Ann
Pember, originally from
Massachusetts
, earned a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art in
Boston
in 1968. She has studied watercolor with many respected artists and
spent twelve years working as a free-lance commercial artist. This
included designing art for clothing stores, greeting card publishers,
and toy companies. In 1976 she relocated to the Adirondack region of
New York
. The artist and her husband live on the
shore
of
Lake Champlain
, where they built Pember’s studio in 1993.
She has been painting in watercolor since 1980.
Pember’s
watercolor paintings have been included in more than
one-hundred-seventy-five national juried exhibitions, including those of
the American Watercolor Society, Rocky Mountain National and Watercolor
USA and they have won numerous awards. Her work has been featured in
more than thirty books and publications. It is widely exhibited and is
represented in many public, corporate and private collections.
Pember’s
book, “Painting Close-Focus Flowers in Watercolor” was released in
2000 and is almost sold out. It contains numerous step-by-step paintings
created for the book. Her instructional video, “Vibrant Orchid;
Painting in the Flow of Watercolor”, was released by Creative Catalyst
Productions in 2004 and a second video, “Painting in the Flow of
Watercolor on High Plate Illustration Board”, in 2006. A self
published book, “Make Dynamic Paintings In Watercolor”, was released
in PDF format on CD in 2008. She has been teaching painting workshops
since 1988 and welcomes visits to her studio by appointment.
The
artist is a signature member of American Artists Professional League,
(Fellow), Allied Artists of America, Audubon Artists, Catharine
Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, Knickerbocker Artists,
USA
, Missouri Watercolor Society, Mississippi Watercolor Society, Montana
Watercolor Society, National Association of Women Artists, Pennsylvania
Watercolor Society, Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Society,
Watercolor West and many other regional societies.
ARTIST
STATEMENT
The abstract
patterns and shadows created by light have fascinated me since childhood.
My paintings emphasize these effects and are created with luminous and
vibrant color passages. I prefer to apply paints directly to the paper,
allowing them to mingle there, rather than mixing them on my palette or
glazing in layers. I paint on an easel with the board raised at an angle.
Gravity enhances the movement of wet paint, producing glowing, fresh color
passages.
Living on the
shore of Lake Champlain and tending my gardens provides me with an
abundance of beautiful scenery and subjects. My watercolors include
flowers, landscapes, still lifes and portraits, mostly inspired by nature
and my home environment. I paint in an impressionistic style and often use
a close-up point of view, which gives my work a slightly abstract quality.
I often work in series as a means of fully exploring a subject.
PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERSHIPS
ACADEMIC
ARTISTS ASSOCIATION
ALLIED
ARTISTS OF
AMERICA
AMERICAN
ARTISTS PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE; FELLOW
AUDUBON
ARTISTS
BALTIMORE
WATERCOLOR SOCIETY, INC.
CATHARINE
LORILLARD WOLFE ART CLUB
CENTRAL NEW YORK
WATERCOLOR SOCIETY
KNICKERBOCKER
ARTISTS
USA
MISSISSIPPI
WATERCOLOR SOCIETY
MISSOURI
WATERCOLOR SOCIETY
MONTANA
WATERCOLOR SOCIETY
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN ARTISTS, INC.
