‘blue pine’ given award at CSPWC OPEN WATER
my watercolour ‘blue pine’
was given the Heinz Jordan Sanford Award at the Opening Reception of the 91st Annual Open Water Juried International Exhibition of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour
blue pine 22″ x 30″ watercolour on arches paper (2100.00)
Pat Edwards ATTA BOY, Micheal!! LOVE this painting!!
Micheal Zarowsky Morning Pat, thanks; Wendy says, a perfect point of view / angle / perspective / on complex dexterity with blue black added
Pat Edwards that Wendy is a poet! the perspective is what gets me – the enhancement of shade and shadow with the pigments is PERFECT!
Rayne Tunley This is a beautiful painting – even more beautiful in real life. Congratulations Micheal 🙂
Micheal Zarowsky thanks Rayne, that you think so is very important for me; good to see / talk with you however briefly yesterday at the opening; amidst all the bad news got the best news to date today; love n hugs micheal n wendy
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Elva Hook wow! Beautiful! Congrats Michael – it’s been a good year for you!
Micheal Zarowsky is it over already, no, wait it is not over yet..looking forward to the november rains / reflections
Elva Hook On the home stretch!
Micheal Zarowsky oh there are some magical moments / days coming up worth scrambling up north for…
Michael Dufresne Congratulations! Love the colours and the detail.
Micheal Zarowsky Thanks Michael, as always, still being careful with colours; the detail is the drawing; the drawing is the detail
Lily Padykula Congratulations Micheal!
Micheal Zarowsky thanks Lily, hopefully you are well / long time no anything
Jean Clarke Congratulations. Great painting.
Micheal Zarowsky thank you Jean, glad you like.
Christine Donovan Congratulations Michael! I saw your exquisite work at the opening- more beautiful in person
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Micheal Zarowsky thanks Christine, so neat of you to say that; of course can’t beat seeing anything for real, this can be said of all the works on display there…..
Theresa Loomis Excellent news! Congratulations. So well deserved – it’s one of my favorites.
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Micheal Zarowsky wow okay thanks Theresa, since expression thru paint is a major way we connect with the world around us, it is neat when jurors cane see n appreciate what we are about…..
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Chandra Wohleber Warm congratulations!
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Micheal Zarowsky thanks Chandra…getting into the exhibition is a feat in itself…getting an award goes one further…..
Chandra Wohleber Great accomplishments!
Helen-Louise Kinton Congratulations! This is awesome news, and well deserved!
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Micheal Zarowsky thanks Helen-Louise, awesome does describe how we felt about the water colour society’s response to our painting last night
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Tania Kasperska Always ,fantastic work Michael..!!!
Micheal Zarowsky thanks Tania, oh so neat of you to let us know how n what you think of our work
Willene Kanasky It is spectacular–congratulations.
Micheal Zarowsky thanks Willene, (the blue has a fresh new day to it combined with an aged dark beauty with connections to tom thomsons’ screen is how we feel about it)
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Willene Kanasky When we were children growing up in Syracuse, our Christmas tree of choice was the blue spruce. That is what I thought of when I saw this painting . . .
Micheal Zarowsky Willene Kanasky neat; nothing like childhood memories
Rose-Marie Cameron Nice, Micheal. Congratulations on your achievement! Well deserved.
Micheal Zarowsky thanks Rose-Marie, appreciate you saying so
Rea Kelly Well deserved, Michael.
Micheal Zarowsky Thanks Rea, kind of you to say so
Lorraine Roy Of course! Congratulations!
Micheal Zarowsky Thanks Lorraine, was up north on wednesday and felt all that universal angst from childhood as if it was yesterday, which is a good thing of course
Maureen Malone Fantastic!
Micheal Zarowsky thanks Maureen, it was a fun piece to work out thru paint
Cathy Groulx What a beautiful piece. Congratulations- well done!
Micheal Zarowsky thanks Cathy, really neat that you think so
Shari Twist Nikulka Beautiful! Congratulations!
Micheal Zarowsky thank you Shari, appreciate you taking the time to let us know what you think / how you feel about the wee spotlight our painting has received
there was a second in that short series blue pine 16 22″ x 30″ watercolour on arches paper