Angela Barbi Rosa Casado Esther Diamante Meni Karakitsou Dominique Lhonore Ines Montero Fabrice Obez
THESSALONIKI 2015
It is a great privilege to organize an exhibition of watercolors painted by some very good friends... Angela Barbi, Rosa Casado and Esther Diamante from Spain, Meni Karakitsou from Greece, Ines Montero from Portugal, Dominique Lhonore and Fabrice Obez from France. This exhibition features a selection among watercolors that were painted in August 2014, during a weekly watermedia workshop in Greece. We traveled in several places in Epirus and Macedonia, Greece for a beautiful journey of creativity and exploration. We visited several places, had great food and wine, painted together, exchanged ideas on watermedia... We established strong friendships. And this is what I consider as the most important thing! Next workshops will take place in April and August 2015 and I look forward to more beautiful moments and memories, more friendships and certainly more watercolors (to be exhibited as the end product of these watermedia courses). George Politis
RI, AWS
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A N G E L A B A R B I
Angela Barbi was born in Girona, Spain, she also lived for three years in The Netherlands as a child. From a very young age she started drawing and painting, later on she received tuition in classical drawing and expressionistic painting, followed the anthroposophical school of Rudolf Steiner and Beppe Assenza that follow the theory of colour by Goethe. She recently visited the Goetheannum University in Basel, Switzerland, and was deeply inspired by the Works of art observed and the training offered. She has also followed training with Nicholas Simmons on several occasions. Her style is expressionistic and abstract as she's more interested in the effect and combination of colour than in depicting reality. However she's a great lover of portrait painting too. At present she manages her own business EPC ART COURSES that organizes watercolour painting holidays in Spain and other countries, tutored by several of the bestrenown watercolourists in the world. She has exhibited in several collective and individual exhibitions in Spain, France and Turkey, she's the member of a number of art societies and she has been a juror for the IWS International contests (2013 & 2014), the International Watercolour Society (IWS). She's now the coordinator of IWS Spain and continues to collaborate with the other IWS delegations worldwide.
A N G E L A B A R B I
Kaloutas Village
A N G E L A B A R B I
Kaloutas Village
A N G E L A B A R B I
Metsovo
A N G E L A B A R B I
Magnolia
A N G E L A B A R B I
Ephemeral life
R O S A C A S A D O
Rosa was born in Peralta (Navarra). Since very young she was clearly interested in painting, although it has been in recent years that it has become a necessity for her and a constant necessity for self expression. This search has led her to experiment with different techniques and forms of expression, often achieving very good results and satisfaction. Since 2006 she belongs to the group of Navarra painters (GARDENA) through which has participated in several exhibitions, in various cities (Pamplona, Zaragoza, Santander, Santiago de Conpostela, Brussels) both solo and group ones. Her works are in several collections in Spain, United States, Lisbon, France and Italy, as well as the Spanish Royal Family. In recent years she experimented with watercolor (after a week of painting with Angel Cibera) and with gouache. He has participated in courses with very famous watercolorists as Angel Cibera, Fabio Cembranelli, Joseph Alvaro Castagnet, Zbukvic, George Politis.
R O S A C A S A D O
Kaloutas
R O S A C A S A D O
Rocks
R O S A C A S A D O
View of Ioannina
R O S A C A S A D O
Untitled
R O S A C A S A D O
Voidomatis river
E S T H E R D I A M A N T E
Esther Diamante was born in Madrid (Spain) in 1948. She did her primary and secondary studies at the LycÊe Français in Madrid. Then she went to university where she studied English Philology. Esther was an English and French teacher for 30 years, and now she is retired. She loves watercolour, though she says she feels she is... a permanent beginner!
E S T H E R D I A M A N T E
Wall
E S T H E R D I A M A N T E
Kaloutas village
E S T H E R D I A M A N T E
Mosque in Ioannina I
E S T H E R D I A M A N T E
Mosque in Ioannina II
M E N I K A R A K I T S O U
Meni was born in Thessaloniki and she has been painting since her childhood. She has studied economics and had a successful Bank career, till recently. Her first studies in painting started in 1990 (2 years Byzantine icons painting). In 2012 she graduated from a 3-year school of art. Her teacher was the Romanian painter Eleonora Dogas. Since 2012, she has been member of the Thessaloniki based club “Gallery of Colors�. Her first attemps in watercolor were with George Politis at Zagoria. She has been participating in numerous art exhibitions, both in Greece and abroad.
M E N I K A R A K I T S O U
View of Kaloutas
M E N I K A R A K I T S O U
Who is who ?
M E N I K A R A K I T S O U
Helen
M E N I K A R A K I T S O U
Painting...
D O M I N I Q U E L H O N O R E
Dominique Lhonore discovered watercolor in the 80s. Watercolor is for her synonymous with transparency, beauty , freedom and life. It leaves space for dreams, speaks without imposing and reveals without revealing. Watercolor painting gives her a sense of freedom. She loves the game of pigments in water , and she sees each painting as an adventure, a challenge to control the water. She paints in her free time time, and thus in the 90s she met the famous watercolor painter Roland Palmaerts, whose artistic and philosophical message particularly affected her . Dominique is President of the Aquarelle Reims Evenement. Also President of “Pinceaux Passion� where they organize around ten weekend watercolor workshops and acrylic courses per year since seven years.
D O M I N I Q U E L H O N O R E
Once in North of Greece
D O M I N I Q U E L H O N O R E
Fresh air in the park
D O M I N I Q U E L H O N O R E
Happy hours
D O M I N I Q U E L H O N O R E
Morning light
D O M I N I Q U E L H O N O R E
Very deep
I N E S M O N T E R O
Ines Montero started painting with famous Portuguese portraitist Luis Guimaraes for five years. She has worked mostly with watermedia and acrylics. Ines has participated in workshops with Fabio Cembranelli, Jean Haines, Liu Yi and many others. She has had solo exhibitions and participations in group exhibitions in Portugal and internationally. Her work is found in many private and state collections.
I N E S M O N T E R O
Tree in Epirus
I N E S M O N T E R O
Tree in Ioannina
I N E S M O N T E R O
Vase with flowers
I N E S M O N T E R O
Rocks and folliage
I N E S M O N T E R O
Tree
F A B R I C E O B E Z
Fabrice Obez was born in 1949 in the north of France at Boulogne sur Mer. He is now living in LILLE in northern France. Fabrice was a pharmacist, but now he is retired. He began painting in watercolors seven years ago .
F A B R I C E O B E Z
Rocks in Epirus
F A B R I C E O B E Z
View of Ioannina Lake
F A B R I C E O B E Z
Kaloutas village
F A B R I C E O B E Z
“Love”
P H O T O S
P H O T O S
P H O T O S
P H O T O S
P H O T O S
P H O T O S
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