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Kris Parins Awarded First Place At FSWS

March 11th, 2012

Kris Parins Awarded First Place At FSWS

The Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society has awarded Kris Parins' painting "Floaters" the First Place Award in their Open Aqueous Exhibition, held at the Carrollton Cultural Center in Tampa FL. The juror for the show was Pat Weaver. The exhibit will be open until April 1, 2012.
The painting of a cluster of canoes is part of a series by Parins. "The graphic quality of the composition, the flat areas of color and high contrast, combined with the translucency of the subject captured my attention. I have completed two paintings from this inspiration, and have at least one more in mind. Sometimes there are too many options on a theme to explore them all in just one painting."
Parins has signature status in FSWS, an active group that covers 7 counties on Florida's Suncoast.

Suncoast Art Tour March 9-10

January 14th, 2012

Suncoast Art Tour March 9-10

Watercolor artist Kris Parins will be exhibiting in the Gallery Event of the Fine Art Society's Creators and Collectors Tour. She will be present throughout the event to meet with art lovers and answer questions about her own work. She will show an assortment of her large paintings as well as several smaller pieces. The annual gallery event takes place Friday and Saturday, March 9-10, from 10 am - 4 pm at Ringling College's Student Center in Sarasota. For more information and tickets, please visit the Society's website.

Kris Parins Workshop Schedule 2012

December 1st, 2011

Kris Parins Workshop Schedule 2012

Watercolor artist and instructor Kris Parins has scheduled a number of painting workshops in 2012. Her popular sessions vary from two to five days in length and are geared to painters who are at an intermediate to advanced level in their painting experience. Course descriptions and registration information can be found at the web addresses listed after each date below.

The subject of all of the workshops is "Splash, Splatter, & Pour Watercolor", with the exception of the June workshop in Door County WI. That session is "From Pixels to Paint" and includes all painters, not just watercolor; the topic is learning to use digital tools to plan and analyze one's work.

Kris Parins Workshops 2012
Www.krisparins.com
Kris.parins@gmail.com

February 16-17, 2 days
Pouring Watercolor Layer by Layer
Master Class
Longboat Key, Florida
Longboat Key Center for the Arts
More Information: www.ringling.edu/index.php?id=1324#c11756

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FWS Signature Status

October 21st, 2011

FWS Signature Status

Artist Kris Parins earned Signature Status in the Florida Watercolor Society with the acceptance of her watercolor painting "Let the Good Times Roll" in the 40th Annual Exhibition of FWS. John Salminen served as the exhibition juror, selecting 80 paintings from over 600 submitted by FWS members for the competition. The 2011 show is at Art Center Manatee in Bradenton, Florida and is open to the public until October 29, 2011.

Signature Status is achieved when an artist has work juried into three of the society's exhibitions, at which point the artist may add "FWS" after their signature. Parins' work was accepted in the 2006 and 2009 exhibitions. She also has earned Signature Status in the Southern Watercolor Society, Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society, and Wyoming Watercolor Society.

Art Publication Features Kris Parins

October 7th, 2011

Art Publication Features Kris Parins

Watercolor Artist Magazine features a painting by artist Kris Parins on the cover of the December 2011 issue. Titled "Snowbound," the watercolor was inspired by the artist's first winter spent in Wisconsin after eight years in Florida. It serves as an illustration for her article "Creativity Challenge" which describes the ways she uses her computer to maintain the freshness and excitement of experience while working in the studio.

"Snowbound" is the first of seven paintings in Parins' snow series. The original painting is in the collection of Jack Richeson.

West Bend Adds Parins To Art Collection

August 2nd, 2011

West Bend Adds Parins To Art Collection

West Bend Mutual Insurance Company has purchased a painting by Kris Parins to add to their corporate art collection. The watercolor, entitled "Main Street West Bend", was commissioned by the company and depicts the downtown in early morning light. The old marquee of the West Bend Theater is prominently featured in the scene.

Parins, originally from Green Bay, WI is a well-known artist whose work has received national recognition. She is a signature member of several watercolor societies, writes for art publications, and was recently named ÒOne to WatchÓ by Watercolor Artist Magazine. Her work is exhibited in galleries in Wisconsin, and in Florida where she has a winter home. She also teaches workshops for watercolor painters. To find out more about the artist, visit her website at www.krisparins.com.

The West Bend corporate collection, one of the largest in Wisconsin, containing more than 600 pieces that are either created by Wisconsin artists or have a connection to...

The Yupo Paintings Of Kris Parins

May 25th, 2011

The Yupo Paintings Of Kris Parins

May 13, 2011
From The Peninsula Pulse: Door County's resource for the arts, news, and entertainment

The Yupo Paintings of Kristine Parins

Inspired by travel or the forested landscape around her, Kristine Parins' watercolor paintings reference the look of silk-screens and woodcuts. Her watercolors will be on display at The Flying Pig Gallery in Algoma throughout the 2011 season.

"I enjoy the inevitable surprises that occur when working with watercolor," Parins said. "In order to encourage that element of surprise, I sometimes work on Yupo." Yupo is a sheet of plastic – a state-of-the-art synthetic material. When paints are applied to Yupo, the watercolors are not lost in the paper; they float on top and playfully interact. The hard surface repels water so only the watercolor pigment adheres via the lengthy process of evaporation. "It's a waiting game," said Parins, "as it can take several hours for each application to dry – you never know what you have...

Kris Parins Earns Signature Status

April 21st, 2011

Kris Parins Earns Signature Status

The Southern Watercolor Society has granted artist Kris Parins the designation of Signature Member, which is earned when an artist has been included in three of the Society's annual exhibitions. Parins may now use the designation "SW" after her name to indicate her achievement. She previously had paintings in the 2008 and 2010 exhibits. Juror Eric Weigardt has chosen Parins' painting “Let the Good Times Roll,” as one of 90 paintings to exhibit in the 34th annual show. There were 491 entries from the 19 states included in the Society. The exhibit will be at the Greenville Museum of Art in Greenville, NC from April 16 - May 20, 2011.

Ones To Watch

April 13th, 2011

Ones To Watch

Watercolor Artist Magazine December 2010
”Ones to Watch”

Ten brilliant artists steal the watercolor spotlight with their unique, innovative styles.

Kris Parins' rural paintings are a gut response to nature: the timelessness, the textures, the effect nature has on her soul. She lives in a rural area and finds inspiration in the change of seasons, lake reflections, and the overlapping shapes in the landscape.

Urban subjects are her reaction to the hustle and bustle of society. She likes to explore architecture and how it relates to the human figure - the story it has to tell - and the challenge of capturing a moment in time.

 

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