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September 19 - October 26, 2024
LISA NIERENBERG EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,
Center for the Arts Evergreen (CAE) is honored to host the 51st annual Rocky Mountain National Watermedia exhibit. The rich history of this exhibition speaks to the passionate culture of visual arts in Colorado. We are so fortunate to be the beneficiaries of the vision of the exhibition’s founders back in 1974. I have had the honor of being the Executive Director at CAE since 2020. This is my fifth RMNW, and I get excited every year for the talent displayed in our gallery. This year, we are so excited to have the award-winning Mary Whyte as our juror. Mary is an icon in the watermedia world. She has been a thoughtful leader, teacher, artist, and juror for many years. Mary, thank you for your commitment to the arts and for selecting such a beautiful show. To our artists, thank you. The quality and professionalism of your work brings patrons from all over Colorado to experience the growing and evolving world of watermedia. To my colleague and friend, Sara Miller, thank you for your talent and dedication to CAE. And to the RMNW committee, thank you for your countless hours of volunteering to help make this show a success. I am truly grateful for all of you.
This exhibit would not be possible without the generosity of our sponsors. Thank you to The Maule Charitable Fund in honor of Joan S. Maule and LIV Sotheby’s, as well as to Colorado Creative Industries, and the SCFD for their meaningful support. And, finally, to the CAE Board and the amazing CAE staff, I truly appreciate all of you and all that you do!
With gratitude,
Lisa Nierenberg, Executive Director
Lisa Nierenberg, Executive Director
Sara Miller, Sr. Director of Exhibitions & Education
Celia Sladek, Co-Chair
Cathy Jones, Co-Chair
Eric Maule
Csilla Florida, Member
Sandie Godsman, Member
Tom Goldberg, Member
Terri Haight, Member
Melody Huisjen, Member
Carol Newsom, Member
Patricia Rucker, Member
Patricia Wafer, Member
Jenny Wilson, Member
It has been my great honor to act as juror for this year’s Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition. The wide range of submissions were impressive not only in their scope, but also in their vision, technique, and expression. As with most jurors, what I look for when curating a show are paintings that exhibit originality, fresh execution, strong concept, and balanced composition. Regardless of the subject matter or personal style, artists who can overcome these hurdles will always be the ones whose work rises above the crowd and remains timeless. I am pleased to report that the 2024 RMNW collection exhibits not only many artists’ mastery of watermedia, but an elevation of the medium worthy of placing it squarely on the national stage.
MARY WHYTE
Mary Whyte (b.1953) is an American figurative artist known internationally for her watercolors of contemporary people. Her works are in private, corporate, university, and public collections nationwide, and have been featured in numerous media outlets including CBS Sunday Morning, PBS, and NPR.
The author of seven books including WE THE PEOPLE: Portraits of Veterans in America, Whyte’s work has also been featured in many international publications, including periodicals and books in China, Russia, France, Germany, Canada, and Taiwan.
She is the recipient of numerous awards including the Portrait Society of America’s Gold Medal, the Carolinas Freedom Foundation’s Freedom Award, and the South Carolina Governor’s Award for the Arts, South Carolina’s highest honor in the arts. In 2019 Whyte founded the Patriot Art Foundation as a means to honor and inspire veterans through the arts.
Whyte received the 2020 National DAR Medal of Honor and the 2020 NSDAR Women in the Arts Award. In 2021, Converse University in Spartanburg, South Carolina, awarded her an honorary doctorate degree. In September 2022, Whyte received the Annie Oakley Society Award for her role as a leader in the artistic community and inspirational work through the Patriot Art Foundation.
Whyte’s ground-breaking museum exhibition WE THE PEOPLE: Portraits of Veterans in America, consisting of fifty large-scale watercolors of one veteran from each state, opened in 2019 and continues to travel to various museum locations around the country.
