Garden State Watercolor Society 49th Annual Juried Exhibition Catalog

Forty-NINTH Annual

Juried Exhibition

November 16, 2018 – January 20, 2019

Ellarslie Museum

299 Parkside Ave Trenton, NJ 08606

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President’s Message

Welcome to the Garden State Watercolor Society’s 49th Annual Juried Exhibition.

This exhibition displayed in Ellarslie’s beautiful galleries represents the best that watercolor has to offer. This art and this gem of a place is so much more than “good art.” In this increasingly difficult world, the creation and experiencing of art provides a much-needed refuge. We are grateful to Ellarslie for continuing to provide a warm, welcoming space for artists and art lovers. GSWS wholeheartedly supports the Ellarslie’s ongoing commitment to the arts. By purchasing art during this Exhibit you will be supporting GSWS and Ellarslie’s worthy missions.

Internationally known artist, James Toogood, has worked hard to choose the works for this exhibition and then select the best of the best to win our coveted awards. We thank James for his time and experience exemplified in his careful selection of these paintings and awards.

GSWS is grateful to Joan Perkes, President of the Trenton City Museum, and the Ellarslie Board of Trustees for their continued interest and support for 2

our organization. Special thanks goes to Denise Cocchiaro, who co-chaired the exhibit with me. Her skills and enthusiasm has been invaluable. I would also like to thank the GSWS Board and Member volunteers for always stepping up and the Ellarslie staff and volunteers without whom this exhibit would not be possible.

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 creativity is expressed.

Enjoy!

President, Garden State Watercolor Society Diamond Stud | Watercolor | TESS FIELDS

Forty-NINTH Annual Juried Exhibition November 16, 2018 – January 20, 2019 The trenton city museum at ELLARSLIE MANSION 299 Parkside Ave Trenton, NJ 08606

Museum Hours Wednesday - Saturday: Noon to 4PM Sunday: 1 to 4 PM Closed Monday, Tuesday and Municipal Holidays

Cover art:

Seema Bhattacharjee | Orange City Joanne Bodnar | Rolling Out

Michael Scherfen | Barcelona Dragon

Lynn Cheng-Varga | Walking in the Woods Dorrie Rifkin | Walking in Central Park Gwynn Di Pilla | Strolling Central Park Kathleen Wert | White Van, Madison

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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 Princeton Brush Company H. Schmincke & Company Holbein Artist Materials Image Arts Linda Arnold Ed Baumlin Joan Capaldo Anders Meyer Elise Morenon Carolyn Ann Peterson Dallas Piotrowski Winifred Polyak

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OUR LEADERSHIP Executive Board President: Tess Fields Vice President: Elizabeth Oberman Treasurer: Joanne Amantea Recording Secretary: Deborah Fryer Corresponding Secretary: Linda Arnold Committees Membership Chair: Lynn Cheng-Varga Membership Co-Chair: Grace Chiarella Membership Co-Chair: Aleksandra Seletskaya Exhibition Chair: Judith Hummer Publicity Co-Chair: Clara Sue Beym & Margaret Simpson Newsletter: Clara Sue Beym and Margaret Simpson Historian: Barbara March Hospitality: Aida Birritteri Web Coordinator: Jessi 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.oliano@gmail.com

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special events all events are open to the public

Friday, November 16, 2018 Opening Reception and Awards 6:00 – 7:00pm Artists and Members 7:00 – 8:30pm Open to the Public Saturday, December 8, 2018 Gallery Walk Tess Fields and Joanne Amantea 1:30 - 2:30pm Art in the Palm of Your Hand Special Sales Event Noon – 4:00pm Sunday, January 6, 2019 Live Painting Event 1:00 – 3:30pm Four artists create four paintings that will go home with four lucky raffle winners

Sunday, January 13, 2019 Artist Talks 1:00pm – 3:00pm Richard Hoffman: Painting from Photos James Toogood: Framing Your Work Princeton Brush Company 12:00pm – 2:00pm Learn about, try out and take home free paint brushes!

Come meet the incredibly generous and lovely owners of the Princeton Brush Co. Sunday, January 20, 2019 Artist Demonstration 1:30 – 3:30pm Marilyn Rose: Fabulous Florals from Still Life Pick up of unsold work 4:00 – 6:00pm Special Sales Event Art in the Palm of Your Hand All art purchased on December 8, 2018 will be discounted 20% and a beautifully presented miniature of the artwork will be available to the purchaser by December 15th. The original painting will be available for pick up after the exhibit closes on January 20, 2019.

