A CWS Potluck Lunch Friday May 9th 1:00 PM at the Art Center
This year, in lieu of an Installation Luncheon at the Country Club we’re hosting a “Pot Luck Lunch” at the Art Center. We will provide fried chicken and ham and we’re asking you to bring a “pot luck” dish to share. When you make your reservations we’re also asking $5 to cover the place settings. Please RSVP to C.J. Westrick ([email protected]) or Dori Sullivan ([email protected]) .
The Installation of CWS Board for 2025 and 2026 will be conducted by Barbara Kerr.
A demo by Loretta Bell will follow the luncheon. “Layers of Creativity: A Mixed Media Adventure
Congratulations to the winners of our Artist of the Month in March. Susanjane Donohoe came in first with her painting of the lonely boy fetching water on a street in India and Aileen Croly came in second with her adorable painting of her dog “Clark”. This Viewer’s Choice competition is held monthly during our business meeting.
Congrats to the winners at the Art in the Park show at the Homosassa Wildlife Park. We had a good turnout of artists and Im sure it was a difficult choice to select the favorites.
Thank you to Teresa Kirk for being so talented and entertaining. Demonstrating how she creates her dynamic and colorful works of art was a treat to watch. There are sure to be many experiments working with Aquabord and Gessobord (especially with those free samples.) Those with foresight also signed up for her two day workshop. Feedback ranged from insightful to challenging. All said it was fun.
Thank you, Marjorie Bannish, for coordinating our “Painting of the Month” contest. Our votes ended up in two ties. Congratulations to C. J. Westrick and Elaine McLaughlin for their second place wins and to Susan Ford-Ladeva and Theo Van Eldik for first place wins. Go to the Painting of the Month page to see their winning works.
Press Release by Dori Sullivan January 2025 Citrus County Chronicle
Citrus Watercolor Society presents …”The Beauty of the Mark” with Teresa Kirk
On Friday, February 14th, CWS welcomes Teresa Kirk as our guest artist for our monthly meeting that is held in the Art Education building of the Art Center of Citrus County (ACCC). There will be light refreshments and “mingling” with members and artists beginning at 12:30 pm. The Business meeting begins at 1:00 pm followed by a demonstration of the watercolor techniques that will be taught during her workshop. The workshop will be held Sat. Feb. 15th and Sun. Feb. 16th from 9:00 to 4:00 pm at the same facility.
ACCC is located at 2644 N. Annapolis Ave., Hernando FL. CWS members’ fee for the workshop is $195, for non-members $225 – checks are payable to CWS and due upon registration. You may sign up for the workshop online at https://citruswatercolorsociety.org or contact Signian McGeary at [email protected].
In this two-day workshop, you will learn techniques that help you to make your own unique marks as a surprise element in your watercolor work. You will build upon the mark-making process through negative painting techniques, color mixing, and design elements. You will play with these ideas, along with the many personal discoveries, insights and possibilities that emerge as you work with transparent and opaque watercolor paints, gouache, and several mark-making tools. This workshop nourishes and engages your intuitive creativity so that your voice will be heard. Teresa’s goal in this workshop is to help you develop and cultivate the fullness of your talent as a watercolor artist. Demos, group discussion and constructive critiques, along with painting time, are all part of this exceptional workshop.
During our “meet and greet” hour, you may vote for the CWS Painting of the Month as well as view the artwork by ACCC artists that will be on display thru February 26, 2025. Guests are welcome. We appreciate a donation of $5.00 for the CWS demo.
In addition to this exciting weekend of art there’s more! We are hosting “Art in the Wildlife Park Show and Sale” at the Homosassa Springs State Park Visitor Center February 22 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm and from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm on Sunday February 23rd. The Visitor Center is located at 4150 S. Suncoast Blvd., Homosassa. It’s free to come in to see the art show, regular park entrance fees are required if you tour the park. A percentage of our artist’s sales is donated to the park.
Last, but never least, we have two winners from our January “Painting of the Month” viewer’s choice contest. Congratulations to Theo Van Eldik, first place for his watercolor painting of fishermen at dusk and to Curt Bond in second place for his paintings of Florida birdlife. Beautiful work by both!!
Until next time, I look forward to seeing you in February and hope you are well and able to keep warm during this unusual Florida weather. You can always paint what you see through your windows if it’s too cold to wander in our great outdoors. Warm wishes – Dori
We had another well attended January meeting. Highlights included a great demo by our visiting artist Ann Archer who is an expert in all things related to color theory. For those who could not get enough Anne ran a two day workshop allowing attendees to experiment and learn about all that is color. Complements, analogous colors, triads…so much to know. Thank goodness we have Ann available to guide us. We also had two winners from our January “Painting of the Month” viewer’s choice contest. Congratulations to Theo Van Eldik, first place for his watercolor painting of fishermen at dusk and to Curt Bond in second place for his paintings of Florida birdlife. Beautiful work by both.
