A BIG thank-you to Beth Shadur for her very educational and inspiring presentation at our October meeting. Beth shared with the group many interesting techniques along with some motivating ways to capture life’s spirit with art. 
Oak Brook Public Library, 600 Oak Brook Road, Oak Brook, IL 60523
Saturday, October 7, 2017. 10 AM – 12 PM
Guest Artist Beth Shadur
Beth Shadur is an artist who has exhibited widely in solo and group exhibitions in the United States and abroad, including at the Art Institute of Chicago; the Drawing Center in New York City; the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers, NY; the Butler Institute of Art in Youngstown, Ohio; and at the Colorado Springs Art Museum, Colorado Springs, CO. She has created over 150 large public murals as public, private and community art projects in both the United States and Great Britain. She is an Artist-in-Education for the Illinois Arts Council in Chicago, IL. She has taught and served as a visiting artist at many colleges and universities, including Northwestern University, Evanston, IL; Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville, MO; and as a visiting artist and scholar at Paradise Valley Community College in Scottsdale, AZ. Shadur’s work appears in many publications, books and catalogues, including Twentieth Century Watercolors, Abbeville Press; The Special Unit, Barlinnie Prison, Its Evolution Through Art, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, Scotland; Community Murals: The People’s Art, Associated University Press, NJ; and Art and Cartography, Art Institute of Chicago. Her mural work in Barlinnie Prison, Glasgow, Scotland is included in the archives of the Peoples Palace Museum in Glasgow.
Non-Members are welcome to attend. FREE to all.
Oak Brook Public Library, 600 Oak Brook Road, Oak Brook IL,
For more information please contact: IWS Meeting Chair,
dan at dandanielson.com
Bill Bartlett was the featured artist at our August meeting. Bill’s dynamic, loose painting style took us on a fanciful downtown tour to the Chicago River. His painting captured the strength and texture of one of the many classic bridges on the river. Thanks Bill.
From the energy and drama of the great American city to the romance of the Italian hill towns, from the back roads of the Midwest to the Plains of Thrace, Bill Bartelt’s watercolors showcase his unique perspective and a lifetime of observation.
Bill began his professional career as an art director and designer for the stage, film and television. Over the years he nurtured his love of watercolor painting and studied with the late master Irving Shapiro, AWS. of the American Academy of Art. Bartelt at first applied his skills as a painter in service to his design work, developing watercolor renderings as scenic designs.
Gradually he began showing his work as pure art, and along the way MGM tapped Bartelt to provide Minnie Driver’s watercolor paintings for her film “Return to Me.” Since then, his paintings have been seen in a number of other films, and have also found an audience among avid collectors.
Join us at The Oak Brook Public Library for IWS members’ meetings for socializing, painting demonstrations by nationally recognized artists and educational lectures on materials and all things watercolor. The Oak Brook Public Library located on 31st Street, just west of York Road.
Non-Members are welcome to attend. FREE to all.
Oak Brook Public Library, 600 Oak Brook Road, Oak Brook IL,
For more information please contact: IWS Meeting Chair,
dan at dandanielson.com
At the June meeting, Michael Ireland gave a demo that literally filled the room. The demo had everything needed for a powerful painting. Mike combined fresh bold color, confident big brush strokes, dynamic design, AND SIZE. The result was BIG and exciting.
On Saturday, March 25, internationally known watercolorist Ratindra Das presented a wonderful demo at The Oak Brook Public Library for a group of over 30 IWS members and library patrons. His fluid, confident style, and casual teaching method inspired many to return home and paint with a better understanding of how to achieve success in our challenging medium.
The DuPage Art League and Rolling Thunder Illinois Ch1 are partnering to offer six (6) scholarships for art classes to disabled veterans. The league will give scholarships for the actual classes and Rolling Thunder is donating monies to purchase the supplies needed for the classes. Any disabled veterans interested in applying for a class can call the league at 630-653-7090 or visit the school and gallery at 218 West Front Street in Wheaton between 9 and 5 Mon. to Fri. and 9 to 2 on Sat.
Good WATERCOLOR EXHIBIT coming up. Norris Cultural Center and Gallery, St Charles, IL. March 6 – Apr 7. Artist reception and awards presentation March 26, at 2 p.m.
A Super THANK-YOU to Phyllis Kozlowski for her excellent demonstration at the IWS October meeting. She took us to Italy’s Amalfi Coast with an expressive watercolor of a coastal town showing the classic architecture and beautiful rocky cliffs.
Thank you to Jeanne Clohisy for an inspiring demo of a cool, winter, wooded landscape at the August meeting. Jeanne’s spontaneous style of tree shadows across new fallen snow was very refreshing on a warm Saturday in August.