Proudly Presents the 9th Annual International Signature American Watermedia Exhibition World of Watercolor & Beyond February 4 through April 15, 2018 Juror for Selections and Awards Ratindra Das, AWS(DF), NWS, TWSA(DM) Curated by Mary Perhacs, Executive Director PARTICIPATING ARTISTS 9th Annual International Signature American Watermedia Exhibition Anne Abgott | FL Elaine Daily-Birnbaum | WI Gary Johnson | AR Robin Purcell | CA Dennis Albetski | KY Pat Dispenziere | CA Lauren Johnson | ID Christine Reichow | FL Ingrid E. Albrecht | IL Linda Doll | CA Sue Johnston | CA Charles Rouse | CA Deena Altman | CA Carolyn Dubuque | CA Bev Jozwiak | WA John Salminen | MN Tony Armendariz | IL Kathleen Durdin | FL Lola Juris | CA Judy Saltzman | FL Ruth Armitage | OR Roberta Dyer | CA Mary Keefer | MT Joseph Santos | CA Denise Athanas | GA Linda Erfle | CA Susan Keith | CA George Schoonover | OR Gloria Baker | IN Robin Erickson | CA Lynne Kroll | FL Jerry Smith | IN Cliff Barnes | CA Lorraine Eustice | CA Chris Krupinski | WV Vita Sorrentino | CA Marnie Becker | FL JoAnn Formia | CA Alexis Lavine | NC Frank Spino | FL Ally Benbrook | CA Tom Francesconi | IL Shuang Li | CA Robin St. Louis | CA Judi Betts | LA Louis Stephen Gadal | CA Carolyn Lord | CA Roland E. Stevens III | NY John Bierley | PA Vi Gassman | CA Jeannie McGuire | PA Susan M. Stuller | VA Matthew Bird | MD Kathleen Giles | NY Carol McSweeney | MT Paul Sullivan | AZ Pattie Bowler | CO Margaret Godfrey | OR Carol Mansfield | CA Kwan Yuen Tam | Singapore Cindy Brabec-King | CO Ken Goldman | CA Marcella Martin | CA Don Taylor | FL Marilynne Bradley | MO Stan Goudey | CA Robert Lee Mejer | IL Carol Thomason | CA Sandra Bray | CA Joyce Green | ID Ruth Miller | CA Ron Thurston | PA Francesca Brayton | CA Hugh Greer | KS Dean Mitchell | FL Carmella Tuliszewski | PA David Broad | CA Linda Gunn | CA Arlaine Morrison | GA Myrna Wacknov | CA Nel Dorn Byrd | TX Grace Haverty | AZ Pat Moseuk | CA Liz Walker | OR Ken Call | IL Tom Herbert | AZ Vickie Nelson | WA Soon Warren | TX Marsha Chandler | GA Carol Hubbard | CT Woon Lam Ng | Singapore Lorraine Watry | CO Angela Chang | CA Marie Huggin | CA r. mike nichols | CA Cristine Weatherby | CA Tan Suz Chiang | Malaysia Sandra Humphries | NM Carla O’Connor | WA E. Gordon West | TX Jansen Chow | Malaysia Iretta Hunter | CA Gay Paratore | TX Robert Willis | CA Janice Cipriani-Willis | CA Lok Kerk Hwang | Malaysia Kris Parins | FL Leslie Wilson | CA Valerie P. Cohen | NV John James | VA Ann Pember | NY Donna Jill Witty | IL Kathleen Conover | MI Judy Janc | CA Julie Gilbert Pollard | AZ Bonnie Woods | CA Rita Crooks | WI Lori Pitten Jenkins | FL Kris Preslan | OR Val Wright | FL Keiko Yasuoka | TX 2018 Juror for Selections & Awards Ratindra Das | Illinois | AWS(DF), NWS, TWSA(DM) There is no better reason to paint than just for the love of it. I enjoy, I struggle and I exult. Sometime I will not follow the norms and rules of watercolor. Those who write prose will go by the rules, poets will not. Painting is a visual poem". --- Ratindra Das Ratindra Das is a Dolphin Fellow and a signature member of the American Watercolor Society. He is also signature member of National Watercolor Society and six other watercolor societies and has been recognized as Distinguished Master in the Transparent Watercolor Society of America. He is recipient of numerous awards including eight in the American Watercolor Society. He attended the American Academy of Art in Chicago and studied with many nationally known artists. He was invited to exhibit in the 1st "Shanghai Zhujiajiao International Watercolor Biennial Exhibition" and in the exhibition of " International Watermedia Masters in Nanjing, China", "Taiwan World Watercolor Competition", Republic of China. He has been appointed as Honorary Member of the Jiangsu Watercolor Research Institute. A popular workshop instructor and frequent juror of shows and competitions, he has served as a selection juror for the American Watercolor Society and many other national exhibitions. He has conducted workshops and seminars throughout the US, Mexico, Canada, Italy, Singapore and China .He frequently gives demonstrations to general public as well as artists' groups. Ratindra has just published his second book, "Watercolor-with an Eye for Design". He has been featured in several books and magazines and was included in a featured article "Break the Rules" in "Watercolor Magazine", by American Artist, "Workshop 101" in Watercolor Artist, and in "Best of America Watermedia Artists, Vol 2".He produced a workshop video titled "Painting a Personal Reality in Watercolor". He is represented by the Blue Dolphin House and Gallery, Ephraim, Wisconsin; Mullaly's 128 Gallery, Elk Rapids, MI; Li Fine Art Gallery in Singapore. For