Jean K. Gill, AWS, NWS Watercolors
Artist, Juror, Educator
Original Watercolors*
Original Watercolors*
Signature Memberships:
American Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society, and the Societies of Virginia, Pennsylvania (sgg), Missouri, Rocky
Mountain National Watermedia, Western Colorado (Master), Baltimore (WME), & Philadelphia (CA)
National/International Juried Watercolor Exhibitions:
2001, 2004, 2006, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024 American Watercolor Society International Exhibitions
2001, 2003 - 10, 2012 - 24 Virginia Watercolor Society's Annual Exhibitions
2001, 2004, 2006 - 13, 2015 - 24 WCWS Rockies West Nationals
2019, 2021 - 23 Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibitions
2000, 2006, 2008, 2010 -13, 2015, 2019 - 20, 2023 NWS Signature & Assoc. Members' Exhibitions
2002, 2005 - 08, 2010 - 12, 2014, 2016 - 20, 22/23 Watercolor Missouri Nationals
2001 - 02, 2004 - 09, 2014-16, 2018 - 23 Philadelphia Watercolor Society’s Internationals
2000, 2004 - 05, 2007 - 09, 2014, 2016 - 19, 2023 BWS Mid-Atlantic Regionals
2006, 2010 - 11, 2014-15, 2018 - 19, 2021 - 23 Pennsylvania Watercolor Society Internationals
2004 - 05 & 2021 - 22 American Watercolor Society's Annual Traveling Exhibition
2013 - 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022 Annual
2020 National Watercolor Society's First 100 Years Celebratory Exhibition, Hilbert Museum of CA Art
2020 National Watercolor Society's 50 Stars Special Exhibition Celebrating the NWS Centennial
Fallbrook Signature American Watercolor Exhibitions
1999, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2019 National Watercolor Society's Annual International Exhibitions
2011 - 14 Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolors, 2012 - 14 Travel Shows
2010 Zhujiajiao International Watercolour Biennial Exhibition, Shanghai, PRC
2000 National Watercolor Society's Travel Show Exhibition
Selected Honors:
Selected Honors:
2024 WCWS Rockies West National, Delta Fine Arts Award
2023 PWCS Online Members' Show, "Award of Merit"
2023 WCWS Rockies West National, "3rd Place Appleshed & Milway Award"
2023 MOWS "J. Richeson Award"
2022 Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition, "Woden Woods Inc. Award"
2022 PWCS International, "Thornton Oakley Memorial Award"
2022 PWS Inducted into the Sylvan Grouse Guild (sgg)
2022 PWS 43rd International, "DeEtta Silvestro Friend of PWS Award"
2022 WCWS Rockies West National, "M. Graham & Co. Award for Artistic Excellence"
2022 Fallbrook "Sponsor's Award"
2022 PWS Members' Online Show, "Honorable Mention"
2022 PVW Spring Show, Green Springs Garden Park, "Honorable Mention"
2021 PWCS International "Frederic W. Schmid Memorial Award"
2021 VWS 4th Place "Nanny James Memorial Award"
2021 PVW Winter Online Show "Best in Show" & PVW Summer Online Show "Honorable Mention"
2021 PWCS Members' Online Show, "Award of Merit"
2021 WCWS Rockies West "Sally Thompson Memorial Award"
2020 PWCS International "NWS Award for Excellence in Watermedia"
2020 Virginia Watercolor Society "Silver Award"
2020 WCWS Rockies West National "Jack Richeson Award"
2020 PWS Online Members' Show "Honorable Mention"
2020 MOWS "Blick's Award"
2019 PWCS "Crest Medal Award"
2019 PWCS "W. Emerson Heitland Memorial Award"
2019 BWS Mid-Atlantic Regional Bronze Medal ("3rd Place")
2019 MOWS "Blick & Artmart Award"
2019 PWS 41st International, "Combined Merchandise Award"
2019 & 2016 Rockies West Nationals "WCWS Awards"
2018 PWS 40th International, "Helen Farr Sloan Award of Merit"
2017 Virginia Watercolor Society "Award of Excellence"
2016 Virginia Watercolor Society "3rd Place, Gerrie Brown Memorial Award"
2016 BWS Mid-Atlantic Regional "Edith Strange Memorial Award of Merit"
2015 Rockies West National "3rd Place"
2014 PWS 36th International, "Art and Framing Warehouse of York Award"
2014 PWCS "Richard Greenwood Memorial Award"
2014 Virginia Watercolor Society "Award of Distinction"
2011 WCWS Rockies West National "Hotchkiss Fine Arts Assn. Award"
2010 PWCS "Cheap Joe's Art Stuff Award"
2010 WCWS Rockies West National "Winsor Newton Award"
2009 Virginia Watercolor Society "Award of Excellence"
2009 Western Colorado Watercolor Society National "Canson, Inc. Award"
2008 Nominee Virginia Governor's Awards for the Arts
2008 National Watercolor Society All Member Show "Phil Dike Award"
2008 BWS Mid-Atlantic Regional "Richeson & Co. Award"
2008 MOWS National "Award of Achievement"
2007 BWS Mid-Atlantic Regional "PVW Award"
2006 Chosen One of 20 Emerging Artists by Watercolor Magazine
2005 BWS Mid-Atlantic Regional "Qoro Award"
2004 & 05 PWCS "Newman Galleries Award for Excellence in WC"
2004 American Watercolor Society International Exhibition "MarioCooper/Dale Meyers Medal"
1999 National Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition "Watercolor West Award"
1996, 2000, 2009, 2016, 2020, 2021 Potomac Valley Watercolorists Best-in-Shows
Included in Publications:
Included in Publications:
Splash 20: Creative Compositions, North Light Books, 2019, p. 133.
