Graphic illustration by Dan Talsky, danie.talsky@journaltimes.com;
photos by Jon Bolton; paintings, left to right: “Remembering,” by Sue
Horton; “Parked,” by Karen Mathis; “Brian,” by Rebecca Venn; and
“Saturday Morning Market,” by Carlotta Miller
"There was just something about the bounty of colorful flowers and the
woman standing among them, turned away from the camera, holding a
bouquet up high that caught Carlotta Miller’s attention.
"'It just grabbed me,' Miller said of the scene she photographed one Saturday morning at Kenosha’s HarborMarket.
"The
Kenosha artist was so inspired by what she saw that she decided to
recreate the scene in watercolors. And when she entered her painting in
the Watercolor Wisconsin 2015 show, it was not only juried into the
exhibition, but chosen for two awards. Miller’s 'Saturday Morning
Market' took the First Award and one of two memorial purchase awards —
the Joan M. Spinks Award — in the show, which is on display at the
Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, 2519 Northwestern Ave., through April 23.
"Miller
said she used a more nontraditional watercolor technique of pouring the
color onto the paper to create the desired effect (some brush
techniques were also used). She’d begun working with pouring techniques
after attending a workshop, and found she liked the element of surprise
that pouring color provided. The surprise element is also something she
appreciates about her previous work as a printmaker, said the retired
art teacher who taught at Kenosha’s Bradford High School and now works
in the Racine Business Center’s 16th Street Studios (http://16thststudio.tumblr.com)."
4 comments:
We said we were going, right? Cuz... I am. One way or another. I LOVE this exhibit!
Yeah, I believe you, me and lizardmom agreed to go. If anyone else wants to attend with us, it's OK by me.
when do we want to go?
You guys decide because my schedule is much more flexible than yours.
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