A Note from Dori Sullivan, CWS President
December 2024 President’s message
I want to wish you Happy Holidays and all the best in 2025. The past year has certainly been filled with the unexpected … hurricanes – health issues – a major move of our “home base” for the business meetings, demos and workshop, all that and more. Together we got thru it! Yay!! I can’t tell you how much I appreciate everyone pitching in and giving CWS their very best.
I hope you enjoyed Tom Jones’ demo and workshop as much as I did. In four easy steps we created beautiful paintings of a wooded farm scene and a Florida wetlands view – just as he promised.
Sue Archer will be our guest artist in January. I had the opportunity to meet her at the FWS convention and she is a delight. Check out her website at www.Sue-Archer-watercolors.com and read all about her amazing accomplishments. It will be a worthwhile workshop for all of us. The two day workshop (Commanding Color, a color theory class) is $195 for CWS members and $225 for non-members. Be sure to put January 10th on your calendar for the monthly business meeting and the following Saturday and Sunday for the workshop. All our CWS activities that weekend will be held at the Art Center Education Building, 2644 N. Annapolis Ave., Hernando. To register for the class please contact Signian McGeary at [email protected] . You won’t want to miss it.
The Tuesdays following our Business Meetings are when our plein air artists meet. Vicki Pritchard is the coordinator of the program who selects the local site and contacts those who wish to join her. Weather permitting of course, we meet at 9:30 – a bit earlier if you want to scout out a particular image. Around noon we get together for lunch at a nearby restaurant where we can discuss how our plein air experience went … hopefully we captured the perfect scene. All ability levels are welcome. It’s fun!
The Art Center is hosting “A Call to Artists” in January. If you are a member of ACCC entry fees are $15 for two works. Non-members: $30 for two paintings. Your registration and “take in” is from 10 AM to 1:00 PM on January 15th. You must pick up your work February 26th between 10 AM and 1:00 PM. There is a good amount of traffic thru the Art Center as a result of their fine arts programs and their theater productions, a great opportunity to make the public aware of your talents. For more information contact the Art Center at (352) 746-7606. An Artist’s Reception is Fri. Jan. 17th from 6:30 to 7:15 when winning works will be announced. Refreshments are served. Free and open to the public.
Thank you again for your continued support. Check out our website at https://citruswatercolorsociety.org or find us on Facebook. Stay well – see you soon!! Dori