This year we honor and give tribute to a courageous and talented woman of the arts: Joan S. Maule. We are so pleased to honor Joan’s life as this year’s Rocky Mountain National Watermedia exhibition sponsor and Best of Show sponsor. Joan lived an active life in the fine arts, creating works in watermedia and acrylics. She has had work in many juried shows in the southern Nevada area as well as in northern Montana. Joan was a member of the Nevada Watercolor Society, holding several offices in the organization and receiving numerous art awards. Joan was also the program chair and vice-president of the Nevada chapter of the National League of American Pen Women and was a member of the Las Vegas Art Museum and Artists Co-op Gallery.
Joan Maule had a classical music background and played piano for the Las Vegas Museum’s Guild style shows, for conventions, and as a yearly favorite at the July 4th concert in the Lake McDonald Lodge in Glacier National Park up until her 98th year.
Joan’s love of the arts was shared by her husband, Dr. M. Edward Maule, and their entire family. It is with gratitude that we celebrate her and give thanks to the Maule Charitable Trust, which has named the Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition as a multi-year beneficiary.
“I try to capture a loose impression of shapes while keeping in the framework of realism. Color, tone, and patterns are the main ideas of my artwork, leaving detail to the camera and pencil.” —Joan S. Maule
Joan S. Maule Award Best of Show
Center for the Arts
Evergreen Board of Directors Award 1st Place
Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Signature Member Award 2nd Place
Patricia Rucker Best Abstract Award 3rd Place
Colorado Watercolor Society Award
Woden Woods, Inc. Award
Evergreen Physical Therapy Specialists Award
Rome Chelsi Award
Purchase Award: Alexa Interiors & Mountain Home
Purchase Award: The Miriam R. Levine Award for Creative Expression
The Maule Charitable Foundation
Alexa Cowley, John Erlandson, Joe Glasmire, Tom Goldberg, Kelly Haley, Cathy & Rick Jones, Eric & Nancy Maule, Lance Paulson, Patsi Pohle, Jamie Richards, Tricia Rosenthal, Deb Sandler, Celia & John Sladek, Mary Steinbrecher, and Ann Stumpf
RMNW Signature Members
Blick Art MaterialsMerchandise Award
Foothills Art ExplorerMerchandise Award
Patricia Rucker
M. Graham & Co.Merchandise Award
Blick Art Materials
Foothills Art Center
Colorado Watercolor Society
Peter Eggers
Evergreen Physical Therapy Specialists
Rome Chelsi
Golden Artist Colors, Inc. - Merchandise Award
The Quiller GalleryMerchandise Award
Sterling EdwardsMerchandise Award
M. Graham & Co.
Golden Artist Colors
The Quiller Gallery
Sterling & Diane Edwards
Alexa Cowley
Purchase Award: Evergreen Mercantile & Clothing Co.
Law Office of Richard A. Levine, PC
Purchase Award: John & Pandora Erlandson Award
Thank you to our Friendship Bridge volunteers.
Jim Sherwood
John & Pandora Erlandson
Golden, CO
ink, watercolor, gouache, tempera
22” x 30”
Having painted for over fifty years, I am always on the hunt for an unusual format, media, or image that will challenge my formal education. The act of making art becomes an experiment. The intent is not knowing the outcome. Often, I leave my confidence and pragmatic skills for this resource in the unknown.
Portland, OR
Falls
watercolor and gouache
24” x 17”
I paint in watercolor and gouache, building up a scene by making small interlocking shapes. Every shape is unique and relates to the surrounding shapes in playful patterns. By creating a continuously shifting flow of varied shapes and colors, I absorb and connect with nature. I interpret patterns to make sense out of complexity and create a personal connection to a place. I seek a sense of stillness within the chaos and motion of nature.
