KACHEMAK BAYWATERCOLOR SOCIETY P.O.Box 98

Homer, Alaska 99603 E-MAIL:kbws99603@gmail.com

www.kachemakbaywatercolorsociety.com

SUMMER 2011

NewsletterVIEW the KBWS NEWS in COLOR at <www.kachemakbaywatercolrsociety.com>

or through the Fireweed Gallery website <www.fireweedgallery.com>

KBWS 15th ANNUAL SPRING SHOW MAY 2011

This year members of the KBWS once again came together to create another wonderful collaborative. Many thanks go out to the artists, our wonderful model, Picture Alaska which framed the piece and, especially to Michael Murray without whose patience and dilligent skills, this and many recent collaborations would have faltered.

And a BIG THANK YOU to DONNA MARTIN and NINA BURKHOLDER for taking care of us during these winter months. To PAULA DICKEY and MIKE MURRAY for creating stimulating and fun programs every month. WE LOVE YOU GUYS!!! HAVE A GREAT SUMMER at Fish Camp, NINA!!!

THANK YOU to the FIREWEED GALLERY for another great year of continued support for the Kachemak Bay Watercolor Society and the arts in Homer.

‘Anthony,’ a collaborative by Marilyn Hueber, Pat Wells, Donna Martin, Mary Bee Kaufman, Trina Fellows, Lynda Reed, Beth Nehus, Michael Murray, Beverly Macy, Paula Dickey, Donna Rae Faulkner, and Maria Santa Lucia

‘Toyland’ by Paula Dickey

A beautiful show. Thanks to the artists and expert hanging of Nina, Tony, Paula, Mary Bee, and Trina.

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Portraits, landscapes, birds of many feathers and inclinations, wolves and carosel characters, plus our most recent collaborative, ‘Anthony’. What a show! Several pieces sold on the opening night! Thank you to supporters, friends and family who came by to share their enthusiasm for another outstanding Spring exhibit! Congrats to all!!

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KBWS Winter Corner Coordinator, Nina Burkholder 235-2631 KBWS Summer Corner Coordinator, Pat Wells 399-7776 Collaborative Coordinator, Renee Jahnke 235-7944 Special Correspondent, Michael Murray 235-0120 Newsletter, Mary Bee Kaufman 299-2039 Asst. At Large, Lynda Reed 235-5282

KBWS BOARD OFFICERS President, Donna Martin 235-6348 Vice President, Nina Burkholder 235-2631 Treasurer, Membership, Tony Clawson 235-1576 Programs co-chair, Paula Dickey 235-7953 Programs co-chair, Mike Murray 235-0120

WELCOME to the NEW and RE-NEWED KBWS BOARD of OFFICERS!!

On May 10, the Board held an Election of new officers: 2011 officers will be Donna Martin, President and Summer Corner helper; Nina Burkholder, Vice President, Winter Corner Coordinator, and Workshop Committee; Pat Wells, Summer Corner Coordinator; Tony Clawson, Treasurer, Membership, and computer wizard; Lynda Reed, Assistant at Large; Paula Dickey and Michael Murray, Paint Together Programs; Michael is also our Special Correspondent. Bev Macy, Workshop Chair; Renee Jahnke, Collaborative Coordinator; Mary Bee Kaufman, newsletter.

Big Baldy and the Ravens by Michael Murray, KBWS Spring Show The theme of this year’s shorebird festival is “Wild Birds In Wild Places” and I dare say it tickled me ol’ funnybone when I heard it. While not considered shorebirds - just about any day of the year you can find eagles and ravens either on the shore or diving out at the local landfill. This imaginary poster has alternating eagle and raven feathers around the border. The guitar is a BC Rich model that, while very uncomforable to play (could poke an eye out for sure), looked like a feather design to me so I put it in the faithful hands (oops wings) of Rav. I am thinking of doing a CD cover to go with it- tunes like - “Ode to the Eagle Lady” “I’ll Fly Away.. unless you keep feedin’ me” “Who’s that Sittin’ on My Eggs?” “The Nest’s Still Warm but My Baby’s Flown Away” “Moma I Just Ain’t Ready Ta Fly”...and more...so many more.

VOLUNTEER NEEDEDHELP WANTED: A SECRETARY IS STILL NEEDED to attend Board Meetings and Take Notes at about 6 meetings per year.

‘Don’t Cage Me In’ by Georg-Anne Phillips, KBWS Spring Show I painted this as a preliminary to the Judi Betts Workshop. I did an underpainting of shapes before doing the subject. This added dimension and texture. It was a fun way to work! - Georg-Anne Phillips

the HOMER ART & FRAME Co. will be holding Art Workshops throughout the summer. Stop by, say hi to Lynda and check out the schedule and great selection of art and frame supplies.

