Sylvie Griselle

My training was attending lectures by watercolourist Thionvillois for two years. Thereafter I conducted workshops and internships. I participated in many exhibitions and competitions that have brought me to the days of honorable awards both in France and abroad .

From 1980 to 1985 I exhibited in several galleries (Nancy , Strasbourg , Thionville , Basel) . 

My artistic activity was discontinued in the 90s for professional reasons and it was not until 2011 that I could take the brushes.

From 2012 I have participated in many events on watercolor such qu'Uckange , Namur, the Biennale de Saint Pol de Léon , Montgermont , and also the festival Gaillon I also attend the show this Confluences in Aiguillon fall.

My passion for watercolor inspired me to explore the different techniques in the landscape, animal theme , but it is especially the portrait that inspires me. I try to translate with this amazing medium of watercolor , emotions and feelings of my characters.

La petite tibetaine, watercolor

Laurence Ghislain

Artist in the soul, already every girl I had appropriated this art that is the drawing. 

As time goes by and while growing, my master's degree became refined and my desire to put colors on this blank page hatched by pencil strokes invaded me. Only the watercolor answered my waits.  

Free and magic the creative water subjected me. The watercolorist tightrope walker has from then on respite only to confront there. Ceaselessly amazed by the magic of the watercolor, her effects, her lights, her intensities, I pursue my begun journey 20 years ago. I learn every day of a so rich, so surprising technique. 

Every watercolor is a moment of grace.  My only wish is to make it to you share and to invite you to a festival of colours …

L' embellie, watercolor

Peggy Morgan Stenmark AWS, NWS

Peggy Morgan Stenmark has painted fulltime for 15 years, specializing in watercolors and acrylics.

She is a signature member of the American Watercolor Society, the National Watercolor Society, the Rocky Mountain Watermedia Society, Western Federation of Watercolor Societies and the Colorado Watercolor Society.

Her work has been featured in Watercolor and Watercolor Magic magazines.

She was a contributing artist to the book Creative Freedom, edited by Maggie Price, published in 2013.

Peggy taught at the Art Student’s League of Denver for six years and has taught workshops in Colorado and California for many years.

Her work has won numerous awards including from the National Watercolor Society, Watercolor West, and the Colorado Watercolor Society.

Her work is represented by The Gallery at frame shop:creede.

Mining equipment II, watercolor

Boris Dragojevic

Boris Dragojevic was born in 1956 in Cetinje, Montenegro. 

He graduated at Academy of fine Arts in Belgrade in 1983.  

He finished post graduate studies in 1986. 

He is member of  ULUS since 1984. He lives and works in Belgrade.

Time, watercolor

Binnur Cavusoglu

According to me watercolor itself which is transparent and has got poetry inside, is the best expression technique compare to all kinds of art. It's full of surprises.

Transparency and liquidity of watercolor requires control therefore it races against time. Boats, harbors, sea, streets , fields, briefly everything that brightens with light constitute my themes.

Binnur Cavusoglu was born in Istanbul. After she completed her interior design education she had worked on hospital, hotel and restoration projects. Also she used watercolor technique in her projects which was the common expression technique in 80's.  she attended Isil Ozisik, Alvaro Castagnet and Joseph Zbukvic's workshops. 

In 2012 she won the outstanding prize with 'Haydarpasa Railway Station' which is sponsored by Bold Brush Faso. She also participated in local and foreign exhibitions. 

Lighthouse sile, watercolor

Linda Baker AWS, NWS

“Capturing the extraordinary light that transforms a subject almost to abstraction is a main objective in creating my watercolors. My love of white and the soft nuances of gray along with the richness of earth tones make up my subtle palette” says artist Linda Baker. 

As a full time artist, she creates originals, reproduces a line of giclees and has two instructional videos available through Creative Catalyst Productions, along with jurying and teaching workshops both nationally and Internationally.

Her paintings appear in the Splash series along with the Artistic Touch and The Best of  Watercolor Artists by Konstantin Sterkhov.

She has been featured in American Artist, The Artist Magazine, L’Aqarelle and the American version The Watercolor Magazine. Her awards include the Adirondacks, Fallbrook Signature Exhibition along with the National Watercolor Society, and the American Watercolor Society. Her work was featured in the Shanghai Biennial in China, and is currently on display in the Shenzhen International.

She currently resides in Charleston South Carolina in the United States of America.

Fractured Light, watercolor

CHANONT WANGPUCHAKANE

Chanont Wangpuchakane graduated in the aerospace engineering, Kasetsart University in 2004. 

With his passion in arts, he took another degree in applied art, interior design, Bangkok University. 

Currently, he’s working as a mechanical design engineer and his part-time works as a sketch artist and interior designer. 

Watercolor has been the main medium for rendering the interior presentation and that’s where he started painting watercolor. 

