Becky Haletky watercolors

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From the time I could hold a pencil in my hand I was constantly drawing as a child. It comes as naturally to me as breathing. At Mass. College of Art my focus switched briefly to photography, for which I am now thankful. As a painter, I use my photography skills as a tool. In my travels I compose with my camera, enabling me to paint in my comfortable studio.

I have been painting in watercolor for 25 years. My passion is for the man made landscape or “manscapes” as I call them. The thrill for me is finding an old store, diner or gas station from another era. Whether a fishing camp on my own pond, or a ruined famine cottage in Ireland, it is the subject that motivates me.

 

EDUCATION    
BFA ~ Photography    Mass. College of Art

AFFILIATIONS 
New England Watercolor Society ~ Board of Directors
South Shore Art Center ~ Gallery artist, faculty
Fuller Craft Museum ~ Faculty (1992-2006)
DeCordova Museum ~ Corporate member
            Copley Society of Boston ~ Copley Master (1988-1998)                     Rhode Island Watercolor Society ~ Artist member

AWARDS
Over 280 awards in painting and photography including;
South Shore Arts Festival ~ Best in Show 1991, 1990
First Prize ~ watercolor  2004, 2003, 1998
North River Arts Festival ~ Best in Show 2003, 2007
        East Bridgewater Arts Festival ~ Best in Show 2005, 2004          

               New England Watercolor Society North American Open               Stanhope Framers Award 2006

PUBLICATIONS
llustrated children’s book ~ 2005
Royal Koi and Kindred Spirits, by Richard Wainwright
Paintings are included in:
Best of Watercolor ~ Rockport Publishers
Landscape Inspirations ~ Rockport Publishers
Encyclopedia of Watercolor Landscape Techniques
By Hazel Soan ~ Quarto Publishers, London

GRANTS
Mass. Cultural Council Grants from 1983 to 2007
In the towns of Whitman, Rockland, and Pembroke

NATIONAL EXHIBITS
Copia Museum, Napa California 2006 ~
“Counter Culture; the Diner in American Life”
New England Watercolor Society North American Open
Hudson Valley, Springfield Art League and Academic Artists

WORKSHOPS
Watercolor tours of Ireland for Strabo International Tour Co. since 2005,
WC Tour of Venice starting in 2008