Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society

Reception and Awards Ceremony, Fall 2017 Members Watermedia Exhibition
2017-10-22 14:00 - 17:00 UTC | Kenan Center, 433 Locust Street, Lockport, NY, 14094, United States
The Public Reception begins at 2:00 pm and ends at 5:00 pm. The Awards Ceremony is scheduled for 3 pm. Join us to celebrate the incredible talent of NFWS Member-Artists.

Watercolor Demonstration by NFWS Workshop Artist Linda Frayne Kemp at the Burchfield Penney Art Center
2017-10-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Burchfield Penney Art Center, 1300 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, 14222, United States
Twice a year, in October and May, NFWS partners with the Burchfield Penney Art Center to host a demonstration by the NFWS Workshop Artist. Our Fall Workshop Artist is internationally renowned watercolor and water media artist, Linda Frayne Kemp. Come to the BPAC early, check our the exhibitions, and the gallery shop. All are welcome!

A full time artist, Linda Kemp frequently instructs and lectures at national symposiums and watercolour workshops throughout Canada, The United States and The United Kingdom. She was the recipient of the 2005 Woman of Distinction Award for Arts and Culture and in 2008 received the AJ Casson Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Watercolour, the top award for the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour National Juried Exhibition.
Linda is internationally recognized for her unique contemporary watercolours and innovative use of negative painting. She is the author of two books: Watercolor Painting Outside the Lines – A Positive Approach to Negative Painting and Simplifying Design and Color For Artists – Positive Results Using Negative Painting Techniques (North Light pub.) and four instructional Dvds. Kemp is an elected member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, The Ontario Society of Artists and The Society of Canadian Artists and was given honorary membership in the Society for all Artists (UK). This artist is profiled in Canadian Who’s Who, Who’s Who of Canadian Women, The Dictionary of International Biography, The 20th Anniversary Edition of Trivial Pursuit and 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century.
Her award winning paintings are in private, public, and corporate collections around the world, including The Royal Collection, Windsor Castle, and the private collection of HRH The Prince of Wales.
Her paintings and articles have been featured in publications such as Artist’s Magazine, American Artist, Watercolor Magic, International Artist, Watermedia Focus, Palette Magazine and The Watercolour Gazette. Castle, U.K.

Our Fall Workshop with Linda Frayne Kemp
2017-10-17 09:30 - 2017-10-20 16:30 | Kenan Center, 433 Locust Street, Lockport, NY, 14094, United States
Our Fall Workshop will feature internationally renowned watercolor and water media painter Linda Frayne Kemp.
This Fall’s Watercolor Workshop will be held at The Kenan Center, 433 Locust Street in Lockport, NY, October 17 – 20, 2017, 9:30 am – 4:00 pm. Please note that this is a 4 day workshop beginning on Tuesday, October 17th! The fee for this workshop is $350 for members and $370 for non-members. The Registration Form for this Workshop can be read and downloaded here.
FALL 2017 WORKSHOP REGISTRATION FORM
Registration Forms have also been emailed to all NFWS Members, to arrive August 7th, and mailed to NFWS Members who do not have an email address or who have requested a paper copy of the registration forms.
Our workshops fill quickly. Don’t hesitate. Complete the Registration Form and mail it with your Workshop Fee to: Betty Stanton, 20 Argyle Park, Buffalo, NY 14222.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
A full time artist, Linda Kemp frequently instructs and lectures at national symposiums and watercolour workshops throughout Canada, The United States and The United Kingdom. She was the recipient of the 2005 Woman of Distinction Award for Arts and Culture and in 2008 received the AJ Casson Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Watercolour, the top award for the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour National Juried Exhibition.
Linda is internationally recognized for her unique contemporary watercolours and innovative use of negative painting. She is the author of two books: Watercolor Painting Outside the Lines – A Positive Approach to Negative Painting and Simplifying Design and Color For Artists – Positive Results Using Negative Painting Techniques (North Light pub.) and four instructional Dvds. Kemp is an elected member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, The Ontario Society of Artists and The Society of Canadian Artists and was given honorary membership in the Society for all Artists (UK). This artist is profiled in Canadian Who’s Who, Who’s Who of Canadian Women, The Dictionary of International Biography, The 20th Anniversary Edition of Trivial Pursuit and 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century.
Her award winning paintings are in private, public, and corporate collections around the world, including The Royal Collection, Windsor Castle, and the private collection of HRH The Prince of Wales.
Her paintings and articles have been featured in publications such as Artist’s Magazine, American Artist, Watercolor Magic, International Artist, Watermedia Focus, Palette Magazine and The Watercolour Gazette. Castle, U.K.