His painting style was to capture the mood and atmosphere of the urban and townscape with not much detail. Light, shadow, smoke, and etc are easily found in his paintings.

Memorial Bridge, watercolor

KATHLEEN CONOVER AWS-DF, NWS, WHS, ISEA-NF, TWSA

Kathleen Conover earned her Bachelor of Art Degree from the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, and her Master of Arts Degree from Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan.

As a signature member of many art associations, including the American Watercolor Society-Dolphin Fellow (AWS-DF), National Watercolor Society (NWS), Watercolor Honor Society (WHS), International Society of Experimental Artists-Nautilus Fellow (ISEA-NF) and Transparent Watercolor Society-Master status (TWSA), Kathleen Conover is often invited to jury national and international exhibitions.

Her paintings have won over 100 awards in juried competitions including:  Silver Medal of Honor in AWS, Mary Bryan Memorial Medal of Honor in AWS,  Potomic Valley  Watermedia Award in NWS, Best of Show Skyledge Award in TWSA, Best of Show Gracie Award in ISEA, Judges Award in Watercolor USA, and Best of Show Award in the California Watercolor Society. Her paintings are included in corporate, university, museum and private collections throughout the world.

Kathleen Conover's innovative watermedia work has been featured in many magazines and books. The most recent inclusions are: Watercolor Artist Magazine (FW Media, Jan./Feb. 2012), Watercolor Magazine (Interweave Publishers, Fall 2011), and Splash 11; New Directions (North Light Books, 2010),  Art Revolution: Alternative Approaches for Fine Artists (North Light Books, 2009).

Towers of Cappadocia, watercolor

Jayson Yeoh Choon Seng MOWS

Born in 1963 in the Malaysian state of Kedah, Jayson Yeoh is a self-taught watercolor artist. His artworks have been selected for both local and international juried exhibitions.

His artwork "Serenity" won the Second Place of Founders Award in the 2013 International Watermedia "Legacy" Exhibition of The Pikes Peak Watercolor Society, USA. A few of his greatest awards are “The Wittnauer Watch Award” of 87th Annual Open Juried Exhibition by The Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolor 2012, and also “Award of Distinction” of Missouri International  Annual Open Juried Exhibition 2013.

In 2014, he has won the Artist Merit Award at the International Annual Open Exhibition by the Missouri Watercolor Society, USA. Recently, he has been awarded Signature Status by the MOWS.

He is currently a member of the Contemporary Malaysian Watercolorists Association (CMWA) , Singapore Watercolour Society (SWS) and the Penang Watercolour Society (PWCS).

Jayson Yeoh has actively participated in numerous exhibitions all over the world. He has been invited as guest of honor to “The 3rd GNWP China, Shanghai Exhibition” of China and “The World Watermedia Exposition” of Thailand 2014.  

                       

His works are among the collections of Citibank Malaysia, Mr. Roland Folger the President & CEO of Mercedes- Benz, and also Mr.Lim It Leang the owner of The Art  Brush Studio at Langkawi.

Despite all these achievements, he is determined to persistently pursue greater heights and achievements in the art of watercolour painting.

Accumulate 13, watercolor

Daniel Napp

Daniel Napp was born 1974 in Nastätten, Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany). 

After upper secondary school he studied design at Münster University of Applied Sciences with a major in illustration. He received his university diploma in spring of 2002.

Since 2006 he works as a freelance illustrator and artist in the studio community at Hafenstraße, Münster. His illustrations have been displayed in numberous exhibitions. His drawings and plein air painted watercolours are featured in »Strokes of Genius 6« and »Splash 16: Best of Watercolor«.

Watergate on Dortmund Ems canal, watercolor

RESULTS OF THE JURY - SELECTED ARTISTS

Congratulations to all selected artists!
You can see the results in :
http://watercolorinternational2.blogspot.gr/2014/06/open-call-results-of-jury.html

You will shortly receive an email with directions to follow.

Chris Krupinski AWS, NWS

Chris Krupinski is an accomplished watercolor artist winning more than 100 national awards and honors in the United States. 

She is a signature member of the American Watercolor Society, the National Watercolor Society, the Transparent Watercolor Society of America, and an elected member of Allied Artists to name a few. 

Chris was invited to participate in the Invitational Exhibition of Comtemporary International Watermedia Masters in Nanjing China in 2007, 2010, and 2012. She also had paintings selected for the 2nd Shanghai Zhujiajiao International Watercolour Biennial Exhibition in 2012 and the Shenzhen International Watercolor Biennial, China in 2013. Chris was selected as a juror for the IWS Biennial in Cappadocia, Turkey in 2014.

Chris has been published in major watercolor publications worldwide and has been a featured artist in numerous leading national art magazines. She will be a featured artist in the January 2015 issue of The Artist’s Magazine.

