Like most watercolor painters, I love the medium. I love the luminescent quality of the paint, and the way the paper shows through it. Watercolor is versatile--you can have light, transparent sections, and dark, opaque sections in the same painting.  A painting can go from very realistic, almost photographic, to vague, abstract suggestions--again, in the same painting. And the medium is so challenging to use that you never run the risk of getting bored. Light, and the way it can be described through color and contrast, is always the common denominator in my work. I want the images to be interesting from a distance, but also invite close examination.

MaryLou Sunderland
107 W. 20th
Hutchinson, KS 67502
sunderland2@sbcglobal.net

Recent Awards & Competitions:

Nestor Weigand, Jr. Patron Purchase Award, Kansas Watercolor Society National 2009
Wichita Center for the Arts/KWS Cash Award, Kansas Watercolor Society 2008 Great 8 Exhibition
Liz Koch Patron Purchase Award, Kansas Watercolor Society 2008 Great 8 Exhibition
MKEC Engineering Consultants Patron Purchase Award, Kansas Watercolor Society 2007 Great 8 Exhibition
Exhibited, Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition 2006
Juror's Cash Award, KWS Invitational 2006
Exhibited, featured on catalog cover, Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition 2005
Winsor Newton Merchandise Award, Watercolor USA 2005
Dr. Patricia Feltes Patron Purchase Award, Watercolor USA 2005
Juror's Award of Excellence, KWS Invitational 2005
Exhibited, Kansas Watercolor Society 2004 Great 8 Exhibition
Doctors Jan & Hugh Riordan Cash Award, Kansas Watercolor Society 2003 Great 8 Exhibition
Exhibited, Kansas Watercolor Society 2002 Great 8 Exhibition
Emprise Bank Patron Purchase Award, Kansas Watercolor Society 2001 Great 8 Exhibition
Exhibited, Watercolor USA 2001
Patron Purchase Award, Watercolor USA 2000
Md-KS Engineering Patron Purchase Award, Kansas Watercolor Society 2000 7-State Exhibition

"Reflection Collection"