November 30, 2012 - January 6, 2013

Kansas Watercolor SocietyNATIONAL EXHIBITION 2012

The Wichita Center for the Arts is pleased to sponsor the Kansas Watercolor Society Nati onal Exhibiti on 2012. This year we recognize and celebrate the KWS 43rd Anniversary.

The KWS Nati onal Exhibiti on features the art disciplines we teach and support here at the Center and therefore allows our members, students and community at large to view the directi on of water media nati onally.

This year, the juror Donald Lake selected 87 painti ngs out of 432 submitt ed. The diverse range of subject matt er and styles in this collecti on of work will make this an exhibiti on you will not want to miss!

We thank Emprise Bank for their conti nued exhibiti on underwriti ng support and all of the individuals, as listed, for the Cash Awards and Patron Purchase Awards, to support and give recogniti on to the creati ve endeavors of the arti st.

Celebrate Art, Create Art, Study Art and Live with Art

Howard W. EllingtonExecuti ve DirectorThe Wichita Center for the Arts

The Wichita Center for the Arts Emprise BankEmprise Bank has been a proud sponsor of the Watercolor Exhibiti on for 31 years, and we are grateful to be a part of the show once again. It is amazing to see the artwork that comes out of these shows, and the talent we have right here in Kansas. As always, thank you for showing your support of the arts through your att endance at this exhibit. We look forward to this show every year, and are happy to show our conti nued support of the arts in our community.

M.D. Michaelis

Chairman of the Board, Emprise Bank

Christi na’s World by Marlin Rotach, Kansas City, MOEmprise Bank Patron Purchase Award

Donald Lake, WHS, spent 38 years as a professor of painti ng specializing in drawing and watercolor. He has taught plein air watercolor workshops in locati ons around the country. Best known for his industrial imagery, he also has a long history of painti ng the prairie and western landscape. His work has been widely exhibited and is included in hundreds of private collecti ons, and in such collecti ons as Springfi eld Art Museum, Illinois State Museum, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and many university and college collecti ons. Lake’s work has been chosen for the State Department Art in the Embassies program and has been exhibited in museums in France and Taiwan. He is represented by Cinema Gallery, Urbana, Illinois. He has been featured in American Arti st magazine and New American Painti ngs. He has juried several regional and nati onal exhibits.

Juror

AcknowledgementsThe Kansas Watercolor Society wishes to extend their appreciati on to the following organizati ons, persons and business fi rms for their underwriti ng support and generosity...

The Wichita Center for the Arts Board of Trustees

Becky S. Turner, Chair Kathy Knorr, Vice Chair Dr. Vincent Farha, Secretary William Tinker, Jr., TreasurerCarol Wilson, Immediate Past Chair AdvisorSuzanne BritoChris BrunnerShannan DevlinBuff DodsonKarla FazioDana FlemingKathy GalichiaHelen Galloway Priscilla O’ShaughnessyDr. Courtney RuthvenPaula Varner

Honorary Trustees:Jean Garvey Elizabeth B. KochBett y Murfi n

Cash Awards Patron Purchase Awards

The Wichita Center for the Arts / Kansas Watercolor SocietyBest of Show Cash Award $1,000 Hugh Greer, Wichita, KS – Indian Summer Takes a Turn

Charles & Ruth Sanderson Memorial Cash Award $750 Lawrence Danecke, Greenville, TN – Lunch Break

Friends of the Kansas Watercolor Society Cash Award $500 Kent Addison, Wildwood, MO – Two Portraits, One Sti ll Life

Wichita Women Arti sts Cash Award $100 Barbara Lindsey, Jeff erson City, MO – Tweet

The Wichita Center for the Arts / Kansas Watercolor Society Cash Awards $100 Johne Richardson, Overland Park, KS – Shadow Upon the Land Lane Raiser, Lucasville, OH – Axis Mundi Dean Mitchell, Tampa, FL – Beware Poverty Explosion Kathleen Shanahan, Wichita, KS – Tut’s Tidepool, Anemone Anomoly

Emprise Bank Patron Purchase Award Marlin Rotach, Kansas City, MO – Christi na’s World

MKEC Engineering Consultants, Inc. Patron Purchase Award Barbara Edwards, Jasper, GA – Carolina Wrens

