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CENTER FOR THE ARTS EVERGREEN | 2021

Introduction

September 24 to October 30, 2021

FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR THE ARTS EVERGREEN Center for the Arts Evergreen (CAE) is honored to host the 48th annual Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Show (RMNW). What a privilege it is to host an exhibit that attracts artists from all over the United States. This year, we were thrilled to work with one of our local Colorado favorites, internationally-acclaimed artist Steve Griggs. Steve had the difficult task of jurying in 65 pieces of art from 485 entries. Having viewed the submissions, I can attest that this selection process was not easy. I am in awe of the beauty, originality, and professionalism from each of these artists. To the artists, thank you; we are excited to celebrate you and your artistic gifts. To my colleague, Sara Miller, thank you for all of your hard work, organization, and endless creativity. To the RMNW committee and CAE Board members, thank you all for your infinite volunteer hours and commitment to CAE. We are so fortunate to work with each of you. Finally, the exhibit would not be possible without the support of our sponsors and award underwriters. Thank you to Dr. Ruth Morehouse in memory of her late husband Dr. David Schnarch, Bruce Anderson with Farmers Insurance, Bob McCarroll with LIV/Sotheby’s, and Alexa Cowley with Mountain Home and Alexa Interiors. These individuals and companies provide CAE with the additional resources needed to make this exhibition and all of our exhibits successful. And, to the rest of the staff, thank you for making CAE a magical place to work! I hope all of you enjoy the show. Thank you for keeping the Arts Alive in our Mountain Community. With gratitude, Lisa Nierenberg, Executive Director 2021 Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Committee: Lisa Nierenberg, CAE Executive Director Sara Miller, Director of Exhibitions & Education Celia Sladek, Co-Chair Susan Hammond, Co-Chair Cathy Jones, Co-Chair Csilla Florida, Member

Tom Goldberg, Member Melody Huisjen, Member Eric Maule, Member Ruth Morehouse, Member Carol Newsom, Member Patricia Rucker, Member

Cover Image: Unraveled, Jacqueline Dorsey, transparent watercolor Top Image: Contemplation, Anita Winter, watercolor | Image on page 5: Vine on Gate, Xi Guo, watercolor Copyright 2021 Center for the Arts Evergreen All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted by electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise - without prior permission. P.O. Box 2737 Evergreen, CO 80437 | 31880 Rocky Village Drive Evergreen, CO 80439 | (303) 674-0056 EVERGREENARTS.ORG

Juror Statement

FROM STEVE GRIGGS 2021 ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL WATERMEDIA JUROR I am very honored to have been invited to serve as the juror for the 48th annual Rocky Mountain National Watermedia exhibition. This exhibition has the long and proud reputation of showcasing the very best in watermedia. This year 485 submissions were received. Due to space constraints, I could only select 65 paintings to hang in the show. Congratulations to the artists who are represented in this exhibition, but also to all the artists who submitted to the show. This year the entire field of submissions consisted of exceptionally beautiful pieces. Thank you to the CAE Board of Directors as well as Lisa Nierenberg, Sara Miller, and the rest of the Center for the Arts Evergreen staff and volunteers, for their commitment to excellence in arts engagement and education. It was wonderful to join you in bringing this show together. I viewed each submission to this show in a careful, thoughtful, and thorough manner, seeking the paintings that drew me into their story. I spent time with each painting, enjoying the qualities of design and technique and paying particular attention to the level of execution.While strong technical skills are important, I sought out those paintings that were not only well executed but also told an interesting visual story. I looked for the paintings that compelled me to look at them a little longer and consider the deeper story they told. What you will see in this exhibition is a collection of watermedia paintings, beautifully crafted to tell well told stories. What a delightful combination!

Steve Griggs, Marlowe’s One, watercolor

ABOUT STEVE GRIGGS Steve Griggs currently has signature membership with the Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Society and the Colorado Watercolor Society. He is a member of the American Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society,American Impressionists Society, and the Michigan Watercolor Society. Steve frequently displays and sells work in local, state, regional, and national exhibitions and galleries. He has consistently won awards in national and regional exhibits since 2006, and he has collectors all over the world. His work has been featured in publications such as Southwest Art, Watercolor Artist, and The Artist magazines. Steve is a sought-after workshop and demonstration instructor with students from around the globe.

AWARD

SPONSOR

WINNER

ARTWORK

Dr. David Schnarch Memorial Award Best of Show

Dr. Ruth Morehouse in Memory of Dr. David Schnarch

Jacqueline Dorsey

Unraveled

Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Signature Member Award 1st Place

RMNW Signature Members

Megan Ripke

Pansies

Center for the Arts Evergreen Board of Directors Award 2nd Place

Bruce Anderson, Alexa Cowley, Sandie Godsman, Tom Goldberg, Kelly Haley, Susan Hammond, Cathy & Rick Jones, Eric & Nancy Maule, Lisa O’Hearn, Celia & John Sladek, Ann Stumpf, Kristin Witt

Susan Marion

Chiapaneca Dress

Huiting Wealth Management Award 3rd Place

Huiting Wealth Management

Anita Winter

Contemplation

Patricia Rucker Best Best Abstract Painting Award

Patricia Rucker

Christine Alfery

Blue Bouquet

Colorado Watercolor Society Award

Colorado Watercolor Society

Xi Guo

Vine on Gate

Woden Woods, Inc. Award

Peter Eggers

Jean Weiner

Locked In

Rome Chelsi Award

Rome Chelsi

Ratindra Das

Superior Derelicts 2

Cherry Creek Framing Award

Cherry Creek Framing

Roberta Dyer

Cogitating

The Painted Toe Society Award

The Painted Toe Society

Gloria Miller Allen

Steampunk Exhibit

Evergreen Physical Therapy Specialists Award

Evergreen Physical Therapy Specialists

Robin Lee Makowski

Dragon Fire

AWARD

SPONSOR

WINNER

ARTWORK

John and Pandora Erlandson Award

John and Pandora Erlandson

Dongfeng Li

A Touch of Mist on the Tibetan Plateau

Blick Art Materials Merchandise Award

Blick Art Materials

Pat Dews

Tulip and Friends

Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff Merchandise Award

Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff

Kate Aubrey

What It Takes

Guiry’s, Inc. Merchandise Award

Guiry’s, Inc.

