WATERCOLORS by Susan Larson

SUSAN LARSON

WATERCOLOR FINE ART

~ News ~

COLORADO WATERCOLOR SOCIETY

~ 2009 State Watermedia Exhibit ~

"Autumn Foothills" was one of 100 paintings shown at the 18th Annual Colorado Watercolor Society State Watermedia Exhibit April 24 to May 3, 2009, at the Colorado History Musuem in Denver, and received an award (9th out of 16 show awards), Honorable Mention, from juror Mark Mehaffey. There were over 450 entries for that show!

This painting was in the August Southwest Art WAOW ad and Online Show.

~ MONTHLY BLOG ~

Cultural Arts Council of Estes Park "Works of Love" 2010 Show

February 3, 2010

I will be participating in the Women's History Month Art Show entitled "Works of Love" at the Cultural Arts Council Fine Art Gallery in Estes Park, Colorado, from February 21 through April 4, 2010. My watercolor and gouache landscape "Summer Cirque" will be shown in the gallery and in the online catalog at www.estesarts.com. Hope you check it out!

Happy New Year!

January 19, 2010
Hope you enjoyed your holidays and time with family and friends! I reorganized my studio the last two weeks, which I desperately needed to do, and now I am ready for the new decade. I had a closet that wasn't being utilized for organizing the many supplies I needed to store. Wow (or WAOW) -- what a difference! I have new goals to achieve for 2010 and the next few years. I am returning to where I started in 1999 ... the subjects I love and what I would like to paint for the rest of my life. I love painting wildlife and birds, landscapes, aspen and horses. I hope you see a new joy in my work in future shows..... :-)
Enjoy Thanksgiving and Happy Holidays!

November 16, 2009
Happy Holidays to all! Enjoy the spirit of the season and family traditions, being with friends and those you love!
It's time to get creative and paint for me .... See you next year!
PPWS Signature Members Show at Tri-Lakes Center

October 1, 2009
I apologize for not updating my website. September was a very busy month with the CWS New Trends Show, the PPWS Signature Member's Show, and the WAOW Online Show. I helped hang the New Trends exhibit at the Co-Art Gallery. That was tough with the hanging system - it was like hanging the show multiple times to position each painting on the vertical hangers! There are only a few more days for the Signature Member show at the Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts. The opening for the PPWS show was on Setember 11th and the opening for the CWS show was on September 18th. I also tried plein air painting for the first time and enjoyed it. I look forward to more painting outside in the future.
Happy Fall to all - we've already had snow here!
CWS New Trends Show, Santa Fe Arts District in Denver
August 4, 2009
The Colorado Watercolor Society's 2009 New Trends Show will be held in Denver at the CO-Art Gallery located at 846 Santa Fe Drive in Denver. This show was juried by Nancy Condit (Abend Gallery) and will be held from September 18 through September 26, 2009, in the Santa Fe Arts District. Hope you stop in to see the show.
"Frosty February Sunrise" will be in the New Trends Show and is another of the new landscapes I am creating. I love the colors and the fluidity of these paintings. They were created from my memory of the moment. Each of my paintings tells a story. I hope you like my work, whether realistic or more impressionistic!
WAOW Online Show     August 1 - September 30

July 31, 2009 - Update
The WAOW Online Show is now open on the WAOW website at www.waow.org. Two paintings on my PayPal Page are for sale from this show: "Clean, Pressed, and Ready to Rodeo", and "Autumn Foothills". They can be viewed on the PayPal Page and in Associate Gallery Two at www.waow.org.
July 20, 2009
The August Southwest Art arrived today! WaOW! The advertisement looks beautiful! My ad is larger than I thought it would be and the painting looks great. Nice editorial on page 84. Looking forward to seeing the Online Show August 1st!
Since being juried in as an Associate Member in September of last year, I have been impressed by the caliber of artists in this organization. I am honored to be in such company! I greatly appreciate the hard work of these talented women in support of WAOW. They are awesome!
July 3, 2009
Women Artists of the West (WAOW) will have an Online Show in conjunction with the August Southwest Art WAOW editorial and WAOW group advertisement.
All Colorado Art Show Opening at the Curtis Center

June 13, 2009
There was a large crowd at the Opening Reception for the 26th Annual All Colorado Art Show at the Curtis Arts & Humanities Center Saturday evening. The show is located at 2349 East Orchard Road in Greenwood Village (off University Boulevard in Denver) and will run through July 31, 2009. The building is a restored schoolhouse that is open Tuesday through Friday. Call (303) 797-1779 for more information. This show was juried by Deborah Jordy, Executive Director of the Colorado Business Committee for the Arts.
WAOW Selected for Southwest Art Article

May 12, 2009
Southwest Art magazine is going to do an editorial in their August issue about Women Artists of the West (WAOW).
There will be a group WAOW advertisement in that same issue, and I will be participating in that ad! This is a first for me. I have never placed an ad in a national publication. It's exciting!
There is a link to WWW.WAOW.ORG and my web page from the Resume Page for more information about WOMEN ARTISTS of the WEST.
CWS State Exhibit Opening Reception

April 24, 2009
Shown below are photos from the CWS State Show Opening and Awards Ceremony on April 24, 2009.   The awards were presented by Randy Hale, CWS president (below, right).
There is a link to the WWW.COLORADOWATERCOLORSOCIETY.ORG website from the Resume Page for more information about the COLORADO WATERCOLOR SOCIETY and the WESTERN FEDERATION OF WATERCOLOR SOCIETIES (WFWS).

Opening - "Autumn Foothills"                 Awards Ceremony