3rd Annual Signature American Watercolor Exhibition, Fallbrook Art Center

Curve of the Earth 21 x 16

From the Fallbrook Art Center Web Site:

Presented in The Janice Griffiths Gallery

Opening Reception
Saturday, Feb 4 | 5-7pm

Open Daily
Feb 5 - Mar 18, 2012

We are very proud to be the only venue in the United States to have the honor of exhibiting both the American Watercolor Society's Travel Exhibition and the National Watercolor Society's Travel Exhibition at the same time. We also present the 3rd annual Signature American Watercolor Exhibition, a unique show created by FAC featuring works by Signature Members of U.S. watercolor societies, juried by noted Arizona watercolorist Ted Nuttall, AWS, NWS.

Here is a link to the online catalog of paintings in the 3rd Annual Signature American Watercolor Exhibition .
It looks like a tremendous exhibit.


http://fallbrookartcenter.org/sawe-online-catalog.html

Thanks to the Fallbrook Art Center for this nice mention in the North County Times
http://www.nctimes.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/visual/watercolors-showcased-in-triple-exhibition-in-fallbrook/article_512042b8-4723-5ca0-8126-82aa20cf6bf2.html?mode=image 

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Watercolors showcased in triple exhibition in Fallbrook

vPhoto Uploader "Curve of the Earth" by Danville artist Robin Purcell, featured in the Signature American Watercolor Exhibition, one of three watercolor shows opening Feb. 5 at the Fallbrook Art Center.

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Two Paintings Accepted at the 81st Annual Statewide Contemporary Landscape Exhibit: Earth Portraits at the Santa Cruz Art League on exhibit through June 26th

Pacific Passage 14 x 14

 The Curve of the Earth 21 x 14

81st Annual Statewide Exhibit       
EARTH PORTRAITS:
Contemporary Landscape Painters of California

May 28 - June 26, 2011



Juror: Scott A. Shields, Ph.D.
Associate Director / Chief Curator Crocker Museum
Curator: Ed Penniman


The first Santa Cruz Art League Statewide Exhibition was
held in 1928. This year, as a celebration of the 81st Annual
Statewide Exhibition, this competition and exhibition will revisit
the high standards for acceptance, which made this annual Landscape show one of California’s premier art events.

I am thrilled to have two paintings accepted into this exhibition.
"The Curve of the Earth" was one of the few times I've painted from the summit of Mt Diablo and I thought it fit the theme of Earth Portrait .
I've been working on a series of  paintings of the Pacific Ocean and "Pacific Passage" is my favorite so far. I have found that in winter the waves are full of foam and a much lighter value than the rocks , so the compositions  work for me because there are clear value pattens, and it is a fun excuse to paint delicate watercolor washes in a high key.


Santa Cruz Art League
526 Broadway, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Phone: (831) 426-5787
www.scal.org
Wed.- Sat., 12AM - 5PM,
Sun. Noon-4PM
Here is a statement about the exhibition by the curator Ed Penniman that I think sums up the intentions of contemporary landscape painters pretty well:



Statement by Exhibition Curator Ed Penniman
It is my belief that there is still considerable interest in stunning, inventive and inspirational landscape paintings of California by California artists. It is my hope that this exhibition will reinforce the idea that landscape painting still lives as a vital and expressive art form, particularly at a time of global environmental degradation. Perhaps the appreciation of natural beauty as expressed by these talented California painters will serve as a call-to-action and also heighten awareness that we all play an important part in the stewardship of nature.

Update 7/9
Ed Penniman was kind enough to send the link to the lecture by Scott A Shields that I wasn't able to attend.
I just watched it and it is very educational and entertaining. The topic is landscape painting through the Crocker Art Museum Collection. Here's the link:
http://www.communitytv.org/programs/online/earth-portraits-contemporary-landscape-painters-california

Curve of the Earth- Selected for the 2010 Statewide Watercolor Painting Competition and Exhibition at the Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara

  "The Curve of the Earth" 21 x 14, will be exhibited at the 2010 Statewide Watercolor Painting Competition and Exhibition at the Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara.
This Exhibit was juried by Rebecca Schapp, Director of the de Saisset Museum at Santa Clara University and noted watercolor artist and art educator Karen Frey
The Reception is Friday, December 10, 7 to 9, and the Exhibit runs December 11 to February 27th 2011.
The Curve of the Earth was painted at the Summit of Mount Diablo. 

The artists selected for this year’s Watercolor Competition & Exhibition are: Edna Acri, Alisan Andrews, Frank Ansley, Chris Beck, Curtis A. Boyle, Sheila H. Cain, Peter Carey, Bonni Carver, Manli Chao, Taryn Curiel, Robert Regis Dvorak, K. Druker, Jane W. Ferguson, Jan Grady, Veronica Gross, Dana Harris, Jane R. Hofstetter, Karen Honaker, Robert Horning, Nancy M. Howe, Charlotte Huntley, Joan January, Alvin Joe, Sue Johnston, Uma Kelkar, Ruth Koch, Kathy Lake, Julie Limberg, Ellen Little, Carolyn Lord, Sandra MacDiarmid, Ann Nancy Macomber, Karen Marquez, Jane McCullough, Maggie Metcalf, Denise Oyama Miller, Ruth E. Miller, Kathleen Mitchell, Saeko Nakamura, Nancy Near, R. Mike Nichols, Bob Nugent, Elise Odom, Mary Owens, Barbara Pease, Robin Purcell, Michael Reardon, Rita Sklar, Michelle Goll Smith, Bonnie M. Stone, Marta M. Szoboszlay, Betty Theodore, Sally Van Oosbree , Claire Schroeven Verbiest, Barbara Von Haunalter, Myrna Wacknov, Margaret Washington, Alice Weil, Mira M. White, Miyoko Whittelsey, and Floy Zittin.

Curve of the Earth- on the Cover of the November Issue of The Monthly

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Cover | Robin Purcell

The Curve of the Earth (watercolor painting, 2009). Robin Purcell, best known for her paintings of Mt. Diablo, created this watercolor in conjunction with the 2009 Mt. Diablo and Mt. Fuji Invitational Exhibit at the Hearst Gallery of St. Mary’s College in Moraga. “The open space of the parks in the East Bay is very important to my work,” says Purcell, who works exclusively in watercolor. “Mt. Diablo in particular is an island of peace in an otherwise crowded suburban setting.” A plein air artist “who goes outside to see colors and shapes from life and organize it into shimmering patches of color,” Purcell references the California impressionists as influences. Also, she jokes, she “was probably permanently warped by doing paint-by-numbers as a child.” Purcell holds a bachelor of fine arts from the University of Connecticut. To see more of her paintings online, visit robinpurcellpaints.blogspot.com.


The above is the nice write up they gave my work on the inside front cover.

Here is a link to the online version of The Monthly
http://www.themonthly.com/previous/2010/1011.html 
I was thrilled to be asked to contribute a cover image, last Month's cover was by Milton Glaser, a long time favorite of mine.

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