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| Don Getz may be reached by phone at: 216-299-5324 Email djgetzbgolly@hotmail.com. Mail: DON GETZ, 2445 18th St, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223 |
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| DON GETZ' WATERCOLOR JOURNALING TOUR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | ||
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Having taught watercolor since 1967, I have always cherished the idea of doing a country-wide tour. Seeing America's back roads and teaching as I toured. Having lost my dear wife, Judie, last August to COPD, and not getting any younger; altho at 78, I consider myself up to the task, I have planned this trip to teach my favorite; |
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| I have found that there are a great number of artists, who travel frequently, and cannot be burdened with lugging around an easel and a ton of painting gear. Journaling amounts to taking a watercolor book (I prefer Cheap Joe's 9x12 American Journey book with 140# watercolor paper) a small watercolor palette, a few brushes, a water container and a folding camp stool AND a wide brim hat and you can go anywhere and quickly do sketches, add a few washes and move on to another subject... | ||
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Taking a photo is ok, but to really capture the essence and feeling that you gather from the site, to do a quick sketch and add some color, cements this scene in your memory, unlike the effects of a photo. |
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| I have created over fourteen journals, during my travels in the past ten years (pic#26), from the Adirondacks to Maine (pic#25-24), to Taos, NM (pic#30), to Mendocino, California (pic#17-16-15), all of which will again be included in this tour AND places like the Grand Canyon, Mount Rushmore and many others which I have yet to enjoy! | ||
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| I hope that you can participate somewhere along the road, as I cross the U.S. of A. | ||
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| 2012 | ||
| Schedule for the Don Getz Watercolor Journaling Tour, 2012 - 2013; MOREHEAD, NC Nov. 28-29-30 (Monday - Wednesday) 216-299-5324 / Don CHARLESTON, SC Dec. 3-4-5 (Monday - Wednesday) 843-884-6162 / Joyce SAVANNAH, GA Dec. 10-11-12 (Monday-Wednesday) 912-598-2964 / Rebecca SAINT AUGUSTINE, FL Dec. 19-20-21 (Wednesday - Friday) 216-299-5324 / Don |
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| 2013 | ||
| EUSTIS, FL Jan. 9-10 (Wednesday - Thursday) 352-742-4952 / Mary KEY WEST, FL Jan. 22-23-24 (Tuesday - Thursday) 847-684-2667 / Karen KEY LARGO, FL Jan. 29-30 (Tuesday - Wednesday) 305-852-7494 / Kris WINTER HAVEN, FL Feb. 12-13-14 (Tuesday - Thursday) 863-956-1357 / Margaret PALM COAST, FL Feb. 19-20 (Tuesday - Wednesday) 386-446-5037 / Joan INDIAN ROCKS BEACH, FL Feb. 27-28 (Wednesday - Thursday) 727-596-4331 / Beach Art Center APALACHICOLA, FL March 4-5-6 (Monday - Wednesday) 207-691-2982 / Day MEXICO BEACH, FL Mar. 11-13 (Monday - Wednesday) 850-648-5126 / Peggy PENSACOLA, FL Mar. 20-21-22 (Wednesday - Friday) 850-471-1150 / Marsha LAFAYETTE, LA Mar. 25-26-27 (Monday - Wednesday) 337-654-2325 / Cecilla BATON ROUGE, LA Apr. 1-2 (Monday - Tuesday) 225-205-0522 / Leah HENDERSONVILLE, NC Apr. 8-9-10-11 (Monday - Thursday) 530-258-9266 / Robbie (FILLED) DALLAS, TX Apr. 16-17-18 (Tuesday - Thursday) 972-231-0411 / Herb FREDERICKSBURG, TX Apr. 22-23 (Monday - Tuesday) 830-997-0515 / Bill LUBBOCK, TX Apr. 26-27 (Friday - Saturday) 806-767-3724 / Paula SANTA FE, NM May 1-2-3 (Wednesday - Friday) 505-428-1000 / Gordon TUBAC, AZ May 6-7-8 (Monday - Wednesday) 520-398-2371 / Tubac Center for Arts SEDONA, AZ May 11-12-13 (Saturday - Monday) 888-954-4442 / 928-282-3809 GRAND CANYON, AZ May 15-16-17 (Wednesday - Friday) 216-299-5324 / Don LAS VEGAS, NV May 20-21-22 (Monday - Wednesday) 702-257-0766 / 702-463-2454 / Sharon SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA May 30-31 (Thursday - Friday) 216-299-5324 / Don SARATOGA, CA Jun. 4-6 (Tuesday - Thursday) 408-867-2581 / Judy HALF MOON BAY, CA Jun. 11-13 (Tuesday - Thursday) 408-867-2581 / Judy MENDOCINO, CA Jun. 17-18-19 (Monday - Wednesday) 800-653-3328 / Arlene COOS BAY, OR Jun. 22-23 (Saturday - Sunday) 541-888-7223 / Getz Class CANNON BEACH, OR Jun. 28-29 (Friday - Saturday) 216-299-5324 / Don WHITBY ISLAND, WA Jul. 8-9-10 (Monday - Wednesday) 360-678-3396 / Lisa