Our Annual Holiday Luncheon was held on December 13th at the Citrus Hills Golf and Country Club. Over 50 members enjoyed the food, friendship and lots of raffle prizes. Tom Jones a Club favorite once again shared his passion for art and love of nature while at the same time teaching us a thing or two. For those who couldn’t get enough he conducted a two day workshop on Saturday and Sunday.
Press Release by Dori Sullivan December 2024 Citrus County Chronicle
Happy New Year! Fill 2025 with Color!! As Citrus Watercolor Society closes out 2024, we want to thank you for your support during a year of challenges. In spite of wild weather and of a multitude of changes, we hosted some amazing workshops and had great times together. We’re looking forward to starting the New Year with Sue Archer and her two day workshop entitled “Commanding Color” (a color theory workshop). Her demo will be held on Friday January 10th at the Art Center Education Building (2644 N. Annapolis Ave., Hernando). Light refreshments begin at 12:30 pm with the monthly CWS Business Meeting beginning at 1:00pm. The demo by Sue Archer will follow the business meeting. Guests are always welcome to attend; a $5 donation is appreciated.
The following weekend Sue’s workshop will be from 9:00 AM to 4:00 on both Sat. and Sun. January 11th & 12th also in the Education Building behind the Art Center of Citrus County theater facility. The cost for CWS members is $195 and for non-members $225. Checks payable CWS. Sue is a studio and plein air artist, national workshop instructor and national juror and judge for watercolor exhibitions. She showed her work in Art Festivals in Florida from 1985-2014 and still shows her work in national watercolor exhibitions. Since Sue began exhibiting her work in 1985, she has won over 200 state and national awards, has received a Florida State Individual Artist Fellowship grant for painting, and has a DVD “Commanding Color”.
“My goal as an instructor is to present you with as much design and color theory information as time allows and encourage you to take advantage of the inherent wet into wet qualities of watercolor. I believe in the power of planning and understanding the basics. The objective is not to change you, but to add to your core of knowledge. Then it is up to you to take this knowledge and apply it to the style and subject matter that suits you.” (Sue Archer)
We hope you will join us for this exciting weekend of design and color theory along with your friends and members of CWS. For more information about this event as well as CWS, please view our website: http://citruswatercolorsociety.org. Annual dues $35. To join, checks should be made payable to CWS and mailed to PO Box 2464, Inverness FL 34451-2464.
Our 2025 Calendar includes exciting artists such as Teresa Kirk, the return of Ann Abgott as well as Lynn Ferris. We hope to host our Annual “Art in the Wildlife Park (a benefit for the Homosassa Wildlife Park) in the Spring and have many fun activities such as our monthly Plein Air outings hosted by Vicki Pritchard. Come and meet us! We’d love to have you become part of our art group – beginners are welcome as are long time artists.
Until next time, stay healthy and be happy … we wish you peace and brilliant art in 2025.
We have started the wind down of another successful year. Our new location at the Art Center of Citrus County is working out well. We had over 40 attendees at the November meeting and a record number of entries into our Painting of the Month competition. Congratulations to our winners. First place: SusanJane Donohoe. Second place: Lionel Sanchez. Thanks to all who entered.
When an unforeseen emergency prevented our scheduled artist from attending Joyce Cusick jumped in to handle the demo at the meeting. Joyce is a life time member of CWS and has had an extensive art and design career. She demonstrated some of the watercolor techniques she uses, especially in her Plein Air work. We are lucky to have her and everyone left a little smarter.
We will end the year in December with our Holiday Luncheon. Tom Jones will once again entertain us with a great, informative Demo. There’s always lots of fun and prizes too. There is still time to sign up. Check out the calendar for details.
Painting of the month entriesFirst Place SusanJane DonohoeSecond Place Lionel Sanchez
We had over 20 entries for Founders Day and Show and Tell on September 13, 2024. The nice article in the Chronicle Newspaper on September 6th, written by Dori likely contributed to such a large turnout. It was all beautiful work. Several people brought items in for Show and Tell. There was a lot of engagement by the members and the table set ups encouraged conversation. Barbara Kerr passed out some of Curt Bond’s paintings for review, Lionel Sanchez spoke about his painting and techniques, and Jeaninne Cole discussed her entries from Kim Shield’s workshop, and her own display of card sized paintings. Nearly all artists who participated addressed the group on their inspiration. We were especially entertained by Theo’s presentation. Everyone was comfortable and really appeared to enjoy themselves. The environment is really a major change and huge improvement over our previous meeting location.
Marjorie Bannish, our Painting of the Month Coordinator, tallied the votes and made the awards. Judi Miller – Founders Day Award for Coconuts Yvonne Brunelle – 1st place for Goose and Duckling Jeannine Cole Chesnul – 2nd place for Nightime Landscape Judith Snow – 3rd place for Iris
The raffle of Kim Shields painting from the workshop raised $115. Gingi will send a thank you to Kim. Our lucky winner was Jan Clark, a guest.
Congratulations to all!
Founders Day Award winner Judi Miller1st Place winner Yvonne Brunelle2nd Place winner Jeanneine Cole Chesnul3rd place winner Judith SnowKim Shields seascape raffle winner Jan Clark