Her paintings are primarily Still Lifes with the focus on design and color. But, she creates her paintings with special consideration to detail. The attention to detail draws the viewer into the intricacies of her work. 

Dynamic light and shadow treatments are prominent statements in her paintings. The play of lights and darks develop effective abstract design. Emphasizing the visual constrasts has enabled her to create powerfully expressive Still Lifes and bold compositions.

Oranges on a quilt, watercolor

R Mike Nichols SDWS

Artist Member of the California Art Club (CAC)
Signature Member of San Diego Watercolor Society (SDWS)
Juried Member of Watercolor West (WW)
Member National Watercolor Society (NWS)
Member of Transparent Watercolor Society of America (TWSA)
Artist Member of Riverside Art Museum (RAM)

"Watercolorist"-Eau en Couleurs International Watercolour Biennial 2014

"Lilly and the Bottlebrush" (2009), "Three Palms" (2011) and "The Curious World of Reynaldo & his Twist of Lime Suit" (2014)-NWS Members Show

 
"Followed While Floating"-Pennsylvania Watercolor Society's 31st Annual International Juried Exhibition 2010

 
"Three Palms"-Butte County Watercolor Exhibition 2010-cover art exhibition postcard and "Aloe Again"- Butte County Watercolor Exhibition 2011-Ann Pierce Award

 
"Reflective Floating"-31st Annual (SDWS) International Exhibition-2011, "Blue Koi"-32nd Annual SDWS International Exhibition-2012 and "Topsy Turvy"-33rd Annual SDWS International Exhibition-2013

 
Northwest Watercolor Society's 72nd Annual Open International Exhibition-2012-"Balboa Park Turtles"

"Topsy Turvy" - 92nd Annual Open Exhibition of the National Watercolor Society-2012

 
"Watercolorist"- 45th Annual Watercolor West Juried Exhibition 2013-Ampersand Supply Award

"Mystery Man'-Splash 14-Light & Color and "Time for My Walk"-Splash 16-Textures

Quorra by the gate, watercolor

Lian Gang

Born in 1960 in Shanghai, he has the sub-senior (national secondary artist) technical title. He is now a member of the Chinese Artists Association, a member of Shanghai Artists Association, as well as the postgraduate tutor of School of Apparel & Art Design of Donghua University.

His works were awarded prizes on many occasions, among which, his “Kiln Series - porcelain source" was awarded the China National Art Prize; his Starting Board was awarded the Bronze Prize at the 6th National Watercolor and Pastel Art Works Exhibition, and his work Fugue was granted the Sliver Award at the 7th National Watercolor and Pastel Art Works Exhibition, and his painting Rhythm was awarded the first prize at the 14th Shanghai “Jiangnan Spring” Exhibition.

His painting Rhythm now is collected by the National Art Museum of China. His work Leisure is collected by Shanghai Municipal People's Government, his Fugue and Love Release are collected by Shanghai Art Museum, and his watercolor painting Star Village is collected by Australia's Armidale Museum.

The most beautiful village in China, watercolor

Albertas Krajinskas

Albertas Krajinskas was born in Varniai, Lithuania in 1956.

He studied design at the Vilnius Art Academy from 1974 till 1979.  

As of 1981 he worked as a designer. In past he used to design objects of small plastic art, modern furniture, graphic design, textile articles. 

A.Krajinskas has been lately reconstructing models of old fishing boats of the Curonian Lagoon. From 1985 he returned to watercolours oil and acrylic paintings. 

The favourite motifs of the artist’s works are the life scenes of the Curonian fishermen and boats. Special interest -historical shipping visual sign systems.

Curonian landscape, watercolor

Denis Chabault

After a career in embroidery design, creating cross-stitch designs for kits, publishing companies, books and also embroidery magazines, now I am mostly focusing in watercolor painting only.

Living with my family in a small village in the south-west of France, my work is directly inspired by nature.

I paint mostly flowers and landscapes,

Many of my paintings are commonly published in different magazines, as step-by-step tutorials explaining the watercolor process.