SPOKANE, WA Jul. 12-13 (Friday - Saturday) 216-299-5324 / Don BUTTE, MT Jul. 17-18 (Wednesday - Thursday) 216-299-5324 / Don WEST YELLOWSTONE, MT Jul. 22-23-24 (Monday - Wednesday 406-600-2607 / Bob) GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, WY Jul. 25-26 (Thursday - Friday) 406-600-2607 / Bob CODY, WY Jul. 29-30 (Monday - Tuesday) 216-299-5324 / Don SIOUX FALLS, SD Aug. 5-6 (Monday - Tuesday) 216-299-5324 / Don MANITOWAC, WI Aug. 13 (Tuesday) MANISTEE, MI Aug. 16-17 (Friday - Saturday) 216-299-5324 / Don SAUGATUCK, MI Aug. 21-22 (Wednesday - Thursday) 216-299-5324 / Don VAN WERT, OH Aug. 27-28 (Tuesday - Wednesday) 419-238-6837 / Hope HUDSON, OH Sep. 9 7:30 pm program (Monday) |
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| For details on the sessions listed above, please contact me at djgetzbgolly@hotmail.com or call 330-657-2807 or 216-299-5324. |
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| Awards and Art Collections |
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| Original paintings by Getz have garnered over forty national awards, including four gold medals and have been selected for exhibition in most every national show, including American Watercolor Society (ten), Watercolor USA, Rocky Mountain Watermedia Exh., the Butler Midyear (Ohio), Midwest Watercolor Society, Niagara Frontier National Watercolor Society and numerous regionals. Along with a lengthy list of one-person shows, Getz was honored in 1992, with a 30 year retrospective at the Butler Institute of American Art. In 2000, he completed a 48" x 96" acrylic mural of the Ohio-Erie Canal, "Spring 1877", commissioned for the Cascade Locks Park Association in Akron, Ohio. In 2003, Don completed a two year project, another canal mural "July 4th, 1844", for the Spread Eagle Tavern in Hanoverton, Ohio. Getz' works are included in most of the major rubber company collections, major midwest banks, universities and numerous corporate, as well as private collections in the United States, Canada, Europe, Hong Kong and Japan. In 2002, Getz was featured in 'Artist Sketchbook, Oct. 02, 'The Artist's Magazine' Oct. 02 and 'Watercolor' Fall, 2002. His latest challenge, creating watercolor journals, is featured in a new book on 'Plein Air Painting', published by International Artists. | ||
| Getz is listed in Edition XXIII of the Dictionary of International Biographies, Cambridge, England and in the 16th Edition of Men of Achievement. | ||
| Brief Biography |
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| Born in 1934, in the small northeast Ohio town of Salem, Don Getz took to art at the ripe age of five, drawing steel trucks and cars of customers at his father's steel fabrication business. Getz, Sr. was artistically inclined; able to create almost anything to order from metal. Don's mother also had a flare for art which influenced her son. | ||
| Getz worked in commercial art for 23 years, as an illustrator and producer of TV commercials; turning to a career in fine art in 1977, He began painting for relaxation in 1962 and quickly began to teach others. He founded the Boston Mills Artfest in 1972, directing the two weekend event for 25 years. In 1978, he was instrumental in the founding of the Ohio Watercolor Society, serving as the founding president until 1988. In 1980, Getz organized the Boston Mills Artist Workshops, offering up to 40 summer classes in the final year of 1984. | ||
| In 1985, Getz was granted signature membership in the prestigious American Watercolor Society. He has designed and supervised the production of the annual AWS Exhibition Catalog since 1985, is a life member of AWS and serves as 4th V.P. of AWS. He also served Knickerbocker Artists-USA, as a director, for several years in the early 90's. Don is also responsible for creating a series of poster paintings of the Adirondacks since 1986, for the Arts Center / Old Forge, NY. This series has become highly collectable and serves as an annual fundraiser for the art center. Getz presently serves as curator of a series of educational art exhibitions, Art @ M.D. Garage, in a restored 1940 era gas station owned by the National Park Service, in the heart of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, where he and wife, Judie, reside. Getz is also an advisor to the NPS "Artist-In-Residence" Program at CVNP. | ||
Email djgetzbgolly@hotmail.com. Mail: DON GETZ, 2445 18th St, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223 |
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