State Watercolor Exhibition

2019 CWS State Exhibition

Congratulations to the winners !

Best of Show:    Cindy Brabec-King             Pantry Scraps
2nd Place :        Pattie Bowler                      Gone Fishing
3rd Place:          Carol Pitts                           Pigeon Feeder
4th Place:          Janis Goldblatt                    Calibrate

1st Honorable Mention:   Theresa Shepard   Summers End

2nd Honorable Mention:  Lynn Nebergall      Egg Drop Soup

Francis Olson Memorial  Judy Porzak           Enlightened

Mountainside Art Guild    Craig Davis           The Quilter

Painted Toe Society        Beatrice Trautman  Sierra Sentinel

RockyMountain

Water Media                    Janice Hanson      Temple Tears

Patron Award                   Becky Silver          Stop on Red

Past President Award      Carla Stoltzfus       Doves

Parker Artists Guild          Rita Derjue            We’re Here

Pikes Peak Watercolor
Society                              Marcio Correa       Red Skies Over 
                                                                       China Town

Congratulations to the following people whose paintings will hang in the 2019 Colorado Watercolor Society State Exhibition!

Sarah Anderson

Sue Andzik

Jane Banzhaf

Mary Benke

Pattie Bowler

Cindy Brabec-King

Elaine Campbell

Marcio Correa

Mary Couillard

Chuck Danford

Craig Davis

Rita Derjue

Steve Ekblad

Diane Fechenbach

Lucien Freedle

Curt Gillespie

Janis Goldblatt

Steve Griggs

Pamela Hake

Randy Hale

Janice Hanson

Martha Heppard

Pamela Hostetler

Betty Jaggers

Bronwen Jones

Shanthi Kumar

Frank Lalumia

Kathleen Lanzoni

Audrey Ledgerwood

Becky Lucas

Mariposa Marangia

Pam McLaughlin

Malpiede McNulty

Judd Mercer

Douglas Moench

 John Murphy

Lynn Nebergalll

Carol Newsom

Cathy Pennak

Carol Pitts

Judy Porzak

Patricia Rucker

Brian Serff

Joyce Shelton

Theresa Sheperd

Becky Silver

Janney Sims

Robert Sims

LouAnn Sosalla

Carla Stoltzsus

Nancy Sullo

Rita Summers

Susan Sundstrom

Beatrice Trautman

Carol Tuttle

Cindy Welch

David Wicks

Diane Windom

Annie Williams

Anita Winter

Alternates: Steve Arnold, Tim Brenner, Pat Powell, Jay Breese, Gene Youngmann, Paul Valdez

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Past State Watercolor Exhibit Information below:

2018 CWS State Exhibition

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2017 CWS State Exhibition

Foothills Art Center
809 15th. St. Golden Colorado 80401
Opening: April 20
Close: June 25
Juror: Vladislav Yeliseyev

2017 CWS State Exhibition Award Winners

Congratulations to the following artist who received awards at the 2017 exhibit:

• Steve Griggs - Best of Show
• Nancy Dee - Second Place
  
• Naum Katsenelsen - Third Place
  
• Anita Winter - Mountain Side Art Guild Award
• Carol Newsom - Frances Olson Award
• Diane Fechenbach - Pikes Peak Award
• Kay Moore - Honorable Mention

Steve Griggs, Impossible Dreamer, best of show

Nancy Dee, Old Farm-site at Sunset, second place

Naum Katsenelsen, Last Rays, third place

Anita Winter, LoDo Action, Mountain Side Art Guild Award

Carol Newsom, Musicians, Frances Olson Award

Diane Fechenbach, Golden Guardian, Pikes Peak Award

Kay Moore, Driving Through New Mexico, Honorable Mention

List of Accepted Artists for CWS State Show 2017

Congratulations to the following artists selected for the 2017 exhibit:

• Cheryl Annett ‘Spring Delight’
• Ann Arensmeyer ‘Mixed Flowers with Butterfly’
• Tanis Bula ‘Cactus Pots’
• Greg Chapleski ’Smoke, Soot and Steel’
• Diane Fechenbach Golden Guardian
• Paul Foster Into the Light
• Nancy Dee Old Farm-site at Sunset
• Susan Gordon Shades of Gray
• Pat Foster Midnight Sanctuary
• Jay Breese Quiet Morning
• Robert Gray Mayhem
• Steve Griggs Impossible Dreamer
• Pamela Gilmore Hake Earth Dance
• Larry Haught Runoff
• Pamela Hostetler Mushrooms
• Betty Jaggers Blue Plate and Oranges
• Deborah Jansen Royal Regatta
• Bronwen Jones Still Waters
• Susan Kane July In the Rockies
• Naum Katsenelson Last Rays
• Jimmy Magouirk Studio
• Carol Marander Spirit Wall
• Barbara McAdams Garden Monoliths
• Pam McLaughlin Deliberation
• Donna Malpiede McNulty Autumn Still Life
• Kay Moore Driving Through New Mexico
• Monique Moore Ruelle Ensoleillee
• Georgia Mucilli Hillside Houses
• Carol Newsom Musicians
• Philip Newsom Sumi Tabby
• Tom Newsom ‘Bear Creek plein air’
• Barbara Olsen Always on the Outside Looking In
• Judy Porzak Return to the Abbey
• Lisa Rettedal At Rest
• Jill Riggin Edge of the Thicket
• Marijane Sharpe The Lady and the Path
• Becky Silver Aspen Delight
• Lou Ann Sosalla Emerging Stream
• Kandice Starbuck Ancient Truths
• Rita Summers Loving Lions
• Beatrice Trautman Cave Creek Saguaro
• Don Van Horn Train and People
• Lorraine Watry Through the Ages
• David Wicks Cesky Krumlov Towers
• Merrie Wicks Line Dancing
• Dianne Widom Nick
• Marylouise Widmaier Professor Emeritis
• Anita Winter LoDo Action
• Judy Witherell Autumn Gold
• Gene Youngman Two Buttes

25th Annual CWS State Watercolor Exhibit at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities in Colorado

24th Annual CWS State Watercolor Exhibit - 2015

March 3 to March 30 at the Lone Tree Arts Center in Lone Tree, Colorado.

Chaired by Gary Nichols, and the selection and awards juror was Rick Brogan.

The Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony was held on March 7th.

President Greg Chapleski welcoming the 450 plus attendees at the opening reception.

Juror Rick Brogan addresses the audience.

4th Honorable Mention - Marcio Correa, No Left

3rd Honorable Mention - Richard Forsyth, Light From Within

2nd Honorable Mention - Bronwen Jones, Afternoon Light

1st Honorable Mention - Zona Janssen, Caldera

Pikes Peak Watercolor Society Award - Lorraine Watry, Fanfare

Painted Toe Society Award - Randy Hale, Red Fusion

Richard Hughes Memorial Award - Diane Fechenbach, 10:45

Presidents Award - Tanis Bula, Cassis, France

4th Place - Paul Valdez, Red Stripes Blue Stripes

3rd Place - Kathleen Lanzoni, After the Rain

(not present at ceremony)

2nd Place - Frank Francese, Grand Mesa 2015

Best of Show - Marcio Correa, Twin Elevators

People’s Choice Award  - Lorraine Watry, Fanfare

Other Images from the Opening Reception:

Congratulations to the Award Winners:

• Best of Show - Marcio Correa, Twin Elevators
• 2nd Place - Frank Francese, Grand Mesa 2015
• 3rd Place - Kathleen Lanzoni, After the Rain
• 4th Place - Paul Valdez, Red Stripes Blue Stripes
• Presidents Award - Tanis Bula, Cassis, France
• Richard Hughes Memorial Award - Diane Fechenbach, 10:45
• Painted Toe Society Award - Randy Hale, Red Fusion
• Pikes Peak Watercolor Society Award - Lorraine Watry, Fanfare
• 1st Honorable Mention - Zona Janssen, Caldera
• 2nd Honorable Mention - Bronwen Jones, Afternoon Light
• 3rd Honorable Mention - Richard Forsyth, Light From Within
• 4th Honorable Mention - Marcio Correa, No Left
• People’s Choice Award  - Lorraine Watry, Fanfare

Thank You to Juror Rick Brogan.

Thank you to our Award Sponsors:

• Colorado Watercolor Society
• Dick Blick Art Materials
• Creative Catalyst Productions
• Golden Artists Colors
• Guiry's Color Source
• HK Holbein Watercolors
• Dr. PH Martin's Watercolors
• Meininger Artist Materials
• Jack Richeson & Co.
• Sakura of America
• Winsor & Newton Watercolors
• Silver Brush
• Painted Toe Society
• Pikes Peak Watercolor Society
• Bonnie Jones (in honor of her father Richard Hughes)
  
• CWS Past Presidents Randy Hale, Sydney Eitel, Chuck Danford, Gene Youngmann, Pat Rucker, Marcio Correa, and Pam Hake

Thank you to our Collaborators and Contributors:

• Stacie Cisco and The Lone Tree Arts Center Organization
  and Staff
• Alicia Mitchell, Lisa Selby, Judy Lichtin, Melinda Boyd of Mountain Air String Quartet
• Serendipity Catering
• CWS Show Chair Gary Nichols
  
• CWS Volunteers John Brasaemle, Greg Chapleski, Chuck Danford, Zona Janssen, Bonnie Jones, Shanthi Kumar, Monique Moore, Gary Nichols, Julie Sikes, and Vicki Tucker