2011 Poster Artist – Randy Emmons
2011 Poster Artist Randy Emmons
The poster has been a fund raising effort of the EAF
Foundation since 1983. This year we present a Featured Artist Poster rather than a signed limited edition. It will be offered in the standard poster size, 18 x 24 inches. Both the Featured Artist Poster and the Student Poster will be offered as mini posters (11 x 14 inches) and as a matted postcard size (suitable for framing in an 8 x 10” frame).
2011 - EAF Poster by Randy Emmons
The 2011 Featured Poster Artist is Randy Emmons, a signature member of Northwest Watercolor Society and Associate of the National Watercolor Society. Having his career as a Navy photographer behind him, he’s returned to the art world. Randy comments, “To me watercolor shines! When it is laid down cleanly with the whites intact, the sparkle in the image makes the painting a magnet to me. I don’t believe any other medium forces a painter to work with what the paint wants to do the way watercolor does. It runs, bleeds, mixes and separates on its own—and I love it!”
In addition to the poster original, “Guardians of the Sound”, enjoy a full exhibit of original work by Randy Emmons in the EAF Museum. Works in this exhibit will be for sale throughout the Festival weekend. The exhibit of his watercolors will continue through July 5, 2011.
The EAF Museum Gallery is located at the Frances Anderson Center Main Entrance, 700 Main Street, Edmonds. Gallery Hours: Mon – Fri 9 to 9, Sat – 10 to 3. For information call 425.771.1984. Visit www.eaffoundation.org for more information about the museum and projects of the Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation and www.randyemmons.com for more information about the artist and his work.
To purchase the 2011 poster, please CLICK HERE!
2010 Poster Artist – Joe Mac Kechnie
2010 Limited Edition Poster Artist
Every year since 1983, the EAF Foundation has selected an artist to present patrons of the annual Edmonds Arts Festival with a quality art selection at a reasonable cost through a limited edition poster. This year’s artist is Joel Mac Kechnie.
“Over the past few years my advancement in fine art has been greatly influenced by developing my skills in drawing. For me art has become a new language through which I can express my creativity and feelings. My greatest goal is to continue to expand my understanding of artistic techniques so they become the natural tools for expressing my ideas and emotions.
The world provides me with an infinite canvas. Everything I see becomes subjects for my art through graphite, ink, pastel or paint. My purpose is to isolate, depict and capture the essence of a subject. I seek qualities that are elusive, difficult to discover and portray. Painting for me is about sharing my view as I witness and savor the visual moment.”
Joe grew up in the Pacific Northwest and, as an engineering graduate of the University of Washington, worked as a computer network design engineer in the Seattle area for many years. Following retirement, Joe has been pursuing a career in fine art. He continues to develop his skills, techniques and style in all mediums and has received many local and national awards for his work.
Joe is a signature member of the Northwest Watercolor Society. He also is a member of the Portrait Society of America, Oil Painters of America, the Northwest Pastel Society, the Puget Sound Group of Northwest Painters, and is the past president of the Eastside Association of Fine Arts. Joe teaches workshops locally and abroad. In addition, he has provided many demos at various art associations and art stores and has served as a juror for art exhibitions in the Pacific Northwest. For more information visit www.jlmackechnie.com
Works by the poster artist will be featured in the EAF Museum gallery throughout the month of June, 2010.
2010 Limited Edition Poster by Joe Mac Kechnie
2009 Poster Artist – Charlette Haugen
2009 Poster Artist Charlotte Haugen
Every year since 1983, the EAF Foundation has selected an artist to present patrons of the annual Edmonds Arts Festival with a quality art selection at a reasonable cost through a limited edition poster. This year’s artist is Charlette Haugen.
Charlette Haugen has turned an avocation into a vocation! She particularly enjoys creating and painting in an impressionistic yet realistic style, enjoying a variety of subjects and scenes, all meant to challenge this watercolor artist.
In her artist statement, Charlette reveals her approach. “My painting encompasses an eclectic subject matter and leans toward outdoor subjects from my many travels. One thing I look for while viewing art is to see if there is an edge to the work or a different way of interpreting the subject matter, which catches and holds the eye, causing a person to linger. I hope my work does that for those who enjoy art.”
2009 Limited Edition Poster Original by Charlotte Haugen
Visit www. charlettehaugen.com for more information about Charlette and her work.