Chuck McPherson is our Volunteer of the Month for June. He is a longtime member. Since joining SDWS in 2008, he has been a staunch supporter of our organization and a willing volunteer in many capacities.
Chuck is a great team member bringing energy, a positive attitude, and new ideas to every meeting.… Read more
Thomas Franco, an artist and resident of Tierrasanta, San Diego, California, won the Honorable Mention for Miniatures award in the continuingly competitive May 2021 Member’s exhibition “Shape Zone” held as a gallery show in May 2021, at The San Diego Watercolor Society gallery at 2825 Dewey Road in Liberty Station, San Diego, California.… Read more
In an unusual double win, Ann Slater, an artist and resident of Mission Hills, San Diego, California, won both the Best of Theme and Best of Miniatures awards in the continuingly competitive May 2021 Member’s exhibition “Shape Zone” held as a gallery show in May 2021, at The San Diego Watercolor Society (SDWS) gallery at 2825 Dewey Road in Liberty Station, San Diego, California.… Read more
Chuck McPherson, an artist and resident of Tierrasanta, San Diego, California, won the second-place award in the continuingly competitive May 2021 Member’s exhibition “Shape Zone” show at The San Diego Watercolor Society Gallery at 2825 Dewey Road in Liberty Station, San Diego, California.… Read more
Joanne Newman, an artist and resident of Point Loma, San Diego, California, won the third-place award in the continuingly competitive May 2021 Member’s exhibition “Shape Zone” held as a gallery show in May 2021, at The San Diego Watercolor Society gallery at 2825 Dewey Road in Liberty Station, San Diego, California.… Read more
Julie Anderson, an artist and resident of Point Loma, San Diego, California, won the first-place award in the continuingly competitive May 2021 Member’s exhibition “Shape Zone” held as a gallery show in May 2021, at The San Diego Watercolor Society gallery at 2825 Dewey Road in Liberty Station, San Diego, California.… Read more
This is the second of a series in which I review and comment on the monthly Members Shows of the San Diego Watercolor Society (SDWS). 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
Susan Wormsley is May’s Volunteer of the Month. Susan has served SDWS in many capacities over the years, and mostly “behind the scenes”; however, she was our Communications Director for several years, and in that role she created valuable contact lists for us in order to get the word out to artists and art lovers about our organization and its activities. … Read more
Mary McWilliams, an artist and resident of San Diego, California, won the Best of Theme 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. McWilliams’s painting entitled “Homage” was selected by prominent local artist and juror Richard Hawk for this honor, out of more than 270 entries.… Read more
I spoke with Mary in a lovely outdoor garden of her downtown condominium complex in early April, 2021. Our conversation strayed early on from my prepared questions, and I was treated to a full afternoon of dialogue with this extraordinary person who is, among many other things, a new but successful artist.… Read more