more about Mr. Das, visit his website: www.ratindradas.net 2018 /uror Statement Ratindra Das $ Il inois $ AWSDDFE, NWS, TWSADDM) It’s a humbling, exhausting and exhilarating process to juror a show of artists, especially when they all work on a professional level. Signature status is meaningful. It validates artists where and how they stand with their peers. It’s competitive as well as inspiring. Judging a show of this stature makes me wonder what’s more difFicu tGto 8uror a sho0 or to paint! When you paint as an artist you are alone 0orking in your o0n sma garden. It9s very private! Not so 0hen your 0ork assumes a public i.e. I congratu ate those 0ho submitted their 0ork and those 0hose 0orks 0ere selected. As competing artists 0e al kno0 that un.ortunately there is a imited number and I needed to 0ork 0ithin that parameter. As much as I tried to be objective, I am not without biases and ikings. In my defense, I o.ten 5uote “There is no room .or democracy in artJ. To me it is more intuitive than an ana ytical process. Every painting evokes certain emotion. When the emotion o. the artist and the 8uror strike the same chord it resonates. The se ection process is the resu t o. this resonance. This response is ikely to be dif.erent .or another 8uror, or another artist, or another person. Thanks to those 0ho have shared their 0ork 0ith us, and ast but not east, to those individuals and patrons 0ho put together such a 0onder.u sho0. En8oy the ride! Award Winners Best of Show Ron Thurston, PA | ‘Time Travel’ $2,500 Cash First Place John Salminen, MN | ‘River Café, Brooklyn’ $2,000 Cash Second Place Carla O’Connor, WA | ‘Fancy That’ $1,500 Cash Third Place Dean Mitchell, FL | ‘I Am Joseph Northern’ $1,000 Cash The Erickson Family Award Tan Suz Chiang, Malaysia | ‘Story of the Season #1 $500 Cash Courtesy o. Robin C Robert Erickson Take Me To New Places Award Kathleen Conover, MI | ‘Divided: Industrial Revolution’ $500 Cash Courtesy o. Diane C Pau Go dring Garrett The World Around Me Award Angela Chang, CA | ‘Filling Station Café XII’ $500 Cash Courtesy o. Diane C Pau Go dring Garrett Rembrandt Award Ingrid Albrecht, IL | ‘And Off to the Park We Go’ $500 Cash Courtesy o. Marjorie C /im C aborn City Slickers Urban Scene Award Grace Haverty, AZ | ‘Jazz Player’ $500 Cash Courtesy o. Ed0ard /ones Investments, The ,.Fice o. -rad Peterson, 4ista, CA Monet Award Judy Janc, CA | ‘Flamingo Interlude’ $500 Cash Courtesy o. Geo.. C /udy Siodmak Marine Corps Legacy Award Carol Thomason, CA | ‘Lines of Communication:244 PETCO.COM’ $500 Cash Courtesy o. Co d0e -anker 4i age Properties, -onsa , CA John Singer Sargent Award Robin Erickson, CA | ‘Pony’s Window’ $500 Cash Courtesy o. Steve C Co een Aich e Mijello Mission Gold Award Valerie Cohen, NV | ‘Windy Day on Carson Peak’ $500 Merchandise Courtesy o. Mije o Co., Ltd. Mijello Mission Gold Award Charles Rouse, CA | ‘Little Italy Pizza Parade’ $500 Merchandise Courtesy o. Mije o Co., Ltd. The Sky’s the Limit Award Rita Crooks, WI | ‘Calf on the Roof’ $250 Cash Courtesy o. Liz /amieson1Dunne The Jeanne Shanahan Memorial Award (plein air style) Sue Johnston, CA | ‘Rio di San Provolo’ $250 Cash Courtesy of the Fallbrook Plein Air Painters Mirror, Mirror on the Wall Award Margaret Godfrey, OR | ‘Will She Be Allowed?’ $250 Cash Courtesy of Phillip & Meline Giannini Cezanne Award Carolyn Lord, CA | ‘Autumnal Equinox Heliotropes’ $250 Cash Courtesy o. -urton C Susie Do e Don’t Spatter Me Award Robert Mejer, IL | ‘Somewhere in Between’ $250 Cash Courtesy o. Norm C Mar ene Rantanen Dazzling Vistas Award Jerry Smith, IN | ‘Blue Haven’ $250 Cash Courtesy o. Christa Mue er Crazy for Abstraction Award Elaine Daily-Birnbaum, WI | ‘Detour’ $250 Cash Courtesy o. Connie Forest Celebrating the Good Life Award Bonnie Woods, CA | ‘We’ll Always Have Paris’ $250 Cash Courtesy o. (aren C Tom Morry Art in Life, Art in Food Award Chris Krupinski, WV | ‘Pomegranates & Grapes on a Quilt’ $250 Cash Courtesy o. Ca.eM des Artistes, Fa brook, CA, Michae Ca vanese, Proprietor Stand Up for Still Life Award Soon Warren, TX | ‘ReJlection Festivity6 $250 Cash Courtesy o. Marjorie C /im C aborn CaliforniaWatercolor.Com Award $ansen Chow -alaysia 4 5Aood -orning -achu Picchu6 $195 Merchandise Courtesy o. Ca i.orniaWaterco or.Com, Fa brook, CA Cheap $oe6s Art Stuff Award Carol -ansJield CA4 5Orbital ,rafJic Control’ $125 Merchandise Courtesy o. Cheap /oe9s Art Stu.. S6,W JUR,R: Ratindra Das, AWSDDFE, NWS, TWSADDME Illinois Xizhou Noon watercolor | 28” x 30” $2,500 SOLD Anne Abgott | Florida AWS, NWS Bad Hair Day watercolor | 22” x 30” $4,000 Dennis Albetski $ (entucky AWS, NWS Apple Truck 0aterco or $ 1PJ x 21J $N,000 AWARD WINNER Ingrid Albrecht | Illinois AWS, WHS, IWS Rembrandt Award $500 Cash And Off to the Park We