Kathleen Scoggin, an artist and resident of Indio, California, won the second-place award in the continuingly competitive April 2021 Member’s exhibition “Color Zone” held virtually in April 2021, on The San Diego Watercolor Society website, www.sdws.org. Scoggin’s painting entitled “Windy Night” was selected by prominent local artist and juror Richard Hawk for this honor, out of more than 270 entries.… Read more
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Indio Artist Wins Second Place
Saturday, April 3rd, 2021San Diego Artist Wins First Place
Saturday, April 3rd, 2021Edward Abrams, an artist and resident of San Diego, California, won the first-place award in the continuingly competitive April 2021 Member’s exhibition “Color Zone” held virtually in April 2021, on The San Diego Watercolor Society website, www.sdws.org. Abrams’s painting entitled “2020” was selected by prominent local artist and juror Richard Hawk for this honor, out of more than 270 entries.… Read more
April Members Show “Color Zone” a Rich Rainbow
Thursday, April 1st, 2021This is the first of a series in which I review and comment on the San Diego Watercolor Society (SDWS) Monthly Members Shows. These shows provide a regular venue in which members have the opportunity to submit their work to a competitive, juried exhibit that judges the submissions for inclusion into the show.… Read more
February Volunteer of the Month: Sandie Seckington
Friday, February 5th, 2021
Sandie Seckington is February’s Volunteer of the Month. She is a dedicated, long term volunteer, always willing to go the extra mile and making sure everything is completed correctly. Sandie has always been a consistent and friendly staffer, sitting the front desk nearly every month since 2013. … Read more
In the News: SDWS
Monday, January 11th, 2021After seeing an article in the San Diego Union about Kim Phillips-Pea and her group of artists in SE San Diego who opened a Pop-Up Gallery, Terri Nelson, Gay Weston, Alice Kayuha and Mary Wood visited the Pop Up Gallery to meet several of the artists and admire the work. … Read more
November Member Meeting
Wednesday, November 4th, 2020The San Diego Watercolor Society will be hosting a VIRTUAL General Membership Meeting. Social time will be followed by an update from SDWS President, Terri Nelson, and other business.
In addition, we are pleased to welcome Gordon Bashant who will do a demonstration immediately following the general meeting.… Read more
The Fourth Annual Plein Air Exhibition
Tuesday, October 6th, 2020
The San Diego Watercolor Society’s Fourth Annual Plein Air Exhibition is coming up! This year’s exhibition will be hosted virtually on the SDWS website from November 22 through December 31.
The Plein Air show recognizes the amazing work of the many plein air artists in our membership, including June Maxion, this year’s recipient of the Lifetime Achievement in Plein Air Painting award.… Read more
In the News: Lynette Bredow
Wednesday, August 5th, 2020In the News: Janet Gilliland
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020Celebrating the Life of Oren Cooper
Thursday, October 10th, 2019San Diego Watercolor Society Signature Member Oren Cooper passed away at the end of September, just shy of his 99th birthday. His family would like to invite his dear friends to his Celebration of Life. Oren’s son, Eric Cooper commented that “He was very proud of his SDWS that he was able to put on each painting.… Read more