Kyliefornia Watercolor Awards

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My granddaughter, Kylie, had the day off school yesterday, so my daughter and I took her to visit the spectacular Watercolor West Exhibition in Brea.  It is a beautiful gallery, and I thought the show was outstanding!!  I particularly enjoyed how they grouped the paintings together.  All the florals were together, all the portraits/figurative works, all the glassware, urban scenes, water scenes, etc.  It gave the viewer an opportunity to enjoy the various subjects side-by-side.  Kylie and I would look at the panels of florals, for example, and she would pick out her favorite.  Then, we would talk about why she liked that painting best.  It gave this Uma's heart joy to see her eyes light up about a particular painting and give concrete reasons that it appealed to her.  I was also thrilled to see how her little, five-year-old self often picked those that were picked by the exhibition's juror!  So, here are the choices and juror comments of the Kyliefornia Watercolor Awards...named after it's juror, Kylie Devoto.  Kylie has been studying art with an emphasis on markers and crayons at her preschool for 3 years and Kindergarten for 2 months.  Her personal works can be viewed on Uma's refrigerator by appointment.

BEST OF SHOW"Crab Cooker" by Francesca Brayton

BEST BOAT SCENE"The Barnacle Boat"  by Dan Burt

BEST ANIMAL
"Kohala Honu" by Marilyn Wear
http://home.earthlink.net/~mwear240/marilynsstudio2.html 

BEST URBAN SCENE
"Chinatown Restaurant" by John Salminen

BEST FLORAL
"Double Delight" by Katherine Barrows

My daughter's selection for BEST OF SHOW
"Dancer's Glow" by Maureen Wheeler

BEST ABSTRACT
"Butterfly Delight" by Clonard Thomas

BEST LANDSCAPE"Mosquito Wash"  by Mike Padian

BEST SEASCAPE
"Wave Action" by John Hewitt



HAPPIEST SCENE
"Gompha 2" by Ratindra Das
www.ratindradas.net 






BEST PORTRAIT
"At Rest" by Bev Jozwiak
www.bevjozwiak.com

 



UMA'S FAVORITE
"Valentine Roses" by Kathleen Ballard
http://www.kbwatercolor.com/
I asked Kylie to guess what painting I would want out of the whole show.
She raced around the panel and said, "This one, Uma!"
And she was exactly right!