Watercolour Society of WA Inc
Patron: Dr Ken Michael AC
November 2014
Newsletter 349
President’s Report
Hello everyone,
Last month I said that we had a few surprises in store for you next year—the biggest one is about the Big
Paintout. Through Annette, our Secretary, we have been approached by a community development and
promotions consultancy - Building Better Communities (www.buildingbettercommunities.com.au), who would like
to promote our Big Paintout as a result of seeing the quality and diversity of our paintings at our exhibitions.
Annette and I have had several meetings with BBC followed by a meeting with the committee two weeks ago and
we are really excited to tell you that the Big Paintout 2015 will be held at the Silver Jubilee Pavilion at Claremont
over the weekend of Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th May 2015.
The aim of this BPO is to promote watercolour painting, the Watercolour Society of WA and its members and to
give the people of Western Australia a watercolour experience to remember! To attract the general public along
we will hold Master Classes and demonstrations by some of the top watercolourists in Australia on the Saturday—
so far Tony Smibert, Joseph Zbukvic, Julie Goldspink and Ian de Souza have agreed to come here. Funding for
the event will be handled by BBC—this is what their business is all about and they contact the relevant
Government departments and sponsors for the necessary funding.
It will then be our turn on the Sunday—our members will hold their demonstrations and workshops in a similar
way that we have done before, with smaller demonstrations popping up all over to give the public plenty of things
to do! We will aim to invite and include local schools with the idea being that we need to involve the younger
generations and their teachers to introduce them to the very reasons that we all love the watercolour medium.
At the same time, we will hold an exhibition over the whole weekend for our members which will have a major
launch on the Saturday evening. There will also be an up-market craft fair held in another part of the pavilion and
places for people to have coffee, lunch etc.
Obviously this is only an overview of what is happening—we will be able to give you more details at the next
general meeting on Tuesday 18th November and in future Newsletters. There is a huge amount of planning and
organising to put into place, much of which will be handled by BBC. However, when it comes to “our bit” on the
Sunday, we will be looking for as many of you as possible to be a part of this and to help the BPO to become the
huge success that we know it will be. I believe this is the perfect opportunity for us to let the public see that our
own members are as talented as many of those in the Eastern States and its about time they got the recognition
they deserve!!
Coming back down to earth—last week 17 of us thoroughly enjoyed a week at the Lions Myalup Pines Cottages
near Harvey on our annual camp. We also welcomed 3 non-members (Marie Turner, Marion Power and Wendy
Giraudo) - we were very grateful to them for coming along because they helped to cover our costs for hiring all 7
cottages! We held a very enjoyable Melbourne Cup lunch in the hall that is part of the “village” and many happy
hours were spent painting on location at various places around Harvey. Because there is so much more to see
and do in and around Harvey, we have booked the Myalup Pines again for next year—but this time for the last
week in October so that we can make the most of each day we are down there! You can see a full report and
photos on page.....
Please don’t forget to let Annette know if you are coming to the Christmas Lunch on Tuesday, 9th December at
the Secret Garden in South Perth—we need to let them know our numbers.
Finally, as this is the last Newsletter for 2014, on behalf of the committee, I would like to wish all our members,
friends and families a very happy Christmas and a safe, exciting and prosperous New Year!
Sue Payne
“Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.” Pablo Picasso
Annual Camp 2014
June Bennett, Ray Eastwood and
Cass Gartner (taking the photo!)
found a lovely old cottage to paint.
The lovely setting at the Lions
Myalup Pines Cottages.
Margaret Jones, a
watercolourist from the Harvey
Art Society with Sue Payne
and Annette Wallman at the
fascinating Lemongrass Cafe.
Penny Maddison—painting the
river at Stirling Cottage.
Some of the locals were very
interested in some of the painting
techniques used.......
A view of the lovely gardens at
Stirling Cottage—a popular place to
paint.
This years camp was held from Sunday
2nd until Saturday 8th November at the
Lions Myalup Pines Cottages—a group
of 7 forestry workers cottages set in a
wooded area with a hall and plenty of local
wildlife. 17 of our members enjoyed this
lovely area - and our thanks go to Marion
Power, Marie Turner and Wendy Giraudo
for joining us to fill up the rooms!!
The friendly town of Harvey was only 8
minutes drive away and we were made to
feel especially welcome at the
Lemongrass Cafe, owned by artist Kevin
Francis, where we met several local artists
from the Harvey Art Society.
On Tuesday 4th November we had a
special Melbourne Cup lunch in the hall
where we watched the race and enjoyed a
wonderful lunch—smoked salmon,
chicken, caviar—a fitting feast for the
occasion and a great time was had by all.
Wendy Giraudo won the hat competition
with Annette Wallman 2nd and Paula
Quinn in 3rd place.
The cottages are booked again for next
year from Sunday 26th October to
Saturday 31st October—we visited quite a
few places but there is so much more to
see and do in the area.......
Sue P.
Aurelie Yeo, Beni Wright and
Bev Johnson enjoying a coffee
at Stirling Cottage.
