2017 Garden State Watercolor Society Juried Show Booklet

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Forty-eighth Annual Juried Exhibition June 22 – August 21, 2017 D&R GREENWAY LAND TRUST ONE PRESERVATION PLACE J O H N S O N E D U C A T I O N C E N T E R • P R I N C E T O N , N J 0 8 5 4 01

President’s Message

Welcome to the Garden State Watercolor Society’s 48th Annual Juried Exhibition.

This year our exhibition is displayed in the Marie L. Matthews Gallery, which is a perfect complement to our exhibit “Our World through Artists’ Eyes.” GSWS wholeheartedly supports the D&R Greenway Land Trust’s commitment to conserving our natural world. By purchasing art during this exhibit you will not only help support the arts, you will also support D&R’s worthy mission.

Artists see the beauty that nature has to offer, experience our harsh urban environments and interact with the world’s many inhabitants. From those experiences artists internalize, and then react and create. The resulting art is a meaningful and sometimes profound reflection of our world.

Susan Wientraub, our Juror, has worked long and hard to choose the works for this exhibition. We thank Susan for her time and experience exemplified in her careful selection of these paintings.

GSWS is grateful to Linda J. Mead, D&R Greenway President and CEO, her wonderful staff and the D&R Greenway Board of Directors and advisors for their continued 2

interest and support for our organization.

Special thanks goes to our own Judith Hummer, who co-chaired the exhibit with me.

Her energy, enthusiasm, and strong work ethic is, as always, invaluable. I would also like to thank the GSWS Board and Member volunteers for always stepping up.

Please take note of those companies and individuals who donated awards. Their support is essential to exhibits such as this. As artists, we love our “job” and to be recognized for our work. Our sponsors and donors have our never ending gratitude.

These works are all original water media pieces, traditional transparent watercolor as well as other water-based mediums. Study the works and see what our Garden State Watercolor artist’s see, feel and express.

Enjoy!

President, Garden State Watercolor Society

Bourbon on the rocks by Tess fields

Forty-eighth Annual Juried Exhibition OUR WORLD THROUGH ARTISTS’ EYES June 22 – August 21, 2017 D&R GREENWAY LAND TRUST ONE PRESERVATION PLACE JOHNSON EDUCATION CENTER PRINCETON, NJ 08540 609-924-4646 GALLERY HOURS MONDAY – FRIDAY 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM CLOSED ON PUBLIC HOLIDAYS The Garden State Watercolor Society (GSWS) was founded in 1969 by Dagmar Tribble, a noted Princeton watercolorist.

GSWS is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to promote traditional watercolor and watermedia painting. Our goal is to provide education and exhibition opportunities through workshops, demonstrations and special events for our members and the public.

GSWS is open to individuals over 18 years of age who reside in New Jersey, New York, Delaware and Pennsylvania.

Please visit the GSWS website at www.gswcs.com for more information about our organization.

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OUR SPONSORS GSWS is grateful for the following donations: Benefactors, Patrons & Sponsors James Warga Family Martha Tribble McKinnen James and Martha McKinnon, Cotswold Industries Sheila M. Redford Florence Wolohojian Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff Princeton Brush Company H. Schmincke & Company Lucy Graves McVicker & Charles McVicker Karen Bannister, John Aaen, & Charles Bednarik, Dallas Piotrowski Linda Arnold Wini Polyak Holbein Artist Materials Golden Artist Colors, Inc. Image Arts Blick Art Materials American Frame Winsor & Newton, Ltd. McCaffery’s Princeton, NJ

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Overflow by Joanne Amantea

OUR LEADERSHIP Executive Board President: Tess Fields Vice President: Elizabeth Oberman Treasurer: Joanne Amantea Recording Secretary: Deborah Fryer Corresponding Secretary: Sheila Redford Committees Membership Chair: Lynn Cheng-Varga Membership Co-Chair: Grace Chiarella Exhibition Chair: Judith Hummer Publicity Co-Chair: Clara Sue Beym Publicity Co-Chair: Margaret Simpson Newsletter: Diana Wilkoc-Patton Historian: Barbara March Hospitality: Aida Birritteri Web Coordinator: Jessi Franko Oliano Past Presidents Founder Dagmar Tribble, AWS: 1969-1989 Mary LaForge: 1990-1996 Elizabeth Lombardi: 1995-1996 Rachel Hendershott: 1997-1998 Elizabeth Roedell: 1999-2000 Deborah Paglione: 2001-2002 Barbara March: 2003-2004 Carole Bleistein: 2005 Charles McVicker: 2006-2007 Ruth Kaufman: 2008-2010 Fran Franklin: 2011-2014 Program designed by Jessi Franko Designs LLC. All rights reserved. www.jessifrankodesigns.com | jessi.franko@gmail.com Bass Harbor Light by Maureen Gass-Brown

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special events all events are open to the public Thursday, June 22, 2017 Opening Reception and Awards 5:30 - 7:30 pm Wednesday, July 26, 2017 Materials demonstrations and giveaways Princeton Brush Company and Blick/Utrecht 1:00 - 2:00 pm Wednesday, July 26, 2017 Lisa Budd, Artist Demonstration 2:00 - 3:30 pm Wednesday, August 9, 2017 Plein Air Painting on D&R Grounds 9:00am – 12:00 pm Wednesday, August 9, 2017 Gallery Walk Tess Fields and Joanne Amantea 1:00 – 2:00 pm Monday, August 21, 2017 Susan Weintraub, Artist Demonstration 1:30 – 3:00 pm

Special THANKS “I want to express my gratitude to the following GSWS members who have volunteered their time and talent to making this the wonderful exhibition that it is!”