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James Toogood

It has been an honor and a pleasure to act as juror for the Garden State Watercolor Society’s 49th Annual Juried Exhibition at the Trenton City Museum, Ellarslie. As juror for the exhibition I had the opportunity to view a wide range of aqueous artistic expression. The pieces selected for this exhibition reflect that range of expression. It is never a simple process. In making my selections I looked for creativity, mastery of the medium and an overall artistic aesthetic. I look for work that is engaging. From the work submitted those that were selected in my opinion did that best. Many of the works, especially the prize winners, had a little something extra. For me these artists managed to create a work of art that was greater than the sum of its parts.

For those whose work was not selected this time, please do not be discouraged. Continue to work at your art. For those who were and especially the prize winners, congratulations!

-James Toogood AWS/NWS/AAA Winter In New York | Watercolor | James Toogood | $6,000

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2018 Awards

Best in Show: Nummie Warga Award James Fiorentino

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2018 Awards

Dagmar Tribble Memorial Award Ann Greene

Cotswald Industries Award Stacie Speer Scott 9

2018 Awards

GSWS MEMORIAL AWARD FOR MARGE CHAVOOSIAN Award Mark Schreiber

PRINCETON BRUSH CO. AWARD Arturo Morales 10

2018 Awards

HELEN AUE ARNOLD VAN WYCK AWARD Lucy Graves-McVicker

WARGA ARTIST AWARD Carolyn Peterson 11

2018 Awards

GSWS members silver AWARD Debra Paglione

HOLBEIN ARTIST MATERIALS AWARD Elizabeth Oberman 12

2018 Awards

HOLBEIN ARTIST MATERIALS AWARD Kimberly Netwig

IMAGE ARTS AWARD Lisa Budd 13

2018 Awards

SCHMINCKE MATERIALS AWARD Charles McVicker

BILCK ART MATERIALS AEARD Robert Heyer 14

IN Memoriam

Marge Chavooshian Garden State will sorely miss long-time member Marge Chavoosian.

Marge was a plein air painter and was recognized for her street scenes, city and landscapes, as well as her drawings of people and places.

She used light and form to create beautiful and meaningful visions of our world. A winner of numerous awards throughout her career, Marge taught many generations the joys and challenges of watercolor.

NAP TIME | Watercolor | Marge Chavooshian

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2018 exhibitors Artist Title Price

Mary Albert Bayeux $250.00 Linda Arnold Random $500.00

Joanne Augustine Summer Crowd $3,500.00 Hana Aviv Old and New $595.00 Nicole Backlund New Jersey Birds $800.00

Angela Barbalace A Beach Scene $2,000.00 Edward Baumlin First Snow $3,500.00 Clara Beym Swan Landing $525.00 Seema Bhattacharjee  Orange City

$1,200.00

Aida

$700.00

Kristen Birdsey The Last Spawn $700.00 Birritteri

Plein Air on the Trail

Joanne Bodnar Rolling Out $700.00 Myhanh Bosse Be Mine $500.00 Lisa Budd Under Construction $5,000.00 Lynn

Cheng-Varga

Indrani Choudhury

Walking in the Woods Rural Home, India

$350.00 $700.00

Cheryl Coniglio Running on Time $1,200.00 Mark

de Mos

Susan DeConcini

Crosstown Traffic

$900.00

Sparkling Sunlight on the Bay

$350.00

Strolling Central Park

$1,500.00

Carol DeVisser In Bloom $300.00 Gwynn Di Pilla Sue Ann Erickson

Buttonbush in August

$525.00

Doris Ettlinger Jerusalem Artichokes $650.00 Tess Fields Diamond Stud $500.00 Thomas Finley Ellarslie Mansion $400.00

James Fiorentino Country Road $10,000.00 Lucy Ann

Graves McVicker Penelopes’ Tears Greene

On the Inside Looking Out

$2,900.00

$2,000.00

Kat Hamilton Devoted sisters $400.00

Robert Heyer All That Jazz $1,500.00 Richard Hoffman Point Pleasant $2,800.00 Judith Hummer Falling Water $500.00

Sandra L.Jones Big Red $2,200.00 Beth Alyse Kantor

Prince of the Desert

$925.00

Diane Kosco Mules on Break $350.00 16

2018 exhibitors Artist Title Price

Robert Lowe Bridge of Sighs $300.00 Henrieta Maneva

Gran Via Madrid II

$650.00

Barbara March Autumn Sunset $1,200.00 Charles McVicker Lost in Space $3,400.00 Sandy Mezinis

Laura at Summer’s End

$2,500.00

Arturo Morales

Egret in the Palmetto

$1,600.00

Elise Morenon Day Begins $1,000.00 Kimberlee Nentwig Bromeliad $600.00 Elizabeth Oberman

