Darla Bostick

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Learn to paint...or improve from the level where you are now! Now taking registration. I am teaching at Hobby Lobby in Denton 9:30-noon on Fridays. There is a unique way to pay! You buy a card for $150 which entitles you to 6 classes. Each time you come, I validate your card. (So if you have an appointment to conflict, you don't lose your money!) After 6 sessions, you can purchase another card. The classes do progress in a set pattern, so try to not miss too much!!!! Call me to register: 940.320.5660

My Ghost Ranch Art Workshop/Retreat is filling...join us in October in NM

Details of dates, price and registration are on the workshop tab above!

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Come see my art!

This is where I am currently exhibiting

DENTON, TX 27 March-18 MayThe Annual Merging Visions Exhibition is one of my favorites. Visit any of the 3 branches of public libraries in Denton and see the wonderful partnership between the Visual Artists Society of Texas and the Denton Poets Society. Each poem is coupled with a visual piece. I have 2 pieces (which library will be announced when information is available). My pieces are "Lemons, Pears and Crystal" watercolor with Jervis Underwood's poem and "Hippo Hijinx" with Christine Irving's poem. This collaboration is well worth the time to visit all 3 libraries!

FORT WORTH, TX

The Society of Watercolor Artists 2013 International Juried Exhibition is at the Fort Worth Central Library Atrium Gallery, 500 West Third St, from 7 April through 15 June. The juror is Joyce Hicks and the awards reception is open to all Sunday, ( June from 2-4. Entries this year came from as far away as Hawaii, Malaysia, China and Italy. [Metered parking is free on the weekends and parking garage vouchers can be validated at the library desk.]

LEWISVILLE, TX

The "Val Free Form" Exhibition is showing in the lobby of the Mcl Grand on old Main Street. I have 3 large acrylic canvas paintings hanging. Each is 36 x 48.

This is where I am scheduled to show

KELLER, TX 30 April-29 June 2013

Elm Street Studio Gallery, 139 S. Elm in old downtown Keller is showing my work as a solo exhibit, "Garden Meditations, An Exhibit of Color."

There will be a one-day workshop along with the exhibit...check back for the date.

Reception scheduled for 20 June, 6-8pm...come see me & the work!

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK

I have a watercolor piece accepted in the OK National Watermedia Juried Exhibition with juror Frank Francese. It shows in OK City 1 June-8 July at the Norick Art Center, Oklahoma City University Campus, 2501 N. Blackwelder.

Some of my news!

SEE A STEP-BY-STEP DEMO ONLINE

If you enjoy watercolors, check out the Aquanet web site:
http://www.aquanetart.com

Artists from all over the world share their images, offer critiques to those asking, have a monthly gallery, and most recently...have my "Journey of a Painting" posted. See the steps I used to create "Tangerine Prickly Pears" from a photo I took in Sedona, AZ.

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In January I was awarded a Merit Award by Sam Corso in the Lousiana Arts & Artists Guild 43rd National River Road Show with my "Industrial 236"

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I won 2nd place at Society of Watercolor Artists Art of the Month Contest in January

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I am one of 124 artists from 21 countries included in the Best of Worldwide Artists, Vol I by Kennedy Publishing to be released in 2013. Three of my images have been chosen: "Sweet Dreams", "Rainbow Agave" and "Peony in Pink, Lintao, China" for a 2-page spread.

The 3 paintings are pictured on this page above right.

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My photograph of a turtle was selected by Norie Sato as a source of inspiration for mosaic columns to be installed on the Chisholm Trail Parkway in Fort Worth as part of the North Texas Tollway Authority public art project. The project should be completed in 2014. She chose 18 artists who submitted photographs for the work. The mosaics are to be made by Franz Mayer Studio, an expert studio in Germany. (You may have seen their work at the DFW Airport terminal D where they produced several of the circular floor medallions). My image will be one of the 10 round columns (2' diameter x 13' tall) focused on water creatures and/or plants scattered along the Parkway to mark where the Parkway crosses water.

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The National Watercolor Society sent out their 2012 Summer Newsletter edition. I was asked to write a brief article about the travelling NWS Show that visited in Grapevine. Not only was the article printed, they included several pics of me and one of my artwork! A copy can be found under the "About Darla" section.

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