Steve Morris

Milk & Eggs

Golden Artist Colors, Inc. Merchandise Award

Golden Artist Colors

Karen Knutson

Quirky Friends

M. Graham & Co. Merchandise Award

M. Graham & Co.

Lynne Kroll

Letters From the Edge

Foothills Art Explorer - Merchandise Award

Foothills Art Center

Pamela Gilmore Hake

Coming Together

Honorable Mention

Nancy Barch

The Women

Honorable Mention

Liz Walker

Dispossessed #1

Purchase Award: The Miriam R. Levine Award for Creative Expression

Law Office of Richard A. Levine, PC

To be determined

Purchase Award: The Evergreen Award

Nancy Williams & Jim Casebolt

To be determined

THANK YOU TO OUR MERCHANDISE SPONSORS: Blick Art Materials, Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff, Golden Artist Colors, Inc., M. Graham & Co., Guiry’s, Inc., and Foothills Art Center

Patricia Rucker Best Abstract Painting Award

Christine Alfery Lac du Flambeau, WI

Blue Bouquet

watercolor & acrylic 40” x 30”

What do you see when you look at an abstract or semi-abstract work of art? Do you find it confusing like an unsorted pile of jigsaw puzzle pieces? Do you walk away? Or do you look at an abstract work like you look at that pile of jigsaw puzzle pieces? Do you sort the pieces and try to figure it out? An abstract artist takes the pile of jigsaw pieces and begins to sort them out. A painter takes the many colors they have placed on some media, knows there is something there, and begins to solve the puzzle of the painting. The abstract artist perceives, sorts, and creates something fresh by remixing the same colors they have used in another work, but, this time, a fresh idea emerges from them.

The Painted Toe Society Award

Gloria Miller Allen Idaho Falls, ID

Steampunk Exhibit

Two years ago, the Museum of Idaho hosted a traveling exhibit called Discover Steampunk. I was invited to spend a day sketching there. Everything in this painting was found in that exhibit. The porthole, which contains so many objects, was part of the Jules Vern section. I started with that porthole, and then looked for circular things to design with. I love doodling, and this is a large doodle. Great fun!

transparent watercolor 22” x 30”

Jean Apgar Rockford, IL

Bee Working watercolor 10.5” x 13.5”

It was mid-summer and the flowers along the driveway were blooming extravagantly. The bees were delighted and took every opportunity to feast on the bounty. The coneflowers were particularly attractive to them. This bee, though busy, paused to allow me to take some photos. Then it was off to the next coneflower. Based on those photos, Bee Working was created.

Jan Archuleta Arvada, CO

Datura

watercolor 14” x 20”

I saw the beautiful white flower in a friend’s garden, and I knew I wanted to paint it. I loved the white lights and various values of shadows, and I chose to create texture in some of the light and in the blue and violet shadows. The reference photo only showed the flower, foreground leaves, and bits of vertical light. The background was black. I added dark green and blue-green leaves and stems, and the painting was finished.

Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff Merchandise Award

Kate Aubrey Maryville, TN

What It Takes watercolor 23” x 24”

The first time I saw her, I knew I had to paint her. Full of life and a rare sweetness of character, she has a certain confidence— that unfettered optimism that marks the twenty-something years.Yet her youth still shows at odd moments: that breath of fear when excitement for the future ebbs momentarily. It’s a back and forth thing, and it’s scary. She’ll make it, though. She has what it takes.

Honorable Mention

Nancy Barch Clifton Heights, PA

The Women

acrylic & mixed media 11” x 17”

I grew up in Philadelphia and being a city dweller definitely influenced my color choices when it came to making art. Though I am no longer a city dweller, my formative years continue to dictate my subject matter and palette to a great extent. The color spectrum of grey and blacks along with line and design are integral for bringing a sense of movement to my work. I hope that these hardworking women, their determination and the grittiness of the city, allow the viewer to ‘walk in their footsteps’ for a brief moment in time.

Miles Batt II Jacksonville, FL

12 Straight

watercolor & gouache 27” x 19”

Art is the unlimited search for fresh approaches to express today and tomorrow. The process may begin with the synthesizing of opposing elements, the life-giving tensions necessary to a work of art. The wide choice of opposites available is intellectual or emotional, tempered by subjectivity. A creative process is an elusive experience, resulting in what may be called an idea. This idea, when coupled with suitable presentation, transforms the strange and curious into the realities of art. Making visible rather than reproducing vision, is expansive to the life process.

Judi Betts Baton Rouge, LA

Garden Bliss

The complementary colors of the painting are yellow and purple/ gray. Shapes represent holes in the foliage and leaves. Realism is not dominant. Abstract shapes give a feeling of botanicals/sunflowers. Shapes coincidentally relate to realism such as groups of leaves. It shows the drama of sunflowers abstractly. In the painting, the supports (twigs and branches) are interwoven.

watercolor 30” x 22”

Matthew Bird Sykesville, MD

Blood Orange and Blue mixed media 17.5” x 30”

One of the joys of still life painting is the opportunity to take seemingly ordinary objects, often overlooked, and capture the inherent beauty they possess. For my painting Blood Orange and Blue, humble ceramic jars provide an elegant texture to explore, but the oranges are the star of the show, bringing visual interest with bold contrasting color. Everything is rendered with precision and clarity, and offered up for contemplation. This painting was done with transparent watercolor on Fabriano paper, mounted to a Raymar ACM panel. It has been varnished so it can be displayed without glass.