KEN CALL
Northbrook, IL
Angel of Havana transparent watercolor
28” x 22”
All through my years in art school and as an illustrator, I was encouraged to paint in many different mediums and styles. I tried them all but, in the end, I settled on watercolor. The spontaneity and flow just fit my personality. Artists are asked to define what inspires them to do what they do. What comes to mind before anything else is the play of sunlight, which defines and creates a mood. While strolling the streets of Old Havana, looking for people to photograph, I turned to look back down the street. I spotted a beautiful mother and daughter, all dressed up on a Tuesday morning. With my limited Spanish I asked to photograph the young girl, choosing a particular wall with its beautiful shadows for her to connect with. With her shy smile and youthful charm, she made for a perfect model!
Golden, CO
The Road Came After acrylic on panel
The Road Came After explores layers of change that have unfolded over time. It is a look at the landscape that seeks to express the way one can sometimes see a long history, with its many ebbs and flows in a single moment.
Wheaton, IL
Standing Tall is a bit of Americana—an abandoned structure by the Mississippi River. Although the railroad runs along the river, the grain elevator is no longer being used. Over the years the local farmers used the grain elevator to store and distribute grains to many parts of the country. Throughout the Midwest many of these have disappeared. The painting is more of an abstraction of shapes in a simplified manner emphasizing the structure.
San Diego, CA
My art is best described as expressive, and my approach is intuitive. Combining abstraction with figurative work is something I love, as well as working loosely and letting the painting dictate my direction. Creating art is a beautiful journey for me, and my goal is to have the viewer experience that journey too.
acrylic, mixed media
30” x 22”
Columbia, SC
Divide & Conquer #2
watermedia on paper
18.5” x 25”
Divide & Conquer #2 is the second in a series of watercolors that depict my dilemma after the death of my husband. I scrambled to understand the operations of my home and my husband’s business after his unexpected passing. I decided to go to my art and come up with solutions. The Divide & Conquer series was my answer to getting things settled. I could not accomplish everything at once. I am still going through this process, so there will most likely be six to eight pieces in this series.
Evergreen, CO
On my recent trip to Uganda, I found the people to be warm and friendly, living a simple life. The tented Free Market is enormous, filled with bustling crowds shopping for everyday needs. Colors, patterns, animals, clothing, and other goods unfolded into a story. I was easily lost in the painting, discovering the various aspects offered in the market. Imagine—one stop shopping for geese and shoes!
acrylic on clay board
20” x 24”
Mesa, CO
On one of my painting trips to Venice, Italy, I was crossing a bridge to the Campo dei Frari and the Frari Church and caught these two interesting gondoliers taking a much needed break from the business of their day. Their gesture and relaxed look, along with the shapes of their gondolas, made for a great watercolor from this beautiful island city!
The Frari Gondoliers watercolor
19” x 29”
Oak Hill, VA
Orange Rush
transparent watercolor
10” x 8”
My full-sheet paintings are preplanned, time-consuming endeavors; whereas, my small watercolors are predominantly spontaneous creations. I paint on sloped paper, focus on edges, and intentionally preserve flow and abstract formations to produce representational, though not realistic, landscapes. I exaggerate contrasts to heighten drama and express the dichotomy of chaos and order that, in this painting, characterizes an autumn view through my studio window.
Conifer, CO
The reflections we see in natural settings often appear as a kaleidoscope of color and shapes. This is especially true of water when the light enhances the array of complex formations. Geometry helps to simplify these beautiful images. For this painting, I used a photograph of aspens submerged in water after a heavy rain.
Cubed Reflection
17” x 20”
San Diego, CA
Broken - What Is Life series
watercolor
Brokenness can be caused by trauma, neglect, mental health issues, and/or societal pressures. When someone is broken, they may struggle to find purpose, connect with others, trust themselves and others, and/or regain confidence. Rebuilding one’s life after being “broken” involves spiritual renewal, self-care, seeking support, engaging in meaningful activities, and nurturing positive relationships.
