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Realism Through Design
John Salminen, NWS, AWS-DF
July 9-13, 2012 / $650
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About the Workshop
In this new offering, John will share his approach to painting the urban scene in watercolor. John will help participants in all aspects of painting a representational cityscape or town scene - choosing the subject, adding mood and creating emotional content, lighting the scene for dramatic effect, using photo reference in a meaningful way and most importantly, strengthening and enhancing representational painting through design. The workshop will include demonstrations, critiques and lots of one-on-one individual help. Whether you've never tried painting cityscapes or are an experienced urban painter, this workshop will be an invaluable opportunity to gain new painting insights.
About the Artist
John is a signature member of numerous art societies, including the American Watercolor Society, the National Watercolor Society, The Watercolor USA Honor Society, the Transparent Watercolor Society of America, Allied Artist and Watercolor West. He has been honored with Master Status in TWSA and inclusion in the American Watercolor Society's Dolphin Fellowship. He is an honorary member of the Jiangsu Watercolor Research Institute in China.
John has won more than 195 awards in national and international exhibitions, including the AWS Gold Medal in both 2006 and 2010 and the Silver Star First Place Award in the National Watercolor Society Exhibition in both 2005 and 2011. He was awarded the Silver Medal With Honor by Allied Artists in 2009 and the Gold Medal of Honor in 2011 and the Shanghai Zhoujiajiao International Biennial Award in 2010. He has been an invited artist in nine international watercolor exhibitions in various parts of China and in Taiwan. John was invited to China in April to receive the Biennial award for the Shanghai Zhujiajiao International Biennial and was again invited to China in August to represent the United States in the Lushan International Watercolor Festival. His work is included in the permanent collections of the Asian Museum of Watercolor Art, the Guanhua Watercolor Art Gallery and Museum in China and the Armenian Art Museum.
John's work has been featured in many national and international magazines and books, most recently in the French book L'Art de L'Aquarelle Le Livre, Art Journey America Landscapes and in the current Splash. He is listed in Who's Who in American Art and in Who's Who in America.
John is represented by the American Legacy Gallery in Kansas City, the San Marino Gallery in Pasadena and the Newmann Saunders Gallery in Wayne, PA.
Link: www.johnsalminen.com
