WAA Members Show

Washington Arts Association Members Show

OPENING RECEPTION & AWARDS: Saturday, January 26 4 - 6 pm

Show is open from January 26 - March 2, 2019

Each year, the Washington Art Association & Gallery exhibits the works of its current members.

ShawnaLee Kwashnak, a returning member, will be showing her Charcoal Portrait of "In loving memory: Eric Sebastian Marsden".

WAA Gallery Hours:

Tuesday - Saturday, 10am - 5pm
Sunday, 10am - 2pm (May - September)
Closed on Mondays all year

"The portrait “In loving memory of Eric Sebastian Marsden” was another response to my call for subjects this past Spring. Pat Marsden, the Mother of Eric, became aware of my work through a talented young artist, Maddie Blais, who studied in my teen art class. Pat asked if I would consider drawing her late child. This was an exceptional challenge as Eric passed away as a young child and the only references of him were small and out of focus. Of even greater challenge, there were only a few fading photographs spanning his precious young years - showing his visage at different stages of development. I wondered to myself if I could find Eric with my charcoals.... After working closely with the family they shared that the finished portrait of Eric captured him perfectly and has brought peace and closure for them. The response was overwhelming and deeply moving. They are thrilled with the happy and joyful expression caught with charcoals– something that all of their old photographs combined were never able to provide. This portrait brought to my attention that it is often unimaginable what a single work of art could mean to another." ShawnaLee

Award winning New England artist, ShawnaLee Kwashnak, loves animals, a warm cup of coffee, and bringing joy to others by creating Portraits of pets and people. With attention to detail combined with her intuitive nature, ShawnaLee strives to capture the spirit of her subjects in every work. Each portrait or landscape is created entirely by hand in the time honored way using authentic artist materials and skills honed over a lifetime of dedication to the arts. ShawnaLee graduated Cum Laude from Western Connecticut State University with a BA in Studio Art and Graphic design/Illustration. She has served as Youth Art Director and program developer for the Ridgefield Guild of Artists, and taught at many venues as well as privately for over 27 years. ShawnaLee serves as a director of communications for the CT Society of Portrait Artists, and holds memberships with SCAN, WAA and Richter Association for the arts. Publications include Arts & Activities, WCSU Alumni Front Cover, Equine Vision, Horseman’s Yankee Pedlar, The Equine Image, Connecticut & Massachusetts Horse Magazines, Connecticut Magazine and Taproot Journal. ShawnaLee has participated in live sketch demonstrations and television interviews including News Channel 12 Pet Talk with Lauren Collier. She is a mother of three, leader of an active Girl Scout Troop, sings alto in a choir and shares her studio space with 5 cats, rabbit, a turtle, and if horses could come inside, the horse too!

Ferguson ~ Sherr ~ Rea Awards will be presented during the Opening Reception at 5:30 pm in four categories: works on paper, painting, photography and sculpture. Thanks to the generosity of Washington art patrons and collectors Margaret Ferguson, Dan Sherr, and Elizabeth Richebourg Rea .

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