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New Work on Website!
I hope you'll take a look at my new work I've added to my website since my last newsletter. See this one under Flowers and Still Lifes:

"Yellow Poinsettia" 15 x 11 Watercolor

Question Answered:
In my December newsletter, I told you that I'd address some questions I'm asked frequently, especially if you weren't able to attend my annual Open Studio and ask me questions yourself. One I get asked often is, "How do you decide what to paint?" That is a tough one, because it has many answers depending on what day it is or how I feel that day! The one common thread, though, is that every painting I do starts with an idea. It could be that I'm dying to try out a new color and see what it will do ("Yellow Poinsettias" was painted partly because of this), but most often it's the idea of how the light plays on different things in the landscape (the other reason for "Yellow Poinsettias" - the beautiful light and shadows on them when I set them up outdoors). It could be that seeing another artist's work in a magazine reminds me of photos I took on a trip and I dig them out to revisit them and get totally excited about painting one of them; it could be driving down a road in Rocky Mountain National Park, which I do often, and notice the light hitting some aspens like I've never seen it do before; it could be driving down the same kind of road in the cold months there and seeing the light coming from behind some snow covered pine trees and just HAVING to try and capture this on canvas...the list goes on and on. If I get so excited when I see something like this that I want to jump out of the car, I just know I have to paint this! I believe that without a connection or emotion behind what I paint, I'm just painting a thing to be painting it. So, I try not to do that. And, I try my best to keep the idea or emotion I want to convey first in my mind while painting. In next month's newsletter, I'll answer another frequently asked question, or, I'd love for you to email me a question to address!

"Outdoor Seating in Arles" 15x11 Watercolor

Calling all Watercolorists!

Watercolor Workshops Coming Up:

Landscape and Architectural - Watercolor

Date: March 1-2, 2022 IN PERSON

Time: 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Sponsored by: Visual Arts Society of Texas (VAST)

Location: Patterson-Appleton Art Center, 400 E. Hickory, Denton, TX

Fee: $175 (VAST members); $210 (non-members)

Contact Jo Williams with questions: 940-453-0817, email texjo@msn.com Read full description here

Landscape: Watercolor abstract designs with 3 water-soluble value pencils and translating them into small, sketchbook-sized realistic watercolor paintings

Date: August 9, 2022 (one day) IN PERSON

Time: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Sponsored by: Art Center of Estes Park

Location: 517 Big Thompson Ave., #245, Estes Park, Colorado

Fee: $67.50 (Art Center members); $75 (non-members)

A full description of the class will be on the Art Center's website in March, where you can sign up for the class!

Landscape (focusing on depth) and Floral - Watercolor

Dates: October 18-19, 2022 IN PERSON

Time: TBA

Sponsored by: Society of Watercolor Artists (SWA), Ft. Worth, Texas

Location: St. John's Episcopal Church, Ft. Worth, Texas

Complete details including fee and description will be on my website soon.

Contact: Shirley Nichols 817-247-9091 Email: senichols@flash.net

"Wild Basin Aspens"

"Tuxedo Park Cascades"

"Winters Soul"

I'm honored to have been chosen by the large organization, National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society (NOAPS) to be one of their artists in the Mentorship Program they are starting. I'm in very good company, and so grateful to be selected from their Signature and Master Signature Members!

"Snowy Retreat" Watercolor

Mary Williams Fine Arts in Boulder, Colorado, is sponsoring a new exhibit, "GIVE BACK" from February 1-28th. The exhibit will be entirely online and will support the relief effort for the Marshall Fire Tragedy which happened in Boulder County. I have submitted two paintings for "Give Back," one of which is pictured on the left. Go to Mary Williams web site to see the show.

"Tag-Along"

My watercolor, "Tag-Along," was selected to be in the Equestrian Feature in the March/April Collector's Issue of Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine by editor, Peter Trippi. Those of you who are very familiar with my work know that I don't paint a lot of cowboys and horses, so I'm extra excited about this honor!

I want to thank all of you for taking the time to read my newsletter! I appreciate your support of my work, and that keeps me wanting to go on creating paintings. I love to paint, and it helps for you to be out there sharing my enthusiasm!

Warm regards,

Cecy