Participating artists in WI III !!

JANINE GALLIZIA Australia

GEORGIA MANSUR Australia

CATHERINE DE RYCK Belgium

MICHEL DT Belgium

MARTINE VANPARIJS Belgium

KIRIL BOZHKOV Bulgaria

SELMA TODOROVA Bulgaria

LORRAINE DIETRICH Canada

ANNE MC CARTNEY Canada

MARIE ANNE PATENAUDE Canada

DONG GAO China
JIANG ZHENG LI China

JIANG LI China

PING LONG China

MA MINGSONG China

TIANYA ZHOU China

CLAUDE CARRETTA France

JOCELYNE CHAUVEAU France

GILLES DURAND France

DOMINIQUE LHONORE France

ALAIN PAGE France

GABRIELE KOENIGS Germany

YIANNIS ADAMANTIDES Greece

FOTINI HAMIDIELI Greece

HARIS HRISTODOULIDES Greece

GEORGE POLITIS Greece

GIORGOS SALTAFEROS Greece

YIANNIS TZOVANAKIS Greece

DIMITRIS TZOVANAKIS Greece

KOSTAS VOUTSAS Greece

HANNIE RIEUWERTS Holland

RAINBOW TSE Hong Kong

ZE ZE Hong Kong

SANDOR SZIKSZAI Hungary

RATHIN KANJI India

AMIT KAPOOR India

SAMIR MONDAL India

PRAFULL SAWANT India

RAJESH SAWANT India

AGUS BUDIYANTO Indonesia

BENI GASSENBAUER Israel

ROBERTO ANDREOLI Italy

IGLI ARAPI Italy

CLAUDIO CASTIGLIONI Italy

CLAUDIO FALASCA Italy
PASQUALINO FRACASSO Italy

ROBERTA GAGLIARDINI Italy

ANGELO GORLINI Italy

UTTAM KUMAR KARMAKER Italy

ANNA MASSINISSA Italy

ANNA MARIA MONTI Italy

HOSHINO KEIKO Japan

CALVIN CHUA CHENG KOON Malaysia

JANSEN CHOW Malaysia

LOK KERK HWANG Malaysia

SUZCHIANG TAN Malaysia

LIM BEE TAT Malaysia

PATRICIA GUZMAN Mexico

OLGA LIMON PALACIOS Mexico

MAY HEGE RYGEL Norway

ALI ABBAS SYED Pakistan

PAUL RUIZ NEIRA Peru

KAREN SIOSON Philippines

PAWEL GLADKOW Poland

JULIO JORGE Portugal

INES MONTEIRO Portugal

ALEXANDROS KARCIUCAS Romania

ANNA IVANOVA Russia

OLGA KHARCHENKO Russia

OLGA LITVINENKO Russia

KONSTANTIN STERKHOV Russia

SERGEY TEMEREV Russia

SASA MARJANOVIC Serbia

ENDRE PENOVAC Serbia

ANJA TONCIC Serbia

MILAN TUCOVIC Serbia

SILVA VUJOVIC Serbia

WOON LAM NG Singapore

ONG KIM SENG Singapore

FRANC GOLOB Slovenia

ISABEL ALOSETE Spain

CINTA AGELL Spain

ANGELA BARBI Spain

CESC FARRE Spain

PABLO RUBEN LOPEZ SANZ Spain

ANDERS ANDERSON Sweden

NIKOS TERZIS Sweden

HELENA TROVAJ Sweden

STANISLAW ZOLADZ Sweden

JASMINE H. H. HUANG Taiwan

LI JIN Taiwan

WEI XIN LIN Taiwan

CHIEN CHUNG WEI Taiwan

PHATCHARAPHAN CHANTHEP Thailand

DIREK KINGNOK Thailand

LA FE Thailand

RUKIYE GARIP Turkey

AHMET OGRAS Turkey

AIMEE BIRNBAUM UK

JOE DOWDEN UK

KEITH HORNBLOWER UK

ANGUS MC EWAN UK

DAVID PASKETT UK

DAVID POXON UK

ROSA SEPPLE UK

SANDRA WALKER UK

ANDY WOOD UK

VICTORIA GRIGORIEVA Ukraine

IHOR YURCHENKO Ukraine

DENISE ATHANAS USA

LINDA BAKER USA

MATTHEW BIRD USA

ELAINE DAILY BIRNBAUM USA

KEN GOLDMAN USA

XI GUO USA

PAUL JACKSON USA

CHRIS KRUPINSKI USA

ANTONIO MASI USA

GEOFFREY MC CORMACK USA

LAURIN MC CRACKEN USA

MARK MEHAFFEY USA

LAURA MITCHELL USA

BARBARA NECHIS USA

R MIKE NICHOLS USA

ROBERT O’ BRIEN USA

RICHARD PRICE USA

JOHN SALMINEN USA

THOMAS SCHALLER USA

FRANK SPINO USA

IAIN STEWART USA

LAURIN MC CRACKEN AWS, NWS

Laurin McCracken is an architect who has put the skills learned over the years in drawing, photographing and observing to use as a watercolorist. He studied with Gwen Bragg at the Art League School in Alexandria, Virginia and with Alain Gavin at the Art Institute in Chicago. He has paintings in corporate and private collections, including McGraw-Hill’s Corporate Collection and the Urban Land Institute. He also has photographs in the Graphics Arts Collection, Princeton University.

