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| Our Master Painters |
This year the board has selected another charter and signature member, Marian Lord, to honor
as our Master Painter. Marian has had many jobs and been involved in many activities with the
Kentucky Watercolor Society over the years including Director of Exhibitions, Director of Education
and President in 1994 and 1995. She is currently still running the gallery exhibition at the
Middletown Library and teaching drawing classes at the Belmont Village.
Marian received her masters from Murray State in Visual Communications, worked with the JCPS
for 23 years and taught commercial art, as well as many adult education classes at LVAA and
Senior Citizens East. She was president of the much "revered" Louisville Crit Club, has attended
23 workshops with KWS, and has juried many shows throughout the city with various women's
clubs.
Marian has had 8 one-woman shows and been in many multi-artist shows, along with winning many
awards. She is represented in collections all over the United States as well as locally.
Her recommendation to new members is to keep taking as many classes and workshops as you
can and to get involved in as many art activities as you have time for. Visit Marian in her studio at
Mellwood and congratulate her on being admired by her many fellow artists and honored as our
Master Painter of the Year.
as our Master Painter. Marian has had many jobs and been involved in many activities with the
Kentucky Watercolor Society over the years including Director of Exhibitions, Director of Education
and President in 1994 and 1995. She is currently still running the gallery exhibition at the
Middletown Library and teaching drawing classes at the Belmont Village.
Marian received her masters from Murray State in Visual Communications, worked with the JCPS
for 23 years and taught commercial art, as well as many adult education classes at LVAA and
Senior Citizens East. She was president of the much "revered" Louisville Crit Club, has attended
23 workshops with KWS, and has juried many shows throughout the city with various women's
clubs.
Marian has had 8 one-woman shows and been in many multi-artist shows, along with winning many
awards. She is represented in collections all over the United States as well as locally.
Her recommendation to new members is to keep taking as many classes and workshops as you
can and to get involved in as many art activities as you have time for. Visit Marian in her studio at
Mellwood and congratulate her on being admired by her many fellow artists and honored as our
Master Painter of the Year.
| Master Painter of 2010 Marian Lord |
It is an honor to announce that the 2011 Master Painter Award has been granted to
KWS signature artist member, Sara Roush.
Sara’s love for art began when growing up on a farm near a creek on the edge of a
long valley. She and her two other sisters drew continuously on paper provided by a
doting uncle who worked for a paper company. Often, glimpses of these memories can
still be seen in her work, such as storm clouds moving down the valley and the
movement of water from a nearby creek.
Sara attended Ohio University, completed the famous Artist Course in Illustration and
studied with various well known artists, such as, Edward Betts, Nita Engle, Irving
Shapero, Zoltan Zaabo and Al Brouillette. Influencing her the most was John Pike,
whom she considered a genius. An important lesson he taught was executing a small
value and composition study beforehand in blacks and grays. The actual painting
then will have fewer problems to solve.
Sara worked at an advertising agency in Louisville and was a successful free-lance
illustrator for more than 35 years, supporting her two children as a single mom. She
designed and illustrated numerous state brochures, including the Kentucky Derby
Festival Program for 14 years. Her paintings are included in these books: Creative
Seaside Painters, The New Spirit of Watercolor, and The Best of Watercolor. She is in
numerous corporate collections. She is honored to be named one of the Outstanding
Kentucky Women Artists from 1850 – 2000 at the Owensboro museum and has been
included in many other invitationals such as the Creative Progressions in Washington,
D.C., the River and the Experienced Eye in the Owensboro Museum of Fine Arts.
Sara loves making ceramics and pottery along with daughter, Henrietta Scott, taking
care of her cat, growing her delicious tomatoes, and playing scrabble with her art
buddies. She still enters many art exhibitions, winning many awards, both nationally
and regionally. Sara is a true inspiration for her many students she has taught over
the years and is very aware of what artists can mean to each other, as she credits her
success in illustration to others in her field at the time. Her advice for beginners is to
draw, draw, draw, especially from life, noting a perfect day for her would be to hire a
model and draw all day long! She says KWS has been an important part of her life for
33 years and thanks them for the opportunities to exhibit and learn more of her craft
along the way and, especially, for bestowing this honor on her.
WE ARE SO PROUD OF OUR SARA!
KWS signature artist member, Sara Roush.
Sara’s love for art began when growing up on a farm near a creek on the edge of a
long valley. She and her two other sisters drew continuously on paper provided by a
doting uncle who worked for a paper company. Often, glimpses of these memories can
still be seen in her work, such as storm clouds moving down the valley and the
movement of water from a nearby creek.
Sara attended Ohio University, completed the famous Artist Course in Illustration and
studied with various well known artists, such as, Edward Betts, Nita Engle, Irving
Shapero, Zoltan Zaabo and Al Brouillette. Influencing her the most was John Pike,
whom she considered a genius. An important lesson he taught was executing a small
value and composition study beforehand in blacks and grays. The actual painting
then will have fewer problems to solve.
