Loisanne began painting in watercolor after retiring from her professional career in health care. She has studied painting with both regional and international artists including Sterling Edwards, Stephen Quiller, Ron Ranson, Tony Couch and others.
She is intrigued by the challenge of painting with watercolor because of its fluidity. Her chosen style is 'wet-on-wet', soaking the watercolor paper with water before applying watercolor paints with large brushes. Loisanne loves painting landscapes, especially skies, attempting to capture the beauty of the natural world in a more impressionistic style. One of the joys she experiences occurs when people, looking at her art, say they 'feel the quiet' of her paintings.
She has attained both Signature and Saguaro Fellow status in the Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild.
Awards
-Best of Show, Signature Show 2020, Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild, Tucson, AZ.
-Award of Excellence, Signature Show 2019, Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild, Tucson, AZ.
-Fountain Studio Transparent Watercolor Award, 51st Annual Show, 2019, Juried, Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild, Tucson, AZ.
- Best of Show, Fiesta Sonora 2017, Juried, Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild, Tucson. AZ.
- People’s Choice Award, Fiesta Sonora Show, 2017, Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild Exhibit ,
- Award of Excellence, Signature Show 2016, Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild, Tucson, AZ.
- Honorable Mention Award, Signature Show, 2015 Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild,
- Award of Distinction, National All Media Exhibit, 2014,Juried, Emerald Art Center, Springfield, OR.
- Merchant Award, Arizona Watercolor Association, Fall Exhibit, Juried, 2014, Phoenix, AZ.
- Honorable Mention Award, Orange County Creatives Gallery, National Juried Show, Laguna, CA.
Recent Exhibits
-Western Federation of Watercolor Societies, 2020
-Signature Show, Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild, 2020
-39th San Diego International Watercolor Exhibit, San Diego, 2019
- 46th Annual Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibit, 2019 Evergreen Colorado,
-51st Annual Show, juried, Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild, Tucson, AZ.
-Signature Members Show, 2019 Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild, Tucson,
-42nd Annual Western Federation of Watercolor Societies, juried, Tucson AZ.
- 71st Annual Juried International Exhibition, Pittsburgh Watercolor Society
- Signature Exhibit, Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild, Tucson, AZ
- Tubac Center for the Arts, Arizona Aqueous XXXIII Exhibit, juried, Tubac,
- Tohono Chul Park Gallery, Juried, Tucson, AZ
- De Grazia’s Little Gallery, Plein Air Exhibit, Tucson, AZ
- Fiesta Sonora Show, Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild, juried, Tucson, AZ
- Calendar Show, Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild, Tucson, AZ
- Solo Exhibit, Joel Valdez Downtown Library, Main Lobby, juried, Tucson, AZ
- Solo Exhibit, Unitarian Universalist Church, Tucson, AZ
- Members Exhibit, Tubac Center for the Arts, juried, Tubac AZ
- Annual Show, Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild, juried, Tucson, AZ
- Signature Member, Arizona Arts Alliance, juried, Phoenix, AZ
- AWA Spring Exhibit, juried, Phoenix, AZ
- AZ Art Alliance Exhibit, Holland Gallery, juried, Scottsdale, AZ
Workshop Development and Teaching
January 2020, “Painting Skies with the Wet-on-Wet Technique”, Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild Gallery
May 2019, “Painting Washes and Placing Figures in Landscapes”, Wednesday Watercolor Group, Tucson
February 2019, “Painting Skies with the Wet-on-Wet Technique”, Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild Gallery
May 2018, “Color Theory: Learn to Paint Neutrals”, Wednesday Watercolor Group, Tucson
May 2017, “What I Do Before I put Paint on the Paper”, Wednesday Watercolor Group, Tucson
May 2016, “Painting Skies with the Wet-on-Wet Technique”, Wednesday Watercolor Group , Tucson
October 2016, “Painting Skies with the Wet-on-Wet Technique”, Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild Gallery
Professional Affiliations
- Saguaro Fellow,Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild
- Signature Member, Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild
- Juried Member, Arizona Art Alliance
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