Events Calendar
May 4 – June 1, 2012
Judge of Awards: Donna Jill Witty, AWS, NWS, TWSA-MS
The Next Picture Show
113 W. First St.
Dixon, Illinois 61021
815.285.4924
Deadline for entries: March 5
Download the Prospectus here.
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Next meeting: March 3, 11 AM – 1 PM
Featured Artist: Bret Steinhaus
 From the Artist's Statement
I paint everyday images that are a part of my life experience. These glimpses of ordinary vistas are the beauty and joy that is around us every day. My works include portraits, florals, rural scenes that combine simplicity with atmosphere, and urban landscapes which offer an endless supply of patterns, design, and composition. By not limiting my subject matter, it allows me to vary my approach with each painting and lets me experiment with light and color. For years I would have labeled my work as realism but my work over the last three years, with my exploration of colors, has evolved into impressionism.
Biography
I am a Midwestern, impressionist watercolor artist born and raised in Illinois. My interest and love of art began at a very early age. I began formal art training at seven years old under the guidance of Betty Peterson, an accomplished portrait artist. My art education bloomed under the tutelage of my Libertyville High School Art Teacher, Ross Shellenberger. During that time, I won a National Honorable Mention from the Wieblot’s Scholastic Awards. My winning oil painting was displayed in the Wieblot's National Art Show in Washington, DC.
I went on to college and received my Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design from Northern Illinois University. At N.I.U., I continued my love for watercolors under the teaching of Win Jones. At this point in my life, I had only visited three states: Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. For that reason, my art was and still is greatly influenced by the Midwestern everyday scenes found around me.
Join us at Dick Blick Art Materials in Wheaton, IL for IWS members' meetings for socializing, painting demonstrations by nationally recognized artists and educational lectures on materials and all things watercolor. Hospitality provided by Dick Blick.
Blick Art Materials is located in Danada Square East, at the northeast corner of Naperville Road and Butterfield Road (west of 355). Danada Square East contains a Dominicks Food Store.
Blick Art Materials
79 Danada Square East
Wheaton, IL 60187
630.653.0569
Click here for more directions
Non-Members are welcome to attend.
Seating is limited to a first-come first- served basis.
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