Fall 2017 Members Watermedia Exhibition at the Kenan Center, Lockport, NY
2017-10-08 14:00 - 2017-11-12 17:00 | Kenan Center, 433 Locust Street, Lockport, NY, 14094, United States
Exhibition of 62 water media paintings by 51 NFWS Members juried by Fall Workshop Artist Linda Frayne Kemp.
Watermedia painting by Jennifer Koury featured on our postcard

September Members Meeting and Demonstration by Eileen Sudzina
2017-09-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Amherst Community Church, 77 Washington Hwy, Buffalo, 14226, United States
Come learn about what’s happening in the watercolor community in Western New York, enjoy the company of fellow watercolor and watermedia enthusiasts, and watch a demonstration by the exciting painter from Pittsburgh, Eileen Sudzina.
Eileen offers: “When painting, I lose myself for a while and am free to create and design a work that’s loose and spontaneous on YUPO. I try to capture just the essence of what’s inside myself, painting quickly with a lot of flowing energy. I like there to be a lot going on close up, but to have the wholeness of the work show that something’s there too.
I design with pattern and my work has been described as a “Sense of Interval”.
I am the Screening Chair and Workshop Coordinator for the Pittsburgh Watercolor Society and former Vice President.”

NFWS Board of Directors and Committee Volunteers Meeting
2017-08-17 18:00 - 20:30 | Sally Treanor’s Home, 756 Richmond Avenue, Buffalo, NY
We will meet at Sally Treanor’s home at 6:00 pm. Bring a dish to pass.

Call for Work, Fall 2017 Members Watermedia Exhibition
2017-06-30 - 2017-08-18
The prospectus for the Fall 2017 Members Watermedia Exhibition at the Kenan Center in Lockport, NY will be available on the website on June 30, 2017. It will also be emailed to all NFWS Members who are currently active and have their email addresses on file with our Membership Chair. Those who do not have email addresses on file will receive their prospectii by postal mail. The submission period begins June 30, 2017 and ends August 18, 2017.
Questions? Address them to this website or to Carol Siracuse, csir@me.com. We are here to help!
The Exhibition opens on October 8, 2017, and runs until November 12, 2017. The Awards Reception will be held on Sunday, October 22, 2017, 2 – 5 pm.
This is the first place award winner from the 2015 Watermedia Exhibition, Ric Feeney’s “Focus (front yard photographer)”.
1st Place: Ric Feeney

June Show Your Art Show
2017-06-15 18:00 - 20:00 | Amherst Community Church, 77 Washington Hwy, Buffalo, 14226, United States
Here’s an opportunity to see what our members are doing, and to get some gentle constructive advice from two of our beloved artist teachers, Marty Kutas and Jody Ziehm. Bring in one of your paintings, preferably framed, though a mat works. Pizza and beverage will be a treat from NFWS. Join us for this enjoyable event.
Note that the starting time is 6 pm!

Itty Bitty Kitty by Jody Ziehm Angel Trumpets by Marty Kutas

Painting pickup from Carnegie Art Center
2017-06-03 15:00 - 17:00 | Carnegie Art Center, 240 Goundry Street, North Tonawanda, NY, 14120, United States
Artists to pick up paintings from the Carnegie Art Center between 3 and 5 pm.

Board of Directors and Committee Volunteers Meeting
2017-06-01 18:00 - 19:30 | Sally Treanor’s Home, 756 Richmond Avenue, Buffalo, NY
Our “May Meeting” will be held in June this year. We extend a warm welcome to the new Board Members, and thank our retiring Members. Good job all!

