Utah Watercolor Society

UWS Feb 2019 Member Meeting: Maggie Harrison

Tuesday – February 5th at 7:00pm Maggie Harrison will be our presenter for the February 5th meeting and “Painting Out” is the title of her presentation. Maggie is a long time member of the UWS and is an enthusiastic plein air painter. She has competed in numerous plein air events including Capitol Reef and Midway….

UWS Spring 2019 Workshop: Betsy Dillard Stroud, AWS D.F., NWS

Betsy Dillard Stroud, AWS D.F. NWS May 6-10, 2019 “Mixed Magic” Click here to register UWS Member Registration: $495 Registration will open to non-UWS members in March (non-member registration $595). Videos Click here for video: ArtistsNetwork Preview of “Intuitive Art: Poured Paintings with Betsy Dillard Stroud” (Jan 26, 2018) Click here for video: ArtistsNetwork Preview…

Thank You!

The Utah Watercolor Society is funded in part by the residents of Salt Lake County through the Zoo, Arts & Parks (ZAP) program. Your support matters. Thank you! To Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts and Parks: We appreciate our grant for 2018-2019!

2019 Arts and the Park Light on the Reef

2019 Arts and the Park – Light on the Reef Plein air competition / exhibition in collaboration with Capitol Reef National Park and the Entrada Institute June 5-9, 2019 Capitol Reef National Park French impressionist painters such as Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir created much of their work en plein air, though…

UWS-CVC Jan Workshop with Debi Bond

UWS-CVC January Workshop Debi Bond – Encaustic Art Date: Saturday, Jan.19th 2019 Time: 10:30-4:30 pm Location: Logan Library, Jim Bridger Room $35 UWS-CVC member ($45 non member if space exists) Contact DeAnna Hulme, UWS-CVC Workshop Coordinator, with questions or to reserve a spot in workshop. (lovelynnordeannahulme@gmail.com) (Consult your UWS 2018-2019 Directory for phone number)

UWS-CVC Jan Member Meeting: Debi Bond

UWS-CVC member meeting: Tuesday, Jan 15th: Debi Bond will be presenting encaustic painting techniques. We will meet at the Logan Library 255 N Main Street. 6:30 for painting critique 7:00 for our member meeting.

UWS Member News

UWS Member News ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Now exhibiting at the Pleasant Valley Library – Ogden Branch, 5568 Adams Ave Parkway, watercolors from Bolivia by Hadley Rampton. “During the summer of 2017, I accompanied Choice Humanitarian on an expedition to the Altiplano of Bolivia. Our mission was to assist in the construction of classrooms in the…

Paint Outs

All dates and locations are subject to change due to weather or scheduling conflicts. Questions? Neena Plant nplant9@gmail.com Remember to bring your Paint Out paintings, finished or not, great or not so great, to our next UWS meeting for display! March 2019 Paint Out: Date: Sat, March 9, 2019 10:00am-12:00pm Location: Gilgal Sculpture Garden (749 E 500 S …

Thank You Jeannie Millecam!

Jeannie Millecam was our January 2019 UWS presenter and she shared so many great ideas with us. The discussion centered on the importance of finding time to be creative each day. She showed the group her travel sketchbooks and discussed ideas for urban sketching with pen and travel paints. She demonstrated different media and used…

Congratulations to the Accepted UWS artists for the WFWS 44th Annual Exhibition 2019!

Congratulations to the following eight UWS artists whose paintings will be part of the 44th WFWS Exhibition! This is quite an honor! Juror, Kathleen Conover, reviewed over 950 entries to make her 112 selections. Joyce Baron “Unrestrained” Becky Hartvigsen “Two Pears and a Spare” Cara Koolmees “Argentine Tango” Mariko Kowalski “Dancing Lotus” Roxane Pfister “Storyteller”…

UWS Jan 2019 Member Meeting: Jeannie Millecam

Tuesday – January 8th at 7:00pm Jeannie Millecam Line & Wash Watercolors Live demo using a variety of line and media. Sketchbooks and ideas for using watercolor washes, india ink, and sticks in an experimental way. Click here for Jeannie’s bio. See you there to start the New Year!! (NOTE: Intermountain Society of Artists (ISA)…