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Watermedia XV

Organized by the Pikes Peak Watercolor Society

June 15 - August 3, 2007
Opening Reception: Friday, June 15, 5:00 - 7:30 p.m.

Loren Yukawa
Garden of the Gods Winter Morning (detail)
watercolor on paper, 21 x 29"

The Pikes Peak Watercolor Society’s Watermedia XV will be on view at the Gallery of Contemporary Art. Juried by Frank Webb, a respected artist, author, and instructor, this exhibition highlights the best of aqueous media from around the world. In addition to the exhibition, an instructional workshop series will be hosted at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and taught by Frank Webb.

The Pikes Peak Watercolor Society (P.P.W.S.) was founded to promote excellence in the watercolor media and to encourage artistic achievement in the community. Their first exhibit was held at the Pikes Peak Center in Colorado Springs in March of 1988, with a 2nd exhibit during Christmas of that same year. Today the P.P.W.S. continues to promote and encourage watercolor through its sponsorship of exhibitions, scholarships, workshops, and through its support of other local arts organizations and educational institutions.

Events

Opening Reception
Friday, June 15, 5:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Parking will be free in lots 1, 3, and 4 during the opening reception.

Frank Webb Watercolor Workshop
June 4,5,6, 2007, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Frank Webb of Edgewood, Pennsylvania has been awarded a Dolphin Fellowship of the American Watercolor Society and is a past national vice president. Other memberships include: the National Watercolor Society, Allied Artists of America, Audubon Artists, Knickerbocker Artists, Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Association, and the Pittsburgh Watercolor Society.

His more than ninety major awards include: the Bronze Medal of Honor, the Walser Greathouse Medal, and the Mary Pleissner award of the American Watercolor Society; the Grumbacher Gold Medal of the National Watercolor Society; the gold medal of Audubon Artists; and the Sisek purchase award of the Butler Midyear. He has represented the American Watercolor Society in international exhibitions in Canada, New York, England, Scotland, Mexico, and has participated in invitationals in Australia and the Republic of China.

Webb has authored three books on painting and design. He is listed in Who’s Who in American Art and Who’s Who in the East. He has been self-employed as an artist since 1958, and has conducted painting seminars in 50 States and numerous foreign locations.

Among his collectors are: the Butler Institute of American Art, the Taiwan Art Education Institute, the Tweed Art Museum of the University of Minnesota, and the Palmer Museum of the Pennsyvania State University. Gallery affiliations include: the Birchstone Gallery, Egg Harbor, WI; the Gallery of The Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Claremont Fine Arts Gallery of Claremont, CA.

To register for the Frank Webb Workshop please fill out and return the application you may download here. The cost is $275 for the three day workshop. A maximum of 30 people may register for the class. Contact Frank Davey at 719.634.8529 or e-mail frankdavey@comcast.netfor an application form and for Frank Webb’s suggested list of materials for the workshop.

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