ANNOUNCING
MONTANA WATERCOLOR SOCIETY’S 26th ANNUAL NATIONAL JURIED ART EXHIBITION
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WATERMEDIA 2008
OCTOBER 1 - OCTOBER 25
at the Bigfork Art and
Ratindra Das
MTWS Workshop October 2-5, 2008
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Ratindra
Das is a nationally known artist, educator and juror who holds signature
membership in American Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society,
Transparent Watercolor Society of America (Master status), Northwest
Watercolor Society, Watercolor West, Mississippi Watercolor Society and
Arizona Watercolor Association. A frequent juror of exhibitions and
shows, recently he was one of the selection juror for the American
Watercolor Society and sole juror of selection and awards for the 2006
annual exhibit of the Transparent Watercolor Society of America. He has
won numerous awards in national competitive shows that included five
awards from the American Watercolor Society. "An
artist lives by his wits and convictions. Like most artists I enjoy, I
struggle and I exult. There is no better reason to paint than just for
the love of it. I learn every day and every time I paint whether in
studio or outdoors. I learn from nature, from experiments and failures
and from my peers. I love watercolor because of its dynamic qualities-
it moves. That’s watercolor’s inherent characteristic. Often I make
preparatory sketches, which are further developed into paintings. I have
thousands of sketches- enough to paint for next three hundred
years. Over the years I have relied less and less on photographs.
Sketches seem to have more emotional and direct impact on my paintings.
I love colors and use them intuitively rather than what’s out there.
It’s the fruit of life." |
(Ratindra is excited and comments that his first award from MTWS is hanging on his studio wall.)
To
see more about Ratindra and his work, check out his website at http://ratindradas.net/
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For additional information
contact:
Vickie Lynn Johnson, Watermedia
Contact
Montana
Watercolor Society
PO Box 2605
Missoula,
(406)549-6536
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THANKS!!! Joan
Blackburn, Sallie Bowen, Roberta Burruss, Vicky Campbell, Marje Grinde,
Diane Hausmann, Margaret Hayes, Vickie Lynn Johnson, Sandra Marker,
Janet McGahan, Mary Nault, Ed Nolde, Florance O’Neal, Susan Quande,
Jennifer Robbins, Becky Ross, Kris Shaw, Carol Spurgeon, Ginnie Streeper,
Margo Voermans, Linda Warneke. And an every MORE special
thanks to all who purchased the work… |