PENNSYLVANIA
WATERCOLOR SOCIETY
PITTSBURGH
WATERCOLOR SOCIETY; INVITED MEMBER
POTOMAC
VALLEY
WATERCOLOR SOCIETY; HONORARY MEMBER
ROCKY
MOUNTAIN WATERMEDIA SOCIETY
WATERCOLOR
SOCIETY OF ALABAMA, SILVER SIGNATURE MEMBER
WATERCOLOR
WEST
WESTERN COLORADO
WATERCOLOR SOCIETY
| 2011 |
CAROL BARNES AWARD: Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition, CO |
| 2011 |
MERIT AWARD: Watercolor Society of Alabama 70th Annual Exhibition |
| 2008 |
AWARD
WITH GIFT CERTIFICATE; Watercolor Society of Alabama |
| 2008 |
ACHIEVEMENT
AWARD: Missouri Watercolor Society |
| 2007 |
TRAILS & STREAMS MEDALLION: FOR A WOODLANDS
THEME |
| 2006 |
VERILUX
INC. MERCHANDISE AWARD: Watercolor Society of Alabama
|
| 2005 |
Little
House On Linden Award: Watercolor Society of Alabama |
| 2005 |
JERRY'S ARTARAMA
MERCHANDISE AWARD: Academic Artists Association Annual, MA |
| 2005 |
CREATIVE CATALYST
PRODUCTIONS MERCHANDISE AWARD: Baltimore Watercolor Society, |
| 2004 |
MTWS SILVER MEDALLION
AWARD: Montana Watercolor Soc 22nd Annual |
| 2004 |
M. GRAHAM & CO
AWARD: Pittsburgh Watercolor Soc. 58th Aqueous Open |
| 2003 |
MTWS EXPRESSIONIST
AWARD: Montana Watercolor Soc 21st Annual Watermedia 2003 |
| 2003 |
BEST OF SHOW: PIKES
PEAK INTERNATIONAL WATERMEDIA XIII: Colorado Springs Art
Center |
| 2002 |
MERIT
AWARD: Watercolor Art Society-Houston, Texas
|
| 2001 |
ST.
CUTHBERT’S MILL MERCHANDISE AWARD; Kentucky Watercolor Society
Aqueous USA |
| 2001 |
STRATHMORE
PAPER CO. MERCHANDISE AWARD: Academic Artists Assoc. |
| 2001 |
ALPEN
AWARD: Pikes Peak Watercolor Society International Watermedia
Twelve |
| 2000 |
DALER-ROWNEY
MERCHANDISE AWARD: Western Colorado Watercolor Society |
| 2000 |
AWARD
OF RECOGNITION: Western Colorado Watercolor Society for 5
acceptances. |
| 2000 |
JACK
RICHESON & CO. AWARD: Mid-Atlantic Regional, Baltimore
Watercolor Society |
| 2000 |
daniel
SMITH ARTISTS’ MATERIALS AWARD: Watercolor Society of Alabama |
| 2000 |
MERIT
AWARD: Louisiana Watercolor Society International
|
| 1999 |
VIEUX
CARRE MERIT AWARD: Louisiana Watercolor Society International |
| 1998 |
ALLSTATE
INSURANCE AWARD: Mississippi Watercolor Society |
| 1998 |
VIRGINIA
WEIGAND AWARD FOR FLORALS:: Rocky Mountain National: Foothills Art
Center, CO |
| 1998 |
MARTIN
FAMILY AWARD: Adirondack National Exhibition of American
Watercolors; Old Forge, NY |
| 1997 |
AWARD:
WESTERN COLORADO WATERCOLOR SOCIETY |
| 1997 |
DICK
BLICK ART MATERIALS: Audubon Artists Exhib., NYC |
| 1997 |
MERIT
AWARD: BALTIMORE WATERCOLOR SOC. , Johns Hopkins Univ. , MD
|
| 1997 |
GRUMBACI~ER
ACADEMY GOLD MEDAL AWARD: Louisiana Watercolor Soc Ex. |
| 1997 |
NWS
MEMBERS & ASSOCIATES EXHIBITION: CA |
| 1996 |
BORDEN-RILEY
MERCHANDISE AWARD: Louisiana Watercolor Society Annual
International, New Orleans
|
| 1995 |
THE
GLASS ART SHOP AWARD: Watermedia '95; Montana Watercolor Society |
| 1995 |
CATHARINE
LORILLARD WOLFE ART CLUB HONORABLE MENTION IN WATERMEDIA 99TH
Annual, NYC |
| 1995 |
JOYCE
& GLENN HIMES PURCHASE AWARD: WATERCOLOR USA, Springfield Art
Museum, Missouri |
| 1994 |
SAUNDERS
