SWA Exhibit December 7 - January 27, 2012 Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
1st Place - Lynette Cook "Archway to the Sky", Acrylic
Lynette Cook grew up in Southern Illinois, attended college in Mississippi, then moved to the San Francisco Bay Area for graduate school. Most widely known as an out-of-this-world scientific illustrator, she has enthralled others with her depictions of planets discovered outside our solar system. These have been published worldwide and featured on ABC7 News and in USA Today.
Though Lynette began as a traditional artist, technological shifts in the illustration world pulled her toward digital methods. Introspection resulting from a breast cancer diagnosis in 2009 led Cook to the realize how much she missed the feel of “real”brushes and paint. Returning full circle to her fine art roots via her favorite medium, acrylics, Lynette explores earthly subjects again: landscapes, scenes of everyday life, and brick structures that create a metaphor for the human existence.
EDUCATION
BS in Biology, Mississippi University for Women
BFA in Drawing & Painting, Mississippi University for Women
MFA in Drawing, with a specialization in Scientific Illustration, California College of Arts & Crafts
AFFILIATIONS
Art Guild of Pacifica
Society of Western Artists
AWARDS
First (2 received) and Second place ribbons at the 2011 San Mateo County Fair
2nd Place - Carrie Drilling, SWA "Mumms the Word" , Watercolor
I started my art training at College of San Mateo in 1999. I have completed numerous courses in drawing, color theory, art history, design, ceramics and watercolor. It was after taking my first drawing class that I started to look at the world through new eyes, seeing color and shapes that I had just taken for granted previously.
I have studied with Kay Carnie, watercolor instructor at CSM, a fabulous teacher who inspires and encourages her students. I have also taken watercolor classes through the Senior Centers with John Warner and Joyce Faulkner, learning something new from each instructor.
My painting style is realistic and detailed. I love the translucency of watercolor that is possible with many layers of light washes. I mix my own colors using the primaries, both in my palette and sometime directly on the paper.
My favorite artist is Georgia O’Keefe, and my greatest fans and supporters are my family.
AWARDS
2004 Burlingame Art Scholarship Award 2005 Millbrae Arts Association Annual Show - Popular Award 2005 San Mateo County Fair - 1st Place - Floral 2005 Sam Mateo Couty Fair - HM - Watercolor 2006 San Mateo County Fair - 3rd Place - Floral 2007 Millbrae Arts Association Annual Show - 1st Place 2005 - 2012 SWA Annual Exhibits - HM 2005 - 2012 SWA Membership Shows- 1st & 2nd Awards
3rd Place - Tom Ayers "Lazy Summer Cleanup", Watercolor
Born in Manhattan, Kansas, Tom now resides in San Mateo, California with his wife Rosalie. Their two children live close by in Redwood Shores and Half Moon Bay. An Architect for nearly 50 years Tom started painting after retirement in 2006. His education in art includes College of San Mateo watercolor art classes with Kay Carnie,Palo Alto Adult education art classes withFerenc Besze,and workshops with John Salminen,Cheng-Khee Chee, and Jane Hofstetter. Tom continues his education through membership in various watercolor societies, studying with local artists, and attending demonstrations.The background in architecture and his love for the outdoors guides his paintings toward city scenes and landscapes. Painting en plein aire provides the venue to capture the feel and atmosphere of the outdoors for many of his paintings. While painting outdoors Tom endeavors to feature the rich and vibrant colors he see's and feels. Tom has also provided class demonstrations and assisted in SWA’s School Art Program at the local high school Art and IB class, and the San Carlos Fine Art’s group.
AFFILIATIONS The Society of Western Artists, California Watercolor Association, Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Society,San Carlos Fine Art Association-Board member, Transparent Watercolor Society of America AWARDS Third award-Watercolor-Society of Western Artists-May/June 2009 Gallery Show Honorable Mention-San Carlos 2010 Gallery Show Special Award-Society of Western Artists April/May Show Second Award-Watercolor-Society of Western Artists 60th Annual Exhibition Society of Western Artists 2009, 2010, and 2011 Annual Gallery Show Society of Western Artists Oct/Nov, & Nov/Dec 2009 Gallery Shows Society of Western Artists Nov/Dec, Feb/Mar, & Apr/May 2010 Gallery Shows Society of Western Artists Feb/Mar, Apr/May, Oct/Nov, 2011 Gallery Show Third Award-Watercolor-Society of Western Artists Dec/ Jan 2011 Gallery Show First and Second place ribbons in 2011 San Mateo County Fair Third Place Best of Show-San Carlos 2011 Gallery Show First Place category C-Landscape/Seascape watercolor – San Carlos 2011 Gallery Show Accepted to the Kansas Watercolor Association National Exhibition 2011 Tom can be contacted at dtom37@att.net
SWA members exhibiting in the show: Alisan Andrews, Anneliese Drbal, John Barrows, Tom Chapman, Shirley Green, Dmitry Grudsky, Berni Jahnke SWA, Diana Jaye SWA, Evelyn Nitzberg, Linda Roth, Jane Henri Williams and judges, Sherry Vockel SWA, Decker Walker SWA, Suzanne Welch SWA
SWA's next member show: February 1- March 23, 2012
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