Showing posts with label yupo paper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label yupo paper. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

MWS Signature Members Exhibit 2015

Every watercolor society has requirements on how to become  a signature member. No matter the process, it usually indicates that you have been juried into various shows and/or have received some awards.

In the case of the Miami Watercolor Society, signature members are members who have been juried into three continuous years of exhibition (both Spring and Fall).  It is a prestige to be one and one of its rewards is our yearly exhibition. 

This year the exhibit will take place at:

Location: Pinecrest Garden Hibiscus Room
Address:   5855 SW 111 St.,
                 Pinecrest Fla. 33156
Date:  Sunday, June 28th
Time:   Noon-2:00 pm

Pinecrest Gardens is a 20-acre park in Pinecrest, Florida on the corner of Southwest 111th Street and Southwest 57th Avenue

While there, enjoy the best Farmer's market in Miami.
Every Sunday - Year Round
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Admission: Free

These are my two pieces on exhibit!


"Garden Greens" -Watercolor batik on rice paper


"Wild Thing" - Watercolor on yupo paper





Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Miami Watercolor Society - 2011 Fall Exhibition

The Miami Watercolor Society will be having the opening reception for the 2011 Fall Exhibition this coming Saturday. We hope you can join us for this water media exhibit in Coconut Grove. My watercolor painting "Wild Things" will be on exhibit.

"Wild Thing" - Watercolor on Yupo -16 X20 Available for Purchase
Place: Hunter Gallery at Mayfair
Address: 3390 Mary Street – Suite 128
Coconut Grove, Florida
Exhibition Dates: From October 24 to November 17, 2011
Opening Reception:  Saturday, November 5th at 7 :00 pm



Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Colorful Coleus

"Colorful Coleus" - Watercolor on Yupo
Ever noticed a coleus? Maybe you don’t know it by name, but it is that small bush with leaves that looks like  God just threw in the entire color palette. The leaves can be green, yellow, burgundy and sometimes a mixture of all of those and more.  Here in South Florida, we are fortunate to be able to grow these year-round as long as they get some shade in the summer. My friends up north are able to enjoy them in the summer. In fact, this past June I saw the most beautiful ones throughout Chicago.

I have always been so inspired by these that I figured the only way to capture their beauty was to let the watercolors go wild on a piece of yupo paper. For those not familiar with my art, yupo is a synthetic paper that allows you time to manipulate watercolor on the surface of the paper (no absorption) until you like what you see.

You may think that I am only looking up at the sky because of my fascination with clouds, but I also have to check that my feet are on the ground, from time to time, and get inspired by what is below.