Catalane, watercolor

Manuel García

Manuel García, Píntag-Ecuador 1956

Exposiciones

Museo Banco Central-Loja, Museo Banco Central Cuenca, Museo Banco Central-Riobamba, Museo Municipal Alberto Mena Caamaño-Quito, Museo Municipal de Arte Moderno-Cuenca, Accademia Di Belle Arti Pietro Vannucci- Italia, Centro Cultural de la Universidad Católica-Quito, I Encuentro de Acuarelistas Hispanoamericanos-Venezuela, II Bienal Nacional de Acuarela Casa de la cultura Ecuatoriana-Tungurahua-Ecuador, II Trienal Internacional de Acuarela-Santa Marta Colombia, V Exposición Internacional Hispacuarela-Cádiz España, VIII Bienal Internacional de la Acuarela “Alfredo Guati Rojo-México, III Bienal Nacional de Acuarela Casa de la Cultura Ambato-Ecuador, III Trienal Internacional de Acuarela- Santa Marta Colombia, I Bienal Hispanoamericana de Acuarela (AEDA) Madrid-España, II Bienal Internacional de Acuarela, organizada por Qhuangua Watercolour Art Gallery,  Shangay-China

Distinciones

I Premio III Bienal Nacional de Acuarela Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana Ambato-Ecuador, III Premio IV Bienal Nacional de Acuarela Casa de Cultura Ecuatoriana Ambato-Ecuador. Ganador  V Concurso Internacional de Cultura, Artes Plásticas, organizado por Antorcha Cultural; Feria 2009, Mendoza-Argentina

Chagra, watercolor

Pasqualino Fracasso NWS, NEWS

I was born in 1973 and I live in Aosta Valley - Italy. I studied as aerospace engineer. 

I started painting 10 years ago because I felt this passion and when I started I felt immediately my inclination to this art. So, I studied with an Italian watercolorist that gave me the bases and then I studied as self-taught.

In 2008  I started to exhibit in national exhibitions and then in 2009-2010 I was selected as signature member in the Italian Watercolor Society (AIA) and in english Birmingham Watercolor Society (BWA). The same year I started with international exhibitions (Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, United Kingdom, France, USA). 

In 2013 I became a NWS signature member and a NEWS signature member (North East Watercolor Society).

Since 2010 I’m engaged with workshops around Italy and Europe.

New York shapes, watercolor

Jūrate Bučmytė

Jūrate Bučmytė was born in Vilnius, Lithuania in 1958.

1976-1981 she studied architecture at the Vilnius art Academy. 

She worked as an architect-restorer between 1981 and 1985. 

She has been a member of the Lithuanian Artists’ Association and a free-lance artist since 1986.  J.Bučmytė designs furniture, modern jewellery,mini textile, graphic design.

The artist reverted to the watercolour drawings, painting, and ethnic culture studies as of 1986. The prevailing motifs in the artist’s creative work are the old wooden architecture of the Curonian Spit, sceneries of the sea and the lagoon littorals, also, the old town of Vilnius.

Vilnius Hills, watercolor

Open Call - Results of the Jury

The results of the Jury are as follows
**name (in bold)  and selected painting(s) (in parentheses) for each artist**  :

Jurate Bucmyte    (Vilnius Hills) 

Pasqualino Fracasso (1. New York shapes, 2. Some little yellow cabs)

Manuel Garcia (1. Chagra, 2. Paso del tiempo)

Ghislaine Laurence (L'embellie)

Jayson Yeoh  (1. Accumulate13, 2. Accumulate14)

Albertas Krajinskas  (Curonian Landscape)

Liang Gang  (1. About Penang, 2. The most beautiful village in China)

R Mike Nichols  (Quorra by the gate)

Chanont  Wangpuchakane (MemorialBridge)

Yanlong  Song  (Recalling the Village)

Javier Zorilla (Calle de Madrid)

Chabault Denis (Catalane)

Rukiye Garip  (Teasel)

Griselle Sylvie (La petite tibetaine)

Morales Puigserver Anna (The girl in the flower dress)

Rygel May Hege   (My room)

Nicole Zeimet  (1. Cold morning, 2. Paris Pace du Tertre)

Chanthep Phatcharaphan  (1. Roses In The Afternoon, 2. Roses In The Morning)

Igor Sava   (1. Crimea, 2. San Marco)

Tam Kwan Yuen (1. Next Stop Milan, 2. Next Stop Milan)

Pablo Ruben Lopez Sanz  (1. Bus stop II, 2. Bus stop III)

Ann Mc Cartney  (The cape 2)

Binnur Cavusoglu   (Lighthouse sile)

Chris Krupinski  (1. Oranges On A Quilt, 2. Pears And Stripes)

Daniel Napp  (Watergate on Dortmund Ems canal)

Suha Ozkoral  (Haydarpasa train station)

Wazir Naveed Ali   (1. Untitled 1, 2. Untitled 2)

Massimiliano Iocco   (The beach)

Conover Kathleen  (Towers of Cappadocia)

Dragojevic Boris    (Time)

Marjanovic Sasa   (1. Stairs, 2. Thinker)

Vujovic Silva   (Warehouse)

Ali Abbas Syed   (Lal ki sadda)

Peggy Stenmark  (Mining Equipment II)

Martine Vanparijs  (1. Peaceful, 2. Surprised)

Linda Baker   (Fractured light)

We have to state that the level of the submitted artworks was very high and it was very difficult for the jurors to make their selections.