The Brevard Watercolor Society invites you to join
Pat Dews (AWS, D.F., NWS)
for a three-hour lecture and demonstration via Zoom
Saturday, June 24, 2023, 10:00 am
in collaboration with the New Studio for the Visual Arts in Jupiter Florida
Pat will present her own finished works and describe her process of abstracting from nature to create compositions. Painting and drawing techniques such as cropping, collaging, painting with washes, creating textures, and composing strata pieces will be demonstrated.
BWS is covering the cost of this event for members.
Non-members are invited to attend for $5
(must be paid in advance in order to receive connection details.)
To register please contact Laurie Griffin, lbgriffi@att.net – (321) 544-3041.
More about the artist:
Pat Dews, a graduate of The Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City is a signature member and Dolphin Fellow of the American Watercolor Society, the National Watercolor Society, the National Collage Society, the New Jersey Water Color Society, San Diego Watercolor Society, and the Florida Watercolor Society.
Dews’ creates experimental works in watermedia on paper and canvas. She paints the abstract essence of nature. The shapes and textures of flowers, rocks, water, crumbled walls, rusty objects are translated into richly layered paint surfaces. Collage is often integrated. Dews skillfully juggles organic and geometric forms, transparent and opaque paint – all held together by a basic abstract underlying shape. It is this intricate dance, rendered in strong color and value which produces her award-winning paintings. When Pat paints, it is a lively, fascinating performance as she shows that, with the simplest tools, less can become more, much more.
Pat’s awards include Second Place in the 33rd Annual Artist’s Magazine, Abstract/Experimental category for her painting, “Overpass.” Dews’ received the Mary Bryan Memorial Award at the American Watercolor Society 150th International Exhibition 2017, the Edgar Whitney Memorial Award at the 149th American Watercolor International Exhibition, 2016, the Paul B. Remmey, AWS, Memorial Award at the 148th American Watercolor Society International Exhibition, 2015, and the China Zou Yinong Silver Award-China/NWS Small Image Exhibition, 2016. Dews’ paintings were represented in the 2015 Small Image Exchange and the 2015 Shenzhen International Biennial Exhibition, China.
Pat is the author of [the painter’s workshop] Creative Composition & Design, 2003, (ebook) and Creative Discoveries in Watermedia, 1998, published by North Light Books. Her work has appeared in numerous books and publications. Dews’ videos, Designing Great Starts with Texture and Form and Let’s Get Started Finishing are available through Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff. Pat is also one of 10 women artists in “her voice 10 Contemporary Women Watermedia Masters”, curated by Laurie Goldstein Warren.
Pat is an enthusiastic, popular instructor, teaching workshops internationally. She takes great delight in her students’ many successes. Pat lives in Hobe Sound, Florida. She is represented by Ambleside Gallery, 528 South Elm Street, Greensboro, NC 27406 and William Ris Gallery, 1291 Main Rd, Jamesport, NY 11947, M&M Studios 1445 Jupiter Park Dr., Unit #1, Jupiter, FL 33458 and The New Studio for the Visual Arts, 1615 S Cyprus Dr Suite 1, Jupiter, FL 33469.
Web Site: www.patdews.com
