RIWS Presents:
Blooms: An Open Juried Show
Open to all artists in the US!
Juror: Bill Lane www.billlanewatercolors.com
Exhibition Dates: April 20th - May 24th
Opening Reception: April 27th at 1pm
Pick Up Date: May 24th
Return Shipping: May 24th - June 15th
Theme: This show will embrace the feeling of spring, when flowers are blooming and things begin growing and changing again. This could be interpreted more literally as paintings of flowers or could be more abstract/evocative. We would also love to see pieces that showcase "blooms," the popular watermedia technique of dropping pigment or water into another wet area, though it is not a requirement.
ACCEPTED ENTRIES:
| First Name | Last Name | Title | Medium | Hieght | Width | Price |
| Lori | Aberg | Simple Beauty | Watercolor | 16.5" | 13.5" | 150 |
| Michele | Berardo | Blooms on Rue Mouffetard | Watercolor | 15.5" | 14.5" | 450 |
| Evelyn | Bernal | Friends | Watercolor | 22" | 30" | 2000 |
| Evelyn | Bernal | Backyard Garden | Watercolor | 22" | 30" | 2000 |
| Patricia | Bisshopp | Rain Forest Flowers | Watercolor | 9" | 12" | 145 |
| Ingeborg | Bodzioch | Flower Pots in Spring | Acrylic on canvas | 16" | 20" | 300 |
| Sarah | Campbell | Heartbeat City | Watercolor and ink | 10" | 10" | 200 |
| Florence | Como | Cosmos | Watercolor | 16" | 16" | 595 |
| Debbie | Crawford | Red Tulip | Watercolor | 22" | 15" | 1200 |
| Debbie | Crawford | Muscari | Watercolor | 20" | 16" | 800 |
| Gina | Croce | Coming Up Roses | Watercolor | 15" | 22" | 2200 |
| Anne | Crown-Cyr | Garden Variety | Watercolor | 10.5" | 14.5" | 485 |
| Anne | Crown-Cyr | Lavender Clematis | Watercolor | 10" | 13.75" | 750 |
| Annie | Dong | Two Parrots | Acrylic | 36" | 12" | NFS |
| Marcus | Fields | Fireworks Before | Risograph print | 8.5" | 11" | 80 |
| Karen | Fitzgerald | Vase Reflections | Watercolor on Yupo | 13" | 11" | 375 |
| Karen | Fitzgerald | Checkered Cloth | Watercolor | 22" | 14" | 750 |
| Nina | Friedman | Flowers, Flowers, Blooming | Acrylic and watercolor with Japanese paper on canvas | 18" | 18" | 500 |
| Angela | Gaffney-Smith | Poppy Party | Watercolor | 22" | 22" | 800 |
| Janice | Gallinger | Sunny Day | Gouache | 22" | 20" | 500 |
| Rebecca | Ganz | Sunflowers | Watercolor | 15" | 18" | 400 |
| Lisa | Gregory | Humus Diversitas | Acrylic on canvas | 18" | 24" | 430 |
| Charles | Hildebrandt | Ashwaganda | Acrylic on canvas | 30" | 20" | 2200 |
| Melissa | Hughes | Marsh Mallows II | Watercolor - wood black print | 10" | 6.5" | NFS |
| Lori | Jeremiah | Parrot and Hibiscus | Watercolor and pastels | 20" | 16" | 375 |
| Lori | Jeremiah | Hibiscus | Watercolor | 12" | 9" | 325 |
| Gina | Judy | Wild' Roses | Watermedia (watercolor, acrylics, watercolor pencils, gouache) | 26.25" | 20.25" | 475 |
| Gina | Judy | Vase Of Wild Flowers | Alcohol ink onYupo | 32.25" | 26.25" | 500 |
| Susan | Klas Wright | My Heart Sings Spring! | Gouache and watercolor | 17" | 20" | 500 |
| Tamara | Krendel | Opening Event or Red Geraniums | Watercolor | 12" | 10" | 1200 |
| Ashley | Larson | Delicate | Pen and ink | 17" | 14" | 350 |
| David | Larson | Natural Artifice (Perpetual Spring) | Alcohol ink marker | 10.5" | 13.5" | 600 |
| David | Larson | Quiescent | Acrylic | 6" | 6" | 175 |
| Betsey | MacDonald | It's Not Easy Being Green | Oil | 24" | 12" | 500 |
| Donna | Mazzone | Peony 1 | Watercolor | 14" | 11" | 200 |
| Lidia | Mikhaylova | Dandelions | Paint on silk | 24" | 18" | 850 |
| Lidia | Mikhaylova | Lust for Life - Poppies | Paint on silk | 28" | 28" | 750 |
| Lidia | Mikhaylova | Spring Equinox - Crocus | Paint on silk | 28" | 28" | 750 |
| Donna | Mohan | Dahlia Dreams | Acrylics, fabric & thread (free motion stitching) on canvas | 24" | 24" | 450 |
| Nicole | OBrien | Aqua Bloom Irises | Watercolor | 20" | 16" | 425 |
| Mary L. | Peng | Whimsical Evolution: Lived, Living, Beyond | Fine art print | 8" | 10" | NFS |
| Michelle | Peterlin | Kaleidoscope Spring | Acrylic on canvas | 24" | 28" | 2000 |
| Michelle | Peterlin | New Harmony Irises | Acrylic on canvas | 24" | 36" | 2000 |
| Michelle | Peterlin | Poppy Tapistry | Acrylic on canvas | 40" | 30" | 2000 |
| Claire | Pongonis | Magnolia | Oil pastel | 3.5" | 5" | 300 |
| Megan | Rahm | Lash Magic | Marker and colored pencil on card stock | 14" | 11" | 150 |
| Karen | Romani | Opening Act | Watercolors | 14" | 14" | 450 |
| Karen | Romani | Awakening | Watercolor | 10" | 8" | 200 |
| Rebecca | Rothey | Sunflowers | Watercolor | 19" | 15" | 350 |
| Sarah | Sammis | Purple Daisy | Watercolor | 10" | 10" | 100 |
| Ruth | Saunders | Word Bloom | Mixed media/collage | 10" | 10" | 60 |
| Richard | Scruggs | Tabernacle Bloom | Watercolor | 13" | 10" | 200 |
| David | Smith | Plein Air, Cherry Blossoms at UW, 3-4:30pm, 3.18-19.24 | Watercolor | 26" | 40" | 6000 |
| Jacquelyn | Stein | Delicious Dogwood | Watercolor | 16" | 23" | 850 |
| Mary | Taylor | Fuchsias | Pastel | 10" | 7.5" | 5000 |
| Mariko | Toyama | Lily in Pink | Watercolor | 16" | 20" | NFS |
| Kurt | VanDexter | Joe Pye and Sassafrass | Acrylic | 9" | 28" | NFS |
| Margaret | Voit | A Peaceful Bouquet | Watercolor | 23" | 19" | 200 |
| Leslie | Wardrop | Show Off | Watercolor | 20" | 16" | 300 |
| Sharon | Whitham | Lush Life | Printmaking, monotype collage | 16" | 12" | 1200 |
| Emily | Wilker | Cover Crop | Watercolor, gouache, and acrylic on ink on watercolor paper | 15" | 15" | 1495 |
| Mary | Wojciechowski | Spring Gifts | Watercolor | 9" | 12" | 500 |
| Mary | Wojciechowski | Sprouting Up | Alcohol ink | 13" | 6" | 450 |
| Vivian | Zoe | Juniper Cottage June 2021 | Oil on board | 28" | 19" | 750 |