KBWS workshops SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMEvery year KBWS members donate their time and artistic skills to produce those delightful little paintings that Rowan lovingly pastes onto 5x7 cards. Little paintings and collages are sold through the Fireweed Gallery to provide scholarships for students of our yearly watercolor workshop.

KEEP THOSE WONDERFUL MINATURES COMING!!!! Summer is a boom time for scholarship card sales. So, let’s find those old NOT QUITE READY FOR PRIME TIME paintings....perhaps something you hid in a big box under the bed ten years ago.......oops.........maybe that’s just me. Just REMEMBER...............EVERY PAINTING IS FULL OF LITTLE GEMS THAT SHINE So open the ol’ treasure chest (Aarrrrrrrr) and grab that “gem” and bring it to Rowan at the Fireweed Gallery. We keep our committment to the arts strong through education and artistic growth.

This year a Homer High School student, Haley Kinnard, has been selected through the Homer High School Arts Department to recieve the 2011 workshop scholarship. CONGRATULATIONS HALEY!

dance of Kachemak Bay. I hunker down, spotting scope set, sketch book and camera in hand, eternally hopeful of capturing one of those endearing moments which ultimately brings a bird to life on the canvas.

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Who would have thought those skittering skinny-legged shorebirds would become my passion? But when early May comes around bringing tens of thousands of migrating shorebirds to the coastal mudflats of Alaska, I become engrossed by the intertidal

Migrating north at 35+ mph, a ‘fling’ of Whimbrels can chase the fast ferry across Prince William Sound. Migrating south they can fly non-stop from the Yukon Delta to Baja, eventually spending winter anywhere between California and Tierra del Fuego. Not a bad gig.

For the KBWS Spring show I painted three Whimbrels....definitely birds of distinction, with long, slender, down curved bills and purposeful legs supporting a stout, ptarmigan-sized frame, each step is a practice in grace. But flight, as for all migrants, is their forte. How do they man-age to keep that little football floating in the air? And for such long distances?

This May I went out for 2 glorious weeks, every day, walking “the Homer Spit”, enthralled by the changing scene, delighted by the the coordinated movements of these exceptional

migrants, and sharing with friends’ many ooooooo’s and ahhhh’s as each mass of shorebirds would ebb and flow in unison.

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Although in summer we feel cast to the winds and the vagarties of salmon and halibut, Claudia’s Bookshelf is always available at the HCOA during business hours.

CLAUDIA’S BOOKSHELF

OUT with the OLD and IN with the NEW

The stations or centers were as follows: Inverted Thinkers - drawing and painting from an image that is kept upside down from it’s “nor-mal” position. This technique which is featured in “Drawing from the Right Side of the Brain” and gets one looking at shapes rather than basing the work on preconceived ideas.Flatlanders - flatten out a piece by breaking a composition into shapes separated by either black or white lines, NO shading within any space. Think of a stained glass project or tile piece. Color to Monochromatic or Monochromatic to Color - Using a black and white image, create an image in color or using a color image create an image in a monochromatic scheme of values.Opposites attract - Reversing values in going from the photo or life study or using comple-mentary colors - i.e. red where there was green, orange where there was blue, etc.

Paula Dickey, Co-program planner and member artist, presented the group with a challenge, “the enemy of art is the lack of limitations”. Four “station” ideas were set up to push the envelope a bit and get participants thinking in new and maybe even a little uncomfortable ways. After explaining each station she gave participants an op-portunity to draw slips of paper with a station on it, which they could either trade with another person (mutually agreeable) or pursue as drawn.

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Ample munchies, hot tea and great jazz in the background made the hours fly by. The process was active, exciting and invigorat-ing! Thank you Paula!!

With 10 participants we broke into groups of 3 or 4 to a table and worked with the first 3 center ideas. People were encouraged to expand into styles (cub-ism for example) or abstract or non-representative color. Photos from magazines were provided at each table to work from initially. Examples of how other artists approached similar objectives were provided (not to copy but to give some idea of possibilities and provide some additional stimulus).

CALL FOR ARTISTS: OCT 2011, PICTURE ALASKA GAL-LERY will present a show of watercolors from the Kenai Pen-insula, Contact: Lynda Reed 235-2300 or picturealaska.comJUROR NEEDED: KENAI FINE ARTS CENTER is looking for a Volunteer Juror for Nov 2011 Juried Show

JUNE 10-14 KACHEMAK BAY WRITER’S CONFERENCE, KPC, 235-7743 orwritersconference.homer.alaska.eduJUNE 16-19 LET IT FLOW:Finding freedom with watercolor on Yupo, with Jan Thurston, Contact: Center for Creative Renewal, 907-296-2283 www.stillpointlodge.com

SEPT8-11 JUDI BETTS: WATERCOLOR CREATIVE REALISM / KBWS Watercolor Workshop, Contact: Beverly Macy 299-6229 <bmacy1@juno.com>

