Hangar Aquarellistas Top Act during "Route des Arts"

The Route des Arts is an initiative of the 'Pôle Touristique'  in our area, to promote the arts and the artists with all the member-cities and -villages, in several ways - open ateliers, animations, concours and exhibitions of local artists. La Roquette is this years' host village - and the opening ceremony will be in the "Maison des Associations" in La Roquette... And then:

This weekend, on 9 and 10 July, the Aquarellistas of the Hangar (Liz Douglas, Sandra Seymour-Dale, Carol Fischer, Tricia Bennett, Edith Alborni, Brenda Moorhouse, Patience Devas, Sylvie Morlière, Cathie van der Stel and Marina Kulik) fill the Maison des Associations with their very best beautiful watercolours! 

On Saturday from 12.30 and Sunday from 10am we will be delighted to see you and show and explain our work! 

It will be a colourful and interesting combination of styles, with several themes and subjects - but bound visually by that attractive and poetic transparency of the aquarelle paint!

The address:

Place José Thomas
La Roquette sur Siagne

Aquarelle - Tuesdays from 2 - 4.30pm with Marina Kulik

The aquarellistas are back to working hard (and smart), helped by verveine, cookies, music and just a tiny sip of pink champagne! Our theme du jour was 'beaches'! Here are some of the -excellent-  results, and notice how different the subject is represented in the results:

 Carribbean hammock by Rita - our new girl! She has talent that's for sure. 

It will be finished tomorrow - can't wait to see the result!

 Avril started with the 'Transat' and a reflection of the clouds in the sea. 

Though not at all finished, it is already super interesting!

This is such a strong piece - by Sandra. Also a beach, but a completely different take. Love it!

 Brenda started the happy beach chairs with dunes in the background.

Painted in her lively and lovely style - we're looking forward to seeing it finished

This is Christiane's practice watercolour, she will make another one with the same scenery plus 2 kids climbing the fallen palmtree... Great and serious way of working! And very promising already...

 This is Bev's. You may have guessed, because it really is her style. Happy chairs for everyone!!

Tricia hasn't been in France for a while - and came back with a vengeance!!! What a su-perb beach... Note that there is still a lot of masking fluid in this painting, it will look even more interesting when that is rubbed off and replaced with other colours or left white...

Liz works on a painting that is related to the beach - the marina next to it... Still lots of masking on that one, but with these colour combinations not much can go wrong, brilliant!

Superduper soda bottles by Edith (to take with you to the beach?)

 A typical endeavour for Cathie: a lot of delicate robin's eggs in a very fine little basket with loads of detail... Only Cathie dares to start this - and be confident that she'll finish it too!!!

EXHIBITION AQUARELLES IN CHATEAU DES DEMOISELLES

Until 14 January 2015, the watercolours of the Aquarellista group will be on display in the lovely Chateau des Demoiselles! We did our best to create an interesting combination of small and larger works.

 Liz and Tricia putting up paintings

Chateau des Demoiselles is in La Motte in the Var, a one-hour drive from the Hangar. We can recommend a visit, a walk through the vineyards and a winetasting there! It is really worthwhile - and their wines are excellent! They are also enthusiastic promotors of art, that's why they organise exhibitions on a regular basis.

Visit their site for more information: http://www.chateaudesdemoiselles.com/

 

We would love to see you on our opening night, Friday 26 September, from 6 - 8 pm.

A wonderful opportunity to check out our artwork, have some wonderful nibbles and last but not least sample the quality wines of the chateau!

The Exhibitors are:

Agnès McLaughlin, Anna-Karin Fast, Beverly Ellsley, Cathie van der Stel, Constanza Rock, Elia B., Liz Douglas, Marina Kulik, Mieke van Papen, Orjan Rinnert, Pauline Bull, Sandra Seymour-Dale and Tricia Bennett!

Aquarelle Tuesdays 2 - 4.30pm with Marina Kulik

 Last weeks number one cute is Elia's Snow Fox pup. Melt...

And next, three potentials for our expo in Chateau des Demoiselles by Bev:

 Happy couple on the beach

 Clown fish

Seagulls

 Unfinished but already gorgeous cork-work by Cathie

Shiny Cina by Liz

 Our new mate Maryse, who has painted before but never in watercolours, worked quickly through the exercises and then produced this wonderful abstract - in her favourite colours...

Tricia created a very lively and light bunch of flowers, with the help of salt, paint and a lot of water...

 And in the meantime in Sweden... Orjan is working with watercolours as well, thinking of us - and now has his illustration published in the newspaper:

Magpie with cherries by Orjan

Aquarelle - Tuesdays from 2 - 4.30pm with Marina Kulik

RENTREE!

And we're back (with a vengeance I might add) and it was so good to work together again... Of course we're extra motivated as the exhibition in Chateau des Demoiselles comes closer!

I brought a bowl of homegrown fruits and nuts, and ingredients for 'Infused Water'. The results are impressive!!

1. HOMEGROWN FRUITS: 

 

An impression by Tricia, our own Shirley Trevana

 a little still life with great colours by Liz

A minimalist view on the figs & leaves by Constanza...

 ...and the big-brush version by Anna-Karin...

2. INFUSED WATER

 Visitor Renate (first time aquarelle!) created a fab suggestion of 'glass jar' with fruit & water!

It is clear that she has talent

 Patience is a sculptor who visited for once and has her own style. She painted the glass in her typical impressionist way, I love it!

On the other side of the spectrum, another future masterpiece by Cathie! 

The shiny stuff is masking fluid - can't wait to see the finished work...

 

3. FOR THE EXPO

 Three more great coloured pieces of fun with watercolours by Tricia!

 Indian summer in... we think it might be Vence... Liz?

 Liz's stone relief demoiselle. What a character.

 A demoiselle doggy (I hear she knows what she wants) by Bev

 Demoiselle out in Africa by Agnes

4. MISCELLANEOUS

 Fantastic abstract, created by Patience, doodling!! I'd love to see more of this

 More by Patience, this one is based on a green candle and a bright orange sponge...

And last but not least, this watercolour by Edith may be for the expo as it has lots to do with demoiselles, suffering in their beautiful high heels - as this painting suggests!