2016 Green Mountain Watercolor Exhibition

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Green Mountain Watercolor

Exhibition 2016


Special thanks to Stillwater Graphics Sponsor of the 2016 Green Mountain Watercolor Exhibition


Welcome to the 2016 Green Mountain Watercolor Exhibition On behalf of Valley Arts and our corporate partners Lareau Farm, Home of American Flatbread and Stillwater Graphics, I am pleased to welcome you to the 2016 Green Mountain Watercolor Exhibition, now in its fifth year. The 70 juried paintings from across the country showcase the diverse styles and techniques of watercolor painting. With increased award offerings and extensive media coverage, we are continuing our transition from a regional show to a major national exhibition. Our prize total of $4800 (up from $3075 in cash and merchandise in 2015) funds nineteen different awards and was all donated by friends of the Exhibition and members of Valley Arts. We are honored to have as our judge of awards the internationally recognized artist, Tom Nicholas, NA, AWS. Tom holds signature membership in both the National Academy and the American Watercolor Society. A special “thank you” is extended to the 3 jurors of acceptance, Lisa Beach, Annelein Beukenkemp and Robert O’Brien, who selected the paintings from a large pool of entries. “Thanks” also go to the many volunteers for bringing the Exhibition to fruition and to our donors of awards. The Exhibition is possible through our collaboration with the staff of Lareau Farm and owner, George Schenk. The 2016 Green Mountain Watercolor Exhibition is yours to enjoy from Valley Arts. Gary C. Eckhart President, Valley Arts Foundation Curator, Green Mountain Watercolor Exhibition

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Valley Arts

Mission Statement Valley Arts supports the multiple interests of the Mad River Valley, Vermont by encouraging and promoting participation in the Arts. Valley Arts Board of Directors Gary C. Eckhart, President Julie Burns Michele A. Eid Darryl Forrest Kim Hopper Dotty Kyle Vee Lynch Jane Macan Nancy Mobley Angela Neill MaryLou Razza Ward A. Smyth James Tabor

Valley Arts not only provides support for the Green Mountain Watercolor Exhibition, but also gives umbrella support for the more than 100 events that comprise the Vermont Festival of the Arts during August. In addition, Valley Arts hosts shows all year at the Festival Gallery, located at 5031 Main Street, #2 Village Square, Waitsfield, and curates shows at The Bridges Resort, 202 Bridges Circle, Warren. New in 2016, Valley Arts’ expanded Festival Gallery provides spaces for workshops, lectures, and meetings. Turtle Creek Builders generously donated the work and materials for the new addition. For more information about Valley Arts or to become a member, please visit valleyartsfoundation.org or call 802-496-6682.

Rebecca Taylor Silbernagel Executive Director The Valley Arts Foundation is a 501 (c)(3) organization.

Š 2016, Valley Arts, PO Box 238, #2 Village Square, 5031 Main Street, Waitsfield VT 05673; telephone: 802-496-6682


Tom Nicholas, NA, AWS Juror of Awards

Tom Nicholas, N.A., AWS was born in Middletown, Connecticut in 1934. From 1953 to 1956, he was a scholarship student at the School of Visual Arts, New York City. In 1961 he received an invitational Greenshield Grant for two years independent painting abroad and in the United States. Tom is an Academician of the National Academy of Design and a Dolphin Fellow of the American Watercolor Society. Included among his more than 250 awards are 42 Medals of Honor. He has had 35 one-artist shows in New York City, Washington, Boston, California, Florida, Maine and Texas. Since 1960, Tom has painted throughout Europe and the United States. Listings include: Who’s Who in America; Who’s Who in American Art; Who’s Who in the East; The Old Royal Watercolour Society Annual Volume, 1971, London, England; Strathmore’s Who’s Who.

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Annelein Beukenkamp Juror of Acceptance Artist’s Statement: “My watercolors and approach to painting are constantly evolving. I truly enjoy the beautiful way the pigments mingle and interact on the crisp white paper. Watercolor is the spontaneous medium I try to control while harnessing the pigment’s power into a colorful painting.” Annelein is member of several Watercolor Societies and teaches numerous painting workshops. She lives in Vermont. From July 10 through October 10, visit The Bridges Resort Gallery, Warren, Vermont, for a show of works by Annelein Beukenkamp. Open daily; gallery is located in the Fitness Center lobby; free admission. Little Jester

Lisa Forster Beach, NWS Juror of Acceptance Lisa Forster Beach is an award winning artist living in Stowe, Vermont. She is widely recognized for her drawings and watercolor paintings. They represent her responses to her environment, experiences, impressions, and perceptions both seen and felt. Lisa was awarded signature membership in the National Watercolor Society in 1986. She is acclaimed for her teaching, which includes watercolor workshops, art museum classes, college courses, public school, Elderhostel, and classes in her studio. Layers


