Have you heard about the IWS? Irritating Word Salad? You might guess. Nope. That may describe a bunch of politicians, but it is in fact the acronym for the International Watercolour Society, the biggest watercolour society in the world. Canada of course is a member. All provinces and territories are represented. I am a member. Some spectacular watercolours are created by its members.
A few outstanding teachers and demonstrators in the IWS would include the IWS World President Atanur Dogan, Canadian President Ian Wright, Canadian V.P. Luan Quach and other demonstrating members Gord Jones, Michael Solovyev, and Shelly Prior are examples. My apologies to the many other demonstrating and award winning member artists I left out. I am trying to be informative and entertaining without providing a laundry list. You can see the fall Canadian edition and some of the outstanding member watercolours on their web site. Here is the link, free to download.
Why am I choosing this subject to write about? For the quarterly Canadian Fall IWS magazine, I was selected to be the featured artist. My painting is on the cover and my previous column for the Townships Weekend about PIPAF the Parrsboro International Plein Air Festival, was included. I was surprised, delighted and for a brief period of time, probably a bit annoying.
Here is my painting on the cover and a link if you are interested in reading the fall issue.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1znvKnkkkNcpivJFJq1Pu04Cvy0SUNJky/view?usp=share_link
