Congratulations to Pat Conroy who’s painting “Ajah’s” was accepted into the 2010 Watercolor Art Society of Houston’s 33rd International Show. Her work was one of 100 artist’s paintings to be accepted out of 466 entries. The show was juried by nationally known watercolorist Frank Webb.

The Annual Exhibition will be on display at the WAS-H Gallery from March 6^th to April 9^th with the opening reception on March 12^th from 6:00-8:00pm. Awards will be presented at 7 pm. The Gallery is located at Alabama and Mandell in Houston, TX.

Conroy is an Elite Signature Status member of WAS-H and a member of Kingwood Art Society.

Christina Taylor, a first year student at Lone Star College, Kingwood, was awarded The Paul McCarty Art Award scholarship by the Kingwood Art Society for 2009-2010.

  In her application, Taylor stated, “I put my best into every piece I create. In order to challenge myself against what I already know, I try new mediums, styles and techniques. I try to imitate styles of my favorite illustrators in order to learn from their work. I’ve recently dabbled in abstract art, although I believe my gift is in realism.” Her dream is to create character and background concepts for the film industry and to become a successful illustrator. She says “I’ve always loved art from a young age and believe that is where my love for illustration came in. Now that I’m older, I want to create my own stories, characters, and my own vision of the images that I fell in love with as a child for children to enjoy today.”

The KAS scholarship judges were Pat Conroy, Linda Hamilton and Sheila Bridges. There were three finalists and Bridges said “We were impressed with Christina for several reasons, she had an extensive display with different art styles and mediums for us to see. The work was strong and she was already showing evidence of her own emerging art style. We felt that she shows real promise to be a success.

Taylor was accompanied to the awards ceremony held at Kingwood Suites by her parents, Steve and Sandy Taylor and one of her art professors, Mari Omori.

  The scholarship is awarded annually by KAS.

Christina Taylor Shows Some Of Her Work

 

Here are the artists who placed in the 2009 KAS Fall Show

Go here to read the article about Kingwood Art Society artist Debra Latham. She was featured in a story written by Suzanne Buckland on October 22. A slideshow of paintings  was also included. Congratulations Debra!

Anne Treadwell won the St. Cuthbert's Mill Merchandise Award at the annual  Watercolor Art Society-Houston Membership show held in October. The show was judged by Jan Fabian Wallake and the paintings will hang in the WASH-H gallery all of the month of October. Anne will get to make her choice of 30 sheets of Waterford paper worth $200. Anne said "I have often thought how great it would be not to have to worry about messing up the paper because it costs so much. Maybe this will free me up a bit! I was very, very happy and excited."

Congratulation to Linda Dumas!  Her work titled 'A Tuesday Thing' will be shown in The 2009 18th Annual ISEA exhibit at The Banana Factory http://www.bananafactory.org in Bethlehem, PA August 26 to October 2. Go here to see Linda's art.

Congratulations to our very own Shirley Quaid for being juried into the "Oil Painters of America"

Sally Kullman was recently juried into the 2009 Watercolor Art Society of Houston's International Show with her painting "The Pensive Senorita"

Congratulations to all of these Kingwood Art Society Members!