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.