Refining palettes
Therese Ferguson’s Spoonbill in the Marsh was among the watercolors exhibited at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge’s recent Flora and Fauna at the Refuge show. THERESE FERGUSON
Watercolor society welcomes novices and masters, alike
The world would be much nicer if everyone could be as embracing and supportive as the 200-plus members of the Brevard Watercolor Society, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year.
“The society has a very welcoming spirit,” said Therese Ferguson, who joined the group just months after it was formed in 1995 and previously served as its president. An accomplished artist with a roomful of awards and a cadre of collectors, Ferguson teaches three weekly watercolor classes at the Highland Art Studios, where she has her own studio and gallery space. She also teaches for the Satellite Beach Recreation Department.
Lynn Devlin, one of Ferguson’s students, can attest to how the watercolor society enhances awareness of the medium and its possibilities. The New Hampshire transplant happened to visit the society’s annual show, Splash! of Watercolor, a couple of years ago, just out of curiosity. She was floored by the enthusiasm she found.
“I never met such welcoming people,” she said.
Maria Sonnenberg
Maria is a prolific writer and proofer for Space Coast Living and an adjunct professor at Florida Institute of Technology’s Nathan M. Bisk College of Business. When not writing, teaching or traveling, she can be found waging a one-woman war against her lawn and futilely attempting to maintain order among the chaos of a pack of extremely clueless wirehair dachshunds and an angst-driven basset hound.