Linda Blalock Castle Rock, CO

Ristra

Inspiration for this painting came from a visit to the Santa Fe Farmers Market. It depicts some of the locally grown produce and crafts available there. I loved the varieties of peppers with their pops of colors and textures all tied together with a corn husk bow. Ristras are edible works of art. They are believed to bring good health and good luck to those who hang them at their house.

watercolor 16” x 12”

Ginger Bowen Niwot, CO

Cole

watercolor 17” x 23”

Cole is an original watercolor painting completed in 2019. Cole is a young man who used to work for me. I’ve known him for several years now and was always impressed with his youthful energy and positive outlook and would chuckle when I caught him loudly singing along to the music playing in his headphones. He was so kind to sit down with me so I could paint him and seemed to have fun posing in a couple of silly ways before we settled on his simple expression in this painting.

Cindy Brabec-King Palisade, CO

Salmon Berry Special

Salmon Berry Special was created using a limited palette of seven colors on 300# Arches Rough paper. The subject matter is part of many of the dish collections and photos I use for still life compositions. The background was first, then the objects. No mask was used to keep the shiny areas. Those areas are painted around and the white is the paper.

watercolor 30” x 22”

Rome Chelsi Award

Ratindra Das Wheaton, IL

Superior Derelicts 2 watercolor 18” x 25”

It’s all about nostalgia! The remaining ships of yesteryear known as “Salties” and “Lakers” are resting. They have been abandoned for a while, since the glorious days of ore carriers along the Great Lakes are mostly over. These are almost the ghosts of early freighters now rusting by the lakeshore of Lake Superior. I am less interested in making a narrative painting. Shapes of these huge boats are always intriguing and fascinating to me. The distant harbor with industrial areas is still busy with activities. My materials are mostly conventional: paint, paper, and brush. Directly painted on dry paper with transparent watercolor and mostly flat brushes on Indian handmade paper.

Gail Delger McKinney, TX

Mother Earth acrylic 22” x 14.5”

I started Mother Earth with no plan in mind. Once I got colors on the paper, I started looking for shapes of objects. I like to paint birds, fish, and buildings, so I usually can find those kind of shapes. It looked like a woman standing in the middle of everything, so I painted her in and finished objects around her. I like to paint ladders and string in my paintings to help tie everything together. Those elements were added last.

Blick Art Materials Merchandise Award

Pat Dews Hobe Sound, FL

Tulip and Friends mixed media 29” x 22”

I don’t make preliminary sketches, but instead, let each painting evolve. Rather than painting the realistic image before me, I paint the abstract essence of my subject. By avoiding an obligation to one established technique, I’m able to make decisions as I paint, open to the myriad possibilities the painting process holds. I am drawn to the abstract shapes and textures of flowers, rocks, water, bridges, old and rusted metal, and crumbled walls. I find beauty in what has come before.

Dr. David Schnarch Memorial Award: Best in Show

Jacqueline Dorsey Athens, GA

Unraveled watercolor 21” x 31.5”

My painting, Unraveled, was inspired by the 2020 election and the ongoing political and social divide in America. Unable to do new photo shoots during the pandemic, I turned to past reference photos of my favorite muse and model, musician Erin Burchfield. I felt her posture and somber look captured the surprisingly tenuous nature of our democracy and my own angst at the time. The stars subtly flying off the flag signify our country’s divide.

Cherry Creek Framing Award

Roberta Dyer San Diego, CA

Cogitating mixed media 30” x 22”

My art is best described as expressive and intuitive. I use bold color and mixed media techniques to present subjects in unusual ways. I am constantly pulled by two loves—painting figures and painting abstracts. It makes me happy to work with the push and pull of these two disciplines. For me, the process of painting involves adding, removing, and editing as I go along.

Tom Francesconi Homewood, IL

Along the Olympic Coast

Years ago, my wife and I backpacked along a stretch of beach in the Pacific Northwest. I remember being in awe of the sea stacks rising from the water, just offshore. These eroded remnants of a headland from long ago stand as testimony to the passing of time. Today, they lend an otherworldly feeling to this unique landscape. In the painting, beachgoers help dramatize their imposing presence.

watercolor 15” x 20.75”

Jane Fritz Las Vegas, NM

Terraces of Travertine watercolor 14” x 21”

I have seen the geothermal activity of this spring ebb and flow over time, and with it, the colors produced by thermophilic microorganisms. The water trickling over the terraces gives the effect of a frozen shimmering waterfall. I used masking fluid on the terrace rims and in trickle patterns on the slopes to preserve the white of the paper. I then layered increasingly deeper and cooler values.

Antoaneta Georgieva Seattle, WA

Seaside Idyll Red and Blue

Growing up I spent many of my summers on the Black Sea coast. This painting is drawn from those memories of that time of day when the sun is really strong and it plays with my mind. The midtone disappears and everything becomes surreal. Colors are blending in a unique way. The details dissolve and everything is mesmerizing.

watercolor 18” x 24”

Jean K. Gill Oak Hill,VA

Cocoknots

transparent watercolor 30” x 22”

My watercolors mix planning and spontaneity. I use pure hues and values from a preselected palette, ranging from untouched white paper to the darkest colors achievable. I paint on dry, vertical paper with areas of downward flow (improvisations) intentionally preserved. I use exaggerated contrasts to heighten drama and express the dichotomy of chaos and order characterizing the organic, curvilinear subjects I prefer. Cocoknots, a neologism, is part of a palm series.

