Creation in action

Sedona watercolor artist Mary Helsaple is featured in the new America's Parks traveling exhibition.     Event Dates: 12/4/2015 - 1/31/2016 Location: Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum Logan KS   Event Dates: 12/4/2015 - 1/31/2016 Location: Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum Logan KS hansenmuseum.org     An exhibit of America’s Parks is scheduled to launch in December, 2015. It is the third edition of America’s Parks. Artworks in this exhibition are drawn principally from artists who participated in the first edition of America’s Parks, though some were added because they were award-winners in the second America’s Parks exhibition. Wikipedia, the free, on-line encyclopedia, defines a park [...]

    Written by Zachary Jernigan     Red Rock News, Sedona, AZ    November 12th, 2015 According to artist Mary Helsaple, when you painted with simple watercolors as a child you were in fact witnessing a complicated thing: "The marriage between brush, pigment and paper."According to Helsaple, her recently released book "Physics of Watercolor: A Guide to the Techniques in Watercolor Painting" was named in recognition of how each element comes together. Unlike oil paints and acrylics, nothing is left behind on the paper but the pigment; as the water evaporates, any number of things can happen to impact the painting.Standing behind her display [...]