The State of WIPAPA: 2019

Good Morning!

I hope you are all outside painting this spring! As I believe it is the fastest way to learn to paint!!

I am posting to give you a status update on WIPAPA.  Last year was particularly difficult for my family and I, leaving me with very little time to paint let alone deal with WIPAPA.  The only commitment I was able to keep was to keep the calendar of events up to date on this blog. This upcoming year doesn't look like things are letting up.

IMPORTANT: If you sent me a check for dues last year or this I have not cashed them. Until we have someone step forward to administer WIPAPA please do not send any further dues. I am removing the form from this blog.

It is my sincere hope that you will find artists near you and go out to paint together!

I'll see you out there!!

Wendie Thompson

I am posting all competitions in the state as soon as I have a link to them for 2019. If you know of any others please let me know asap! This is what I have so far:

2019 WISCONSIN PLEIN AIR COMPETITIONS

• June 1-8 Cedarburg
• June 20-23 Oshkosh
• June 26-30 Jefferson
• July 21-27 Door County
• Aug 7-10 Mineral Point
• Aug 8-10 West Bend
• Aug 17 Pewaukee

2018 Wisconsin Plein Air Competitions

2018 WISCONSIN PLEIN AIR COMPETITIONS

• March31-Apr6 Menomonee
• May 5-11 Eau Claire
• June 3-9 Cedarburg
• June 16th Concordia Neighborhood
• June 27-July1 Jefferson
• July 14-20 Third Ward
• July 22-28 Door County
• Aug 4 Wabeno
• Aug 6-7 State Fair
• Aug 8-11 Mineral Point
• August 16-19 Oshkosh
• August 16-18 West Bend
• Aug 25 Pewaukee
• Sept 8-22 Lacrosse
• Sept 20-29 Plymouth

WIPAPA Unique Opportunity in Muskego

Muskego Circle Community Center
is the venue with an artist opportunity to sell your artwork, "NO Commissions"  !! 

Thats right, no commissions are being requested for the artist sales.
Prospectus:  http://muskegocircle.com/hp_wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/StatementProspectus.pdf
Follow this link to apply:  https://lakepoint.ccbchurch.com/form_response.php?id=119

Just $5.00 to register.
Sell 3-12 works (TBD by space available)
February 23-28 with Artist Reception February 24, 5:00-8:30pm

Muskego Circle Community Center
S63 W13694 Janesville Road,
Muskego, WI  53150

WIPAPA Opportunity: Realtors Home and Garden Show Sign up.

SECOND WEEKEND OPEN FOR SIGN UP
April 1st and 2nd

A very unique opportunity!

We have been invited to paint in the gardens at the Realtors Home and Garden Show! This is a highly attended event. It is limited to 12 artists willing to commit to this amazing event.

http://www.realtorshomeandgardenshow.com/

There are 12 gardens set up inside the building at State Fair Park.

This will be promoted by the event.

10AM-3PM (you may come earlier or stay later)

Second weekend now open April 1st and 2nd. Only 12 artists.

Bring up to 4 completed paintings to sell...framed wired and labeled with pricing. You may also show the completed work done there if framed. (grid walls will be provided.)

Bring business cards!

Parking passes and entry fee provided.

WIPAPA: November 26th Open Paint Day Thompson Residence Ashippun

Hey you guys!

Time for the annual gathering at the Thompson Home November 26th...Saturday after Thanksgiving. As always we will begin at 8AM.

I will put on some coffee so you can stop in if you wish or simply go out to paint. Door will be open for the bathroom.

All are welcome!

We will gather for lunch and critique at 12:30.

I will provide a large pot of soup!

Please bring some bread, fruit, salad or dessert to share. 

Address: N1289 State Rd 67

8 miles north of Oconomowoc

5 miles south of Neosho

Coming out of Oconomowoc it is the first driveway on the left past hwy EE

Please park on the frontage road by St John's Church!

Congratulations Pewaukee Plein Air Winners!!

1st Place
Thomas Buchs

2nd Place
Michael Olive

3rd Place
Michelle Thompson

Honorable Mention
Joy Kasum

Honorable Mention
Kathleen Flaherty

Congratulations Winners! Beaver Dam Area Plein Air Event

1st Place
Amber Waves
 Wendie Thompson

2nd place
Front Street Fountain
 Barbara Hayden

3rd Place
Clouds on a Westerly Wind
 Sherri Thomas

Merit Award
Craft by Night
Sybil Brauneis Klug

Merit Award
Swan Park Fountain
Thomas Buchs

Urgent WIPAPA: Who do we Want to be When We Grow Up? SURVEY!

WIPAPA is going through some changes and we need to hear from you. Just who should WIPAPA be when we grow up?

In order to give your needs a voice we have generated a brief survey using Survey Monkey. I am asking that you take this survey asap as we have a critical meeting next week Friday (see previous post:http://wipapa.blogspot.com/2016/06/important-wipapa-meeting-in-cedarburg.html) and I would love some feedback beforehand.

So if you are a current member, Past member, thinking about becoming a member or a collector please take a few moments and and give us your two cents! If you think we're banana's you can tell us that too!

This survey is completely anonymous!

Click on the link to begin:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WVV7DLK

Thank you for your time!

Wendie Thompson

Important WIPAPA meeting in Cedarburg Friday June 17th 3-4:30!

