JUDGE’S STATEMENT
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The WSA Online Exhibition for 2011 is a fine collection
of outstanding artwork. While there are a variety of
approaches, styles and subjects, all of the work is of
excellent quality.
I was particularly impressed with the level of pictorial
design and the use of color throughout all of the
paintings. There is a definite mastery of the medium on
display here.
It has been an honor for me to review and judge this
exhibit. As watercolor artists, we all share in a grand
heritage. In the western world, it was American artists
who elevated watercolor from a method of sketching to a
way of producing finished paintings. Whenever we touch a
paper with watercolor, we are celebrating something of
that heritage. We are working in the medium of such
masters as Sargent, Homer and Wyeth.
Paul Sullivan
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