Central
Minnesota
Watercolorists
Current and Upcoming Events
CMW Show at Great River Arts
On Display October 2024
Great River Arts
122 1st St SE, Little Falls, MN
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About Great River Arts
Great River Arts is a nonprofit arts organization serving the greater Morrison County area. We offer a variety of artistic experiences; from live theater and music performances to continuous visual art exhibits, as well as art classes for youth and adults.
Our mission is to enrich lives through the arts and become the art hub for the Morrison County area, playing a significant role in sustaining the community's artistic and economic vibrancy.
Come visit us in the future!
All GRA galleries are free and open to the public! The Great River Arts center is home to the Front & Main Galleries, our new performing arts space, all arts education and workshops, special events, and the ever-evolving Juried Sales Gallery. We also have a satellite galleries located at Melgram Jewelers.
Check out their website: https://greatart.org/
CMW Members Meeting
Monday, October 14, 6:00 – 8:30 pm
Paramount Center for the Arts
913 W St Germain St, St Cloud
Hello, my name is Daniel Kuchenbecker and I am very excited to do a watercolor demonstration for CMW on Oct 14th. We will paint a landscape, running through the entire process from reference to completed painting. We will discuss composition choices, altering objects in the reference,and the under drawing just to start! During the actual painting process we will go into detail with value strategies, connecting shaping, lost edges, and adding detail. My paintings are mostly rural scenes, street scenes, and water scenes- all of which follow similar composition and execution strategies! I can't wait and it should be a lot of fun. I am leaning toward an autumn rural scene, but not married to it yet.
More About Me
Over the years, I have made artwork in several different media but watercolor is the vehicle through which my work can really present itself in its best form. Observing watercolor masters paint so fast and loose while capturing atmospheric realism has made it impossible not to pick up the brushes and paint. The fluid brushwork, gestural quality, and spontaneity of watercolor hint to the painter that if they are willing to trust the paint and sacrifice some control, a masterpiece may just emerge.
My paintings have a very simple theme; I want to create an appreciation for the immediate beauty around us. It is amazing how a scene or object can be banal one minute, only to be transformed into something intriguing and beautiful by a simple change in light, time of day, weather, or season. Painting scenery has altered the way I perceive the world around me. Every drive up the highway is a slideshow of breathtaking landscapes. Every walk through the city is a compilation of short stories captured in a single frame.
Check out my work at: kuchenbecker.art