Author Archives: Jo Myers-Walker

West Des Moines workshop

Posted on August 21, 2019 by Jo Myers-Walker

My watercolor workshop at Artisan Gallery 218 focused on the figures that bring a painting to life. We painted flowers as a warmup, plenty of little chickens to practice with colors, and animated figures the rest of the time. The … Continue reading →

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Paintings at La Poste

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Jo Myers-Walker

Update:  This year’s IWS Annual Exhibition in Perry has now ended. See the post “Well-traveled” for a followup! I’m honored to have two of my paintings in this year’s Iowa Watercolor Society (IWS) Annual Exhibition. Here I’m dropping them off … Continue reading →

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South Amana swap meet

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Jo Myers-Walker

Jeanette and I have been to The Great South Amana Swap Meet & Farmer’s Market on a couple of Fridays this summer, selling Creating for a Cause cards and enjoying the atmosphere. There are musicians playing, people selling all kinds … Continue reading →

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Amana workshop 2019

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Jo Myers-Walker

It’s always a pleasure to return to beautiful Amana, this time to lead a four-day Artistic Journal Making workshop at Amana Arts Guild. The workshop was part of the Art Iowa Workshops offered every year in cooperation with Grant Wood … Continue reading →

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Remembering Charles Reid

Posted on July 12, 2019 by Jo Myers-Walker

I was saddened to learn of the death of artist Charles Reid, whose painting style I admire and whose teaching has been an inspiration. My sketchbooks tell the stories of his workshops I was fortunate to attend (one in 2010 … Continue reading →

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Painters at the festival

Posted on June 10, 2019 by Jo Myers-Walker

Thank you to all the students stopping by to demonstrate or show enthusiasm for the Iowa Artisans Gallery and our amazing gang of painters! Above:  Some of the students who took turns demonstrating painting techniques during the recent Iowa Arts … Continue reading →

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Iowa Arts Festival 2019

Posted on May 27, 2019 by Jo Myers-Walker

Update:  Iowa Arts Festival has ended for 2019. Thank you to everyone who stopped by! (Original post:) Thanks to Iowa Artisans Gallery, I will be inside during this year’s Iowa Arts Festival away from the wind, so my friends will … Continue reading →

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Spring graduates

Posted on May 22, 2019 by Jo Myers-Walker

In honor of my granddaughter’s graduation I painted these scenes of Iowa Avenue in Iowa City, with Maddie and her roommates in their graduation attire. I reminded the graduates that they may remain friends forever after living together for four … Continue reading →

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Octagon Shop revisited

Posted on May 15, 2019 by Jo Myers-Walker

Ames still feels like my hometown and the Octagon is where I got my start. It was great to be back, bringing paintings and prints for the Octagon Gallery Shop! The original paintings are “Backyard Chickens” (16″ x 20″) and … Continue reading →

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Florida revisited

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Jo Myers-Walker

Several years ago I visited friends in Florida to soak up the atmosphere and paint three scenes of South Beach for them. I could smell the ocean, observe the people and hear a variety of languages as they passed by. … Continue reading →

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