SWS 37th Annual Exhibition - Watercolour Splashes

Singapore Watercolour Society held its 37th Annual Exhibition, Watercolour Splashes, recently from 1st to 3rd September 2006.

Although the exhibtion dates are shorter than previous years and given the limited resources we had, I think it should be considered a satisfactory show. However, the disturbing fact remains that some artists chose not to participate in the exhibition and I must admit this doesn't bode well with the long-term progress and development of the society as a whole when there are more and more inactive members. :(

Well, 30 members participated in this year's exhibition and there were over 50 paintings on show. Five paintings were sold at the end although mine wasn't. Don't worry, I'm not disappointed or anything... it would have been nice to sell something, but the art market here especially for traditional watercolour paintings are quite poor in the first place, so I didn't put too much hope into selling mine. :-)


Anyway, here are some photos taken during the opening.

Opening speech by the President of the society, Seah Kam Chuan

The exhibition was officially opened by the
guest-of-honour, Mr D.J. Tan who subsequently
bought two paintings... thanks for supporting
our artists even though he didn't pick mine ;)

Here are the crowds on the opening day...

...and me with one of my paintings (Fullerton Hotel painted earlier this year)

Later this month, I'll be exhibiting two half-sheets in an exhibition in Penang, Malaysia on the 21st September. It's a collaboration between Penang Watercolour Society and Singapore Watercolour Society.... and we plan to have a plein aire/outdoor painting session with members of both societies. It should be fun :)