It was good to catch up with
Fred Younger !
A typical view seen in Harvey...
The Yarloop Steam
Workshops—a haven
for still life and lovers of
all things rusty!
Marie Turner, Marion Power, Lucy Papalia and Fred
Younger painting the lovely views under the shade
2 of
the verandah. Many thanks to Aurelie Yeo’s friend, Don
Watts, for inviting us onto his farm to paint.
Annual Camp 2014
The Melbourne Cup lunch hats. Top
row left to right, Paula Quinn, Fred
Younger, Derrick Fitzpatrick, Annette
Wallman, Sandy Robertson, Meredith
Scull, Marion Power, Sue Payne, Front
row left to right, Lucy Papalia, Derek
Newton, Aurelie Yeo.
The lucky winners of the Melbourne
Cup Sweep—Marie Turner, Derrick
Fitzpatrick, Lucy Papalia and Wendy
Giraudo who got the donkey prize for
last place!
Even the lads entered the
hat competition—Derrick
Fitzpatrick, Derek Newton
and Fred Younger.
Hats Galore!
Everyone was a
winner at the
Melbourne Cup
lunch!
Second place—Annette
raided her paint box!
Wendy won first prize with her
fishing themed hat—complete with
net and painted boat and fish.
Third place was Paula’s
living gardening hat!
Left—top to bottom:
Marion Power
Bev Johnson
Beni Wright
The food was good too!
Christmas Lunch 2014
This year’s Christmas Lunch will be held at :
The Secret Garden, 64 Angelo Street,
South Perth
on Tuesday, 9th December at 12 o’clock.
Every year at the Christmas Lunch, each member brings along a hand-painted Christmas card and
envelope—they are all displayed and those present (or an unsuspecting passer-by!) vote on whichever
card they like best. This card is then sent to our Patron, Dr. Ken Michael and the winner receives a
small gift. The remaining cards are placed in a box and each member who brought a card, picks
another out of the box to keep.
Its another good way to wind down at the end of the
year—and to get to know your fellow members.
Please sign the list at the next meeting or contact
Annette Wallman 9284 1074
[email protected]
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Member News
Just recently Richard Hardwick’s wife, Jessica, had a kidney removed.
Richard is proving to be a first-class nurse and carer and we are very
pleased to hear that Jessica is well on the road to recovery. So much
so that she has penned an amusing ditty which we just had to share
Kidney Ode by Jessica Hardwick
(with apologies to Pam Ayres)
I ‘ad a little kidney, i’ve ‘ad it all me life
....and I am ‘ere to tell you, it’s caused a lot of strife
And I am ‘ere to tell you, tell you without a doubt
I’m going to be mooch better, ‘cause I’ve ‘ad the booger out!!
In other member news, congratulations to Richard Bristow who won “Alcoa
Acquisitive prize” at Boddington and to Jillian Brown who won “Schlam Acquisitive prize” at
Boddington as well as winning 2nd prize “People’s choice. A good weekend for our members
Sorry for the slightly late news, but we wanted to share that Lois French also won at
Cockburn, she received a “ Highly commended” for her artwork. In addition Richard Bristow
had the Cockburn Council purchase one of his paintings and the Mayor of Cockburn bought
a painting from Richard as well.
Next Meeting
DATE :
TIME :
Tuesday, 18th November Rotary Hall, Sandgate St, South Perth
9.30 am exchange of books, DVDs, videos from the library
10.00 am Meeting commences.
GUEST HOUR: Our presentation this week features Valerie Parker. She will share with us the
History of the Watercolour Society which she has been compiling into a wonderful book for the
society. Valerie will also bring along some of her private collection of artworks by watercolour
members from years gone by. These works are extremely interesting and inspiring.
We will have a brief intro from Judith Eleuteri and her Husband who have recently taken over HU
Kendall & Co Stationery and Art Supplies. Judith is keen to let our members know about the
products relating to watercolour they have available. She will bring samples and brochures for us
to look at.
Contacts
NAME
EMAIL
PHONE
President
Susan Payne
[email protected]
9405 8564
0402 521 144
Vice President
Website Manager
Susan Moss
[email protected]
9371 8825
040 908 6694
Secretary
Annette Wallman
[email protected]
9284 1074
040 929 0695
Postal Address
27 University Avenue Churchlands WA 6108
Treasurer
Derek Newton
[email protected]
9405 2824
0477 026 403
11 Huntsville Court
Wanneroo 6065
Newsletter Editor
Alice Pfau
[email protected]
Website
www.watercolourswa.org.au
0409 527 447
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THANK YOU !!
The Watercolour Society of WA wishes to sincerely thank the following for
their generosity as sponsors of this exhibition.
Bob & Sabrina
Maumill
Shop 2/ 290 South Street,
Hilton WA 6163
Ph: 9314 1201
[email protected]
www.admiralprinting.com
Sandie Schroder
WA Sales and Art Material Specialist
Office: 08 9293 3033 Mobile: 0410 456 532
Email: [email protected]
www.artscene.com.au
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