Koch Industries, Inc. Patron Purchase Award Hugh Greer, Wichita, KS – Indian Summer Takes a Turn Gayle Higgins, Colorado Springs, CO – Dinner Arrangements Joe Schlimm, Wichita, KS – Somewhere in Time

Liz Koch Patron Purchase Award Cindy Brabec-King, Palisade, CO – Cabin Cupboards Curti s Buller, Hesston, KS – Enduring David Douglas DeArmond, Merriam, KS – The Royal Oak Mark Mohr, Roeland Park, KS – Moonlit Haul Ed Pointer, Wichita, KS – Shadows and Silhouett es Charles Rouse, Vista, CA – Sti ll Shopping Diane Schmidt, Sarasota, FL – Waiti ng in the Wings E. Gordon West, San Antonio, TX – Windowscape Don Van Horn, Colorado Springs, CO – Vona Elevator

The Law Firm of Marti n, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace & Bauer, L.L.P. Patron Purchase Award Diane Lawrence, Berryton, KS – Petal Movement

Nestor Weigand, Jr. Patron Purchase Award Dean Mitchell, Tampa, FL – Corner Market

Kansas Watercolor Society Members Patron Purchase Award Terry Maxwell, Emporia, KS – Shift ing Sands

Karla & Raff aele Fazio Patron Purchase Award Caryl Morgan, Newkirk, OK – Ice Cream

