Save The Dates
November
10, 11, 12, 13, 2022
Hundreds of Dollars of Art Materials in Prizes
The Galeria San Francisco and the International Watercolor Society San Miguel de Allende are excited to present IWS SMA Plein Air Festival November 10-13 2022.
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Thirty participating artists will be painting in and exploring the beautiful city of San Miguel. When provided, your photo and a link to your website will be posted on the IWS SMA website prior to the event. Artists are invited to bring 2 paintings ready to hang to Casa Europa on San Francisco where works will be exhibited and for sale for the duration of the festival.
Upon arriving Thursday November 10th, after checking in to the hotel of your choice, bring your watercolor paintings done previously to Casa Europa (https://www.casaeuropamexico.com) to hang with price and artist’s information. REGISTRATION is 10am - 12pm. Later Thursday evening you are invited to a reception at the home of Trish Brock in Vista Antiqua for drinks and tapas.
Friday morning, we will all meet at Charco del Ingenio from 9am -4pm to paint in the beautiful gardens. Demonstrations are scheduled for Thursday and Saturday afternoons at 2pm.
Friday evening is a reception with drinks and tapas at the Casa de la Cuesta (http://www.casadelacuesta.com) hosted by Bill LeVasseur. You are also invited to a tour of the wonderful Mask Museum. (maskmuseumsma.com)
Saturday morning you may paint in any location in and around the central part or Jardin of San Miguel. Saturday evening, your hosts will be Bill Harris and Howard Haynes at Casa Piedras. (https://www.piedrassanmiguel.com) you are invited for a tour of their delightful gardens and newly built hacienda and tapas and drinks.
Sunday morning you may bring two of your plein air paintings to Casa Europa between 10 and 11am to be hung. Judges will arrive at 11:45. A reception that evening is scheduled from 4-7pm. After the reception, we ask that you take your unsold paintings with you.
Places to Stay
**Book Early**
Mention "Festival Discount" when booking, and check on Pre and Post festival packages at these fine Sponsor Hotels:
Casa de la Noche: www.casadelanoche.com
Casa Contenta: www.casacontentasma.com
Casa de la Cuesta: www.casadelacuesta.com
Live Demos
Tere Lojero, Joye Moon, Keith Miller, Hope Palmer
Judges
Tere Lojero
Tere Lojero was born in Mexico City and studied architecture in her native country. From 1998 onwards she follows the steps of Watercolor and completely devotes herself to this specialty. She has taken part in diverse collective national and international editions of watercolor exhibitions and has presented more than 30 Solo Exhibits in several Galleries in Mexico.
She has been awarded in different contests in her native country and abroad. Her main subject is Landscape, and Cityscapes are her favorites.
She is the IWS Mexico Leader since July 2017 and since December 2019 she is Vice-President of IWS Globe. She has been juror in different painting contests and as watercolor promoter and organizer she has arranged national and international contests and exhibitions involving other IWS countries in jointed projects.
Joye Moon
I consider myself most fortunate to be able to live my life as an artist. This was my dream as a young child. I’ve never expected anything, such as awards or recognition, yet have always appreciated each and every pat on the back for a job well done.
As an artist, I’ve always felt a responsibility to share. Through exhibiting my work as well as teaching, I’m able to share lessons I have learned with others who are eager to experience the creative challenge.
My college training was based on formal realism. Through the years, I have challenged myself to go beyond painting what I see by trying to capture what I feel. As an artist, I’m always exploring by trying to set free my inner vision through paint on paper. I hope my work interprets my response to nature and how alive it makes me feel. Over the past five years , I have incorporated the human figure into my landscapes in an attempt to express the natural rhythm of man and nature.
My goal is to create work that speaks from my heart, my inner voice and vision. Hopefully, that work will touch others as well.
Keith Miller
https://www.keithmillerart.com
Keith Miller (Born 1949) is active/lives in Ontario / Canada, Mexico. Keith Miller is known for Marine, still life, landscape, cityscape and botanical painting.
Following is a review by Nance Race in The Artfull Mind, March 2000
"The Lush Flower Paintings of Keith Miller"
Seductive, Erotic...these are a few of the descriptive words people associate with the floral paintings of Keith Miller. Miller is a Canadian artist now living in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. He studied at Toronto´s Ontario College of Art and later taught painting at nearby Sheridan College, School of Visual Arts. The intense detail in his botanical paintings creates the impression of incredible energy in the flowers. His ability to reveal the play of movement using light and shadow, adds to the impression of natural energy in his botanical subjects. When asked if he deliberately sought to create the feeling of sexual energy in his paintings, Miller replied, "Other people see them that way. I´m just looking at the forms of the flowers, trying to paint in a robust and lively way".
Hope Palmer is a nationally known lecturer on contemporary art. She taught for many years as an associate professor in painting and drawing and art history, leading a number of her students to attain national recognition. She received her MFA from the University of Michigan. Professionally, Hope has combined lecturing and teaching about art and architecture, with leading art-focused trips to Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
Currently she resides in San Miguel de Allende.
Hope Palmer