–Judith Hummer, Exhibition Chair Joanne Amantea Eileen Baldwin Edward Baumlin Clara Sue Beym 6

Aida Birritteri Grace Chiarella Terri McNichol Elizabeth Oberman

Sheila Redford Carla Sakson Beth Schoenleber Margaret Simpson

Susan Weintraub

Serving as both the juror of selection and juror of awards for the Garden State Watercolor Society’s 48th Annual Exhibition is a responsibility that I take very seriously. When there are more entries deserving of acceptance than space allows and more works meriting recognition than there are awards to bestow, the task becomes even more daunting.

The paintings in this exhibit represent an amazing variety of techniques, styles and genres. They exploit all the unique characteristics of the watercolor medium. They are examples of masterful technique, but more importantly they utilize that technique in service of the artist’s vision. Finally, they remind me of what I love about watercolor and all water media, and make me all the more eager to get back to my own easel and paint.

I want to thank the officers of the Garden State Watercolor Society for all of their help throughout the jurying process. I also want to thank all the participating artists for sharing their work with the visitors who are fortunate enough to view this wonderful exhibit.

Sunday Morning by Susan Weintraub

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2017 Awards

Best in Show: Nummie Warga Award Street Scenery Amelia Chin

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2017 Awards

Dagmar Tribble Memorial Award Bathed in Sunlight Donna Read

Cotswald Industries Award Breakers Elise Morenon 9

2017 Awards

HELEN NEWMAN CHOOLIJAN MEMORIAL AWARD Swan Creek Bridge Robert Sakson

CHEAP JOE’S ART STUFF AWARD Kirby’s Mill Richard Hoffman 10

2017 Awards

WILLIAM F. MULLEN MEMORIAL AWARD Vancouver Tidal Flats Kathleen Wert

PRINCETON BRUSH CO. AWARD The Road Less Traveled Jinnie May 11

2017 Awards

SCHMINCKE ARTIST AWARD Fontana del Pantheon Michael Scherfen

LUCY AND CHARLES M Under the Angel Elizabeth Oberman 12

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VICKER AWARD

2017 Awards

HELEN AUE ARNOLD VAN WYCK MEMORIAL AWARD Summertime at the Beach Angela Barbalace