JUNE 17 FACING THE ELEMENTS, Pratt Museum Opening

AUG 1-5 JUDY MORRIS/ AKWS Workshop, Anchorage, Alaska. The Tuition $425 Class size is limited. Registration Form and Materials List available at www.akws.org

JULY 18 -29 FAIRBANKS ARTS FESTIVAL, Judi Betts Watercolor classes, http://www.fsaf.org

JULY HOMER ARTISTS STUDIO TOUR Bunnell Street Arts Center, Call 235-2662 JULY 16 HOMER STREET FAIRE www.homerarts.org

JUNE 24-26 TIDAL RHYTHMS WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP with Annie Olson <www.annieolson.com>, Registration: Across The Bay Tent & Breakfast, 907-345-2571 or www.tentandbreakfastalaska.com

SHOWS

Pratt Museumthru JUNE 26 Pratt Museum Bristol Bay Project: Pho-tographic Images & Sculptures Photographic Exhibit by Maygen Jannetta & Scott DickersonJUL 1 - OCT 2, Boreal Birch: Art and Science in the Northern Forest, Margo Klass, Kimberley Maher, and Kesler Woodward ; JUN 30 Presentation & Discussion

Picture Alaska Art GalleryJUNE Jannah AtkinsAUG Jeanne Youngpicturealaska.com

Ptarmigan Arts Back Room GalleryJUNE “Roots and Relatives” by Atz Kiltcher JULY “Into the Garden of Art” InvitationalAUG “Colors of Persuasion” by Tinker Ryerson

Homer Council on the ArtsJUNE Homer Photo Fest ExhibitionJULY-AUG “Viewer Participation Requested” Marilee Sargent-Smith, Workshops

Fireweed GalleryJUNE “Above, Below and All Around the Sea”metal sculptures by Don Henry & rug hookings by Ev IrvinJULY Michael Anderson, ceramics & Rebecca Clement, photographyAUG Char Jump, Sandy Thompson, Maria Santa Lucia and sonSEPT Elizabeth Petersen, watercolorswww.fireweedgallery.com

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Bunnell Street Art GalleryJUNE ‘20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Installtion by Nancy MunroJULY Steve GordonAUG Sarah Tabbert & Lisa Woodwww.bunnellstreetgallery.org

Kenai Visitors & Cultural CenterSUMMER 2011“Intersecting Journeys”

Creative Opportunities

CALL FOR ARTISTS The KENAI FINE ARTS CENTER has a new gallery, GALLERY TWO. For prospectus for solo or collaborative shows. 907-283-7040 or <www.kenaifinearts.com>

JUDI BETTS WORKSHOP

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Thursday, Sept 8 through Sunday, Sept 11, 2011

PAULA DICKEY will have two solo shows:OCT Conoco Phillips Gallery, Anchorage

NOV Picture Alaska, HomerThe new collection is

“Pieces of...” consisting of watercolor collages incorporating

wasp nests, Alaska maps and oriental papers

the Kachemak Bay Watercolor Society presents

KBWS MEMBERSHIPS, $20 per year, are renewable each year on the first of September. To retainactive membership, please make sure your membership is up to

Judi Betts

Location: Land’s End Resort and Quarterdeck4786 Homer Spit Road, HomerCost: $275 includes a 1 year membership to KBWS

WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP Watercolor Creative RealismThursday, Sept 8 through

Sunday, Sept 11, 2011

Please send APPLICATION FORM and registration fee of $100 non-refundable deposit to: Bev Macy, 307 East Fairview, Homer, Alaska 99603. Participants will beaccepted in order in which deposit checks are received. If workshop is filled, deposit will keep the applicant on waiting list, to be refunded in the event a space does not become available. A confirmation will be sent upon receipt of the deposit. For additional information contact: Bev Macy 299-6229 <bdmacy1@juno.com>

Land’s End is offering a discount on rooms for any members who take the Judi Betts workshop.

SUMMER 2011 Calendar

KACHEMAK BAY WATERCOLOR SOCIETY P.O.Box 98 Homer, Alaska 99603

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JUNE 3 Fri First Friday at the KBWS Corner The corner will be rehung using Spring Show paintings. New paintings are always welcome.JUNE 16-19 Thurs-Sun LET IT FLOW: Yupo Workshop at Center for Creative Renewal, Halibut CoveJUNE 24-26 Fri-Sun TIDAL RHYTHMS WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP with Annie Olson, Across The Bay Tent&Brkfst JULY 1 Fri First Friday at the KBWS CornerJULY TBA OPEN BOARD MEETINGAUG 4 Thurs Due date for new paintings to hang in the KBWS corner of the Fireweed GalleryAUG 5 Fri First Friday at the KBWS CornerAUG TBA OPEN BOARD MEETING

“Sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” - Lewis Carroll