The Boys of Summer

Deborah Paglione

Pagoda Pond

$2,000.00

Robert Raphael

Flowers in Blue Vase

$2,500.00

Carolyn Peterson Dorrie

Rifkin

$5,000.00

A Very Puzzling Still Life Walking in Central Park

$500.00 $450.00

Marilyn Rose Country Morning $750.00 Alayne Sahar Queen Bee $900.00

Margie Samuels On The Water $600.00 Carol

Sanzalone

Coryell Street Canal Bridge

$1,600.00

Beth

Schoenleber

Walk to the Gallery

$1,190.00

Mark

Schreiber

From The Schuykill River

$4,500.00

Michael Scherfen Barcelona Dragon $5,500.00

Stacie Speer Scott

Fresh Cut

$750.00

Monica Sebald-Kennedy Moonlight $300.00 Dena Shepherd Nine To Five $500.00

Wayne Skyler Radiant Peonies $1,200.00 Lucia

Stout

Sunflower Luster

$400.00

Robert Sussna Union Street Shop $800.00 Debbie Tintle

Sunday Morning, Gloucester

$2,000.00

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West of Walla Walla

$750.00

Zina

Umyn

Valente

Hey, where’s my nickel?

$1,700.00

Evelyn Voget Dirty Martinis $250.00

Kathleen Wert White Van, Madison $950.00 Lois

Westerfield

Upper Falls, Yellowstone River

$300.00

Gloria Wiernik Rocky Landscape $900.00

Peter Zdenek Not for Sail $800.00 denotes award winner 17

The Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie 2016 Fall / Winter Schedule 2018 Upcoming Events INTRODUCING- 3RD THURSDAYS 5:30-7:30 pm Enjoy the current exhibit while relaxing in the museum. Drinks and light refreshments will be served.

Admission: Included for members and their guests with a membership guest card.

• Lecture: The History of Watercolor with Award-Winning Artist and Art Historian Joe Gyursak Sunday, January 15, 2-3:30 pm Admission: No fee

Sunday, November 18, E.4PEDRICK pm (1868-1927) WILLIAM

• November 17, 2016

of the Artist Lost and Found Edges – CoolSurvey Women at Ellarslie November 27 - January 15, 2017 Poetry ReadingThe exhibitition is being guest-curated by Laura M.

Garden State Watercolor Society Discussion on Painting Techniques with Robert Sakson

• December 15, 2016

Members Meet Members: Garden State Watercolor Society.

Live music.

Poll, Archivist at the Trentoniana Collection, Trenton Free Public Library.

• Opening Reception

Sunday November Saturday and Sunday, December 127,&1-42pm

SHAKESPEARE 400 AT ELLARSLIE Sunday, November 20, 2016, 2 pm

Ellarslie Holiday Boutique

Admission: No fee

Remembering the Bard on the 400th anniversary of his death.

Exhibit moderated by David Bosted.

Admission: $3 Donation at the door

STANGL POTTERY EXHIBIT "Design Your Stangl Pattern" • Opening reception

Saturday, DecemberSunday, 8, 2November pm 27, 1-4 pm

GARDEN STATE WATERCOLOR SOCIETY 47th Annual Juried Show November 19, 2016 -January 15, 2017 Just

the Three ofAdmission: Us No fee ANNUAL HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE Holiday Concert

• Opening Reception November 19

December 3 and 4 Saturday, 10- 5 pm Sunday 11-5 pm

6 pm, Artists and members 7-9 pm, public reception Admission: No fee

Friday, December 28, 2018 at 1 pm

Holiday sales event in the festive atmosphere of the

Trenton City Museum, where patrons can browse for • Gallery Walk with GSWS Board Members Tess Fields gifts & crafts, jewelry, pottery, wearables and Trenton and Joanne Amantea memorabilia.

Alexander Hamilton and the 24 Cannon Sunday, November 27, 2-4 pm at the Battle of Trent-town Admission: No fee PAUL JERRY COMPERE Live at Ellarslie • Artist Round-Robin Event Friday, December 9, 2016, 7 pm Sunday, December 11, 1:30 – 4:30 A Classical Piano Experience. Enjoy an evening

of elegant music including a mixture of classical, December at 2 pm standard popular jazz, and pop songs with a Joel Popadics, Sunday Juror, Half Day Watercolor Workshop30, 2018 Admission: $10 at the door

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Friday, January 6, Alexander 2017, 1-4 pm Admission: $10 at the door

sprinking Christmas tunes.

Hamilton and the 24 ofCannon Admission: $20 per ticket at the Battle of Trent-town

• Award-Winning NJ Artist Dorrie Rifkin Demonstration, showing her unique approach to painting NYC urban landscapes Thursday, January 12, 1-3:30 pm 18 Admission: No fee

NEW MUSEUM HOURS Beginning December 1, 2016 Wed. - Sat. noon - 4 pm • Sun. 1 - 4 pm Closed Monday & Tuesday and Municipal Holidays

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