Six Bridges Watercolor Group Exhibition
Our group works primarily in watercolor, but members also explore other water based media. We meet regularly, primarily on “Zoom” to share ideas, discuss our work, and to encourage pursuit of personal and collective artistic growth.
Our influences include artists we admire and respect such George Post, Eliot O’Hara, Edward Hopper, Paul Klee, Georgia O’Keeffe, Charles Demuth, Mary Cassatt, Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, Andrew Wyeth, Joaquin Sorolla and Robert Wade. You can usually see some of their influences in our work.
Our current exhibition, “Arkansas State of Mind,” is made up of our collective and individual painting explorations. Central to this idea and our work, is that however varied our efforts, they are also always part of imagining and abstracting from human experience and expression. This exhibition focuses on our work in water based media and embodies the qualities of water. Its fluidity, transparency and its ubiquity make it a subtle and difficult partner. We work individually exploring our personal visions and collectively to share in the expansive, varied and unpredictable results from our common starting point.
We are as varied as our influences, and this provides “dynamic tension” both in our discussions and in our work.
Six Bridges Watercolor Group: Stephen Lanford, Laura Powers, Kaye Ridings, Kathy Kemp, Suzzette Patterson, Rita Friend, Sage Arnold, Cheryl Hughes, Beth Darr, Joyce Steen, Marsha Pratt, Bonnie Moody, Andrea Kielpinski, Kim Perkins
This is the primary location of the William F. Laman Public Library.