GSWS SILVER MEMBERS AWARD Frosty Hedgerow Judith Hummer 13

2017 Awards

HOLBEIN WATERCOLOR AWARD Angelina Sandy Mezinis

GOLDEN ARTIST COLORS MATERIAL AWARD Go with the Flow Lisa Budd 14

2017 Awards

IMAGE ARTS MATERIALS AWARD My Neighbor’s Wash Linda Arnold

WINSOR & NEWTON MATERIALS AWARD Hot House Pitcher Plant Dallas Piotrowski

HOLBEIN MATERIALS AWARD Along a Country Road Jo-Ann Osnoe 15

2017 exhibitors

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Artist

Title

Price

Jane Adriance

Water, Water Everywhere

$1,200.00

Joanne Amantea

Overflow

$925.00

Linda Arnold

My Neighbor’s Wash

$450.00

Medha Atre-Kulkarni

Hahahaa

$1,500.00

Joanne Augustine

Enchanted Garden

$2,700.00

Hana Aviv

Scottish Countryside

$795.00

Angela Barbalace

Summer Time at the Beach

$2,000.00

Edward Baumlin

Sunset in Kingwood

$1,150.00

Jan Becker

Pennsylvania Creek #2

$1,800.00

Charles Bednarik

Bountiful Day

$2,500.00

Aida Birritteri

Lilacs

$750.00

Myhanh Bosse

Oaisley And Petals

$950.00

Medy Bozkurtian

Harbor Lights

$900.00

Lisa Budd

Go With the Flow

$950.00

Joan Capaldo

Chimeras of Notre-Dame

$450.00

Tom Chesar

Low Tide

$1,200.00

Amelia Chin

Street Scenery

$1,200.00

Cheryl Coniglio

Concentration

$950.00

Gwynn Di Pilla

Lazy Afternoon

$850.00

Brenda Dolhanczyk

The Walk at Harbor Square

$1,500.00

Doris Ettlinger

Bearded Iris

$450.00

Tess Fields

Bourbon on the Rocks

$1,200.00

Thomas Finley

Pilgrims

$400.00

Maureen Gass-Brown

Bass Harbor Light

$2,200.00

Judi Gilden

Cissy

$800.00

Lucy Graves McVicker

After the Fire

$1,200.00

Robert Heyer

Morning’s Catch

$3,500.00

Richard Hoffman

Kirby’s Mill In Winter

$2,400.00

Judith Hummer

Frosty Hedgerow

$500.00

Alexandra Indara

Seamstress

$300.00

Theresa Kubert

Polka Dots

$500.00

Nancy Sterr Lang

Lizzie Rose

$200.00

Barry Levy

Forest Falls

$1,000.00

Robert Lowe

Krakow Cloisters

$250.00

Henrieta Maneva

Cattedrale Di Santa Maria Del Fiore

$700.00

2017 exhibitors Barbara March

Strawberry Moon

$2,500.00

Jinnie May

The Road Less Travelled

$1,800.00

Randy Mayer

Roamin’ ‘Round Redbank

$1,500.00

Lucretia Mcguff-Silverman

Lydia’s House at Thanksgiving

$800.00

Terri McNichol

3 Figures Baptism Waters

$3,000.00

Charles McVicker

Kiawah

$4,400.00

Lonnie Merril

Vermont Birches

$150.00

William Metz

The Harbor at Cape May

$450.00

Sandy Mezinis

Angelina

$1,200.00

Elise Morenon

Breakers

$650.00

Betsy Naumchik

Fall Carpet

$1,700.00

Kimberlee Nentwig

Chops On The Rocks

$800.00

Annette Newmark

Mysterious

$250.00

Sandy O’Connor

Back to the Sea

$2,500.00

Elizabeth Oberman

Under the Angel

$2,500.00

Jo-Ann Osnoe

Along a Country Road

$500.00

Deborah Paglione

Piazza Navona, Rome, Italy

$1,200.00

Sharon Paisner

Dotted Vase

$495.00

Diana Wilkoc Patton

Lobster Caper

$625.00

Dallas Piotrowski

Hot House Pitcher Plant

$1,500.00

Donna Read

Bathed In Sunlight

$1,250.00

Marilyn Rose

Time Square Blues

$1,500.00

Robert Sakson

Swan Creek Bridge

$2,500.00

Michael Scherfen

Fontana del Pantheon

$4,500.00

Beth Schoenleber

Inseparable

$885.00

Aleksandra Seletskaya

Sacred Light

$300.00

Rose Sinatra

Yorkshire Village Seascape

$850.00

Jackie St. Angel

Yellow Rose

$385.00

Robert Sussna

Reading Viaduct

$1,000.00

Zina Umyn

August Afternoon

$1,350.00

Mary Sue Veerkamp-Schwab

The Sacred Dance

$850.00

Vera Wasiczko

A Still Moment

$2,000.00

Kathleen Wert

Vancouver Tidal Flats

$800.00

Gloria Wiernik

Garden Mosaic

$800.00

Peter Zdenek

He’s Hooked

$450.00

2017 awards total more than $5,000 in cash and prizes!

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IN Memoriam

The Garden State Watercolor Society lost several talented members this year.

We send our sincere sympathy to their families and friends. They will be sorely missed.

Associate Members Jeanne Fredricks Jeanne Butrym Necati Itez Signature Member Karen Bannister

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bearded iris by Doris Ettlinger

ABOUT D&R Greenway

Located in beautiful Greenway Meadows Park, the Johnson Education Center is a renovated ca. 1900 barn that is home to D&R Greenway Land Trust, a nonprofit organization, and their Marie L. Matthews Art Gallery.

Originally part of the 200-acre Edgerstoune estate, the cedar-shake barn – now the Johnson Education Center – was home to cows and horses for its first fifty years, then safely sheltered General Robert Wood Johnson’s Rolls

Royce for the next half-century. Today, original hand-hewn beams and old wood create a warm and inviting atmosphere for enjoying art and programs.

D&R Greenway’s mission is to preserve and care for land and to inspire a conservation ethic, now and for the future. They have preserved close to 19,000 acres in New Jersey – more than 20 times the area of New York City’s Central Park!

COVER ART: Dallas Piotrowski, Hot House Pitcher Plant; Annette Newmark, Mysterious; Edward Baumlin, Sunset in Kingwood; Lisa Budd, Go with the Flow; Robert Lowe, Krakow Cloisters; Aida Birritteri, Lilacs; Judith Hummer, Frosty Hedgerow; Marilyn Rose, Time Square Blues; Beth Schoenleber, Inseparable; Joanne Amantea, Overflow; Barbara March, Strawberry Moon; Donna Read, Bathed in Sunlight; Kimberlee Nentwig, Chops on the Rocks; Zina Umyn, August Afternoon; Robert Sussna, Reading Viaduct; Lucy Graves McVicker, After the Fire; Nancy Sterr Lang, Lizzy Rose; Eliae Morenon, Breakers 19

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