[Aquanet] AWS

Fri Apr 11 10:25:07 EDT 2008

HI Betul et el
I have been on the list a long time but only started painting a couple of years ago when I started a group here and we bring in teachers.  I think you will find the same age phenomenon in quilting as well.  They have done studies that showed the average age of a quilter was 50 or so, the average age of a avid "professional" quilter (who spends about 15 hours a week in their studio) is 58 or so.  And that the avid quilters which are about 5% of all quilters spend 95% of the 2.3 or 2.4 billion dollars on supplies.

I have to search out that research.  I know I have it somewhere.  

But I don't fit into the demographics.  I have been quilting since I was 27 and I have been avid from the start.   I am now 45 and I am now able to diversify into doing watercolour painting.  I have time now that my last one is about to leave the nest.

I hope to post a little more often now that I am not a wannabee painter...I have actually finished a few of my own.  I put them on my website www.dancingravenstudio.ca   under portfolio.  I haven't done a lot since quilting is my main medium, but I am feeling more confident in painting.

Talking about quilting...I have a deadline to meet, so I am off.

Shawna from Yellowknife

At 08:21 PM 4/10/2008, you wrote:
I also went to the AWS show on Tuesday! I stayed for the demonstration of Domenic di Stefano too...I have one question:I noticed that the majority of the spectators were 50+. I am 59 myself. Do we have any young people in our community, or is watercolors on its way to be extinct after us?All the best,Betul Aydiner--- Orjinal mesaj ---From: Mary E Whitehill To: Cc: Sent: Wed Apr 09 22:30:20 EEST 2008Subject: [Aquanet] Re; WeatherHere in New York we are having the first really spring day, 68 degrees,sunny and the daffodils and blue scillas are blooming in my garden. >From now on i'll be painting all day every day. Went to AWS showyesterday at Salmagundi Club in NYC. Fabulous show. You can get theentire exhibit on a CD. It was $20 for the program and CD. Bev, I'm so glad you are ambulatory again. Keep up the therapy and happypainting again!M. E Whitehill - Watercolorswtrclr at juno.comFine art paintings of flowers, landscapes, historic sites of the HudsonValleyCheck "What's New" on my Web Site www.mewhitehill.comAquanet mailing listAquanet at thedigitalbraintrust.nethttp://lists.thedigitalbraintrust.net/mailman/listinfo/aquanetCheck out the Aquanet web site:http://www.aquanetart.comhttp://www.betulaydiner.com/ Aquanet mailing listAquanet at thedigitalbraintrust.nethttp://lists.thedigitalbraintrust.net/mailman/listinfo/aquanetCheck out the Aquanet web site:http://www.aquanetart.com  View the watercolors of Carol Wickenhiser-Schaudt, IAF. Artistic passion through the trained eye of a scientist.                 www.Schaudt.us/watercolors Signature Member:  Institut des Arts Figuratifshttp://www.institutdesartsfiguratifs.com/pages_public/artistes_fiche.php?id_artiste=57                                        
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