KACHEMAK BAY SUMMER 2011

WATERCOLOR SOCIETY P.O.Box 98

Homer, Alaska 99603

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KBWS 15th ANNUAL SPRING SHOW MAY 2011

at the Fireweed Gallery
This year members of the KBWS once again came together to create
another wonderful collaborative. Many thanks go out to the artists,
our wonderful model, Picture Alaska which framed the piece and,
especially to Michael Murray without whose patience and dilligent
skills, this and many recent collaborations would have faltered.

A beautiful show. Thanks to the artists and expert

hanging of Nina, Tony, Paula, Mary Bee, and Trina.

‘Anthony,’ a collaborative by Marilyn Hueber,

Pat Wells, Donna Martin, Mary Bee Kaufman,
Trina Fellows, Lynda Reed, Beth Nehus, Michael
Murray, Beverly Macy, Paula Dickey, Donna Rae
Faulkner, and Maria Santa Lucia

‘Toyland’ by Paula Dickey

‘Ode to Bethany 1’ by Renee Jahnke

THANK YOU to the FIREWEED GALLERY for another great year of continued
support for the Kachemak Bay Watercolor Society and the arts in Homer.

And a BIG THANK YOU to DONNA MARTIN and NINA BURKHOLDER

for taking care of us during these winter months. To PAULA DICKEY and
MIKE MURRAY for creating stimulating and fun programs every month.
WE LOVE YOU GUYS!!! HAVE A GREAT SUMMER at Fish Camp, NINA!!!
 ‘Wolf’
by Nina Burkholder
KBWS Spring Show paintings

‘First Day of School’ by Beverly Macy

‘A Still Life’
by Char Jump

Portraits, landscapes, birds

of many feathers and
inclinations, wolves and
carosel characters, plus our
most recent collaborative,
‘Bird works II’ by Georg-Anne Phillips

‘Anthony’. What a show!

Several pieces sold on the
opening night! Thank you
to supporters, friends and
family who came by to
share their enthusiasm for
another outstanding Spring
exhibit!
Congrats to all!!
‘Nome Hunter’ by Lynda Reed

Kachmak Bay landscape by Jan Peyton

 WELCOME to the NEW and RE-NEWED KBWS BOARD of OFFICERS!!
On May 10, the Board held an Election of new officers: 2011 officers will be Donna Martin, President and Summer Corner
helper; Nina Burkholder, Vice President, Winter Corner Coordinator, and Workshop Committee; Pat Wells, Summer Corner
Coordinator; Tony Clawson, Treasurer, Membership, and computer wizard; Lynda Reed, Assistant at Large; Paula Dickey and
Michael Murray, Paint Together Programs; Michael is also our Special Correspondent. Bev Macy, Workshop Chair; Renee
Jahnke, Collaborative Coordinator; Mary Bee Kaufman, newsletter.

KBWS BOARD OFFICERS

President, Donna Martin 235-6348 KBWS Winter Corner Coordinator, Nina Burkholder 235-2631
Vice President, Nina Burkholder 235-2631 KBWS Summer Corner Coordinator, Pat Wells 399-7776
Treasurer, Membership, Tony Clawson 235-1576 Collaborative Coordinator, Renee Jahnke 235-7944
Programs co-chair, Paula Dickey 235-7953 Special Correspondent, Michael Murray 235-0120
Programs co-chair, Mike Murray 235-0120 Newsletter, Mary Bee Kaufman 299-2039
Asst. At Large, Lynda Reed 235-5282

VOLUNTEER NEEDED
HELP WANTED: A SECRETARY IS STILL NEEDED
to attend Board Meetings and Take Notes at about 6 meetings per year.