The Art of Watercolour, DIVERTI Editions S.A.S, December 2018, p. 8.
A Watercolour A Day, Promopress, 2018, pp. 77 & 81.
Splash 17: Inspiring Subjects, North Light Books, 2016, p. 134.
Splash 16: Exploring Texture, North Light Books, 2015, pp. 30-31.
The Artistic Touch 6, Creative Art Press, 2014, pp. 8 & 71.
Splash 14: Best of Watercolor Light and Color, North Light Books, 2013, p. 108.
Potomac Valley Watercolorists Celebrating 40 Years 1974-2014, 2013, p. 78.
Cheap Joe's Art Stuff Reference Catalog, 2013, p. 17.
The Artistic Touch 5, Creative Art Press, 2012, p. 88.
International Contemporary Artists Vol. IV, I.C.A. Publishing. 2012, p. 88.
Eyes on: Landscapes, Blaze Hill Press, 2012, pp. 38-40.
The Artistic Touch 4, Creative Art Press, 2010, p. 114.
"Elements of Play," Evelyn HT Gardett. élan, November, 2008, Cover/pp. 50–52.
Watercolor, Fall, 2006, pp. 110-111.
American Artist, May, 2006, p. 9.
International Artist, August/September, 2004, p. 17.
American Artist, July, 2004, p. 4.
Splash 5: Best of Watercolor The Glory of Color, North Light Books, 1998, p. 106.
Best of Watercolor Painting Composition, Rockport Publishers, Inc., 1997, p. 127.
Flowers in Watercolor, Rockport Publishers, 1996, p. 94.
Judge/Juror/Speaker/Watercolor Teacher:
Judge/Juror/Speaker/Watercolor Teacher:
2019 3-Day Workshop & Lecture - Allied Artists of WV, St. Albans, WV
2019 Guest Speaker - Fairfax Art League, Fairfax, VA
2018 & 2008 Guest Speaker - Bon Air Artists Association, Richmond, VA
2016 4-Day Workshop - West VA Watercolor Society, Davis, WV
2016 Juror - Springfield Art Guild, Springfield, VA
2015 Juror - Arlington Artists Alliance, Crystal City, VA
2014 Selection/Awards Juror - Vienna Arts Society, Vienna, VA
2014 Guest Speaker - Artful Wednesdays, Heritage Hunt, Gainesville, VA
2013 Selection/Awards Juror - Delaware Watercolor Society, Dover, DE
2013 Selection/Awards Juror - Mid-Southern Watercolorists Annual, Little Rock, AR
2013 Awards Juror - League of Reston Artists, Reston, VA
2013 Guest Speaker - McLean Art Society, Mclean, VA
1992–2012 Watercolor Instructor, Fairfax Co. Public Schools, Adult & Community Edu., VA
2012 4-Day Workshop - Central VA Watercolor Guild, UVA, Charlottesville, VA
2011 Gallery Talk - Central VA Watercolor Guild, Charlottesville, VA
2011 Workshop - Painting on Imprinted Gesso, PVW, Arlington, VA
2011 Selection/Awards Juror - Springfield Art Guild Fall Show, Alexandria, VA
2011 Selection/Awards Juror - Central VA Watercolor Guild Annual, Charlottesville, VA
2010 Selection/Awards Juror - WV Mountain State Forest Festival, Elkins, WV
2008 Guest Speaker - Bon Air Artists Association, Richmond, VA
2007 Awards Juror - Washington Watercolor Society, Vienna, VA
2007 Awards Judge - League of Reston Artists, Reston, VA
2006 Guest Speaker - Mu Chapter ΔΚΓ, Springfield, VA
2005 Annual Critique - Vienna Arts Society, Vienna, VA
2005 Awards Judge - Vienna Arts Society Spring Art Exhibit, Vienna, VA
2001 Awards Juror - Fairfax Art League Spotlight on Arts Exhibit, Fairfax, VA
1995 Awards Juror - 48th Nat. Capitol Orchid Soc. Art Show, Washington, DC
Boards:
Boards:
2003-04 & 2008-09 Virginia Watercolor Society
1993-03 Potomac Valley Watercolorists & 1992-94 Vienna Arts Society 1993-98
Chapter/Council Chair ΔΚΓ International Honor Society of Professional Women Educators
Education:
Education:
A. B., Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
Graduate Studies, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA
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