Artist of the Month - April 2015

Variations in Blue, Cherrie O’Hagan

St. Mark’s Square, Ann Carpenter

Umbrella, Lee Johnson

Our largest-of-the-year Artist of the Month show included as many submissions as we had in the past three months combined.  And the quality of entries was fantastic!  The winner was Cherrie O’Hagan for her beautiful watercolor, Variations in Blue.  Cherrie chose a collection of blue jars and bowls to set up in front of a deep orange/russet background. It was an exercise on getting the right shade and temperature of blue, and the right orange to best bring out the blueness in the objects.  She added a persimmon from her garden to tie in the background.  Her painting was vibrant and stunning.