Born in Meridian, Mississippi, he attended Auburn University and holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Architecture from Rice University and a Masters in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University.

McCracken is an award-winning artist whose paintings have been exhibited in juried shows around the world including the Philadelphia Watercolor Society, Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society, Pittsburgh Watercolor Society and the Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolors, California Watercolor Society, Watercolor West, Southern Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society and the American Watercolor Society.

His paintings have been included in multiple shows in China; Shanghai Zhujiajiao International Watercolor Biennial Exhibition 2010 & 2012, the Beijing International Art Biennale 2010, 2012 and 2015, the Shenzhen International Watercolor Biennial 2013 and 2015 and the Qingdao International Watercolour Salon, 2014.

His paintings have been included in international watercolor juried exhibitions, such as The World Watermedia Exposition, Thailand, Malaysian Watercolour International Exhibition and the Eau en Colours, “Masters of Watercolor” exhibition St. Petersburg, Russia, International Watercolour Biennial, Belgium, International Watercolor in Fabriano Exhibition in Fabriano, Italy.

He is a signature member of more than a dozen watercolor societies including the American Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society, Transparent Watercolor Society of America, Southern Watercolor Society, Watercolor West, and Watercolor USA Honor Society. He is an Elected Member of the Allied Artists of America in their Watermedia Category.

His work has been published in many national and international magazines and books including: Watercolor, Watercolor Artist, Artist’s magazine, Drawing, American Artist, International Artist and Southwest Art. His work has been included in books such as Splash 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and in Strokes of Genius 2 & 3, Secrets of International Watercolor Masters, Volume #1 published in China and Masters of Realistic Imagery published in Germany.

His work is represented by Gallery 901, Santa Fe, NM, Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS, and Cassidy Bayou Gallery, Sumner, MS

Magnolia with silver and crystal, watercolor

WEI XIN LIN

1979   Born in Taipei, Taiwan

2000   Enrolled into Department of Fine Art, National Taiwan Normal University

2001   Asia Pacific Watercolor Society group exhibit

2003   "The Lonesomest Youth of the Entire Century" collection of the National History Museum in Taiwan

2004   "Song of the Nest" collection of the National History of Museum in Taiwan

2004    Judges' list award, The 57th Taiwan Provincial Art Exhibition, Watercolor category

2005    Quality award, The 58th Taiwan Provincial Art Exhibition, Watercolor category

2005    Founded Acorn Studio, a teaching studio

2005    Taipei County Artists' Exhibition

2008    Taiwan Contemporary Watercolor Exhibition

2013    IWS Turkey World Watercolor Competition, youth category  top ten

2015    Chinese Asia-Pacific Watercolor Association Youth Exhibition

2015    Published works invited to The Art of Watercolour, Section 19

2015    Participate in Taiwan International Contemporary Artists Association Art Fair

2015    Watercolor Salon of Thessalonikii, Greece.

2015    Finalists Large Size, International Watercolor Exhibition, Mexico City 2016

2016    finalists the United States LWS Louisiana Watercolor Society 46th Exhibition