Spring 2017 Members' Exhibition Awards Reception
2017-05-25 18:30 - 20:30 | Carnegie Art Center, 240 Goundry Street, North Tonawanda, NY, 14120, United States
Join us for this inspiring event, the Spring Celebration of our members’ accomplishments, and the awarding of prizes as judged by Carol Carter, our Spring Workshop Artist. Refreshments will be served.
The Carnegie Art Center is a perfect venue for an exhibition of the incredible talents of our NFWS members. Join us for this enjoyable afternoon.
Heaven Scent by Vicki O’Reilly

Artists' Talk, Spring 2017 Members' Watercolor Exhibition
2017-05-20 13:00 - 15:00 | Carnegie Art Center, 240 Goundry Street, North Tonawanda, NY, 14120, United States
On Saturday afternoon, May 20th, at 1:00 pm, Carol Case Siracuse, NFWS Exhibition Committee volunteer, will host a selection of the artist/members as they share their inspiration and their approach to the challenging media of watercolor. This is a first for NFWS. It should be fun! Join us!

May Meeting and Demonstration by Spring Workshop Artist Carol Carter
2017-05-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Burchfield Penney Art Center, 1300 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, 14222, United States

Our Spring Workshop with Carol Carter.
2017-05-15 09:00 - 2017-05-19 16:30
Our Spring Workshop will feature nationally renowned luminous watercolor painter Carol Carter. Learn how to paint with fluidity in watercolor, following her demonstrations of wet, loose watercolor techniques.
This Spring’s Watercolor Workshop will be held at Marienthal Country Inn, 5107 Langford Road in Eden, NY, May 15 – 19, 2017, 9:30 am – 4:00 pm.
You can read more about the workshop and check out the registration forms here.
NFWS Spring Workshop 2017 Registration
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Carol Carter is a long time resident of St. Louis, where she earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from Washington University. Long admired in the St. Louis area, she earned national recognition in 2002 when her work was featured on the cover of New American Paintings magazine. She has had solo exhibitions in Ecuador, Norway, France, and USVI.
Water is an enduring presence in Carol Carterʼs paintings. Having grown up in Florida, she sees water as an evocative backdrop, resonant in contrasts that illuminate the human condition. Using vibrant, saturated colors, she plays upon nature in images of swimmers, lush landscapes, insightful portraits and botanical studies.
ABOUT THE 5 DAY WORKSHOP:
Each day will include a demonstration and a uniquely tailored lesson to inspire. Carol will discuss color, water, design, and value. She will also discuss marketing and using social media to build your career.
The brilliance of color and the purity of paint application will be emphasized. She will talk about juxtaposing colors to make them vibrate. Imagery, content, and point-of-view are a focus. The afternoon will be devoted to individual instruction and group critique.
Classes promise to be informal and entertaining with lively discussion. Carter strives to build an atmosphere of learning by encouragement, support and permission to take a risk. Questions, curiosity and camaraderie are a must!
Join us for a week of inspiration and camaraderie.

Spring 2017 Members' Watercolor Exhibition, Artists' Talk and Awards Reception.
2017-05-04 - 2017-06-03 | Carnegie Art Center, 240 Goundry Street, North Tonawanda, NY, 14120, United States
The Carnegie Art Center is open on Thursday nights from 6 to 9 pm, and on Saturday afternoons from 12 noon to 3 pm. Don’t miss this stunning show of our NFWS Members’ considerable talents!
There will be an Artists’ Talk on Saturday afternoon, May 20th, 1 to 3 pm.
The Awards Reception will be held on Thursday evening, May 25th, 6:30 to 8:30.
PICK UP PAINTINGS BETWEEN 3 AND 5 ON SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 2017!

