Watercolor Wisconsin 2015

December 13, 2015 – April 23, 2016

Ney Tait Fraser, Milwaukee
Yellow Eyes, 2015
Watercolor
Second Award, Watercolor Wisconsin 2015
Photography: Jon Bolton

One of the museum’s most popular shows, Watercolor Wisconsin is a statewide competition organized by the museum annually since 1966. This longrunning, juried exhibition attracts a wide range of artists. Limited only by their materials—aqueous media such as acrylic and watercolor—artists are free to create two-dimensional and three-dimensional works on paper. This year’s show features a variety of subjects, from animals, flowers, and landscape to figurative studies and the abstract.

Art dealer Byron Roche—former owner of Chicago’s Roche gallery—and Scott Ashley—artist and associate director of Perimeter Gallery, Inc. in Chicago—juried this year’s show. With participation even higher than in Watercolor Wisconsin 2014, Byron and Scott considered 301 works submitted by 170 artists, narrowing down the selection to 116 works by 93 Wisconsin artists.

Two additional, special awards were be given as memorials in honor of watercolor artist Ruth Miles, who would have celebrated her 100th birthday in 2015.

More About the Exhibition

Exhibition Catalogue (PDF)

Press Room

Artists in the Exhibition

Brookfield: Julia F. McMurray, Janet Roberts; Burlington: Geri Brady, Gillian Graffy, David Jewell; Caledonia: Nancy Neider; Cedarburg: Patrick Doughman, Bruce Hustad, Tom Kubala, Sandra Pape; Delavan: Sandra Willard; Fontana: Cathy Rocca; Franksville: Sue Horton; Glendale: Kathleen Bergstrom, Roselie Rentz, Fred Stein; Grafton: Wallis Coffman, Jean Crane; Hartford: Harold E. Hansen; Hubertus: Nancy Armitage; Kenosha: Barbara Farrell, Judy Gotta, Beverly J. Mich, Carlotta Miller, Helen Napier, Dan Simoneau, Jean Tenuta, Rebecca Venn; Lake Mills: Amy Arnston; Madison: Cary Hunkel, Brian McCormick; Markesan: Nancy Kirst; Menomonee Falls: Terra Paulson Chmielewski; Mequon: Alice Struck, Constance Taagen; Milwaukee: Joyce Eesley, Ney Tait Fraser, Michael Kutzer, Dara Larson, Susan Leopold, Gene Mihleisen, JoAnna Poehlmann, Leslie Vansen; Mount Pleasant: Robert W. Andersen, Karen Mathis; Muskego: Jan Wood; North Prairie: Margaret Schumann; Oak Creek: Al Minzlaff; Oconomowoc: Virgi Driscoll; Racine: Regina Baker, Kristen Bartel, Doris Beaudry, Jerry Belland, Richard Berns, Christine Bohn, Karen Brittain, Caye Christensen, Margo Cuisinier, Doug DeVinny, Deedee Dumont, Lisa Englander, Maureen Fritchen, Nancy Greenebaum, Edwin C. Kalke, Jessica Larsen, Deborah Madigan, Marilyn McGoldrick, John Nowicki, Lyle Peters, Don Ricchio, David Saaski, Edith Soghomonian, Susan M. Sorenson, Ginny Sullivan, Jan Thompson, Maggie Venn, Kelly Witte, Sue Wolff; Stevens Point: Lois Freeberg-Hagen, Annette Schuh; Theresa: Nancy Lamers; Thiensville: William Davis; Verona: David O. Williams; Waterford: Linda Gerard Dzik, Edith Kubicek, Norman Abplanalp; Wausau: Diane Shabino; Wauwatosa: Carolyn Kenney-Carter, Carolyn Simpson, Chris Sommerfelt; West Bend: Louise Joyner; Whitewater: Christine B. Miller, Linda Tump; Williams Bay: Lynne Railsback