SEASONAL NOTES SPRING 2023

Posted on: March 7th, 2023

 

Full Moon (photo)

NEW PAINTINGS

 

“Dazzle”  was my first painting of the year, on a sheet of Strathmore Plate illustration board. This painting of a hollyhock was a fun project and the surface of the board supported the smooth edges and lifted lights I used to create it. The emphasis is on the warmth in the highlight areas.

“Shimmer” was next for a change of subject.  It is also on a half sheet of Crescent Illustration board. It was painted directly with lights lifted out and some edges softened. It has a warm dominance.

I built up deeper values as I painted the shadow patterns I decided to suggest some background in this older painting, “Spring Thaw”. The colors are Cobalt blue, French Ultramarine Blue, New Gamboge, Raw Umber and Permanent Rose, I also added some deeper values in some of the shadows in the water.

NEWS SPRING

 

.I presently have  no workshops planned. Any future ones would be local; here in the Adirondacks of NY near Lake Champlain. I do have 4 digital books, a hard cover book and 2 videos on this site for those who want to see information about how I paint, my materials and more. There is also painting information in the archived issues of the Seasonal Notes from other seasons.

 

You can view a variety of my paintings on the gallery pages. Many of these are still available for sale. Contact me if you are interested in information about a particular painting. phone: 518-834-7440   email: ann@annpember.com

 

NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITIONS

 

 

Flow

April – June
90th Annual Juried Exhibition Of The Hudson Valley Art Association
Lyme Art Association Gallery, Old Lyme, CT

DUSTY

May – Aug
Transparent Watercolor Society 47th Annual Juried Exhibition, Kenosha Public Museum, WI


Luscious

August-September
Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolors at View Art Center, Old Forge, NY

Water Lily

April – June
AMERICAN ARTISTS PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE SPRING MEMBERS ONLINE EXHIBITION

Dancing Light

May-June
Academic Artists Association 73RD Annual National Exhibition of Traditional Realism CT

Joyous
July-August
55th Annual Watercolor West International Juried Exhibition
That acceptance earned me Master Signature Member status in the Watercolor West Watercolor Society.

Holy Hydrangea
April – May
Illinois Watercolor Society 39th National Exhibition

Basking
June -Sept
Watercolor U.S.A. National Exhibition; Springfield Museum,, MO

Museo Majestuoso
March – May; Issue
The Art of Watercolor Magazine’s 49, Readers’ Competition includes my painting, in the top 100 entries, receiving 35 of 9,639 total votes cast.

Poetic Peony  & Shadow Dance
March – April
Western Colorado Watercolor Society; 31st Rockies West National

Rapture
May – June
82nd Annual National Exhibition of the Watercolor Society of Alabama Gordon Nelson Memorial Award