Fiorentino original wins 'Best in Show' for new GSW show hosted by D&R Greenway Land Trust

Garden State Watercolor Society (GSWS) is partnering with D&R Greenway Land Trust to mount a wildlife-focused 50th Anniversary Juried Exhibition online August 4 through September 30, 2020.

My artwork titled “Recovery,” an original watercolor of an Osprey landing in nest (pictured here,) won Best in Show for this show titled “Out of the Wild.”

Garden State Watercolor Society (GSWS) will be hosted by D&R Greenway Land Trust’s Johnson Education Center for this show, GSWS’s 50th Anniversary Juried Exhibition online August 4 through September 30, 2020.

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Garden State Watercolor’s exhibit “Out of the Wild” portrays human relationships with the wild landscape, flora and fauna with creative imagination. Artists illustrate natural beauty, as well as the disconnect felt when civilization and nature are out of balance. Whether the trauma of suburban or industrial encroachment or the restorative bliss of land reclaimed to wildflower meadows, this deeply contemplative exhibit will showcase what “Out of the Wild” signifies to each of us.

Featured in the outdoor scavenger hunt is the second annual mini-art exhibit “Beautiful Creatures” that includes ninety 5”x7” images of earth’s creatures created by 47 artists. Artists were challenged to paint using only secondary colors of orange, green and purple. This special exhibit follows the popular 2019 challenge that focused on primary colors of red, yellow and blue. The community is invited to wear a mask to seek and find this year’s “Beautiful Creatures” as laminated art placed throughout the town of Princeton and at D&R Greenway’s Johnson Education Center campus that includes Greenway Meadows on Rosedale Road. This unique and fun way to learn fascinating facts and enjoy depictions of wild creatures provides an educational activity for school-age children and a socially-distanced outdoor excursion for art and wildlife lovers of all ages.  Start and end dates for the scavenger hunt, along with special instructions and clues, can be found on the organizations’ websites at www.gswcs.com and www.drgreenway.org.

The Garden State Watercolor Society (GSWS) would like to celebrate this 50th anniversary exhibit with the greater community! You may view the exhibit online in the comfort of your home on YouTube with links to Instagram, Facebook or the GSWS and D&R web sites.