Exhibiting Artists Exhibiting Artists

Kent Addison | Wildwood, MOCountess by Ingres, with Sti ll Life | $8,000

Kent Addison | Wildwood, MOTwo Portraits, One Sti ll Life | $8,000

Christi ne AlferyLac du Flambeau, WIDowny’s and Sunlite on the Birches$2,400

Denise Athanas | Mt. Pleasant, SCMaking a Connecti on | $3,200

Kirby Att well | Houston, TXSlot Canyon #9 | $2,000

Darlene Behnke | Belpre, KSWidows Walk | $850

Al Beyer | Aiken, SCShaving | $1,000

Bennie Booth | Wichita, KSWindblown | $800

Eugene BortnickPrairie Village, KSSurgery at Mt. Sinai | $4,000

Cindy Brabec-King | Palisade, COCabin Cupboards | $2,400

Sam Bailie | Plano, TXDress Code Violati on | $1,500

Marilynne Bradley | Saint Louis, MOGlascow Bridges | $1,700

Gary Buhler | Newberg, ORAurora | $1,200

Curti s Buller | Hesston, KSEnduring | $4,300

John Chinn | Lubbock, TXNightf ish 3 Hamid | $3,000

Pat Cook | Waynesboro, VAConversati on LXXIX | $2,500

Elaine Daily-BirnbaumMadison, WISeeking Safety | $3,000

Exhibiting Artists Exhibiting Artists

Lawrence Danecke | Greenville, TNLunch Break | $2,500

David Douglass DeArmondMerriam, KSThe Royal Oak | $1,850

Pat Dispenziere | Poway, CAOdessa Survivor | $1,800

Gail Delger | McKinney, TXMen in Suits | $1,800

Bess Duston | Kansas City, MOStargazers | $2,250

Exhibiting Artists Exhibiting Artists

Rhea Edge | Bloomington, ILHummingbirds II | $1,700

Barbara Edwards | Jasper, GACarolina Wrens | $2,000

Steve Dudek | Great Bend, KSSedgwick County | $1,800

Genie Even | Knoxville, TNFuji Refl ecti ons II | $1,200

Jarv Falkard | Tucson, AZGabriel | $2,000

Z.L. Feng | Radford, VAAutumn Sunlight | $1,500

Laurie Goldstein-WarrenBuckhannon, WVLet a Smile Be Your Umbrella$6,500

Hugh Greer | Wichita, KSIndian Summer Takes a Turn$4,200

Exhibiting ArtistsExhibiting Artists

Gayle HigginsColorado Springs, CODinner Arrangements | $1,995

Hugh Greer | Wichita, KSSecret Fishin Hole | $3,600

Larry HaughtColorado Springs, COLight and Shadows | $950

Thomas Hefl in | Rockford, ILSummer of 2012 | $5,000

Anne Hightower-Patt ersonLeesville, SCMiss Sally’s Bonnet | $1,800

Rebecca Hoyer | Wichita, KSPlayground | $500 C.T. (Fred) Hsia | Topeka, KS

Colors in October | $1,500

Charlott e Huntley | Lafayett e, CAAutumn Rhapsody | $,3500

Ione | Shawnee, KSThe Search | $800

Jean Kalin | Platt e City, MOSanta Lucia Lights | $2,200

Dan Kirchhefer | Topeka, KSIguazu Falls | $1,500

Exhibiting ArtistsExhibiting Artists

Dan Kirchhefer | Topeka, KSTree Sao Paulo | $1,500

Jason Krueger | Terre Haute, INUnti tled | $300

Oscar Larmer | Manhatt an, KSAlma | $1,200

Carolyn Latanision | Winchester, MACoke Oven Shut Down | $4,800

Diane Lawrence | Berryton, KSPetal Movement | $800

Barbara LindseyJeff erson City, MORecepti on on the Lawn$2,000

Barbara Lindsey | Jeff erson City, MOTweet | $4,000

Chiaw-Weai Loo | Wichita, KSBlue Mountains | $800

Tom MacDonald | Lawrence, KSBroke Down | $1,200

Charlene MaddenParkville, MOBlack Birch Canyon-Bryce$525

Barbara Maxwell | Kansas City, KSBehold the New Forest | $4,000

Exhibiting ArtistsExhibiting Artists

Terry Maxwell | Emporia, KSShift ing Sands | $450

Linda McCord | Longview, WAProducti on Cut | $2,500

Angie Mitchell | Wichita, KSFeeding Scheme, Ekujabuleni Intermediate School$3,500

Dean Mitchell | Tampa, FLBeware Poverty Explosion | $15,000

Dean Mitchell | Tampa, FLCorner Market | $8,500

Mark Mohr | Roeland Park, KSMoonlit Haul | $4,800

Susan Montague | Litt leton, COCity Gaze | $2,200

Caryl Morgan | Newkirk, OKIce Cream | $1,800

Charles Novich | Omaha, NEUnti tled | $1,500

Bruce McCombs | Holland, MIRed Door | $2,000

Exhibiting ArtistsExhibiting Artists

Ed Pointer | Wichita, KSShadows and Silhouett es | $1,900William Perry | Harmony, PA

Chartres | $1,000

Lane Raiser | Lucasville, OHAxis Mundi | $2,400

Johne RichardsonOverland Park, KSHeliotrope | $2,800

Johne RichardsonOverland Park, KSShadow Upon the Land | $3,000

Marlin Rotach | Kansas City, MOChristi na’s World | $5,800

Charles Rouse | Vista, CASti ll Shopping | $2,000

Jason Rowles | Springfi eld, PAOccupied, St. Louis, MO | $1,090

Clint Samples | Villa Rica, GAPastureland | $1,000

Joe Schlimm | Wichita, KSSomewhere in Time | $4,500

Diane Schmidt | Sarasota, FLWaiti ng in the Wings | $4,800

George Schoonover | Yachats, ORThree Tier Tea | $7,000

Exhibiting Artists Exhibiting Artists

Kathleen Shanahan | Wichita, KSTut’s Tidepool Anemone Anomoly$1,900

Harry Shields | Richardson, TXMoroccan Market 3 | $2,000

Don Taylor | Panama City, FLWho’s got the Shears? | $1,200

Laurie Tietjen | Walton, KSPepper’s Tack | $,5000

Soon Warren | Fort Worth, TXDivine Lines | $7,000

Soon Warren | Fort Worth, TXSunny Side Window | $5,000

E. Gordon West | San Antonio, TXWindowscape | $2,000

Wilma Wethington | Spring, TXThe Unemployment Line | $2,250

Elizabeth Yarosz-Ash | Wichita Falls, TXHorror Vacuii | $1800

Barbara Yoerg | Las Vegas, NVMy Thoughts Exactly | $850

Gene Youngmann | Westminster, COA Place in the Shade | $450

Don Van Horn | Colorado Springs, COVona Elevator | $5,000

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