Watercolor Wisconsin 2011
December 11, 2011 - April 21, 2012
One of the Racine Art Museum’s most popular shows, Watercolor Wisconsin is a statewide competition organized by the museum annually since 1966. The exhibition takes a contemporary approach, while it emphasizes the possibilities inherent in painting on paper in a wide range of sizes and formats. Encouraged to experiment and explore all the possibilities of painting on paper, the artists in the show have created works as diverse as their own imaginations.
MORE ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Exhibition Catalogue
AWARDS
Memorial Purchase Awards
Richard Cape and Dr. Les Ericson Award
Harold E. Hansen, On the River Shannon, Althone, Ireland
Gordon “Corky” Christensen Award
Amy Arntson, Too Deep III
George Frederiksen Awards
Jeff Kosmala, Highway D Southern Wisconsin
Priscilla Weissenfluh, Stick Series #7
Judith Hartig-Osanka Award
Jean Crane, Untitled
Ruth Miles Awards
JoAnna Poehlmann, True Blue (Homage to Odilon Redon)
Susan M. Sorenson, Half Notes
Dale Olesen Award
Cary Hunkel, Focused
Donald Whyte Award
Edwin Kalke, Rock Art
First Award
Priscilla Weissenfluh, Stick Series #7
Second Award
Nancy Lamers, He Men
Third Award
Carolyn Gagliardi, After the Storm – 2011
Awards of Merit
Doug DeVinny, Desperate Measures
Nathan Mortensen, Vessel
Peggy Flora Zalucha, Cuttings on Funnies #8
Merchandise Awards
Robert W. Andersen, Hillside at Grandview
Amy Arntson, From a Far Point
Patrick Doughman, Not Another Trick!
Harold E. Hansen, On the River Shannon, Athlone, Ireland
Edwin Kalke, Rock Art
Brian McCormick, December 27th
Helen Napier, Untitled
Janet Roberts, The Shadow Knows
Susan M. Sorenson, Half Notes
Sandra Wagner, Justine (age 6) Holding Buckwheat
EXHIBITION EVENTS
Too Deep III, 2010
Transparent watercolor
Photography: Jon Bolton, Racine, WI
Half Notes, 2010
Acrylic, pastel, and metal collage
Photography: Jon Bolton, Racine, WI
Hillside at Grandview, 2010
Acrylic etching
Photography: Jon Bolton, Racine, WI
Not Another Trick!, 2011
Watecolor and tempera
Photography: Jon Bolton, Racine, WI
Justine (Age 6) Holding Buckwheat, 2011
Watercolor
Photography: Jon Bolton, Racine, WI
Cuttings on Funnies #8, 2010
Transparent watercolor and India ink
Photography: Jon Bolton, Racine, WI
Exhibiting Artists by Wisconsin Community: Appleton: Gary Hanks; Black Earth: Linda Koenig; Brookfield: Art Bartkowiak, Christine Buth-Furness, Julia McMurray, Jean Pascek, Janet Roberts; Cedarburg: Patrick Doughman, Bruce Hustad; Delavan: Sandra Willard; Fox Point: Noreen R. Cook; Germantown: Mary Boettcher, Arpik Weitzer; Glendale: Francisco Mora, Fred Stein; Grafton: Jean Crane; Greenville: Deborah VandenBloomer; Hartford: Harold E. Hansen; Hartland: Barbara Sorenson Rambadt; Kenosha: James Block, Carolyn Gagliardi, Helen Napier, John Terhardt, Jil Wilson; Lake Geneva: Carol Smith; Lake Mills: Amy Arntson; Lake Tomahawk: Joanne Nock Olsen; Madison: Cary Hunkel, Elizabeth Ivers, Brian McCormick, Cynthia Quinn, Mary Ann Simon; Marinette: Ernie Pleger, Mequon: Jan Effinger, Kappy Schwab, Phyllis Stuart-Jacobson; Milwaukee: Helga Hilbert-Robinson, Susan Leopold, Gene Mihleisen, Judith Gahn Murphy, Jeanne Nikolai Olivieri, JoAnna Poehlmann, Claudia Prehm, Diane Richards, George Ronsholdt, Leslie Vansen, Priscilla Weissenfluh; Monona: Trudi Theisen; Mount Horeb: Peggy Flora Zalucha; Oconomowoc: Marilu McCartney; Pewaukee: Mimi Ruff, Sandra Wagner; Pleasant Prairie: June Ambro; Racine: Robert W. Andersen, Jerrold Belland, Russell Bohn, Jane Cascio, Doug DeVinny, Deedee Dumont, Lisa Englander, Nancy Greenebaum, Edwin Kalke, Jeff Kosmala, Nathan Mortensen, Joyce Ottum, Kate Proeber, Lance Raichert, Susan M. Sorenson, Maria Varga-Hansen, Sue Wolff; Salem: Harry Wirth; Sheboygan: Gayle Meves; Shorewood: Johnna Papin; Sister Bay: Craig Blietz; Stevens Point: Tim Ginnett, Jeffrey Morin; Theresa: Nancy Lamers; Union Grove: Karen Woolley; Waterford: Norman Abplanalp; Waukesha: Charles F. Wickler; Wausau: Rita Crooks; Whitefish Bay: Anne Miotke; Whitewater: Linda Tump; Williams Bay: Lynne Railsback
This exhibition is made possible by: Presenting Sponsors – Karen Johnson Boyd and William B. Boyd, RAM Society Members, Jay Price Ruffo, S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. and Windgate Charitable Foundation; Gold Sponsors – Helen Bader Foundation, Inc., National Endowment for the Arts, Racine Community Foundation, Inc. and Racine United Arts Fund; Silver Sponsors – Cotsen Foundation for Academic Research, Osborne and Scekic Family Foundation, W.T. Walker Group, Inc. and Wisconsin Arts Board; Bronze Sponsors – Clifton Gunderson LLP, CNH America LLC, Educators Credit Union, Friends of Fiber Art International, In Sink Erator, Knight-Barry Title, Inc., Real Racine and Runzheimer Foundation
