Art exhibition announces accepted artists
Marina Reflections by Jan Godachy, First Place Winner, Aquarius 2023.
Exhibit will take place from Feb. 22 to Apr. 1
– The Central Coast Watercolor Society has announced the upcoming Aquarius 2024 California Juried Water Media Exhibition, scheduled to take place from Feb. 22 to Apr. 1, at Art Center Morro Bay located at 835 Main Street in Morro Bay, CA.
Aquarius 2024 aims to showcase excellence in water media painting, encompassing a diverse array of subject materials, techniques, and styles, ranging from experimental to traditional. The exhibition encourages support for water media painting as a vital, enduring, and expressive artistic medium.
Artists from across the state of California, as well as Central Coast artists and CCWS members, have submitted their work for consideration. The juror responsible for selection and awards is the award-winning Southern California artist Joe Cibere. Additionally, Cibere will lead a three-day workshop in conjunction with the exhibition, held in Nipomo. The total prizes amount to over $3,000 in cash and merchandise.
Forest Falls by Joe Cibere
The selected artists for Aquarius 2024 can be found below and on the Central Coast Watercolor Society website.
Show calendar:
- Feb. 22: Exhibition opens
- Feb. 25: Opening reception from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., including the presentation of awards, certificates, and a gallery tour with Joe Cibere
- Apr. 1: Show closes
Joe Cibere.
Visit the Central Coast Watercolor Society website at https://ccwsart.com for additional information.
List of accepted artists:
- Marie Angelus – The Cave
- Mary Barncastle – Emergence
- Holly Branch – Tobacco Road
- Joan Brown – Uncovering Family
- Ken Christensen – Summer Cottage
- Chuck Crotser – Greenland Morning
- Sarah DeLong – Hill Top Clouds
- Linda Denton – Inspiration
- List of Accepted Artists, continued:
- Jan French – Camatta Shaded Building
- Gary Gery – Carmel Beach Morning
- Mary Gilman – Persimmon Tree in Autumn Splendor
- Jan Godachy – Waiting on the Dock
- Michael Grahek – Dana Adobe
- Pam Haste – By The Water
- Judith Hibbard – Harmony for all
- Lee Hoerner – Train Station
- Shirley Horacek – Sunny Disposition
- Marcia Johnson – Solitude
- Diann Johnston – Can’t You Smell That Smell
- Larry Kappen – Central Park Winter
- Blaire Kilbey – Between Worlds
- Bernadette Kurtz – Wild Wave
- Susanna Lindsey – Reaching Out
- Myra McBeth – The Orchard
- Kathy Miller – Harmony Trees
- Robert Norwood – California Girl
- Nancy O’Malley – Cormorant
- Karen Olsen Bender – Bruges Canal
- Beth Ostapiuk – Yellow Pine
- Leslie Parsons – I Wanna Iguana
- Sunny Patton – Beachcombing
- Rone’ Prinz – High Tide
- BK Richard – Marina Dusk
- Edie Schneider – Rusty Rambler
- Mark Selby – Rock Fishing
- Jackie Sterios – Cupcake
- Jay Stieler – Morro Lineup
- Stacy Weed – Point San Luis Lighthouse
