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News 2007
"Fresh Sushi" in the February 2008 "Best of 2007" issue of Watercolor Artist (formerly Watercolor Magic) magazine.
"Fresh Sushi" can also be seen on The
Artist's Magazine website, and in the November 12 entry of the
Watercolor Artist magazine blog.
Thank you to The Cedar Rapids Gazette, for this notice.
Opening reception for "Symphony in Color" exhibition at the Ratner Museum, Bethesda. Sunday, December 2, 1:30 - 3:30 PM.
Thank you to all of the great people who attended the
workshops sponsored by Laurel
Art Guild and Sandy Maudlin!
"Fresh Sushi" was awarded the top prize in
the National Watercolor Society 87th Annual Exhibition.
There were approximately 1200 entries from artists in
the United States and abroad. The painting will be purchased
for the NWS Permanent Collection,
and will be featured in the Travel Show (see NWS
website for cities and museums, when available)
in 2008.
It will also be the cover of the 2007 NWS catalog. Nicholas
will be in Los Angeles for the opening and awards ceremony
October 13.
"I loved the unparalleled
exuberance of Fresh Sushi: the headlong,
confident use of
watercolor; the interplay between neon colors and
rich darks and between overt and supressed images; and
the chaotic
but utterly convincing composition. Fresh Sushi was
breathtakingly
beautiful and it filled me with joy. I kept coming back
to it, and each
time I looked,
I saw more."
Maureen Bloomfield, Juror of
Awards and Editor of The Artist's Magazine
"Fresh Sushi" displayed at Brea Civic and Cultural Center.
Click HERE to visit the NWS site, and then click on Selected
Paintings from the 2007 Exhibition
for a list of other exhibitors and images of several
award-winning works.
"Fresh Sushi" will visit the following cities
as part of the NWS 2008 Travel Show:
February 3 - March 16
Art
Center at Fallbrook
Fallbrook , California
April 1- May 20
Bountiful/Davis
Art Center
Bountiful, Utah
June 8 - August 1
Zanesville
Art Center
Zanesville, Ohio
August 21 - October 12
Kerr
Arts & Cultural Center
Kerrville, Texas
October 31 - December 14
West Valley
Art Museum
Surprise, Arizona
American Artist magazine, December 2007, page 12. "Fresh Sushi" shown alongside the work of two celebrated masters of the medium, John Salminen and Cheng-Khee Chee.
DaVinci
Paints and Nicholas Simmons have officially teamed
up! Impressed by their 90-color line of superb artist
watercolors and new 48-color line of fluid acrylics,
Nicholas is now using DaVinci paint exclusively. Look
for him to appear in upcoming DaVinci advertisements
in art magazines and catalogs!
"Fresh Sushi" featured on Jose Ma Arevalo's blog, Periodistadigital.
NWS President Chris Van Winkle and Nicholas in front of "Ma Belle Ami" at VIVA Gallery in Sherman Oaks.
December 2006 issue of Energies magazine,
published by Total (France). Windswept used as
the background for the Editorial page. The online version
of the editorial can be seen here.
Thank you Total and Veronique Billiotte of L'Agence,
Ligaris Publishing, Paris.
Nicholas just returned from Oregon where he shot his DVD for Creative Catalyst Productions. Approximately 11 hours of footage will be edited down to an exciting demonstration packed with unusual watercolor techniques and augmented by the artist's refreshing and sometimes-irreverent concepts and philosophy. Added to this will be his original music, making a production unlike anything else on the art instruction market. Click here to inquire about date of availability and pre-ordering, or check this site again.
A big thank-you also to Golden Artist Colors for donating their fabulous Fluid Acrylics for this production!
Nicholas was one of four judges for the Washington, D. C. chapter of the Harriet L. Newbill Art Competition, Watermedia on Paper, sponsored by the National Society of Arts and Letters.
Thanks to all who participated in the 5-day Sarasota workshop, and the 70+ people who attended the demo February 11.
Thank you to the Sheppard Pratt
Foundation for their purchase of "Night Light #
2: Times Square"
for the Sheppard Pratt Permanent Collection in Baltimore.
. Click
here to visit the Sheppard Pratt website.
Featured Artist on Robert Genn's The Painter's Keys. Click HERE and scroll down to view.
Thank You! to Watercolor Magic magazine for the great feature in the February 2007 issue!
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