WATERMEDIA 2000

WATERMEDIA 2000

October in picturesque Bigfork on Flathead Lake was again the scene of the Watermedia 2000 exhibit, workshop, banquet, and annual general membership meeting. The workshop at Marina Cay Resort on the lake’s edge is always an inspirational painting setting.

Jean Grastorf, workshop instructor and Watermedia juror, guided 24 students in techniques of pouring luminous watercolor washes using masking fluid and layers of liquid watercolors mixed in plastic cocktail cups and poured on wet paper.

Bob and Myra Lindborg hosted Jean’s slide presentation get-together and social. Many thanks to them and to Bob for all he does to make Watermedia a success.

The opening reception and Grastorf’s gallery talk at the Bigfork Art and Cultural Center on Friday was well attended. Many Montana artists exhibiting in the show were there, along with Jackie Black, Hawaii, and Lorna Corathers, California.

The awards banquet in Quincy’s restaurant was excellent, both the food and the socializing. Lee Morrison and Marge Harper, founding members of MTWS, attended along with 13 artists in the show, including three award winners and new Signature Members Nancy Cawdry, Leslie Drake-Robinson, and Diane Hausmann.

The members’ art auction, dynamically directed by Vicky Campbell, made $625! The Watercolor Raffle Book raised $510 and was won by Tina Schwartzman. Thanks to all who donated to either or both!

Next year’s Watermedia exhibit will be at the Bigfork Art and Cultural Center with juror and workshop instructor Mary Alice Braukman. Watch for information in the January newsletter.

The exhibit saw 233 slide entries from 125 artists in 24 states, with 74 paintings selected... 38 MTWS members, and 24 Montana artists

$600—Gold—H.C. Dodd, Texas

$500—Silver— Z.L. Feng, Virginia

$400—Bronze—Wendell Mohr, Iowa

$500—President’s—Diane Hausmann, Montana

$400—Members’—Nancy Halter, Montana

Merchandise awards went to:

Louis Archambault, MT;

Diane Brady, MT;

Chica Brunsvold, VA;

Lorna Corathers, CA;

Robert Hallett, CA;

Ann Hardy, TX;

Susan Luzier, SD;

Ken McCall, IL;

Terry Osslund, MT;

Monica Pate, IA;

Charlotte Peterson, OR;

Sandy Schaffer, MO;

Mary Ellen Schwenk, CO;

Jean Triol, MT;

Steve Whitney, WA.

Tina Schwartzman

WATERMEDIA Chair

A native of NY state, Jean now lives in Florida, where she concentrates on using transparent watercolor to capture the luminous tropical light on foliage and water. She is a signature member of both the American Watercolor and National Watercolor Societies. She's won awards from the Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolor, from Watercolor West, and the Florida, Montana, Southern and Rocky Mountain Watercolor Societies. She conducts workshops across the United States in the techniques of pouring luminous washes in a balance of chaos and control.


President Nancy Beelman Missoula, Montana	Vice-President Vicky Campbell Havre, Montana	Secretary Sue Quande Missoula, Montana

Workshop Instructor Jean Grastorf AWS (right)

Jean Grastorf