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About
the Artist:
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Kathy Rennell Forbes is a national
award-winning artist. She combines her passion for painting, the
outdoors, and travel. She works both realistically and abstractly.
For her landscapes, she prefers to paint in plein air where she can
take in all the elements, but also works from her outdoor sketches
and photos once back at her studio. She paints in watercolor,
acrylic, oil, and mixed media. Most of her abstracts employ mixed
media.
Kathy teaches a variety of drawing and painting classes in the
Atlanta area and workshops across the Southeast. Her works hang in
private collections throughout the United States and Europe.
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Education:
BFA Art/Art Education at University of Georgia, Athens, GA. Studied under Ron
Meyers, Andy Nasisse, James Herbert, Bill Thompson and Robert Nix. Additional
classes and workshops with Larry Walker, Gordon Andersen, Joe Perrin, Dolores
Kennedy, Jack Shields, Betty Carr, Skip Lawrence, John Salminen, and Mel Stabin.
Awards:
October 2007, Reverberations Show at Atlanta Artists Center, First Place,
"Please Pay Here", watercolor
September 2007, National Show for Atlanta Artists Center, Merit Award,
"Live Wires", mixed media
November 2006, Atlanta Artists Center, Honorable Mention for "Reflections
of Swan Range", watercolor
September 2006, National Show for Atlanta Artists Center, Juror's Choice
Award for
"Treasures
Under the Sea", mixed media
February 2006, Atlanta Artists Center "Traveling Show", Honorable Mention
for "Bar Series II, Conversation", watercolor
November 2005, Southeast Region Dunwoody Fine Arts "Eye of the Beholder"
Show, Honorable Mention for "Reflections of Spring", watercolor
July 2005 National Show Acceptance, South Cobb Arts Alliance "Floral Sea
of Gold", watercolor
June 2005 Atlanta Artists Center, Renaissance Show Second Place for
"Waterfront Property", oil painting on paper
May 2005 Atlanta Artists Center, Synergy Show Second place for "Linda's
Garden", watercolor
May 2004 National Show Acceptance, Georgia Watercolor Society "Twilight
Over Grayton Beach", watercolor.
April 2003 Atlanta Artists Center, Dogwood Show Merit Award for "First
Snow on Gore Range", watercolor
November 2002, National Show Acceptance, Cultural Art Center of
Douglasville, "La Connor Tulip Fields I", acrylic on paper
May 2002 Atlanta Artists Center, Color scheme show Second Place for "La
Connor Tulip Fields I", acrylic on paper
April 2002 Atlanta Artists Center, Dogwood Show Merit Award for "Quiet
Moment", acrylic on paper
International Olympic Committee selected original art to be given as a gift to
the country of France.
Juried Art Shows:
Watercolor Society of Alabama, Georgia Watercolor Society, Dunwoody Fine Arts
Association, Spruill Art Center (Dunwoody, GA), Atlanta Artists Center, Georgia
State Capitol (Atlanta, GA), Morris Brown College (Atlanta, GA), Georgia State
University (Atlanta, GA), University of Georgia (Athens, GA), West Georgia
Regional Library (Carrollton, GA), Lyndon House Gallery (Athens, GA), Rabun Gap
Nacoochee School (Rabun Gap, GA), Unitarian Universalistic Congregation
(Atlanta, GA), Bowen Center for the Arts (Dawsonville, GA) Quinlan Visual Arts
Center (Gainesville, GA), Chastain Art Center (Atlanta, GA), Gilmer County Art
and Heritage Association (Ellijay, GA), South Cobb Arts Alliance (Marietta, GA),
Cobb Chamber of Commerce (Marietta, GA) Ida Williams Buckhead Library (Atlanta,
GA), Emory University (Atlanta, GA) and Atlanta History Center.
Recent Non-Juried Art Shows:
One Woman Show – “Passages” at Ida Williams Buckhead Library, Atlanta, GA
September 2008
Seven Women Show “Unfolding Reflections” at Bowen Center for the Arts,
Dawsonville, GA May 2008
One Woman Show – Cobb Chamber of Commerce, Marietta, GA June & July 2007
Seven Women Show “Favorite Places” at Bowen Center for the Arts, Dawsonville, GA
February - March 2007
Memberships:
Signature Member of the Georgia Watercolor Society (President 2007-2008)
Member of Excellence at Atlanta Artists Center
Juried Member of Alabama Watercolor Society
North Atlanta Plein Air Painters (Founder and President)
Dawson County Arts Council
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