‘Don’t Cage Me In’ by Georg-Anne Phillips, KBWS Spring Show

I painted this as a preliminary to the Judi Betts Workshop. I did an
underpainting of shapes before doing the subject. This added dimension
and texture. It was a fun way to work! - Georg-Anne Phillips

Big Baldy and the Ravens

by Michael Murray, KBWS Spring Show
The theme of this year’s shorebird festival is “Wild Birds
In Wild Places” and I dare say it tickled me ol’ funnybone when I
heard it. While not considered shorebirds - just about any day of
the year you can find eagles and ravens either on the shore or
diving out at the local landfill. This imaginary poster has
alternating eagle and raven feathers around the border. The guitar
is a BC Rich model that, while very uncomforable to play (could
poke an eye out for sure), looked like a feather design to me so I
put it in the faithful hands (oops wings) of Rav. I am thinking of
doing a CD cover to go with it- tunes like -
“Ode to the Eagle Lady”
“I’ll Fly Away.. unless you keep feedin’ me”
“Who’s that Sittin’ on My Eggs?”
“The Nest’s Still Warm but My Baby’s Flown Away”
“Moma I Just Ain’t Ready Ta Fly”...and more...so many more.

the HOMER ART & FRAME Co. will be holding Art Workshops throughout the summer.
Stop by, say hi to Lynda and check out the schedule and great selection of art and frame supplies.
The Flings of Spring

Who would have thought those

skittering skinny-legged shorebirds
Annual Spring Show Opening
Mary Bee Kaufman at KBWS

would become my passion? But when

early May comes around bringing tens

Whimbrel
of thousands of migrating shorebirds to
the coastal mudflats of Alaska, I
become engrossed by the intertidal
dance of Kachemak Bay. I hunker down, spotting scope set, sketch book
and camera in hand, eternally hopeful of capturing one of those endearing
moments which ultimately brings a bird to life on the canvas.

This May I went out for 2 glorious weeks, every day, walking “the Homer
Spit”, enthralled by the changing scene, delighted by
the the coordinated movements of these exceptional
migrants, and sharing with friends’ many ooooooo’s and ahhhh’s as each mass of shorebirds
would ebb and flow in unison.
For the KBWS Spring show I painted three Whimbrels....definitely birds of distinction, with
long, slender, down curved bills and purposeful legs supporting a stout, ptarmigan-sized frame,
each step is a practice in grace. But flight, as for all migrants, is their forte. How do they man-
age to keep that little football floating in the air? And for such long distances?
Migrating north at 35+ mph, a ‘fling’ of Whimbrels can chase the fast ferry across Prince
William Sound. Migrating south they can fly non-stop from the Yukon Delta to Baja,
eventually spending winter anywhere between California and Tierra del Fuego. Not a bad gig.

KBWS workshops SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

Every year KBWS members donate their time and artistic skills to produce
those delightful little paintings that Rowan lovingly pastes onto 5x7 cards.
Little paintings and collages are sold through the Fireweed Gallery to provide
scholarships for students of our yearly watercolor workshop.

This year a Homer High School student, Haley Kinnard, has been
selected through the Homer High School Arts Department to recieve the
2011 workshop scholarship. CONGRATULATIONS HALEY!

KEEP THOSE WONDERFUL MINATURES COMING!!!! Summer is a boom time for scholarship card sales.
So, let’s find those old NOT QUITE READY FOR PRIME TIME paintings....perhaps something you hid in a
big box under the bed ten years ago.......oops.........maybe that’s just me.
Just REMEMBER...............EVERY PAINTING IS FULL OF LITTLE GEMS THAT SHINE
So open the ol’ treasure chest (Aarrrrrrrr) and grab that “gem” and bring it to Rowan at the
Fireweed Gallery. We keep our committment to the arts strong through education and artistic growth.

