Women Today

Oshkosh watercolorist Joye Moon of Oshkosh joins us today as a contributor to the Women blog.

Joye has recently wrote "Exploring Textures in Watercolor" with F&W Publications/North Light Books. She calls the book “A two-year labor of love” and is very pleased with the results.

The book will be released on Oct. 15, and will be available in early November.

To publicize the book, Joye will be embarking on a nationwide tour and delving into numerous other projects. She’s going to take Women readers along for the ride with postings about her book tour and other events. Here’s what she’s up to now:

I am busy organizing an exhibit that will be comprised of the step-by-step projects in each chapter of my book, as well as other painting featured in the book.The subject matter ranges from realism to semi-abstraction, landscapes to florals, portraits to fantasy themes. These watercolor paintings are not only painted traditionally onto watercolor paper but also include different surfaces such as yupo paper, clay board, hard board and watercolor canvas.

Different mediums, such as watercolor pencils, acrylic, guoche and ink, are included.
I have a One Woman Show opening Oct. 13 at the Steinhilber Gallery on the third floor of the Reeve Memorial Union at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. At the closing reception on Nov. 9, I will have a books signing from 1 to 5 p.m. I hope you can join me for this event!

I will also be opening an Internet Exhibit on my Website, www.joyemoon.com, that will feature a sampling of paintings in the book and exhibit. The Internet Exhibit should open at the beginning of October, if not sooner.

I plan to update the blog weekly to keep you up to date with demonstrations and book signings that have been organized around the Wisconsin, Illinois and Florida so far.

Bye for now,

Joye Moon