Our September Members Meeting will be in person on September 17, 2026 from 7 – 8:30 pm at the Amherst Community Church, 77 Washington Hwy, Snyder, NY. We will end sooner than usual to accommodate the Bills Fans among us! Our demonstrating artist, Barbara Fox, has graciously agreed to working fast!!! (Lots of parking behind the facility.) Snacks provided by our Hospitality Committee.
After a brief Members Meeting highlighting the upcoming events for Fall and Winter 2026/2027, we will be treated to a demonstration by an amazing artist, our Signature Member Barbara Fox!
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
Portrait painting should capture more than a likeness; the subject’s expression and environment also play a part. The artist’s handling of color, value and brushstrokes all contribute in telling the story of the subject.
BIO
Barbara Fox is an accomplished artist whose paintings and drawings have garnered numerous
awards and been included in distinguished collections. Her work is characterized by strong
values and vibrant, intense colors, capturing a wide range of subjects with exceptional precision.
Paintings have been featured in solo and group exhibitions in museums and galleries throughout the United States, including the Phillips Museum of Art in Lancaster, PA, the Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos, NM, the Arnot Art Museum in Elmira, NY and the European Museum of Modern Art in Barcelona, Spain.
Fox’s work has been published in 5 editions of the watercolor publication Splash: The Best of
Watercolor Painting, and has been a featured artist in the leading national art magazines American Artist and Watercolor Magic. Fox leads watercolor workshops around the country, teaching her method of layering washes and painting details.
Barbara Fox also worked in illustration, including clients American Greetings, Timex Inc, Disney,
and the United States Mint. From 2007 to 2020, 23 of her designs were minted as coins and medals. Currently portrait work has led to commissioned portraits of retired judges for the Allegany County and Cattaraugus County Courthouses.
You can access the Prospectus and submit your paintings online by going to the Call for Work, Fall 2025 Members Exhibition page. Here’s the link:
Call for Work, Fall 2025 Members Exhibition
The Call for Work Fall 2024 will be posted on our website on July 6, 2024. We will notify you and provide a link here, on Facebook, and will send an email link to all NFWS Members.
Here’s a link to the page describing the Workshop and the Registration Form. Don’t hesitate!!!
Our NFWS SPRING 2024 WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP was
May 14 – 17, 2024 at the Castiglia Art Center at the Historic Roycroft Campus, 21 South Grove Street, East Aurora, NY.
Richard was as promised – an awesome, inspiring, person and artist. This workshop was terrific! Here are a few photos. As we collect more from the participants, we will post them here.
The Workshop “Lighten Up, Loosen Up” will be held May 13 – 17, 2023 at the Castiglia Center on the Historic Roycroft Campus. Registration Forms will be available here on our website on Monday, February 19th, and will be emailed to all NFWS Members on that date. 
Following a brief Members Meeting we will have the pleasure of a demonstration by the popular watercolor artist and teacher Michael Holter, from Plano, Texas!
This will be a Zoom event, held at 4 pm on Thursday, February 15th. A Zoom link will be sent by email to all NFWS Members on the Monday before the Thursday afternoon Meeting.
Michael Holter is known for his dynamic watercolor portraits, landscapes, and workshops. After a successful career inart education, advertisingdesign and creative leadership, Michael began focusing more seriously on his painting in 2011. Michael is a signature member of numerous national watercolor societies. His work is widely published and he has received numerous national and international awards. He has released four DVDs from Creative Catalyst Productions: 7 Steps to Landscape Painting in Watercolor, 7 Steps to Portraits in Watercolor, Watercolor Landscapes from Photos and Paint the Town. Although Michael has been painting most of his life, his work experience spans a wide range of creativity, from high school art teacher, advertising creative director and businessman. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Art Education and an MA in Visual Communication.
Michael says, “My work is impressionistic. I like to represent people or places and allow the painting to evolve from the recognizable. The challenge is to balance the care needed to make the representation interesting… and perhaps believable, with the freedom, looseness and painterly quality that makes a painting so expressive.”
Here is a link to Ric’s terrifically inspiring and informative January 18th Zoom Demonstration for NFWS now on our Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society YouTube Channel.
Ric Surowicz’s January 18, 2024 NFWS Demonstration