2016    Finalist in Bulgaria IWS First International Watercolor Competition

2016    Finalists Canada IWS First International Watercolor Competition

2016    Employed as director of Shaanxi Institute of Contemporary watercolor pastels

Training and Creation

I want to write a poem and a story with watercolor

I have always been interested in art since I was little. Even though I started painting at various studios from the time I was ten, I have never attended any special arts programs in high school where formal academic art education is offered. This made my path relatively difficult, since in Taiwan, academic performance is important in early stages of schooling; but it has also allowed me to paint in ways different than most of my academically trained peers. I have learned mostly from studying and copying masterpieces I saw in art books published abroad. My formal academic art education started in the Department of Fine Art at Taiwan Normal University. My first watercolor teacher, Professor Jin-Long Huang, helped me to establish a strong foundation in watercolor which allowed me to specialize in watercolor painting. Since then, I am very fortunate to study with many great teachers: Hsieh Ming-Chang taught me about the strategic use of "light" in planning a composition; Chien Chung-Wei taught me to think in terms of shapes and brush strokes; Jin Li taught me the mastery of "wetness and dryness," an intriguing moment  of  mystery and pleasure in watercolor painting. I am so grateful for these four teachers in my early watercolor career. Now that I am a professional artist and teacher myself, it is my hope to pass on the beauty of watercolor painting to future generations.

My watercolor works are different from most watercolor works in history. Further to composition and color, I hope to instill surrealistic fantasy in my works.  In other words, I want to write a poem and a story in watercolor.

Painting is not my interest, it is a piece of drift wood I am holding onto in this world of boundless ocean.

Quietly by your side,  watercolor

JANINE GALLIZIA

Australian watercolour artist

International Judge

International Curator

Art Director of The Art of Watercolour Magazine

Janine Gallizia is an Australian Master in watercolour. She has exhibited in over 200 solo and group shows and as an invited guest in the most prestigious watercolour exhibitions world wide. including:

The World Watercolour Competition, France

The Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour, London

Le Hay, Paris, France

The “Masters of Watercolour” St. Petersburg, Russia

“Watercolour Today”, Aosta, Italy

The World Watercolour Exhibit, Taiwan

Shenzen International Watercolour Exhibition, China,

The World Watercolor Triennial, Seoul, South Korea

Shanghai International Watercolour Biennial,  Zhujiajiao Watercolour Art Gallery, China

Janine has been awarded many prizes for her paintings, including the prestigious Medal of Honor from the city Paris, France for her work in watercolour.

Janine acts as international judge in most of the world’s top watercolour competitions in America, Europe and Asia. She also teaches watercolour, holding international conferences and workshops throughout the world.

Janine is the co-creator and Art Director of The Art of Watercolour magazine, the world’s leading watercolour magazine, distribued into 36 countries.

Janine had edited 4 books and 5 dvds on watercolour.

Blue boat, watercolor

CHARIS CHRISTODOULIDIS

The painter Charis Christodoulidis was born in Vyronia of Serres in Makedonia, Hellas.  During his high – school studies he held his first two exhibitions in Serres. Since 1969 he lives and works at Thessaloniki, Chalkidikis str. Nr. 35 and exhibits occasionally his work. He has participated in various group exhibitions at Greece and abroad. The topics of the painter Charis Christodoulidis include:  still life, flowers, landscapes, traditional houses, old – traditional architecture, seas, coasts, olive – trees, etc. However, his sensitivity and his respect to the traditional folk buildings, iron gates, damaged and painted again and again wooden doors, alleys and generally the elements of a culture, that is getting lost little by little and becomes a memory, is extraordinary. His paintings were displayed in several exhibitions all over the world: Austia, Germany, Bulgaria, South Africa, USA, Italy and of course in many places all over Greece. He held up to 60 group exhibitions and 50 solo exhibitions.

Still life, watercolor