Robert O’Brien, AWS, NWS Juror of Acceptance

Born 1954, in Rochester, New York, Robert O’Brien has been painting in the watercolor medium for over forty years. Since moving to Vermont in 1977, he has focused his work on landscape and architectural studies. Vermont, with its distinct four season climate, provides the artist with a wealth of subject matter and ever changing light effects. He resides in Perkinsville, Vermont. Recycled Cans

Kathleen Kolb Guest Artist

Kathleen Kolb graduated with a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design. Her work has been represented by David Findlay Galleries (2002-2010) and Sherry French Gallery (1996-2002) in New York City, and by Clarke Galleries (1992-2009) in Stowe, Vermont. She is currently represented by two galleries in Vermont, West Branch in Stowe and Furchgott Sourdiffe in Shelburne, as well as by MA Doran Gallery in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Ground Beneath Our Feet


Upcoming Valley Arts Events

For more details, visit www.vermontartfest.com or pick up a Vermont Festival of the Arts & Summer Arts Program

July 27–September 4 Frank Covino Retrospective Festival Gallery, Waitsfield

August 13 Children’s Plein Air Painting Bridge Street alley, Waitsfield

July 28–September 4 Big Red Barn Art Show Lareau Farm, Watisfield

August 28 Barns & Bridges of the Mad River Valley Tour Various locations, Mad River Valley

July 31 Meet the Artists Reception Big Red Barn Art Show Lareau Farm, Waitsfield Festival Frolic Lareau Farm, Waitsfield August 7 Taste the Valley Experience

September 11–December 31 Judy Dodds Retrospective Festival Gallery, Waitsfield September 18–Columbus Day Round Barn Invitational

(In partnership with the Green Mountain Cultural Center)

To benefit Valley Arts

Inn at the Round Barn Farm, Waitsfield

August 12 & 13 The Great Vermont Plein Air Paint-Out Various locations, Mad River Valley

September 18 Opening Reception, Rd Barn Invitational Inn at the Round Barn Farm, Waitsfield

Sugarbush Resort, Warren


Green Mountain Watercolor Exhibition Awards 2016 Gertrude and Jay Finley Gold Medal Award $600 Marsha Finley Best Interpretation of Texture–Silver Medal $500 Nancy and Jess Mobley Judge Richard S. Lane Award For Landscape–Silver Medal $500 Joan Lane Fifth Anniversary Award $250 Harry and Georgiana Glaeser and $100 Nancy Colby Unique Treatment of Subject $200 Moosewalk Studios and $100 Mark Killian and Patricia Floyd McDonaldstein Award $300 Dana Donaldson, Robin McDermott, Larry Weinstein

Eleanor Ahern Award For the Best Use of Color $300 Jane and William Macan West Hill B&B Award For Best Depiction of Rural Life $250 Peter & Susan Maclaren The Frederick C. Eid Memorial Award $250 Michele and Tom Eid Valley Arts President’s Award $250 Gary Eckhart Selected by donor each year Artists for Artists Award $100 Harald Aksdahl, $100 Terry Boyle, $25 Anonymous Awards, continued on next page


Green Mountain Watercolor Exhibition Awards, 2016, continued Artist Sarah Norris Award $100 Lorraine Hiznay

Valley Arts Award $100 Board of Directors

Al Benjamin and Barbara Nestor Award $100 Barbara M. Nestor

People’s Choice Award $175 Anonymous, Joan and Gary Holman, Gaylee Amend (Selected by public vote. Voting will close July 17. Winner will be announced on July 21.)

Aquarius Award $100 Richard and Mary Brothers Rosemary and Michael Sharlow Award $100 Megan Shilling and Roarke Sharlow Clark C. Eckhart Memorial Award $100 Gary Eckhart Outstanding Painting by a Vermont Artist $100 Vermont Watercolor Society Big Red Barn Art Show Award $100 Artists of the Big Red Barn Art Show

The Green Mountain Watercolor Exhibition thanks these patrons for their generosity.


Green Mountain Watercolor Exhibition Participating Artists All accepted paintings are included in this booklet and appear alphabetically by artist’s last name.

