Painting on a global canvas Writer: Elaine Davie

Writer Elaine Davie

Big – Bigger – BIGGEST! The biggest international watermedia art exhibition ever to be held in South Africa will be taking place on our doorstep, in Somerset West, from 3 – 9 September this year. As the first ever event of its kind to be hosted by this country, the Colors of the Rainbow Nation exhibition is being organised by the International Watercolour Society South Africa (IWSSA) and is attracting work by artists from all over the world. Not only will it be a wonderful showcase for our own talented artists, but it will give the artloving public of South Africa an amazing insight into the best work being produced world-wide. Works by 150 artists from 26 countries have been accepted.

Unlike other international exhibitions organised by the IWS Globe, this one has expanded its reach beyond water colours, to include other water-based media like acrylics and ink. The theme has been left open-ended, but each artist who enters is restricted to two pieces.

One of Charmé Southey’s paintings which has been accepted for the Olympiart event in India this December.

In contrast to many other international exhibitions, the images are submitted and judged online by an international panel of judges from India, Canada and China. The judging process goes through several stages before the pieces to be exhibited are selected and then, finally, awards are made across the different categories. Only then are the artists required to submit their original paintings for display.

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