Colorado Watercolor Society Award

Xi Guo St. Augustine, FL

Vine on Gate

Vine on Gate is one of my portraits of plants. It is from my trip to Rome. I don’t paint something simply sweet and pretty.You can see the beauty of the forms of live things, which are delightful or ugly, booming or straggling, flourishing or lifeless. My paintings are all about investigating the impermanence of images, thoughts, realities, and dreams. I always attempt to turn ordinary to the extraordinary.

watercolor 20” x 29”

Foothills Art Center Merchandise Award

Pamela Gilmore Hake Elizabeth, CO

Coming Together acrylic, acrylic ink, watercolor pencil 30” x 22”

Coming Together was a meditative painting done after a trying year of pandemic and political strife. I started with a cruciform composition and began scribbling marks representing groups of people in different clusters. I began uniting the groups using color to show differences, commonality, and harmony.

Randy Hale Denver, CO

Van Gogh’s Plaza - Arle watercolor 22” x 16”

To capture a viewer’s attention the painter needs to be a storyteller. To captivate or involve one’s audience requires creating a bit of drama, or an element of mystery that provokes some intrigue. My goal is to engage every viewer as an active participant letting them wander, explore, and experience wonder within the boundaries of the composition. In Van Gogh’s Plaza (Arle) the viewer steps into the painting, feeling the warmth of sunlight casting its shadows across old world façades, becoming “every man” exploring new sites, sounds, and flavors… just as Van Gogh did when he created some of his most unique and recognizable paintings from this very spot.

Diane E. Halley Arvada, CO

Michael and Gabriel watercolor 21” x 18”

I love painting people of all ages. The wrinkled faces of the elderly are equally as beautiful as the smooth faces of youth. My favorite people to paint are people I know and love, like my two grandsons, so full of energy, excitement, and expectation. New mountains to conquer, new places to see, new experiences to seek! I am young again discovering the world through their eyes. I am delighted to see familiar loved features being made new again in them.

John Hancock Waynesboro,VA

Autumn’s Wane

mixed aqueous media on arranged panels 12” x 18.5”

When making artwork, images or image/objects, I attempt to create evocative experiences for viewers of my art. All of my paintings, drawings, collages, and other types of artwork grow out of an exploration of the natural world and our place within that world. I use a combination of direct observation along with personal, community, and/or historical memory to generate ideas and images. The process involves aesthetic, poetic, and scientific evaluation and manipulation of the work, and I pass all these through the prism of creative exploration.

Larry Haught Castle Rock, CO

Living on the Edge watercolor 15” x 22”

While hiking around the Black Canyon of the Gunnison I came across this scene. The fact that all this was growing right on the edge of the canyon was amazing. How did it stay there? And of course, the light and shadows enhanced the colors of the scrubs and the old tree. The canyon in the background helped to complete the entire scene.

Lori Hess Coupeville, WA

Lotus

An antique silk kimono inspired this painting. Without a preconceived idea of the final outcome, I rely heavily on my intuition and trust in my love of the process. I remain open to the conversation that develops between myself and the work. If I truly invest in this interaction, the painting will lead me through the process. My depth of connection is what I hope the viewer sees and responds to.

watercolor 22.5” x 17.5”

Anne Hightower-Patterson Leesville, SC

Contemplation watercolor 12.5” x 17”

Light and shadow, character and expression, color: these are the pieces of the puzzle that move me to approach any painting. Each time I lift a brush, part of me leaves my mind and spills onto the page. The result is part of my heart and mind, as I express the emotional response to my subject matter. It is always my hope and prayer that the viewer’s response relates to the emotions that I am leaving on the paper.

Michael Holter Plano, TX

Ode to Oxide

I found this small Ford tractor on a Texas ranch that hosted plein air and studio painting workshops. Having grown up in a farm family, I was all too familiar with the effects of weather and time on the metal and rubber on a vehicle like this. It was an enjoyable experience capturing the light and shadow and the textures on this machine.

watercolor 22” x 23”

Olga & Aleksey Ivanov Evergreen, CO

The Legend of the White Buffalo egg tempera 42” x 56”

Something extraordinary happened to us not long ago on a road trip. A gorgeous white buffalo was spotted in a deserted remote area. As you probably know, it is extremely rare to meet a white buffalo. In fact, it is estimated that they only occur in approximately one out of every 10 million births. There are many legends and stories circulating about the white buffalo. The Lakota’s 2000-year-old legend said that the white buffalo brings hope, spiritual rebirth, abundance, and better times to come. These things are what we all need right now! We had a heart-skipping-a-beat/eye-contact experience to photograph him and would like to share our luck with you.

Betty Jameson Austin, TX

This painting was created with rice paper shapes attached to 140 lb. Arches paper and sprayed water. Liquid acrylic in yellow, red, and blue create multiple colors. Dry shapes were removed and torn into pieces to create a design suggesting a canyon.

Canyon

acrylic/collage 12” x 12”

Cathy Jones Evergreen, CO

Comin’ Down Kebler watercolor 15” x 22”

Comin’ Down Kebler represents a new motif of ethereal watercolor paintings that I have been creating with very watery watercolor, abstract shapes, lots of different colors, salt, and splatter. I am using my artistic imagination to design and produce a different take on reality. This is a very abstract painting of sheep being herded down Kebler Pass by a group of cowboys on horses, which we encountered while driving up the pass from Crested Butte. They were being moved from their summer grazing pasture to where they will spend winter at a lower altitude.