Sara worked at an advertising agency in Louisville and was a successful free-lance
illustrator for more than 35 years, supporting her two children as a single mom. She
designed and illustrated numerous state brochures, including the Kentucky Derby
Festival Program for 14 years. Her paintings are included in these books: Creative
Seaside Painters, The New Spirit of Watercolor, and The Best of Watercolor. She is in
numerous corporate collections. She is honored to be named one of the Outstanding
Kentucky Women Artists from 1850 – 2000 at the Owensboro museum and has been
included in many other invitationals such as the Creative Progressions in Washington,
D.C., the River and the Experienced Eye in the Owensboro Museum of Fine Arts.
Sara loves making ceramics and pottery along with daughter, Henrietta Scott, taking
care of her cat, growing her delicious tomatoes, and playing scrabble with her art
buddies. She still enters many art exhibitions, winning many awards, both nationally
and regionally. Sara is a true inspiration for her many students she has taught over
the years and is very aware of what artists can mean to each other, as she credits her
success in illustration to others in her field at the time. Her advice for beginners is to
draw, draw, draw, especially from life, noting a perfect day for her would be to hire a
model and draw all day long! She says KWS has been an important part of her life for
33 years and thanks them for the opportunities to exhibit and learn more of her craft
along the way and, especially, for bestowing this honor on her.
WE ARE SO PROUD OF OUR SARA!
| Master Painter of 2011 Sara Roush |
| All three of our current Master Painters came to the recent Master Painters Show being held at the Jewish Community Center. All three had entries in the exhibit. |
| Master Painter 2009 Aline Barker |
The KWS Board voted to honor charter member Aline Barker in 2009 for all that
she has contributed to and accomplished for the Kentucky Watercolor Society.
our first president. Aline became the secretary for years and later became
president for two different terms. She has also been the treasurer, Aqueous chair,
Exhibit chair, AquaVenture chair and has tirelessly volunteered for countless
other jobs that have helped keep KWS such an active and successful
organization. The Award was presented at the Aqueous USA 2008 dinner (an
event which she brought back to life a couple of years ago and for which she
hand –painted fifty place cards! ) Aline feels that she has received more from
KWS than she has given, in many ways, personally and professionally.
Her advice for beginning students is to get a good instructor and not waste time
trying to make a perfect painting each time you paint. She says to learn the
basics, what colors work together, what you can do with the brushes and to use
good paper (100% rag). She says to paint from life and try not to copy photos or
others’ paintings at first and this will help you learn to paint from your imagination
and your memories later on.
We sincerely thank Aline for staying involved over thirty years, for inspiring so
many artists (teaching over thirty years), for sharing her great “Art Spirit” and all
of her creative wisdom with all who know and love her.
she has contributed to and accomplished for the Kentucky Watercolor Society.
our first president. Aline became the secretary for years and later became
president for two different terms. She has also been the treasurer, Aqueous chair,
Exhibit chair, AquaVenture chair and has tirelessly volunteered for countless
other jobs that have helped keep KWS such an active and successful
organization. The Award was presented at the Aqueous USA 2008 dinner (an
event which she brought back to life a couple of years ago and for which she
hand –painted fifty place cards! ) Aline feels that she has received more from
KWS than she has given, in many ways, personally and professionally.
Her advice for beginning students is to get a good instructor and not waste time
trying to make a perfect painting each time you paint. She says to learn the
basics, what colors work together, what you can do with the brushes and to use
good paper (100% rag). She says to paint from life and try not to copy photos or
others’ paintings at first and this will help you learn to paint from your imagination
and your memories later on.
We sincerely thank Aline for staying involved over thirty years, for inspiring so
many artists (teaching over thirty years), for sharing her great “Art Spirit” and all
of her creative wisdom with all who know and love her.
| Master Painter Sara Roush |
| Marian Lord |
| MASTER PAINTER AWARD, 2012..........JEAN JANSEN This year the board has chosen to honor Jean Jansen, our "energizer bunny" president for the last four plus years, for all the hard work she has given to KWS. Jean started painting in 1997, taking classes from Pat Ritter and quickly earned her signature status from Aqueous Exhibitions, her first in 2003. She has painted in oils and acrylics but prefers watercolors because she likes to be able to take "total control" over the medium. She has taught art classes for KWS and for Preston Art Center after teaching over 17 years of PE classes at Ascension, Fairdale and Valley High. After earning her undergraduate degree at U of KY she then earned her masters in secondary education from U of L. Jean seems to have "mastered" and become actively involved in many things in her life. She was President of the River City Racquet League as a very competitive tennis player. She plays duplicate bridge and has quickly earned almost all of her points to enjoy lifetime master status while being president of the 9 hole golf league at Seneca Park. She has been an outstanding athlete all of her life, playing basketball and field hockey for U of Ky and even coaching volleyball for U of L. Jean has enjoyed KWS and wishes every member would offer to do a job for one year so we can keep it going strong. She has heard other out of town artists admire our group and feels proud to be a part of it. Her wonderful husband Bill, whom she met on the swimming team at Fountain Ferry Park when she was 14, and Jean are moving to Kansas City, Kansas in the spring to be with their daughters and their families, but she promises to come back and visit us often. Come say goodbye to Jean at the fall meeting and learn her strategies for painting all her wonderful animal pictures. Thank you, Jean, for "masterfully" keeping us together another four years! |
| Master Painter of 2012 Jean Janson |
| Creativity takes courage. Henri Matisse |