CLAUDIA’S BOOKSHELF
Although in summer we feel cast to the winds and the vagarties of salmon and halibut,
Claudia’s Bookshelf is always available at the HCOA during business hours.
OUT with the OLD and IN with the NEW
Story & Photos by Michael Murray
Paula Dickey, Co-program planner and member artist, presented the group with a
challenge, “the enemy of art is the lack of limitations”. Four “station” ideas were set
up to push the envelope a bit and get participants thinking in new and maybe even a
little uncomfortable ways. After explaining each station she gave participants an op-
portunity to draw slips of paper with a station on it, which they could either trade with
another person (mutually agreeable) or pursue as drawn.
The stations or centers were as follows:
Inverted Thinkers - drawing and painting from
an image that is kept upside down from it’s “nor-
mal” position. This technique which is featured
in “Drawing from the Right Side of the Brain”
and gets one looking at shapes rather than basing
the work on preconceived ideas.
Flatlanders - flatten out a piece by breaking a
composition into shapes separated by either black
or white lines, NO shading within any space.
Think of a stained glass project or tile piece.
Color to Monochromatic or Monochromatic to
Color - Using a black and white image, create an
image in color or using a color image create an
image in a monochromatic scheme of values.
Opposites attract - Reversing values in going
from the photo or life study or using comple-

INVERTED THINKERS- Donna Martin’s Inverted Dancer

mentary colors - i.e. red where there was green,
FLATLANDER - Puffin

orange where there was blue, etc.

With 10 participants we broke into groups of 3 or 4
to a table and worked with the first 3 center ideas.
People were encouraged to expand into styles (cub-
ism for example) or abstract or non-representative
color. Photos from magazines were provided at each
table to work from initially. Examples of how other
artists approached similar objectives were provided
(not to copy but to give some idea of possibilities
and provide some additional stimulus).
Ample munchies, hot tea and great jazz in
the background made the hours fly by. The
process was active, exciting and invigorat-
ing!
Thank you Paula!!
Barb Deal does
an INVERTED
THINKERS
painting
MONO to COLOR - Wolf

Claudia enjoying the process!

 SHOWS
Fireweed Gallery
JUNE “Above, Below and All Around the Sea”
metal sculptures by Don Henry & rug hookings by Ev Irvin

“Waiting to Float” by Donna Martin

JULY Michael Anderson, ceramics & Rebecca Clement, photography
AUG Char Jump, Sandy Thompson, Maria Santa Lucia and son
SEPT Elizabeth Petersen, watercolors
www.fireweedgallery.com
Picture Alaska Art Gallery
Bunnell Street Art Gallery JUNE Jannah Atkins
JUNE ‘20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, AUG Jeanne Young
Installtion by Nancy Munro picturealaska.com
JULY Steve Gordon
AUG Sarah Tabbert & Lisa Wood Pratt Museum
www.bunnellstreetgallery.org thru JUNE 26 Pratt Museum Bristol Bay Project: Pho-
Ptarmigan Arts Back Room Gallery tographic Images & Sculptures Photographic Exhibit by
JUNE “Roots and Relatives” by Atz Kiltcher Maygen Jannetta & Scott Dickerson
JULY “Into the Garden of Art” Invitational JUL 1 - OCT 2, Boreal Birch: Art and Science in the
AUG “Colors of Persuasion” by Tinker Ryerson Northern Forest, Margo Klass, Kimberley Maher, and Kesler
Woodward ; JUN 30 Presentation & Discussion
Homer Council on the Arts
JUNE Homer Photo Fest Exhibition
JULY-AUG “Viewer Participation Requested”
Marilee Sargent-Smith, Workshops
Kenai Visitors & Cultural Center
SUMMER 2011
“Intersecting Journeys”

