Luis Juarez, an artist and resident of San Diego, California, has won the second-place award in the continuingly competitive May 2022 San Diego Watercolor Society (SDWS) Member’s exhibition “Visual Dialogues”, an in-gallery show of the SDWS at 2825 Dewey Road in Liberty Station, San Diego, CA.… Read more

Kathleen Scoggin, an artist and resident of Oceanside, San Diego, California, has won the first-place award in the continuingly competitive May 2022 San Diego Watercolor Society (SDWS) Member’s exhibition “Visual Dialogues”, an in-gallery show of the SDWS at 2825 Dewey Road in Liberty Station, San Diego, CA.… Read more

Juror Ken Goldman

Juror Commendations

“ Morning Light”
by Edward Abrams

A beautiful treatment of cast shadows coming from the trees. I like the limited palette used. The rosy sky is duplicated in the shadow colors with the neutrals with a little bit of the rosy quality, and the shadows stand out against the greens.

Juror, Ralph Kingery

Juror Commendations

“King of Libraries”
by Sarah Sullivan

This is quite a nice view of the Geisel Library at UCSD. It is almost “El Greco-esque” in its composition and so forth, but it has really great lighting, and definitely deserves a commendation.… Read more

Go Paint!!! Juror Pierre Guidetti

Juror Commendations

“Goldfinches”
by Edward Abrams

This artist’s wonderful technique works with the architectural patterns. When you mix the brushwork and texture together, the goldfinches just appear. It is a fun painting. The birds give attention, talking and singing to one another; and, with the balcony railing, Romeo and Juliet are brought to mind.

I had a wonderful conversation with Joanie Captain on February 10^th, sitting outside at the Con Pane café across the street from the San Diego Watercolor Society (SDWS). Joanie had done a very interesting and successful painting class with employees of Kaiser Health, and I wanted to learn more about that event and more about Joanie.… Read more

Susan Weinberg-Harter, an artist and resident of University Heights, San Diego, California, has won the Best of Miniatures award in the continuingly competitive February 2022 San Diego Watercolor Society (SDWS) Member’s exhibition “Simple Pleasures”, an in-gallery show of the SDWS at 2825 Dewey Road in Liberty Station, San Diego, CA.… Read more

Tim Coleman, an artist and resident of El Cajon, California, has won the Best of Theme award in the continuingly competitive February 2022 San Diego Watercolor Society (SDWS) Member’s exhibition “Simple Pleasures”, an in-gallery show of the SDWS at 2825 Dewey Road in Liberty Station, San Diego, CA.… Read more

Nell Bartlett, an artist and resident of La Mesa, California, has again won a third-place award, this time in the continuingly competitive February 2022 San Diego Watercolor Society (SDWS) Member’s exhibition “Simple Pleasures”, an in-gallery show of the SDWS at 2825 Dewey Road in Liberty Station, San Diego, CA.… Read more

Julie Anderson, an artist and resident of Point Loma, San Diego, California, has won the second-place award in the continuingly competitive February 2022 San Diego Watercolor Society (SDWS) Member’s exhibition “Simple Pleasures”, an in-gallery show of the SDWS at 2825 Dewey Road in Liberty Station, San Diego, CA.… Read more