August 2025
August 2025 Citrus Chronicle article
Citrus Watercolor Society presents “Love Your Watercolor”, painting with Darla Goldberg. By popular request, the “Eyes Have it” is also included in this 2 day workshop.
Citrus Watercolor Society is hosting a 2 day workshop August 9th and 10th at the Art Center of Citrus County, in the Educational Building, 2644 N. Annapolis Ave., in Hernando. Registration is still open on our website at www.citruswatercolorsociety.org . Member’s fee is $125 and non-members are $155 with checks payable to CWS. Want a sneak preview? Please join us Friday, August 8 at 12:30 PM in the Art Center for the monthly CWS business meeting and demo by Darla. Guests are always welcome. A $5 donation is requested from non-members. Light refreshments are served. Come and see!
Darla is a recognized Florida artist who creates amazing animal and bird paintings known for their realistic looking eyes. Her history in the medical profession as an oculist transfers to the most fascinating eyes in her artwork. She is an entertaining instructor who has a wide background of workshops, demonstrations and shows of her own extraordinary paintings. Darla set her goal to become an artist who shares her talent thru teaching. She is a member of the Florida Watercolor Society as well as Citrus Watercolor Society. Join us for two days of creativity, camaraderie, and watercolor wonder!
CWS is actively involved with the Florida Watercolor Society and with that in mind we have changed our September monthly meeting (that includes “Show and Tell” and our Founder’s Award) from Sept. 12 to Friday, September 19th. CWS members Pauline Boston, Lionel Sanchez and Kim Shields are conducting demonstrations at the 2025 Annual Florida Watercolor Society convention in Orlando Florida. The convention Sept. 10 thru 12 is at the Doubletree Hilton Hotel, downtown Orlando. The 100 selected juried paintings will be on display thru January at the Orlando Art Museum.
At the Sept. 19th meeting, CWS artists are invited to bring their recent watercolor painting. Members and guests vote for their favorite painting and besides a “Painting of the Month” award, there will also be cash awards for the first, second and third place winners of the Founder’s Awards.
Looking ahead, our monthly meeting schedule will resume in October on the second Friday of the month with a General Business Meeting and demo by October’s guest artist, Linda Wokoun. Linda’s two day workshop following the demo is entitled “Finding and Losing Detail”. Details are on our website at www.citruswatercolorsociety.org. Until next time – to quote Andrew Wyeth “I dream a lot. I do more painting when I’m not painting. It’s in the subconscious.”