Kathy Durdin, FWS to Speak at June Meeting on Marketing Your Art
Are you frustrated about your marketing efforts? Do you have a plan? Are you reaching the right audience? Do you know what attracts your buyers to your work? Do you know who your buyers are? Would you like pointers about how to develop an approach to marketing that fits your needs? Have you thought about social media? There is so many different approaches that you can use — but there is only so many hours in a day and you want to have time to paint too! Would you like some new ideas? Kathy Durdin will discuss how to methodically and intentionally look at marketing to so you can narrow the approaches down to those that are right for you, and so focus your efforts. Join us at the Citrus Watercolor Club meeting for an interactive exchange on marketing led by Kathy Durdin.
To read more about Kathy Durdin's background, click here.
Website: www.kathydurdin.com
Watercolor Club to Install New Officers
Press Release by Norm Freyer
May is always a special month for the Citrus Watercolor Club. Newly elected officers will be installed during a luncheon meeting at the Citrus Hills Lodge on Friday, May 11th. Dr Virginia Neal, Carole Byron and Norm Freyer are chairpersons for the luncheon program, and Jeanne Conrad and Barbara Kerr will conduct the installation ceremonies. New officers elected to serve in 2012-13 are: President – Bonnie Wallace; 1st Vice Presidents, Programs – Ray Jowers and Carole Byron; 2nd, Vice Presidents, Membership - Ellen Hines and Kathy Wirtz; Treasurer – Rhonda Hancock; Recording Secretary – Deborah Zofolli; Corresponding Secretary - Pat Kelly-Sistrand; Directors – Delois Lang-Dick, Kim Shields and Norma Willis. Membership in the club consists of nearly 150 watercolor artists from Citrus, Hernando and Marion Counties.
Photo collage courtesy of Ray Jowers
Click on the portion of the collage shown above to view the entire photo array.
Click again to enlarge the image.
Following the luncheon, Land O’ Lakes artist, Terry Smith will be demonstrating. Smith is a wildlife artist who has been painting since 1977 and has been a full-time artist since 1999. Born in Atlanta, he spent much of his time exploring the rivers and woods of Central Georgia. As he hunted and fished these areas, drawing and sketching wildlife on paper evolved into putting color images on canvas. Terry started painting at an early age, but like many artists, put aside his desire to paint while he focused on providing for his family. After 38 years, he retired from the airline industry, and serendipitously, his interest in painting grew into a full time job in art. He started painting again when his wife enrolled him in an art class. The passion was still there and he became a full-time working artist in 1999. His paintings have been displayed in shows, galleries and museums throughout Florida and the Southeast. Smith prefers to paint what he knows best, outdoors and wildlife. His favorite subjects are especially birds and large cats. He particularly enjoys creating watercolors, but he also uses acrylics and oils. His art includes anything from miniatures (one and a half inches) to one hundred-foot murals in Florida, Georgia, Michigan and South Carolina. He is a member of the Florida Watercolor Society and the Miniature Art Society of Florida. Smith’s work is now shown in the coffee table book Florida Beyond the Blue Horizon by Alan S. Malz, ©2006, Light Flight Publications. His web site is http://www.terrysmithstudio.com
Opportunities for Artists
The Silver Toast to the Arts
Appleton Museum Art Fair
May 19, 2012
The Ocala Art Group would like to extend an invitation for you to
participate in an Art Fair called The Silver Toast to the Arts on May 19,
2012 at the Appleton Museum of Art, College of Central Florida. Please
forward the forms to your membership. The Applications will be processed as
first come first served determined by the postmark. The spaces are going
fast. (Click here for Application Form).
This is a great day to bring art and the community together with free
admission to the Appleton Museum. Help us celebrate the arts in our
community!
Sincerely,
Vandy Shake.
President,
Ocala Art Group
BUS TRIP - FLORIDA WATERCOLOR SOCIETY SHOW
September 14, 2012
to Doubletree Hotel at Universal Studios, Orlando. Price $25.
