Watercolor, Winter 2008

Features

• Artist to Artist: Jeanne Dobie- This renowned artist and teacher offers advice on using color and learning from every experience, professional and otherwise.
• The Allure of Mystery (Jennifer King)- A suggestion of hidden meaning is a captivating and desirable quality in a work of art, but learning to achieve that can be something of a mystery in itself. Artist Sally Cataldo reveals her approach for creating enigmatic, intriguing paintings.
• New Perspectives (Lynne Moss Perricelli)- Sy Ellen?????s aerial scenes refresh his view of both life and art.
• A Process of Exploration (Lynne Moss Perricelli)- Barbara Edwards experiments with media and techniques in her paintings that make use of both representation and abstraction.
• In the Moment (John A. Parks)- Stephanie Anderson?????s paintings are as fresh-looking as the subject matter, thanks to her fast, decisive technique and skilled handling of paints, brush, and paper.
• Composing for Clarity (Stephen May)- Milton Avery (1885-1965) simplified forms and harmonized colors to create composition of both balance and tension.
• Modern Masters: George James (Lynne Moss Perricelli)- Known for his innovative method of using transparent watercolor on a nonabsorbent surface, this California artist employs an open-ended approach.
• Still Lifes on a Small Scale (Tina Tammaro)- Combining close observation with an intuitive approach, Joyce Washor creates tiny paintings with big impact.
• The Human Element (Lynne Moss Perricelli)- Incorporating figures in her architecture and landscape scenes help Margaret M. Martin direct the viewer?????s eye and infuse a sense of movement and life.
• Modern Masters: Steve Hanks (M. Stephen Doherty)- Although viewers may first be attracted to the beautiful and romantic subjects of Steve Hanks????? extraordinary detailed watercolors, they soon become engaged by the expressions of love, loss, and hope conveyed by the images. That?????s because each element of the scene is carefully chosen to be a metaphor for a particular aspect of the artist?????s life. For the first time, Hanks has written about those personal connections.