Meridian, ID
Bristlecone pines are the world’s oldest living trees. They cling to life and survive centuries of hardships to create incredible living works of beauty. They are a metaphor for perseverance and an inspiration to paint. These three trees have a rapport I had to capture!
transparent watercolor
15” x 18.5”
Centennial, CO
watercolor
14” x 10”
Traditional watercolor methods teach artists how to control watercolor paint, but I prefer not to try to control the paint. Watercolor is free spirited and when allowed to be free, the results can be beautiful. I like to think of it as becoming friends with the paint and, rather than trying to control it, learning to work with it to achieve lively and energetic paintings. Loose watercolor painting creates such moving art that people respond to it with quite a bit of emotion. It is a fun and powerful way to connect art and humanity. I don’t strive to paint static scenes; I seek to paint in a way that evokes feeling or memory in the viewer. I like to think of my paintings as a love letter to the people, places, and moments that make up the human experience.
Pocatello, ID
Women Who Are Asian Immigrants is a series of painted portraits of immigrant women in the US, most of them Asian. Moving to the US as an adult, I experienced great changes and challenges. My personal experiences motivated me to depict a group of women who I belong to and share similar experiences with. The paintings are based on my interactions with the women I interviewed.
watercolor on paper
Leesville, SC
White, and Red
Light and shadow, character and expression, color and story: 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, leaving there my emotional response to the subject matter. It is always my hope and prayer that viewers engage with the painting and be moved by what they have seen, taking a little piece of my heart and mind with them.
Virginia Beach, VA
Stringing A Thought - 5Xs
mixed watermedia
15” x 22”
My award-winning paintings are experimental in nature. They may be a rework of an unsuccessful painting or can start with a pour, along with the use of materials like tissues or stencils to create texture that can later be enhanced by additional watercolor washes on top or by painting with more opaque watermedia to cover certain areas.
Maineville, OH
Shades of Red transparent watercolor
My work is an invitation into the intimacy of my still life world. It is successful when it has tapped into the senses. The viewer should detect the faint scent of overripe fruit. Their taste buds should be tantalized by the sweetness of this fruit. They should want to reach out and touch the soft folds of the quilt. The eyes should move around in the painting searching for detail and be excited by the design. They should hear peace and quiet in the stillness of the moment.
Pleasanton, CA
Making Apple Tarts
My grandson wanted to make apple tarts one afternoon while he was staying with me. While he was simmering the apples over the stove, I snapped a photo of him. I was intrigued by the backlight and the steam swirling around him. This was an experiment with the ‘how to’ of making a steamy painting. I’m always experimenting with new ideas and concepts in my work, and sometimes it takes several tries to get the effect I’m looking for.
Morehead, KY
31.5” x 23.5”
I am interested in where cultures intersect and how images carry meaning within a society that consumes a vast amount of visual information. My investigation focuses on how I could inform my feelings with my experiences: context, expectations, and perceptions of the subjects I see. My visual vocabularies are varied—colors, textures, washes, and gestures of the human form. In addition to these things, I am drawn to unique patterns, decorations, and jewelry pieces that convey information and beauty.
Basalt, CO
Catch Me If You Can watermedia
24” x 36”
Catch Me If You Can is one of my very favorite pieces. It has employed within its several layers practically every trial, technique, and “what if” strategy with which I’ve experimented and found success! The first layer was filled with texture. After that, it was mostly negative and positive painting: add this, take away that, and finally, done. That’s why I love acrylic painting. It’s very versatile. Then comes the subject. It says so much about our little ranch here in Colorado: the pastures, the fence lines, the mountains, wildlife, and happiness. Hopefully, the viewers will find an association in their own experiences that will bring pleasure for them as well.
22”
CA
I had been invited to participate in the 2023 Crested Butte Plein Air Invitational. In anticipation, I traveled from California to Colorado and spent the whole month of June plein-air painting in Crested Butte and Mt. Crested Butte. At this high altitude, I experienced spring’s timid arrival accompanied by snow and hail. After my trip, the quarter-sheet plein-air watercolors were framed and sent to the Invitational’s August exhibition. Months later in the studio, I scaled up a few of my favorite compositions into full-sheet watercolors. Colorado Clouds with a Chance of Sun depicts my experience during that first week of June.
