Three Artists
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Artists Out and About.

A report of three of our AWS artists and their successes.

Kathy Byrne

Kathy Byrne's painting "Through the Windows" was accepted into the Northwest Watercolor Society's 2026 Annual Waterworks Membership Exhibition. Juror Michael Solovyev selected her artwork to be one of 75 paintings featured in this exhibition. Waterworks enjoys great success attracting participation from both the U.S. and international members. This exhibition had 272 artists submitting 536 paintings. She has also been selected over the years to be in their International Juried Shows.

Kathy earned her Signature Membership in the California Watercolor Association (CWA) in 2015 and her Master Signature Membership in 2022.

Kathy has lived in Oakmont for 20 years and is a member of the Oakmont Art Association serving as the Show Chairman of our annual art show the last few years.

"Through the Windows" Kathy Byrne

Larry Cannon:

How did you get started and then develop your career?

Larry: I was initially inspired by Saturday morning PBS watercolor programs and then by a book by Australian watercolorist Robert Wade. Fully hooked, I devoured multiple plein air painting videos by David Curtis and Joseph Zbukvic.

After that, I learned much more and built my career around painting in over forty plein air juried events including Sonoma, Carmel, Sedona, Telluride, Estes Park and the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association Invitational, and by challenging myself by exhibiting with predominantly oil painters in the California Art Club, Laguna Plein Air Painters Association and the Society of Marine Artist.

To see more of Larry's work, visit:

Website

Jim Oswald:

Jim Oswald Filoli Tulips Photography

Jim Oswald Luna Moth Scanner

Jim Oswald:

Jim Oswald's Photographic 60 print exhibition is presently on view in the lobby of the Oaks Restaurant and the card room of the Central Activities Center until the end of May.

This exhibition is a kaleidoscope of color, nature and creativity. At the heart of Jim's work is an explosion of brilliant color, complex patterns and wondrous contrasts. Each photograph is an invitation to pause, observe, and rediscover nature in all its profound beauty.

Jim especially enjoys turning ordinary images such as oaks (Japanese Woodcut), geraniums (Navigating the Maelstrom), and suiseki stones (the Suiseki Island Series), into another visual world of awareness.

Jim enjoys reading all comments and feedback, and can be reached at Oswaldjim66@gmail.com.

Amanda Rose Hopkins Artist

707-806-7133

https://artofnature.me

Amanda gave us a wonderful demo of her ways of producing texture in paintings, ranging from found objects, dirt, seaweed, acrylic ink, acrylic medium, to tissue paper, collage and linen to produce fine art abstract paintings on wood panels, or canvas.

Her classes start this Thursday so sign up soon by contacting her at the phone number above or via her website above.