1st stop-board bus 8:15 am, depart 8:30/behind Advanced Auto-Wal Mart parking
lot on 200 at 484 in Ocala.
2nd stop- board bus 8:45 am, depart 9 am from Winn Dixie parking lot, Rte 491,
Beverly Hills. LUNCH IS NOT INCLUDED
Enjoy trade show and demonstrations at Doubletree Hotel, Orlando.
Board bus at 5 pm to exhibit opening at Mennello Museum of American Art.
Board bus at 6:45 for home.
For Reservation:
call Jo Ann Boyd 352-527-2050 or Ellen Hines 352-527-0901
BUS IS FILLED!!!!!
Recent Events
Lynn Ferris - April 13, 2012
Press Release - Norman Freyer
Lynn Ferris is one of my favorite watercolor artists, and she is one of Citrus County’s celebrated artists. She will be the demonstrator at the April 13th meeting of the Citrus Watercolor Club. A part time resident of Beverly Hills, she spends the balance of the year, the summers, in Berkley Springs, West Virginia. I first met her at Florida regional shows a number of years ago, but as I cut back on the number of shows at which I 
now exhibit, I see her only when she demonstrates at the Citrus Watercolor Club events. Her web site reveals that, “The details in Lynn Ferris’ watercolors flow seamlessly with the artist’s sense of color and tone. There is a newness and comfort to her work. One feels refreshed for having seen it, yet completely at home…..as if you have known this work all your life”. Ferris is popular with local watercolorists and her workshops regularly sell out well in advance of the scheduled date. She is a former member of the Citrus Watercolor Club and is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society, the Florida Watercolor Society, The Baltimore Watercolor Society and the Potomac Valley Watercolorists.
Click here to view the Photo Collage of Lynn's April 2012 Demonstration contributed by Ray Jowers.
Originally from New Jersey, she attended Moore College of Art in Philadelphia. Before becoming a full time watercolorist, she worked as both a commercial and architectural illustrator. Lynn is also a show judge and instructor, teaching both classes and workshops. Her limited edition prints have been featured nationally by the French Creek Sheep and Wool Company and her watercolor entitled "the Group" appeared as cover art on the "Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association." Lynn has participated in many one person and juried shows, where her work has received numerous awards. Solo shows include The Leesburg Center for the Arts, The Monongalia Arts Center, and This Century Gallery in Williamsburg, VA. She was the subject of a feature article in "Watercolor" magazine, published by American Artist. Lynn's work is also included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Daytona Beach, Florida. Her many awards include "Best of Show" at both the 2007 Florida Watercolor Society Exhibit and the 2010 Tallahassee Watercolor Society Tri-State Juried Exhibit. Most recently she was selected to be included in the prestigious North Light publications "Splash 12" and "Splash 13".
Check out Lynn’s web site www.lynnferris.com
Joe Fettingis Demonstration March 9, 2012
Click on the photo below to view the collage of Joe Fettingis' March 9 Demo; click again to supersize.
Homosassa Wildlife Park Art Show Feb 18-19, 2012
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photos and collage byf Ray Jowers
FLORIDA WATERCOLOR SOCIETY
2012 Non-Signature Members Online Show
Congratulations to Barbara Kerr and Bonnie Wallace on the acceptance of their watercolors to the Florida Watercolor Society on-line show.
Members of Citrus Watercolor Club enjoy a "Painting of the Month" competition, have opportunities to show and sell their work, take workshops and participate in monthly sketch/paint-outs, etc. For more information about the meeting or to become a member, call Bonnie Wallace at (352) 274-0790 or Delois Lang-Dick at (352) 249-0811. The Citrus Watercolor Club meets at 1:00 P.M. on the second Friday of every month, except July, at the First United Methodist Church, Pleasant Grove Road, (County Rte. 581), Inverness, FL.
Citrus Watercolor Club
P.O. Box 142
Lecanto, FL 34450