April Meeting and Demonstration by Norine Spurling
2017-04-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Amherst Community Church, 77 Washington Hwy, Buffalo, 14226, United States

March Meeting and Demonstration by Brenda Cretney
2017-03-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Amherst Community Church, 77 Washington Hwy, Buffalo, 14226, United States
Our demonstrating artist for the March NFWS Meeting is Brenda Cretney, an award-winning Signature Member of NFWS from Brockport, NY. She started doing watercolors when she retired from teaching and enrolled in classes with a local art teacher. She then went to classes at the Creative Workshop in Rochester, and most recently took lessons from another award-winning Signature Member of NFWS, Kathleen Giles at the Kenan Center. She has also taken many workshops and read MANY books and articles.
Brenda shares her inspiration with us:
For twenty years I really enjoyed owning a horse and doing chores at a stable, This love of horses and other animals has been the inspiration for many of my paintings. If I can catch something of the animal’s personality in the painting, I feel I have succeeded in the painting. I use photographs to refer to when painting. So, I have had to learn how to take pictures of animals that do not like to stand still. My camera and I can be found at farms, carriage shows, rodeos, county fairs, stables and dog parks. When the sun is shining brightly it’s time to try to get the next great picture.
My husband and I share a studio over our garage where we both paint. He paints the birds he carves out of wood and I paint my watercolors. There is nothing as thrilling as having a painting turn out the way you had envisioned it when you first started.
Everyone is invited to attend our meeting and demonstration, and to hear about our classes, upcoming events, shows and workshops. Come enjoy the camaraderie of enthusiastic fellow artists and art lovers. For more information about NFWS check our our Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/niagarafrontierwatercolorsociety.
Brenda Cretney’s stunning watercolor Walnut Hill.

Board of Directors and Committee Members Meeting
2017-03-16 17:00 - 19:00 | Amherst Community Church, 77 Washington Hwy, Buffalo, 14226, United States
We will meet at 5 pm in the Upper Meeting Room at the AAC, before the Members Meeting and Demonstration. Members who would like to take part in the workings and organization of NFWS are welcome.

Deadline for Entry, Spring 2017 Members Transparent Watercolor Show
2017-03-13

February Meeting and Demonstration by E. Jane Stoddard
2017-02-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Amherst Community Church, 77 Washington Hwy, Buffalo, 14226, United States
Our February 2017 Demonstrator is WNY’s own E. Jane Stoddard, a Signature Member of NFWS, and a prize-winning transparent watercolor artist. Jane has shared her artist’s statement with us:
“I begin a painting by reviewing my own photographic references, editing for composition and developing a value sketch. I choose a subject which is based on strong composition and shift in values. Every painting begins with a drawing done “free-hand” on vellum paper, transferred to 400# cold press Arches paper. I layer and glaze, working in sections to achieve rich and dark luminous passages with strictly transparent pigment.
Being an artist has always been my passion, even when all I had to work with was a box of crayons and poster paper. I paint strictly to please myself and not to satisfy a judge or the public. Winning an award or selling a painting is the “icing” on the cake. I am most happy when I am involved in the creative process and always look forward with anticipation to my next painting.
The past few years of my life have been filled with great heartbreak and joy. Throughout it all the one thing that remained constant was my painting. As my journey continues the narrative of my work is changing but my use of detail to describe my story remains constant.”
Everyone is invited to attend our meeting and demonstration, and to hear about our classes, upcoming events, shows and workshops. Come enjoy the camaraderie of enthusiastic fellow artists and art lovers. For more information about NFWS check our our Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/niagarafrontierwatercolorsociety.

Submission page open for Spring 2017 Members Show
2017-02-01
Submit here: Call for Work Spring 2017 Show.

January 2017 Members' Meeting and Demonstration by Marty Kutas
2017-01-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Amherst Community Church, 77 Washington Hwy, Buffalo, 14226, United States
Our first meeting of the New Year, 2017, will feature Marty Kutas, a transparent watercolor artist and teacher from Hamburg, NY. She has been a member of the Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society for 19 years, most of that time serving as the Membership Chair. Her traditional painting style emphasize light, shadow, and experimentation with color with varied subject matter including florals, landscapes, architecture and figures. In addition to being a NFWS Member, she is a member of the Western New York Artists Group, the Centennial Art Center, the Southtowns Watercolor Salon, and an exhibiting member of the Buffalo Society of Artists,
Her formal training was in math education, but she has enjoyed painting and drawing all her life. Her training in watercolor has been through adult education classes, learning from our many talented demonstrators, and attending NFWS workshops. Now she is teaching beginning students who want to enjoy the excitement of painting with watercolor.
Everyone is invited to attend our meeting and demonstration, and to hear about our classes, upcoming events, shows and workshops. Come enjoy the camaraderie of enthusiastic fellow artists and art lovers. For more information about NFWS check our our Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/niagarafrontierwatercolorsociety.