Boulder, CO
A soothing golden yellow acrylic paint color was chosen to make this minimalist geometric painting. The triangle was created by using torn strips of pages from an old book. A black watercolor crayon over the paper strips adds interest to this serene solid single-color painting.
The Golden Triangle
acrylic, water-soluble wax pastel
24” x 18”
Scottsdale, AZ
I work primarily in acrylics but often employ other mediums including gesso, watercolor crayons, graphite, and ink. I seldom work from resource photos, preferring to find my way experimentally. While I always focus on fundamentals such as color, value, and composition, my primary goal is to use images as content, hopefully engaging each viewer to find personal meaning in the image. To me, a painting should be more than just a pretty face!
Lafayette, CO
Ouray Colorado Fall Aspen
The fine art of David W. Mayer captures the beauty and color of New Mexico, Colorado, and the West, from the pinyon-dotted high plains of New Mexico to the Rocky Mountain region, and from the Pacific Coast to the vast desert Southwest. His paintings let you experience first-hand the warm light of a high desert morning, the soft, cool colors of blue-shadowed snow, and the brilliant gold of a high country late-autumn day.
Anchorage, AK
In 2014, I attended a plein air workshop in the Canadian Rockies. The views were overwhelming; it was hard to focus on just one view. As we moved to our first location one morning, we passed by this small tarn lake, and I was taken by the diagonal dark-light-dark composition. The texture and color of the granitic rocks, spotlighted by the early morning sun, was a compelling focal point.
Edmond, OK
Take Me There casein
Take Me There was painted en plein air at Ivy Creek near Creede, Colorado. I was inspired by the many colors and values in the land bands. I looked for ways to create an impressionistic landscape with surprising colors and strokes. Although difficult to use outside in dry mountain air, I chose casein to bring the soft, velvety quality of the San Juan Mountains landscape to life on canvas.
Salinas, CA
Grandpa Roscoe
transparent watercolor
22” x 15”
One of my favorite photographs has always been the old black and white of my Grandpa and I walking down a dirt lane in New Hampshire. Grandpa Roscoe lived to be almost 104, and in the later years of his life, he lived with his daughter, my Aunt Bettie, so we saw each other more often. I decided to create this painting to celebrate that childhood memory and the man behind it.
Superior, CO
Mountain Mirror watercolor on board
16” x 20”
I was hiking with a dear friend near Frisco, Colorado, when her little girl stooped to investigate a small puddle on the beautiful mountain path. I snapped the image, knowing I would have to paint it one day. Children are filled with boundless wonder and curiosity. In Mountain Mirror , I strove to capture a glimpse of that innocence and wonder. The soft halo of light encircling her head is echoed in the melting snow on the distant slopes, evoking a sense of purity and nearness to the sacred.
Grand Forks, ND
This painting was an attempt to try a different combination of images, backgrounds, and scale.
Drake, CO
watercolor wax batik
22” x 22”
We were saddened to hear that this beautiful painting was destroyed when Linda Renaud’s studio burned to the ground in the Alexander Mountain fire. Please visit https://www.lindarenaud.net/to support Linda.
“On July 29 the Alexander Mountain fire started a few miles from our home. The initial column of smoke was visible from the top of our hill. Our area was immediately put on a mandatory evacuation. Within two days the fire was on our doorstep and burned our garage and my art studio to the ground. About 40% of my original paintings were hanging in my studio. Except for a few paintings in gallery shows, the [remaining 60% of] my work is on the walls of our home [and still safe].”
Marengo, IL
This painting of patio chairs is from my grandmother’s house. The sunlight accents the complex design of the chairs. The intricate design is repeated on the ground in the shadows cast by the chairs. This is a warm and inviting space. It is a place you might wish to share a conversation with someone, and yet the chairs sit empty. The Visit is a tribute to times spent with loved ones and precious memories that are not forgotten. People may fade away, but our love for them does not.
