July 20, 2012
MISSOURI WATERCOLOR SOCIETY ONLINE NEWS
July 20, 2012 -- "Black rat snake eggs laid until end of month. Cicada-killer wasps prey on dog-day cicadas. Great blue herons begin fledging. Rattlesnakes hunt mostly at night. Long-tailed weasels breed through august. Katydids sing."
Missouri Department of Conservation provides this week's quote from their Natural Events Calendar.
2:30 a.m. CST - Ramadan (begins evening before; lasts 30 days)
Birthstone: Ruby
Flower: Larkspur
"Can a successful painting be executed with few colors? The answer is definitely yes! Indeed, I think most artists are better off working with fewer colors. All professional painters I've known shun the use of a lot of colors on their palettes at any one time. Though they may vary the palette from painting to painting, they usually paint with a fairly limited number of colors, and this is a good way for beginning painters to really learn about colors and how to get the most out of them."
-- Tom Hill, from his book, The Watercolorist's Complete Guide to Color.
1. Congratulations to MOWS member, Linda S, Wilmes. Linda has a one-woman show at the Gateway Gallery, 21 North Bemiston, Clayton, Missouri. The opening reception is this evening, July 20 from 6 to 9 p.m.
2.FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE--WAKE UP! We need your entry! Sunday is the 22th day of July. This means you have 9 days left to get your entry into the office for the National Members' Invitational. The days are counting down! September 9, is the BIG opening of the NMI show at the Boone County Historical Society. Remember: This is a "state fair" type of show. YOU select the painting you wish to show. Marlin Rotach will be doing the JUDGING for cash and merchandise awards. You must be a MOWS member to be in the exhibition.
I WROTE THIS LAST WEEK: THIS WILL BE A BUSY WEEKEND IN COLUMBIA. On September 8th, the Georgia Bulldogs come to Memorial Stadium/Faurot Field. It's Missouri's first SEC opponent, so a LOT will be going on in The District (Downtown Columbia) especially Friday night and Saturday.
If you come in early, drop by the Columbia Art League and say "Hi!" to Diana Moxon. She'll have something interesting in the gallery.
3. ATTENTION NEW MEMBERS: The Missouri Watercolor Society has two main exhibitions: Missouri Watercolor International ( official name: Missouri Watercolor Society Annual International Open Exhibition) and the National Members' Invitational. THEY ARE NOT THE SAME SHOW! The International is shown at the National Churchill Museum in Fulton, Mo. The National Members' Invitational is a state-fair type show and is held at the Boone County Historical Society Montminy Gallery in Columbia, Mo. MOWS also offers the members the opportunity to show in four quarterly online exhibitions on the MOWS website.
4. In 2007, the Board of Directors expanded what media is accepted in the National Members' Invitational exhibition.
ACCEPTED:
Watermedia on paper or a paper product
Watercolor canvas
Acrylic on canvas (Gallery wrap is OK)
Watermedia on hard board (Clayboard)
Collage, as long as 80 percent is done with watercolor media on the material
Drawings done in a watermedia; we'll stretch the point and accept ink (markers)
Any work shown in any previous Watercolor Missouri National show
Any work show in any previous Members' Online Exhibition on the MoWS Web site
NOT ACCEPTED:
Oils
Photos or computer art
Crafts
Work shown in any previous Members' Invitational show
4. Here is a hypothetical: If MoWS awarded the Members' Invitational today, it would be possible for MOWS to award $3500 in cash and merchandise. It would look like this:
First Place - $500; Second Place - $400; Third Place - $300; HM - $200; five Missouri Awards of $100 each; and Merchandise Awards totaling $1200. We will also have many great door prizes, including a classic "French styled" field easel. (And we haven't received anything yet from 12 of our sponsors.) The reception date is September 9, at Boone County Historical Society.
5. In the current issue of the AARP Magazine is an article by a bunch of writers about the handsome men today in movies, TV and the stage. The article is titled, "Men on Fire." So I might as well answer the questions now: Yes! I'm that old that I get the AARP Magazine. … Which means, I wasn't included in the article because I don't even produce a little smoke.
Here is another successful actor who paints, writes poetry, a published photographer, and a fine guitarist. His name: Viggo Mortensen. A few years back, his paintings were shown in the Robert Mann Gallery in Manhattan. At the opening, the gallery was packed with--get this!--women! --more interested in him than his paintings. Gallery owner, Robert Mann said," His art is genuine, sensitive, and personal. It's a passionate extension of who he is." To be surprised and see his work, do a Google search. Just type in:
Viggo Mortensen paintings.
6. Here's a story from national western sculptor, Bob Robertson. Enjoy!
Little known interesting fact: The Goldberg Brothers - The Inventors of the Automobile Air Conditioner.
Here's a little factoid for automotive buffs or just to dazzle your friends..
The four Goldberg brothers, Lowell, Norman, Hiram, and Maxwell, invented and developed the first automobile air-conditioner.. On July 17, 1946, the temperature in Detroit was 97 degrees.
The four brothers walked into old man Henry Ford's office and sweet-talked his secretary into telling him that four gentlemen were there with the most exciting innovation in the auto industry since the electric starter. Henry was curious and invited them into his office. They refused and instead asked that he come out to the parking lot to their car. They persuaded him to get into the car, which was about 130 degrees, turned on the air conditioner, and cooled the car off immediately.
The old man got very excited and invited them back to the office, where he offered them $3 million for the patent. The brothers refused, saying they would settle for $2 million, but they wanted the recognition by having a label, 'The Goldberg Air-Conditioner,' on the dashboard of each car in which it was installed.
Now old man Ford was more than just a little anti - Semitic, and there was no way he was going to put the Goldberg's name on two million Fords. They haggled back and forth for about two hours and finally agreed on $4 million and that just their first names would be shown.
And so to this day, all Ford air conditioners show -- Lo, Norm, Hi, and Max -- on the controls.
Have a great week!
May God always keep you on His palette.
Papa
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