Brian T. Keller Denver, CO

Just Before Winter Sets In

I love to capture illusions. I use them to involve the viewer in my paintings by creating a sense of depth that invites that viewer to experience each piece. I delight in egg tempera because it handles best for creating these illusions. The egg yolk binder dries so quickly that it doesn’t run, bleed, or smear, and instead imparts a crisp clarity to each element of my paintings.

egg tempera 12” x 36”

Golden Artist Colors, Inc. Merchandise Award

Karen Knutson Eden Prairie, MN

Quirky Friends acrylic 25” x 21”

This painting began as a total abstract, while trying a new color scheme that was unusual for me. I used more neutral colors and I left a light pathway that would lead the viewer’s eyes to the edges. Then I did a blind contour drawing of some sculptures that I had collected. I loved the playfulness of the results and also liked that the eyes were almost out of the face. At this point, I did a value sketch, letting the background splice through the faces wherever it occurred. I honored the fact that if the painting had good design, it wouldn’t matter if the faces were part green and part neutral colored. Of course, as the painting developed, I had to add bright red, which is my favorite color. This painting told me what to do as I worked on it. I didn’t have any preconceived idea.

M. Graham & Co. Merchandise Award

Lynne Kroll Parkland, FL

Letters From the Edge transparent watercolor 22” x 30”

Letters From the Edge is an exploration of transparent watercolor applied with reckless abandon and total freedom of expression. As shapes and patterns revealed themselves, I layered words, circular forms, squares, and triangles. An envelope appeared, inviting new shapes and symbols into the layered transparent colors. Finally, the elements came together uniting disparate worlds into an artwork that reveals the interconnectedness of nature, life, spirit, and time.

Chris Krupinski, AWS-DF, NWS Maineville, OH

Cuppa Lemon

transparent watecolor 30” x 22”

The motivation behind my still lifes are composition and design. I see both sides of my work—the realism and the abstract. In this piece the strong contrasts of values, shapes, and fabric designs create a dynamic abstract. The contrasting texture of the smooth reflective cup and the rough rind of the lemons, along with the folds in the fabric, invite the viewer to feel the elements of the painting.

Carolyn Latanision Winchester, MA

Riveting, Bethlehem Steel watercolor 21” x 21”

For more than a decade, I have primarily focused on architecture and its human and social dimensions. I work primarily in watermedia, exploring its unique challenges and possibilities. I achieve an open, lively technique, savoring rich dark textures, light, shadow, form, and the human spirit. For the past several years, I have been building a series of paintings of the Bethlehem Steel plant in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, based on many hours of photographing the plant. I am a native of Bethlehem, PA, and grew up within blocks of the blast furnaces. As this historic mill is now being dismantled, these images will preserve its presence.

John and Pandora Erlandson Award

Dongfeng Li Morehead, KY

A Touch of Mist on the Tibetan Plateau watercolor 36” x 26”

I am interested in how cultures intersect and how images carry meaning within a society that consumes a vast amount of visual information. My investigation focuses on how I can inform my feelings about the context, expectations, and perceptions of the subjects I see. My visual vocabularies are variety—colors, textures, washes, and gestures of the human forms. In addition to those, the unique patterns, decorations, and jewelries convey much more information.

Stacy Lund Levy Owings Mills, MD

The Shops

“Dog parking” is one of my favorite things about walking through the shopping areas in Glasgow. I love that all of the small shops have some type of fixture to attach your dog’s leash for a few minutes while you pop in. I shot this scene because I loved how the bright shop lights flooded out into the night and highlighted the dog who was avidly watching his owner’s every move.

watercolor 22” x 15”

Evergreen Physical Therapy Specialists Award

Robin Lee Makowski Keystone Heights, FL

Dragon Fire watercolor 15” x 20”

Dragon Fire is part of my dragon fruit still life series of paintings. While the colors and texture of the fruit are visually appealing, the shadows cast with backlighting and the fiery glow through the fruit are captivating. I always create my own set-ups in natural, hopefully dramatic light to maximize contrast. For me, it’s all about lots of color and backlighting; the subject is secondary.

Center for the Arts Evergreen Board of Directors Award: 2nd Place

Susan Marion Florissant, CO

Chiapaneca Dress

Working from a photo I took at a Cinco de Mayo festival, my goal was to portray the dancer’s swirling movements, as well as the backlit transparency of the fabric. My technical challenge was to soften the definition of details (unlike my usual painting style), in order to capture the motion and ethereal sense of the image.

watercolor 15” x 22”

Georgia Mason Emerald Isle, NC

Wild Garden Iris mixed watermedia 24” x 24”

I began the painting with an underpainting on canvas with ink and watercolor. Working intuitively after it dries, I began to choose acrylic colors. I had no predetermined idea. I decided to first use some dark value marks, and then started to alter the surface. This went through several layers, adding neutrals and more warm color, scraping into the surface of the paint here and there, as I considered the design on the entire canvas. The imagery emerged almost magically.

Trish McKinney New Carlisle, OH

When in Rome watercolor 30” x 22”

Being aware of wonder: — that moment when you pause for beauty, for sparkling, incandescent light; — the anticipation when you are about to turn the corner and see something magical; — the emotional body language of people interacting. These are the things I savor and adore. I love weaving a story through the use of color, words, lines, and texture—inspiring the viewer to tell their own story.

Margueritte Meier Fort Collins, CO

Resilience watercolor 30” x 24”

My piece, Resilience, is a part of my new series about the world’s most precious resource, water. My hope is to capture just a glimpse of this beauty, power, and mystery of water through my work, and to inspire others to respect and steward this wonder of nature.

Guiry’s, Inc. Merchandise Award

Steve Morris Chesterfield, MO

Milk & Eggs

My recent work focuses on what I refer to as ‘Avian Architecture.’ While others see a pile of twisted twigs, leaves, and other debris, I see a monumental feat of engineering and a testament to the wonder of the natural world. The fact that something so tiny can weave together nature’s creations and humans’ castoffs into a formidable structure is awe-inspiring.

watercolor 12” x 14”

Emily Olson Superior, CO

Possum Kingdom Wildflower watercolor 18” x 18”

The model in my painting, Possum Kingdom Wildflower, is my lovely sister-in-law. I asked her to climb this distinctive rock jutting from the edge of the lake where her graceful form perfectly completed the pyramid in the composition. I was interested in creating a realistic piece with a strong composition that also portrayed the experience of jumping in the water on a hot Texas summer day.

