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 reside on the
shore
of
Lake Champlain
, where they built Pember’s studio in 1993.
She has been painting in watercolor since 1980.
Pember’s light filled
paintings have been included in more than one-hundred-fifty 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 twenty 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.
The artist is a signature member of American Artists Professional
League, (Fellow), Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, National
Association of Women Artists, Audubon Artists, Knickerbocker Artists,
USA
, Missouri Watercolor Society, Mississippi Watercolor Society, Montana
Watercolor Society, Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, Rocky Mountain
National, Watercolor West and many other regional societies.
She has been teaching painting workshops since 1988. The artist welcomes
visits to her studio by appointment.
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
Potomac Valley Watercolor
Society, Honorary
Rocky Mountain National
Watermedia Society
Academic Artists
Association
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
Watercolor Society of
Alabama
Watercolor West
Western Colorado
Watercolor Society
| 2007 |
"SUMMER SOLACE" WON
THE TRAILS & STREAMS MEDALLION: FOR A WOODLANDS THEME; Adirondacks
National Exhibition of American Watercolors, Old Forge, NY
|
| 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
|