Board of Directors and Committee Members Meeting
2017-01-19 17:00 - 18:45 | Amherst Community Church, 77 Washington Hwy, Buffalo, 14226, United States
We will meet at 5 pm in the Upper Meeting Room at the AAC, before the Members Meeting and Demonstration.

November 2016 NFWS Art Supplies Donation!!
2016-11-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Amherst Community Church, 77 Washington Hwy, Buffalo, 14226, United States
NFWS collects art supplies every November to donate to an art classroom. This year the recipient is the Buffalo Center for Arts and Technology.
If you have any useable materials and/or resources that you would like to donate please bring it to the Members Meeting, and Thank you!

November Meeting and Demonstration by William Vrscak
2016-11-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Amherst Community Church, 77 Washington Hwy, Buffalo, 14226, United States
The Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society will feature Pittsburgh, PA artist and teacher William Vrscak as the demonstrator at their November 17th meeting .Bill Vrscak is a free-lance artist/illustrator and signature member of the American Watercolor Society. A realist painter, his work reflects a strong sense of freshness and simplicity, consistent with his attitude that “the simplest statements make the most impact”.
A frequent national award winner, his work is widely published. Bill studied painting and design at the Ivy School of Art in Pittsburgh. After 18 years in the advertising business he went his own way to paint and teach. Besides doing illustration and commission work, he currently teaches workshops and seminars throughout the United States as well as Canada.
Everyone is invited to attend our meeting and demonstration, and to hear about our classes, upcoming events, and enjoy the camaraderie of enthusiastic fellow artists and art lovers. For more information about NFWS check out our facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/niagarafrontierwatercolorsociety.

NFWS Board of Directors Meeting has been cancelled. Don't miss the Members Meeting and Demonstration by William Vrscak at 7 pm.
2016-11-17 17:00 - 18:45 | Amherst Community Church, 77 Washington Hwy, Buffalo, 14226, United States
We meet in the Upper Meeting Room at the Amherst Community Church Hall. The next Board of Directors meeting will be held on January 19th. All members who are interested in becoming more involved in NFWS are welcome.

National Exhibition Paintings Pick-Up
2016-11-15 09:00 - 12:00 | Kenan Center, 433 Locust Street, Lockport, NY, 14094, United States
Paintings may be picked up at the Kenan Center Gallery on Sunday, November 13th after 4 pm, and before 5, on Monday, November 14th from 9 until 4pm, and on Tuesday the 15th from 9 until 12 noon.

National Exhibition Paintings Pick-Up
2016-11-14 09:00 - 16:00 | Kenan Center, 433 Locust Street, Lockport, NY, 14094, United States
Paintings may be picked up at the Kenan Center Gallery on Sunday, November 13th after 4 pm and before 5pm, on Monday, November 14th from 9 until 4pm, and on Tuesday the 15th from 9 until 12 noon.

National Exhibition Paintings Pick-up
2016-11-13 16:00 - 17:00 | Kenan Center, 433 Locust Street, Lockport, NY, 14094, United States
Paintings may be picked up at the Kenan Center Gallery on Sunday, November 13th after 4 pm and before 5, on Monday, November 14th from 9 until 4pm, and on Tuesday the 15th from 9 until 12 noon.

Reception and Awards Ceremony, NFWS 13th National Exhibition
2016-10-30 14:00 - 17:00 | Kenan Center, 433 Locust Street, Lockport, NY, 14094, United States
Please join us for our Reception and Awards Ceremony at the charming Kenan Center House Gallery. Our juror, Thomas W. Schaller selected 61 incredible transparent watercolor paintings by 46 artists from the 115 submissions by 70 artists from all over the United States and Canada. Refreshments will be provided. We look forward to an enchanting afternoon!
Here are a few paintings that represent the diversity of the work being included in the Exhibition.

Bill Vrscak’s “Taking the Shortcut”

Aline Herion’s “Baby It’s Cold Outside”

Dody Walter’s “Nature’s Beauty”