Linda Renaud Drake, CO

Taking the Plunge watercolor wax batik 26.5” x 31”

One of the biggest bull moose I have ever seen is this fellow. He walked into a shallow lake and plunged his head into the water looking for bottom growth to feed on. The light highlights in the bubbles on the water and the droplets in mid-air lend themselves very well to the watercolor wax batik process. The huge size of the bull’s head and antlers make for a very striking painting. Watercolor wax batik paintings utilize alternating applications of wax and paint, often as many as six to nine layers. After the entire waxing and painting process is completed, the wax is ironed out of the painting to reveal the texture, contrasts of light and dark, and luminous layers of color that are the hallmark of this method.

Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Signature Member Award: 1st Place

Megan Ripke Marengo, IL

Pansies

watercolor 21.5” x 29”

When I was growing up, gardening was an activity I enjoyed sharing with my mother. The inspiration for Pansies came from a pot of pansies I planted. I knew the contrast in color and value would provide for an interesting composition. I like to combine realism with the abstract by painting wet into wet and simplifying shapes in the background. This technique gives a sense of depth and conveys the spirit of the moment.

Nancy Stark Roanoke,VA

A Classy Ride

A Classy Ride is the newest painting in my railroad car series. The subject is a very small portion of the exterior of NS 1, the executive office car of the Norfolk Southern Railroad. I used fluid acrylic paints on a gessoed wood panel. The image covers the front and wraps around all four sides. When I paint, I leave out much of the subject and invite the viewer to stop, look, and imagine.

watermedia 35” x 30”

Jane Stoddard East Amherst, NY

Illumination II watercolor 24” x 17”

I begin using my own photographic reference, editing for composition and developing a value sketch. I choose a subject based on strong composition and shift in values. I have never used Photoshop or a projector. Every painting begins with a free-hand drawing on vellum paper, which I transfer to 400# cold press Arches paper using graphite paper. I layer and glaze, working in sections to achieve rich and dark luminous passages with strictly transparent pigment. Being an artist has always been my passion, even when all I had to work with was a box of crayons and poster paper. I am most happy when I am involved in the creative process and always look forward with anticipation to my next painting.

Jac Tilton Dubuque, IA

Kincaid Elevator #2 watercolor 22” x 15”

The subject of Kincaid Elevator #2 is in a small, once-prosperous mining and farming community near where I grew up. I have a fascination with rust, ruin, and physical collapse, and this painting reflects that focus. I spend a lot of time on gravel roads and blue highways. For many people driving through these same towns, an antique store might catch their eye, or a gas station/convenience store if they need a fill up. All the rest is just background. For me, it’s all “the background.” It tells a story about change, and that change can create possibilities for interesting images. Once important buildings are quickly decaying, and once significant buildings have been re-purposed many times to much less glamorous uses.

Paul Valdez Parker, CO

Abstract Aspens watercolor & gouache 24” x 48”

I believe that my paintings set me apart because the viewer can see what I feel and feel what I see. In Abstract Aspens, I felt the peace and serenity in the atmosphere of a grove of aspens that we all have come upon here in Colorado. I also felt what seemed like the artistic movements of a symphony as I was painting. The first movement brisk and lively, getting the first washes to dance across the canvas. The second was definitely more lyrical, slower and deliberate in nature. Next was a bit more fun with darker values dancing across the canvas, culminating with a rollicking allegro of light brushwork.

Honorable Mention

Liz Walker Beaverton, OR

Dispossessed #1 acrylic 18” x 12”

Dispossessed #1 is part of a series in which I rapidly apply acrylic paint to a slick thin paper, and then once the paint dries, I glue the paper to a heavier substrate to finalize the piece. The white space around the figure is as important as the dark figure itself. The implied story in my painting remains open to interpretation. Is the figure moving towards something or away from something? The title, Dispossessed, aptly describes this ethereal figure and her place in the world.

Soon Warren Fort Worth, TX

Ready to Fly

transparent watercolor 30” x 22”

For as long as I remember, painting is what I wanted to do with my life, and I treasure every moment of it. When I paint, my life becomes full. Time flies. My mind is in a Zen state. Most of all, I am happy. Painting realism has always been my passion and expanding my artistic horizon to learn, absorb, and improve myself is always an ongoing process. When I create, I plunge myself into rich and brilliant colors and my intuitive composition within the picture plane. I want to create each subject with feelings of raw emotion with movement of brush strokes, shapes, or colors within a painting that flows into space. I work with several mediums: watercolors, oil, and sometimes, acrylic and charcoal. I love them all with different purposes.

Lorraine Watry Colorado Springs, CO

Rush Hour

Sandhill cranes have a prehistoric sound and look. As the birds were gathering food one morning in Monte Vista, CO, it was a spectacle to see around 10,000 birds all take off together. I wanted to capture the variety of stages of their flight in this mass exodus. With early morning light providing soft shadows on the birds and landscape, the red heads provided a nice pop of color to the neutrals.

transparent watercolor 19” x 36”

Kathryn Wedge Neenah, WI

City of Cedarburg II watercolor 22” x 15”

I am always energized and amazed at what can be created from a blank piece of paper or canvas. The process—the transformation from idea to art—that’s what I love. I enjoy using paint to express the abstract forms found in representational images. My subject matter becomes the framework within which I play with value, shape, and color. This painting was inspired by a sidewalk grate that had an interesting pattern.

