April 10, 2011 - May 22, 2011
Judy McCaughey’s watercolor paintings of Dynamic Flowers will be the featured show in the Arts at Canal Place loft at the Shops at Canal Place from April 10 to May 22, 2011. The artist reception will be held in conjunction with the Cumberland Arts Walk on Saturday, May 7, from 6-8 p.m.
McCaughey says that flowers have always been a favorite subject to paint. She likes the brilliant colors of the petals, the many shades and shapes of the green leaves, and the fact that they are willing to pose for photographs and modeling. They also don’t mind too much if she rearranges them or adjusts a petal for better effect.
McCaughey’s watercolors are the result of years of classes that began when she and her husband moved to Columbia, MD from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 1991. A retired kindergarten teacher, she wanted to write and illustrate storybooks for her grandchildren, leading her to enroll in her first drawing and painting class. When the McCaugheys moved to Deep Creek Lake nine years ago, she pursued watercolor improvement by taking many workshops from acclaimed watercolor artists at the Springmaid Beach, South Carolina, watercolor sessions. She studied color mixing and shadows under Linda Doll, pouring of paint with Jean Grastorf, and watercolor printing under Kathleen Kuchar. This past November, she worked under Diane Maxey and reviewed color mixing and design concepts using flowers as the subject. She loved it and came back to her studio and continued to paint flowers, practicing what she had learned.
The flowers in this show are portrayed using a variety of techniques – the color mixing from Linda Doll, the paint pouring from Jean Grastorf, and the abstract design ideas picked up from Diane Maxey.
McCaughey is a signature artist member of the Baltimore Watercolor Society and of the Miniature Painters, Sculptors, and Gravers Society of D.C. Her paintings are also available at The Gallery Shop in Oakland and Rocky Gap Lodge. You can visit her on her new website: www.judymccaughey.com.
A program of the Allegany Arts Council, AaCP cooperative gallery is open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., with extended hours during the summer until 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. For more information, call (301)777-8199.
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