Have the last few months been busy enough, especially with three exhibitions tumbling on top of one another?! You might have been painting like crazy, re-working like crazy, framing like crazy and dropping off/picking up like crazy, but exhibitions are one of the many motivating reasons to paint. Besides choosing mat color and frame…
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UWS-CVC President’s Message Oct/Nov 2019
October??? How did that happen?? It seems like yesterday it was June! I hope that each of you have been using those brushes and dipping into your watercolors, even if just for a few minutes a day. The consistency makes a difference! Challenge yourself to tackle something that you struggle with. For me that would…
UWS President’s Message Aug/Sep 2019
Aug/Sep UWS President’s Message
President’s Message June/July 2019
Thank you, for your approving vote for me to be your President of UWS for the 2019-2020 year. The operative words in the previous sentence “your President,” because I am here for you, all of you. Whether it is your preference to volunteer to be on the UWS Board, or attend meetings and participate, or…
President’s Closing Message 2018-2019
I joined UWS the year Nancy Lund was president in 2003. I thought you had to be a good artist to join, or I would have joined sooner! Art is important to me by itself, but through my years in the watercolor society, I have found that the experiences and friendships though art are maybe…
UWS President’s Message – March 2019
I am a good example. Of what we should not do. I have learned recently that the main reason that people procrastinate is due to fear of failure. I believe this is part of my problem. For instance, sometimes I plan to go play pickle ball. And I often chicken out because I know that…
UWS President’s Message Dec 2018
I enjoy getting gifts as much as anyone. However, as I think back on holidays I have enjoyed throughout the years, I don’t remember too many of the Christmas gifts I have received. Some of the most valuable gifts of this life have been experiences and the memories of them. Remarkably, I have managed to…
UWS Sep/Oct 2018 Paint Spot Newsletter
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President’s Message – September 2018
I have always wanted to marry my two loves together: Dance and Art. For our September meeting I invited my Argentine Tango friends to come and perform for UWS. This is a photo op, or if you are a fast sketcher, a drawing and or painting opportunity. I feel that performing arts and visual arts…