Woden Woods, Inc. Award

Jean Weiner Sparta, WI

Locked In features tourists, including my son and his girlfriend, watching the Mississagi lake freighter glide into the Sault Ste. Marie locks in Upper Peninsula, Michigan. My family visited these locks during a summer vacation, and we were thrilled to be there on the observation deck just as this massive freighter came passing through!

Locked In watercolor 30” x 22”

Cindy Welch Castle Rock, CO

Lilies in Crystal watercolor 16” x 20”

Cut crystal is one of my favorite subjects to paint with watercolor. It is a challenge and offers the opportunity to add vibrant color in the reflections. I mask off the whites in the glass so I can paint color freely. Once the masking is removed, I add more small details. I set this still life up with strong back lighting to create glowing light and shadows on the lilies.

Dianne Widom Thornton, CO

Primitive

mixed watermedia & collage 16” x 29”

As time goes on, I find myself experimenting with new ways to paint using watermedia. For my painting, Primitive, I first applied several layers of crumpled tissue paper in order to create texture. My original plan was to paint a water scene, but the painting went in another direction as I continued working. The abstract elements led me to begin working it as a landscape. I applied many more layers, constantly checking the results in a mirror as well as upside down, until I was satisfied with the “feeling” of the painting. I see the final result as a place that is peaceful and untouched by man, which is why I chose the title, Primitive.

Jenny Wilson Golden, CO

Crown Hill acrylic

I find the greatest artistic inspiration from exploring the mysteries of nature and how they relate to the human spirit. My paintings are conceptualized in my mind and then applied upon paper or canvas. Making art is a meditative process, steeped in the desire to create something beautiful and serene that will resonate with the viewer. I work in acrylic, carefully applying layers to create an illuminated sense of atmosphere. My contemporary landscape paintings become layered stories that have multiple interpretations. My art is motivated by desires many of us share: to connect with something greater in this universe; to find peace and serenity.

Huiting Wealth Management Award: 3rd Place

Anita Winter Centennial, CO

I paint to celebrate, explore, and give thanks. My goal is to capture a moment in time, and I hope you enjoy sharing my vision.

Contemplation watercolor 21” x 29”

Bonnie Jo Woods Fredericksburg, TX

Bench Buddy mixed media 24” x 18”

This painting is from a series entitled, “For the Love of Dogs.” My goal in the series is to show the delicate relationship pet owners have with their dogs. It’s no secret that the unconditional love between any animal and its owner is special, but dogs have a unique bond that only a dog owner can appreciate. It’s said that the owners often select dogs that tend to resemble them… I think they like that. The painting is primarily watercolor with mixed media on board.

Barbara Yoerg Las Vegas, NV

Painting is a means to offer a part of myself and evoke emotion in others. My painting is not a wall decoration, but a recollection or concept of an experience. Images from life and imagination course through my brain, and I feel compelled to document them. What I see or imagine is captured and enhanced through creativity.

The Drift

mixed watermedia, acrylic and graphite 18” x 24”

Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Society Center for the Arts Evergreen maintains the roster of the prestigious Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Society members. RMNWS includes Signature Members and Honorary Juror Members. Signature Members have been selected at least four times for the RMNW exhibition since its inception in 1974.These artists have earned the right to add RMNW after their signatures. All jurors become Honorary Members of the RMNWS, although many of them have earned Signature status as well.

Honorary Juror Members 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998

Steve Griggs Linda Daly Baker Sterling Edwards Mary Ann Beckwith Stephen Quiller Katherine Chang Liu Mark Mehaffey Linda Doll William “Skip” Lawrence Carol Barnes Cheng-Khee Chee Judy Morris Stephen Quiller Donna Watson Carla O’ Connor George James H.C. Dodd John Salminen Harold Grego, PhD Louise Cadillac Katherine Chang Liu Don Nice Burton Silverman Sondra Freckelton

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Pat San Soucie & Ellen Murray Rob Erdle & Dean Mitchell Elizabeth Yarosz & Glenn Bradshaw Mary Todd Beam & Charles Le Clair Janet Fish Alexander Guthrie & Kathleen Kuchar Warren Taylor & Nanci Blair Closson Marilyn Phillis & Marbury Hill Brown Rolland Golden & Edward Reep Irving Shapiro & Lee Wexler Jeanne Dobie & Alex Powers Al Brouillette & Fran Larsen Edmond Fitzgerald & E.J.Velardi, Jr. Katherine Chang Liu & Frank Webb Miles G. Batt, Sr. & Virginia Cobb Alexander Nepote & Larry Webster Sylvia Glass & Robert Vickrey Millard Sheets & Doris White Glenn Bradshaw & Serge Hollerbach Gerald Brommer & Ruth Wynn Claude Croney & Morris Shubin Chen Chi & Tom Hill Edward Betts & Charles Reid John C. Pellew & Lee Weiss

Membership

SIGNATURE MEMBERSHIP

* = RMNW Society Members with paintings in the 2021 exhibition ** = New RMNW Society Members Bold = RMNW Society Members who contributed to the 2021 RMNW Signature Member Award

Dona Abbott Patricia Abraham Kent Addison Melissa Adkison *Gloria Miller Allen Wilmer Anderson Catherine Anderson Sue Archer **Jan Archuleta Ruth Armitage Sara Aslakson Denise Athanas Anne Bagby Nancy Baldrica *Nancy Barch John Barnard Carole Barnes Andrew Barton Miles G. Batt, Sr. Penny Bunn Becker Joe Beckner Sandra Beebe Edith Bergstrom *Judi Betts Robert Biancalana Virginia Blackstock Joseph Bohler Marilyn Sears Bourbon Jerry Bowman

