museum to select from. I enter 4 images to possibly get one in the show.

 Enjoy the cooler temperatures and smells of September fall in the air! 

Mary Dove

Bye for now.