Flushing, NY
Potato Sellers
mixed media
When I retired, I visited some places of interest. One was Peru. While in Peru, I stopped at a marketplace where I took many photographs of the people and produce. A combination of some of these photos became my composition, Potato Sellers , which was created on Bristol paper by using watercolor with additional water-based media such as pencils.
Medical Lake, WA
Light and water, especially moving water, always catches my attention. If there is intensity—what I call the dazzle factor—I get inspired to try to catch it in a painting. I’ve now produced three paintings of this source material and suspect there will be more to come.
Osprey, FL
Suzie Seerey-Lester is an international award-winning wildlife artist. She is known for her remarkable barns, birds, and large cats. Mysterious backgrounds inspire you to discover hidden animals. Suzie has traveled all over the world to paint amazing subjects. She will only paint animals she has seen in the wild. Her sensational paintings inspire a second look, then another.
Wausau, WI
Made to Make transparent watercolor 21” x 13.5”
Made to Make portrays a maker and innovator whose ability to understand technical concepts is innate with a need to fix, build, or make things a person just born with a curiosity about how things work. I enjoy the challenge of portraiture in transparent watercolor and want you to be able to glimpse inside a special individual with a mind that is as interactive as the media.
Highland Park, IL
Light as a Garment “Thou Sendest Forth Thy Spirit” (Bryce National Park)
watercolor 13” x 15”
The National Park Project has resulted as a continuation of my works in the Fragility of the Sacred series, comprising paintings and individual handmade artists’ books integrating idea, text, and visual images with the theme of fragility. I am looking at fragility of not only the wider environment, but the fragility of our own lives, both in terms of physical fragility and in terms of emotional fragility so common in our current world situation. My most recent series aspires to explore the National Parks as pristine environments that need to be considered as sacred to protect the land and environment which serve as our nation’s natural legacy. Most importantly, I am reflecting on the impact of climate change, tourism, and man’s use of natural resources on each park.
Denver, CO
Much of my work is an exploration of the states and stages of the dynamic energy that surrounds and fills us: our Oceans, our Earth, the Air we breathe—changes that constantly shift and transform. The growth that takes place in Spring after experiencing the death of Winter. Too small to see and too vast to comprehend; I am compelled to capture these fleeting patterns of change which are the only constant we have, connecting all living things as one.
Garden City, ID
After I retired, I started visiting all the beautiful lodges at the national parks in the West, and I felt so grateful for them. The Grand Canyon has an infinite variety of shapes, colors, and shadows, which I love to paint. I am trying to evoke the sensations I felt while I was there. The scene in the painting is in the background of my photo.
Grand Canyon watercolor
11” x 15”
Evergreen, CO
Lemony Lyrics
watercolor, India ink
11” x 15”
My yoga teacher ends class by saying, “Be strong, be kind, be brave.” A ceramic vessel and six lemons on a gray surface with a black background were the still life set up. “Be direct, be pure, be bold,” I said to myself as a knock off of the yoga quote. To my delight and deep satisfaction, the flow happened. My vinyasa with a brush. My openness allowed conviction with ease.
Crawfordsville, IN
My watermedia painting has evolved from realistic transparent watercolor to more impressionistic watermedia painting. While I still enjoy the freshness and spontaneity of transparent watercolor, I like to sometimes extend the range of possibilities with mixed watermedia. Blue Christmas is one of a series of paintings representing the Indiana landscape with a measured degree of abstraction.
Uniontown, OH
Fusion in the Garden , inspired by the butterfly greenhouse, Jardins des Papillons, celebrates the plants that thrive in this exemplary greenhouse. The painting process begins with personal photographs (taken on site) to compose an underlying drawing for the painting, which is then covered with a generous amount of wet-on-wet paint and finished with layers of tonal glazes.
Highlands Ranch, CO
This is an old fisherman who has a huge fish on the line, without a pole on a small boat. It is a picture of determination and will and pain.