Harald Aksdahl

Burlington, Vermont Bouquet

Harald Aksdahl

Burlington, Vermont Corn Dog Grass

Amanda Amend Burlington, Vermont Champlain Gold


Letty Annis

Jeffersonville, Vermont Calico Cockles And Clams

Diane Bell

Weston, Vermont Janet’s Buckets

David Beale

Cortland, New York Cleo and Palome

Joey Bibeau

Essex Junction, Vermont Late Fall Shed

David Beale

Cortland, New York A Good Read

Joey Bibeau

Essex Junction, Vermont Spring Dawning


Joanne Bodnar

Whitehouse Station, New Jersey Three Vintage Beauties

Claudia Carl

Middlebury, Vermont Powell And Market

Joanne Bodnar

Whitehouse Station, New Jersey Swirling Beets

Lynn Cummings

South Burlington, Vermont Harbinger Of Spring

Terry Boyle

Huntington, Vermont Cambridge Village Farm #1

Don Dalton

Chester, Vermont Buttermilk Falls


Monique Dewyea Colchester, Vermont In Unison

Ric Feeney

Willsboro, Vermont Rusting Away In Margaritaville

Linda Di Sante

John Dimick

Burlington, Vermont The Standing People #1

Guilford, Vermont Meditation On The Vine

Ric Feeney

Adrienne Fisher

Willsboro, Vermont I Heard Grandpa Whispering To Me Last Night

Jericho, Vermont Morroccan Woman


Sandra Swanson Fries Southington, Connecticut Over The Hill

Emily Gibbons

Cortland, New York David On Errisbeg

Sandra Swanson Fries Southington, Connecticut Profusion II

Bro Halff

San Diego, California Lake And Prairie, North Dakota

Van Fryman

Jericho, Vermont Autumn Magic

Steve Hamlin

Huntington, Massachusetts Cedar Waxwing With Serviceberries


Steve Hamlin

Cindi Handy

Jane Harissis

Huntington, Massachusetts CSRR 216 At Crawford Station

Clifton Park, New York Quiet Cove

Stowe, Vermont Lunch On The Terrace Please

Kate Hartley

Carole Hennessy

Carole Hennessy

North River, New York Still Life? ...With Clara

Chicago, Illinois Double Rainbow

Chicago, Illinois Plugged In


Terry Hodgon

Linda Holmes

Montpelier, Vermont Bass Harbor Light House

Wurtsboro, New York Summer Pears

Doris Ingram

Peter Jeziorski

Weston, Vermont Morning Walk

Grafton, Vermont Fence Post And Blue Wagon

Peter Huntoon

Middleton Springs, Vermont While The Sun Shines

Ginny Joyner

Colchester, Vermont Peonies And Ants


C. Asheley Kapelewski Guildhall, Vermont Color Storm

Janet Laird-Lagassee Auburn, Maine Sonnet

Liisa Laaspere Colby

Waitsfield, Vermont From The Ramparts, Tallin, Estonia

Joan Lane

New York, New York Morning Ritual

Janet Laird-Lagassee Auburn, Maine Leaves Of Myth

Pamela Lee

Grayslake, Illinois Twisted Columbune


Annette Lorraine Montpelier, Vermont Tidal Cave

Brenda Myrick Lincoln, Vermont Buddy A Stallion

Jackie Mangione Williston, Vermont Contemplation

Barbara Pafume

Cambridge, Vermont The Way It Should Be

Caroline McKinney Morrisville, Vermont Steve With Guitar

Janet Palmer

North River, New York Below The Falls


Janet Palmer

Cristina Pellechio

North River, New York Faraway

Waterbury Center, Vermont Terra Onda

Lynn Pratt

Kathrena Ravenhorst-Adams

Pawlet, Vermont Uncorked

Northfield, Vermont Bloodroot

Lynn Pratt

Pawlet, Vermont Money Laundering

Michael Ridge

Montpelier, Vermont Resting


Michael Ridge

Montpelier, Vermont Sun Bleached

Doris Roberts Belmont, Vermont Columbines

Susan Bull Riley

Montpelier, Vermont Moonrise Over Camel’s Hump

Ted Smith

Montpelier, Vermont Autumn Blaze

Susan Bull Riley

Montpelier, Vermont Spring Comes To Montpelier

Natalie Smythe Glendale, California Pipe Dreams


Robert Sydorowich Andover, Vermont Autumn In Vermont

Nancy Tomczak Milton, Vermont Starlings

Don Taylor

Panama City, Florida Angels On High

Tomomi Ueda

South Burlington, Vermont Enchanted Forest

Don Taylor

Panama City, Florida Raging Bull

Bob Witte

La Crosse, Wisconsin Red Socks And All


2016 Valley Arts SPONSORS Winthrop H. Smith Family Foundation & Sugarbush Resort Lareau Farm, Home of American Flatbread Turtle Creek Builders Waitsfield Champlain Valley Telecom Mad River Valley Chamber of Commerce Anonymous Bill & Jane Macan Joan Lane Nancy & Jess Mobley Moosewalk Studios Mad River Valley Rotary Club 1824 House Ben & Jerry's Foundation The Bridges Vermont Resort & Tennis Club John & Dana Donaldson Marsha Finley Harry & Georgiana Glaeser Mad Marathon Tina and Manny Mosko Resort Guides Stillwater Graphics West Hill House B&B Discovery Map, ExxonMobil, Holbein Paints, Big Red Barn Art Show Crosspoint Associates

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Vermont Festival of the Arts July 31–September 5 100 arts and summer mountain lifestyle events throughout the Mad River Valley. For more information and a list of our lodging partners, please visit: www.vermontartfest.com Stay connected through Facebook:

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