Central Coast Watercolour Society’s (CCWS) Easter Exhibition will be held at Gosford Regional Gallery from April 14-27.
Formed in 1985 as not-for-profit organisation entirely run by volunteers, CCWS has grown into a large and enthusiastic group of artist and art lovers.
The group’s aim is to encourage and promote the arts through watercolour and related media with discussions, demonstrations, lectures and workshops by professional artists.
Two annual exhibitions are held for members to display and promote their work.
The Easter Exhibition will feature over 100 framed paintings and more than 1000 unframed and hand painted cards, with all art works being original watercolours.
There will be up to 40 exhibitors with a variety of themes including landscapes, portraits and abstracts in a variety of subject matters.
Each year a featured artist is invited to display his or her work and donate a painting as a raffle prize for the exhibition and this year’s featured artist is Judith Hoste.
“I have been painting since 1981 and teaching and exhibiting from 1985,” Hoste said.
“I work in oils, watercolours, acrylics and pastels and tutor in these mediums.
“In 1985 after teaching for the Amber Arts Gallery, Umina Beach for a year, I became co-owner of the Gallery with my husband.
“I have been a member of the Central Coast Art Society since 1984 and was elected President in 2016.”
Having studied the various mediums with well-known teachers, Hoste also undertook a painting trip to Lucignano, Italy, in 2014
“I teach regularly and tutor workshops for various Central Coast art societies and in 2015 was invited to take a group to Norfolk Island for en-plein air tutoring,” she said.
“I have my work represented in the UK, USA, New Zealand, South Africa, North Korea, Norway and Sweden (but) the most outstanding of all the awards was winning the Scone Art Prize in 2009 with a pastel entry.”
With COVID-19 severely impacting the society in the past two years, its last Spring Exhibition was cancelled
Over the last couple of years COVID has significant impact on the operations of the Society and our last Spring Exhibition, along with various other exhibitions, workshops and lectures.
To be staged in the Community Gallery, the Easter Exhibition will be open from 9:30am-4pm daily.
Visitors can try their hand at free watercolour sessions on Saturday and Sunday, April 16 and 17, from 1pm-4pm in Studio 2.
Source:
Media release, Mar 12
Central Coast Watercolour Society