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Show Water Colorist at KAC The Kimball Art Center will host Boise, Idaho, watercolorist Dr. Louis Peck in a one-man show beginning Sunday, February 19th through Saturday, March 12th. A " reception will be held from 1:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 19th with a gallery talk by the artist following the reception. In addition, Dr. Peck will conduct a FREE watercolor workshop on Saturday, February 18th, from 1:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. at the art center. Dr. Peck currently serves as professor and chairman of the Department of Art at Boise State College. "As one of his former students," said Alan Crooks, Director of the Kimball Art Center, "I can readily speak. to his espousal of the painters need for a disciplined approach to his subject matter. On that point, he was and is adamant and unforgiving." "As this show indicates, Peck's reputation as a deft watercolorist is deserved," said Crooks. , , i. ( - "Peck's control and sensitivity to the subtle color variations of nature are not accidental. They are firmly grounded in his belief that nature is still the painter's best teacher and stimulator." The last few years have brought Dr. Peck several important impor-tant commissions and awards. In 1968, he was chosen to be one of seven American artists to represent repre-sent the United States at the Olympic games in Mexico City. In 1963 and again last year, his watercolors have been reproduced reproduc-ed in the Ford Times. In 1974, Dr. Peck held a one-man show at Utah State University and previously pre-viously at Brigham Young University. Univer-sity. "Though the name of Louis Peck is not widely known in Utah, in our neighboring state of Idaho, that name is synonymous with watercolor," continued Crooks. He added that Idahoans have come to expect Peak's signature on watercolors of the Idaho landscape. |