Donna Boyd Judy Boyd Marilynne Bradley Glenn Bradshaw Mary Alice Braukman Gerald Brommer Al Brouillette Carrie Burns Brown Marbury Hill Brown Peggy Brown Bill Bryant Tanis Bula Charlie (Charles) S. Burk Basil Burke Mike Burns Dan Burt Karen B. Butler Nel Dorn Byrd Louise Cadillac Barbara Cain Joseph Cain Mark Cardoza Phil Chalk Cheng-Khee Chee Leslie Cheney-Parr Chen Chi Virginia Cobb Judi Coffey Jean Cole

Rachel B. Collins Mari M. Conneen Pat Cook Laurel Covington-Vogl Nina Cravens-Fry Rita Crooks Elaine Daily-Birnbaum Carl Dalio *Ratindra Das Dean Davis Molly Davis Patricia Deadman *Gail Delger Betty DeMaree Rita Derjue Marilynn DerWenskus Henry Dickens Missie Dickens Vera M. Dickerson Pat Dispenziere H.C. Dodd George Dombek Carolyn Dubuque Pauline Eaton Toni Elkins Rob Erdle Manette Fairmont Mell Feltman Z.L. Feng

Lorriane Fetzer LeRoy Fink Dorothy Foster Pat Fostvedt Ellen Fountain *Tom Francesconi Scott Fraser Joseph Fretz Karen Frey Gerald Fritzler Pam Furumo Rolland Golden Peter Gooch Jean Grastorf B. Green Greta Greenfield Elina Gregory-Goodrum *Steve Griggs Elizabeth Groves Alexander Gutherie *Pamela Hake *Diane Halley Janice C Hanson Lynne Hardwick Patricia Harrington Elaine Harvey Noriko Hasegawa Phyllis Hellier *Ann Hightower-Patterson Marilyn Hill Susan Hinton Ruth Ellen Hoag Diane Hodel Elaine Holien Serge Hollerbach Pat Holscher Carolyn Hoyle Carol Hubbard

Adele Huestis Marie Huggin Sandra Humphries Charlotte Huntley Jim Hutton **Olga & Aleksey Ivanov Bill James George James John James Kathleen Jardine Lisa Jefferson Robert Johansen Ann Johnson Elizabeth Johnson Aletha Jones Donald G. Jones Steven Jordan Jerry Kalback Selina Karim Barbara Kastner Naum Katsenelson Arthur Kaye Sophia Kearns Kathryn Ellen Kelso Joy Keown Julie Kirkland Dee Knott **Karen Knutson Barbara Kowalski Margaret Graham Kranking Priscilla Krejci *Lynne Kroll *Chris Krupinski Kathleen Kuchar John Kwok Melanie Lacki Evelyn Lombardi Lail Robbie Laird

Frank LaLumia Kathleen Lanzoni Fran Larsen Michael Lasuchin *Carolyn Latanision Jan Ledbetter Linda Lee Ara (Barabara) Leites Whitney Leland Bonnie Lhotka Guy Lipscomb Gregory Litinsky Katherine Chang Liu Nancy Livesay Annell Livingston Carol Lopatin Carolyn Lord Susan Luzier-Kamen Mary Britten Lynch Sandra Mac Diarmid David Neil Mack Joe Manning Marilyn Markowitz *Georgia Mason Anne Massie Maxine Masterfield Sibylla Mathews Marion McCall Joan McConnell Mark McDermott Joseph McGinnis John McIver Joan McKasson Mark Mehaffey Phil Metzger Morris Meyer Louise Miller Reita Walker Miller

Barbara Millican Dean Mitchell Wendell Mohr Susan Montague Roxanne Moore Sybil Moschetti Connie Murray Beverly Nichols r. mike nichols JoAnne Nixon Semiramis Novak Charles Novich Catherine P. O’Neill Thomas Owen Doug Pasek Brian Paulsen Arleta Pech Ann Pember Harold Petersen Marilyn Hughey Phillis Carole Pickle Ann Pierce Jim Pittman Carlton Plummer Karen Poulson Alex Powers Stephen Quiller Helen Ragheb Marjorie Rauch Pat Reynolds Peggy Reynolds Marlin Rotach Sandra Saitto John Salminen Patricia San Soucie Don Sayers Sandra Schaffer Michael Schlicting

Diane Schmidt Mary Jane Schmidt Carol Ann Schrader Ann Schuh Francine Schut Barry Scott Darcy Scott Jerry Seagle Marge Shepherd Mark Silvers Duncan Simmons Jean Slobodin Jerry and Lucinda Smith Joel Smith James Soares Mel Stabin Electra Stamelos *Nancy Stark Pat Stelter Peggy Morgan Stenmark Gari Stephenson Penny Stewart Howard Stirn *Jane Stoddard Carla Stoltzfus Hazel Stone Dan Stouffer Betsy Dillard Stroud Dashuai Sun Nancy Meadows Taylor Warren Taylor Thomas Thiery Rhett Thurman Elizabeth Thurow Roberta M. Tiemann James Toogood Lois Salmon Toole Brenda Turner

Phoebe Tyson Don Van Horn Ernest J.Velardi Robert Vickrey Teryl Speers Viner Myrna Wacknov **Liz Walker *Soon Y. Warren Chavanthop Noi Watanakul Louise Waters *Lorraine Watry Donna Watson Frank Webb Larry Webster Kevin Weckbach Lee Weiss E. Gordon West Jean Wetzler David Wicks *Dianne Widom Jane Wikstrand Joyce Williams Donald Willis Ruth Windsor-Mann *Anita Winter Sue Wise Pat Wolf Edwin Wordell Elizabeth Ann Yarosz-Ash Keiko Yasuoka *Barbara Yoerg Gene Youngmann Peggy Flora Zalucha Al Zerries

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