Watercolor Society Exhibit At Le Mars Art Center

(Le Mars) — For the next month, the Le Mars Art Center will be home to a traveling watercolor painting art exhibit from the National Watercolor Society. Jeannie Wiener says Le Mars art officials worked for nearly a year to obtain the exhibit.

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Wiener says the exhibit was previously in Wyoming and will next be in Illinois following Le Mars.  She says obtaining the exhibit was part good timing, and a part of having the necessary qualifications.

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The 29 watercolor paintings will be on display at the Le Mars Arts Center through October 25th, and Wiener says the represented paintings are about a third of the total paintings from the society’s international show.  She says viewers of the art paintings will see both realism and abstract displays from artists from across the world.

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Wiener says more than 2000 artists compete for the 90 pieces to be showcased at the National Watercolor Society exhibit. Wiener, herself is an artist that uses watercolors, and she says she’s greatly impressed with the detail of work exhibited.

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Of the 29 paintings on display at the Le Mars Art Center, Wiener describes her favorite.

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