WATERFORD & BOCKINGFORD PAPER MERCHANDISE AWARD; Watercolor
West, CA |
| 1994 |
M.GRUMBACHER
GOLD MEDAL AND MERCHANDISE AWARD:
Mississippi
Watercolor Soc. Exhib. |
| 1994 |
NEW
JERSEY
WATERCOLOR SOCIETY AWARD: Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club
Annual, NYC |
| 1994 |
PERRY
HOUSE GALLERIES: HONORABLE MENTION WITH MEDAL: Invitational; VA
|
| 1993 |
DOROTHEA
& ALBERT GORDON MEMORIAL AWARD:
Adirondack
National Exhib. Old Forge, NY
|
| 1993 |
JERRY’S
ARTARAMA GIFT CERTIFICATE: Watercolor Art Society-Houston 17th
International,
Texas
|
| 1992 |
STRATHMORE
PAPER AWARD:
Adirondack
Park
Centennial Watercolor Exhibition, NY
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PUBLICATIONS
AUTHORED
PUBLICATIONS
2008
MAKE DYNAMIC PAINTINGS IN
WATERCOLOR; Digital Book on CD in PDF format
2000
PAINTING CLOSE FOCUS FLOWERS IN WATERCOLOR;
Publisher: North Light Books
VIDEO
2004
VIBRANT ORCHID…PAINTING IN THE FLOW OF WATERCOLOR
2006 PAINTING
IN THE FLOW OF WATERCOLOR ON HIGH PLATE ILLUSTRATION BOARD
PUBLICATIONS
2011
Selected Finalist Art Prize Challenge: INTERNATIONAL ARTIST MAGAZINE: Article, October / November Issue
2011 Included
In the Book: Splash
12;
North Light Books
2010 Included
in the French Magazine: PRATIQUE DES ARTS
2009 Selected
Finalist Art Prize Challenge: INTERNATIONAL ARTIST MAGAZINE: Article
2005 Included
in the book: BIG BOOK OF PAINTING WATERCOLOR FLOWERS: North
Light Books
2005
Featured Article: Watercolor Magazine; Advice From Experts:
2004 Included
In the Magazine: WATERCOLOR BASICS; March Issue
2003 Included
In the Magazine: WATERCOLOR MAGIC HANDBOOK; June Issue
2002 Included
In the Book: THE
COLLECTED BEST OF WATERCOLOR: Rockport Publishers
2002 Featured
Article: THE
ARTIST’T MAGAZINE: “MORE THAN REALITY”
2002 Included
In the Magazine: watercolor Magic
2002,00
Included In the Books: Splash
7 & 6;
North Light Books
2000 Included
In the Magazine: WATERCOLOR
MAGIC:
Yearbook Issue - THE
ONES TO WATCH
2000
Included In the Magazine: COLOR
2000 Included
In the Book:
KEYS TO PAINTING FRUIT & FLOWERS; North
Light Books
1999 Featured
In the Magazine: Watercolor
Magic; Summer Issue
1999
Included in the book: BEST OF FLOWER PAINTING 2;
North Light Books
1999 Featured
in the book: PAINTING THE MANY MOODS OF LIGHT; North Light
Books
1998 Included In the Book: EXPLORING COLOR;
by Nita Leland
1998-96Included in the book: SPLASH 3, 4 &5; North
Light books
1997 Included In the Book: FLORAL INSPIRATIONS;
Rockport Publishers
1997
Included In the Book: BEST OF WATERCOLOR- PAINTING LIGHT
AND SHADOW; Rockport Publishers
1997 Included
In the Book: BEST OF WATERCOLOR- PAINTING COLOR; Rockport
Publishers
1997 Included in the book: THE BEST OF FLOWER
PAINTING; North Light Books
1996 Included in Book: IN WATERCOLOR- FLOWERS;
Rockport Publishers
1996,95
Included In Book: CREATIVE WATERCOLOR- A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE
& SHOWCASE; Rockport Publishers
1995 Included
In Book: BEST OF WATERCOLOR; Rockport Publishers
1995 Included
In the Magazine: WATERCOLOR '95; American Artist Pub.
Spring Issue
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