Creative Opportunities
CALL FOR ARTISTS: OCT 2011, PICTURE ALASKA GAL-
LERY will present a show of watercolors from the Kenai Pen-
insula, Contact: Lynda Reed 235-2300 or picturealaska.com
JUROR NEEDED: KENAI FINE ARTS CENTER is looking
for a Volunteer Juror for Nov 2011 Juried Show
CALL FOR ARTISTS The KENAI FINE ARTS CENTER has a new gallery, GALLERY TWO. For prospectus for solo or
collaborative shows. 907-283-7040 or <www.kenaifinearts.com>
JUNE 10-14 KACHEMAK BAY WRITER’S CONFERENCE, KPC, 235-7743 orwritersconference.homer.alaska.edu
JUNE 16-19 LET IT FLOW:Finding freedom with watercolor on Yupo, with Jan Thurston,
Contact: Center for Creative Renewal, 907-296-2283 www.stillpointlodge.com
JUNE 17 FACING THE ELEMENTS, Pratt Museum Opening
JUNE 24-26 TIDAL RHYTHMS WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP with Annie Olson <www.annieolson.com>,
Registration: Across The Bay Tent & Breakfast, 907-345-2571 or www.tentandbreakfastalaska.com
JULY HOMER ARTISTS STUDIO TOUR Bunnell Street Arts Center, Call 235-2662
JULY 16 HOMER STREET FAIRE www.homerarts.org
JULY 18 -29 FAIRBANKS ARTS FESTIVAL, Judi Betts Watercolor classes, http://www.fsaf.org
AUG 1-5 JUDY MORRIS/ AKWS Workshop, Anchorage, Alaska. The Tuition $425
Class size is limited. Registration Form and Materials List available at www.akws.org
SEPT8-11 JUDI BETTS: WATERCOLOR CREATIVE REALISM / KBWS Watercolor Workshop,
Contact: Beverly Macy 299-6229 <bmacy1@juno.com>
the Kachemak Bay Watercolor Society presents

JUDI BETTS WORKSHOP

Thursday, Sept 8 through Sunday, Sept 11, 2011

Name_____________________________________________________
Address __________________________________________________
City _______________ State _____________ Zip Code ___________
Phone ____________________________ Amount Enclosed_________

Judi Betts
WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP
Watercolor Creative Realism
Thursday, Sept 8 through
Sunday, Sept 11, 2011
Location: Land’s End Resort
and Quarterdeck
4786 Homer Spit Road, Homer
Cost: $275
includes a 1 year membership to KBWS
Land’s End is offering a discount on
rooms for any members who wish to take
the Judi Betts workshop.

Please send APPLICATION FORM and registration fee of $100 non-refundable deposit to:
Bev Macy, 307 East Fairview, Homer, Alaska 99603. Participants will be
accepted in order in which deposit checks are received. If workshop is filled, deposit will keep the
applicant on waiting list, to be refunded in the event a space does not become available.
A confirmation will be sent upon receipt of the deposit. For additional information contact:
Bev Macy 299-6229 <bdmacy1@juno.com>

PAULA DICKEY will have two solo shows:
OCT Conoco Phillips Gallery, Anchorage
NOV Picture Alaska, Homer
The new collection is “Pieces of...”
consisting of watercolor collages incorporating
wasp nests, Alaska maps and oriental papers
KBWS MEMBERSHIPS, $25 per
year, are renewable each year on
the first of September. To retain
active membership, please make
sure your membership is up to
 KACHEMAK BAY WATERCOLOR SOCIETY
P.O.Box 98 Homer, Alaska 99603

“Sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”

- Lewis Carroll by Donna Martin
“Belly Dancer”

Send news items by August 15 to KBWS, P.O.Box 98, Homer, Alaska 99603. Thank
you to all contributors and editors. Photos were taken by Michael Murray, Mary Bee

SUMMER 2011 Calendar

JUNE 3 Fri First Friday at the KBWS Corner
The corner will be rehung using Spring Show
paintings. New paintings are always welcome.
JUNE 16-19 Thurs-Sun LET IT FLOW: Yupo Workshop at
“Good Tunes” by Michael Murray

Center for Creative Renewal, Halibut Cove

JUNE 24-26 Fri-Sun TIDAL RHYTHMS WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP
with Annie Olson, Across The Bay Tent&Brkfst
JULY 1 Fri First Friday at the KBWS Corner
JULY TBA OPEN BOARD MEETING
AUG 4 Thurs Due date for new paintings to hang in the KBWS
corner of the Fireweed Gallery
AUG 5 Fri First Friday at the KBWS Corner
AUG TBA OPEN BOARD MEETING