WIPAPA will be having an important brief meeting in Cedarburg during the Cedarburg Event! We have a future to discuss!!! Please plan to attend if you are a current member, past member or considering membership!

We will be meeting on Friday June 17th from 3-4:30 in the Community Room at the Cedarburg Public Library at W63 N589 Hanover Ave. This meeting is after the Cedarburg Gems turn in and before the Demo and cookout.

Hope to see you there!!

Wendie Thompson

Open Paint This Saturday:Ixonia Vintage Tractor Expo!

This Saturday-Open Paint!

Ixonia Vintage Tractor Expo

Set up from 8-9 
Paint 9-12
Gather for critique at Noon (near Fireman's Hall)
No entry fee
Brats beer and other great food available.

As always WIPAPA open paint days are open to any artist! Come paint with us!

Let's meet at  the Ixonia Fireman's Park N8345 Park Street, Ixonia, WI 

Saturday 20 % Precip. / 0 in

Cloudy skies. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. High 81F. Winds SSW at 10 to 20 mph.

http://www.farmcollectorshowdirectory.com/

Winners GO Paint, Durand Congratulations!!

Congratulations to all the Winners 2016 GoPaint, Durand WI

Derek Davis of South St Paul,MN
Watercolor titled Town on the River
Best of Show

Marc Anderson, Elmwood,WI
OIL titled Green and Soon to be Green
Honorable Mention

Greg Lecker, Boat Launch, oil
Honorable Mention

Greg Lecker, Boat Launch, oil
Best Chippewa River

Doug Berg, St Croix Falls, WI
oil, Night Lite on Main Street
Best Nocturne

Jo Nelson if Hudson, WI. PASTEL
Best City of Durand

Matt Anderson, Arkansaw,WI
OIL titled, A Work in Progress
Best Quick Paint

Barbara Shafer, charcoal & watercolor, City Park, Durand,WI
Barbara is from Eau Claire WI
Most Inovative

Winners Milwaukee Museum Mile Art in the City!

Congratulations to all the winners and to the organizers of this great new event!!

http://www.pleinaircollector.com/pages/22753915.php?utm_source=Art+List&utm_campaign=a118799df5-PAT_A_5_25_165_24_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6907cc7961-a118799df5-234459513&mc_cid=a118799df5&mc_eid=ef0939124a

Best of Show — Nyle Gordon
"Museum Dwellers" 

Second Place — Kathie Wheeler
'Lake Park Falls'

Third Place — Derek Davis
'Spring Blush'

Juror's Choice — D.K. Palecek
'Spring Shadows On Teal Windows' 

Quick Paint

Brady Street Quick Paint, First Place —
Michael Olive
The "Coin" 

Brady Street Quick Paint, Second Place —
Brian Sindler
'Morning, Brady St.' 

Brady Street Quick Paint, Third Place — 
Les Leffington
'Nomad'

Museum Honorable Mentions 

(Best of Each Museum)

Honorable Mention, Best of Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum — Ariana Huggett

'Villa Terrace Courtyard'

Honorable Mention, Best of Charles Allis Art Museum — Wendie Thompson

Honorable Mention, Best of Jewish Museum Milwaukee — Sherri Thomas

Honorable Mention, Best of North Point Lighthouse — Chuck Weber

'Early Morn At North Point'

WIPAPA Open Paint Day April 23rd: Monches

One of our favorite places to paint! Monches Perennial Farm is allowing us to come and paint once again April 23rd!!

Located in quaint little Monches on an old rustic road this is one of our best attended paint days of the year! We will meet at 8 am and paint till noon. Then critique as we eat our lunches (bring your own!)

Parking IMPT! Please remember to park all the way in the back on the grassy field. It is their busy season so we don't want to impede their business!!

5890 Monches Rd , Colgate

http://www.monchesfarm.com/home

Congratulations Winners: We Came We Saw We Painted 2016

Congratulations to all the winners! Jurors comments under each photo! This work is showing and available till April 28th!

Best in Show
Dan Rizzi

“This set of paintings we both agreed were worthy of merit. With overlapping diagonals, the composition was quite dramatic, and much of what was appealing in the study was kept in the final, with the addition of a more natural color for the foreground.” - Anthony Sell

2nd Place
Sherri Thomas

 “This set of paintings immediately caught my attention as I looked over the work in the show. While a very peaceful composition, I saw in this a degree of subtlety that was worthwhile. The studio piece demonstrates an improvement in the atmospheric perspective offered by this type of scene, adjustments to the scale and placement of elements that improved the composition, and a very careful handling of the edge quality of the trees in the foreground, something that is easily lost or overworked when one enlarges a much smaller painting. To me this demonstrated the kind of deliberation that one would expect from a studio painting based on a field study.” - Anthony Sell

 

Third Place
Barb Hayden

Close up of Barb Hayden Studio Painting

“Instead of painting the same scene, Barbara painted an interesting part of the study painting. Painting a chandelier on a gold background offers the viewers interesting perspectives at many angles. And gave the painting an illusion of light. I loved the process of a readable scene to the final painting of readable abstraction.” - Jenny Anderson 

Honorable Mention
Kriste Sankey

 “On the criteria of a study piece to studio, this showed most improvement. Working on your studio piece you have improved the scene using your imagination. Study and concentration to imagination and the joy of painting.” - Jenny Anderson