Boulder, CO
The Struggle watercolor
This painting was done from a photo I took in 1995 when the Mexican army invaded indigenous villages in Chiapas. The woman’s intense expression is what inspired me to paint her all these years later. Starting with a careful drawing, I painted quickly. I began with abstract strokes and shapes, letting the paint flow and mingle on the paper. I slowly defined the subject, adding details as needed.
LIZ WALKER
Beaverton, OR
19” x 13”
Many of my paintings begin on paper that I’ve previously marbled (using acrylic paints dropped into a tray of water thickened with carrageenan). Using a stylus, I comb the paint in the tray to create a distinct pattern that I then transfer onto the watercolor paper. The marbled pattern in this paper looked so much like cloth, I knew it would serve as the perfect pattern for women’s skirts and scarves. The colors made me think of woven/printed African fabrics, so I sketched three women in a village on market day (each laden with baskets) and transferred that drawing onto the marbled paper.. I hope the result is a playful, joyful celebration of women as they go about their day together shopping for food at the market.
Davidson, NC
acrylic, mixed media on canvas paper
14” x 11”
My love of abstract painting with shapes, patterns, mark-making, textures, collage, and bold colors has a start to its history as a little nine-year-old girl stares at her Mom sewing on an old pedal Singer Sewing Machine. Being captivated by the process, I begged her to make something too. She sat me down and taught me how to sew. Using printed fabric and pinned, geometric sections to cut out shapes to make my clothing and quilts, defined my identity, my art style, and a colorful way to express myself for years to come. Later, I transferred all that knowledge into my passion for painting when taking art courses in college. I use my time-honored process that has served me well, to create inspiring, bold, cheerful paintings that send positive messages of encouragement and empowerment to continue on your path.
San Ramon, CA
The photo is from the northwest plateau of China. It’s a place that is over 12,000 feet above sea level and where ordinary people can hardly breathe. But the aborigines of these mountains are happy every day. Because they believe that their faith in the gods of heaven will bless them with peace throughout their lives. This painting shows them celebrating the festival of God by putting on their best new clothes and going to the gathering place to sing about the grace of God. I especially emphasize the joy that radiates from their hearts in the sunlight.
Las Vegas, NV
and graphite
Having always been a bird watcher, it is always a joy to see them, whether they are in an urban or rural area. This painting is a compilation of ways to see birds: enjoying flight, standing their ground, or just being a bird, and the delight in their presence. It is a peaceful coexistence with them and the environment around us, and being able to capture that moment is exciting and calming at the same time.
Evergreen, CO
Provence is dotted with big, beautiful lavender fields. I wanted to capture their essence in a graphic, yet poetic way, without giving up a real sense of place. I want the viewer to smell the lavender.
Center for the Arts Evergreen maintains the roster of the prestigious Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Society membership. 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.
* = RMNW Society Members with paintings in the 2024 exhibition
** = New RMNW Society Members
Bold = RMNW Society Members who contributed to the 2024 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
*Jean K. Gill
Rolland Golden
*Stephanie Goldman
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
Lori Hess
*Anne 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
Claudia Hamlin 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
Barbara Tobin Klema
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
* **Linda Loeschen
Carol Lopatin
*Carolyn Lord
Susan Luzier-Kamen
Mary Britten Lynch
Sandra Mac Diarmid
David Neil Mack
Joe Manning
Marilyn Markowitz
Carolyn Martyn
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
Pat Moseuk
Connie Murray
Beverly Nichols
*r. mike nichols
JoAnne Nixon
Semiramis Novak
Charles Novich
Barbara Olsen
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
*Linda Renaud
Pat Reynolds
Peggy Reynolds
*Megan Ripke
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
* Diane Shabino
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
E. 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
Cindy Welch
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
Center for the Arts Evergreen wishes to thank our Board members, sponsors, donors, and friends for providing more than $20,000 in support of the 2024 Rocky Mountain National Watermedia exhibition.
