89th Annual Exhibition
October 10 – December 20, 2009
Above: Geoffrey McCormack with “Red Twig”
National Watercolor Society Purchase Award, with Silver Star
Geoffrey McCormack, OR
“Red Twig”
20" x 28"
Loa Ruth Sprung Award (for non-representational work)
Nanci Yermakoff, MN
“Series Four #17”
24" x 26"
Jack Richeson & Co. Purchase Award
Zhou Tianya, China
“The Light from the Heaven”
28" x 41"
NWS Special Award
in honor of the
Van Winkle Family
Jonathan Frank, UT
“Time on Earth”
25" x 39"
Airfloat Systems Purchase Award
Marija Kae Rodriguez, CA
“Fruit and Flowers”
28" x 21"
Beverly Green Memorial Purchase Award
Pat Cook, VA
“Conversation LXXXIII”
22" x 29"
Cheap Joe’s Art Supply Purchase Award
Debora J. Reed, MO
“Memories of Kyoto II”
22" x 30"
Utrecht Watercolor Award of Excellence combined with the Canson Fine Paper Award
E. Gordon West, TX
“Shadow Design”
28" x 22"
Blick Art Materials Combined Award
John T. Salminen, MN
“Winter Light”
32" x 36"
Winsor & Newton Award and Plaque
Anne Abgott, FL
“On the West Side”
30" x 22"
NWS Past President’s Award
Ruby H. Wang, China
“Untitled”
22" x 30"
HK Holbein Merchandise Award
Larry C. Haught, CO
“The Glow of Fall”
22" x 30"
Potomac Valley Watercolorists Award and the M. Graham Watercolor Award
Lois Wolford, MD
“Waiting for the Check”
22" x 30"
Artpoints Website for Art Merchandise Award combined with St. Cuthberts Mill Paper Merchandise Award
Mark Smith, CA
“Patio Perch”
30" x 22"
Daniel Smith Artist Materials Merchandise Award combined with the American Artist's Magazine Award
Meg Munro, CA
“Adieu, Adios”
22" x 30"
Artist’s Magazine Award
Nancy Frost Begin, NM
“Cross Country Ski Trail”
30" x 22"
Henry Fukuhara Award (in memory of Milford Zornes)
Thomas J. Owen, CO
“Road to Charlotte”
21" x 29"
Janet Hilford Memorial Award
Nancy Beard, IL
“Dancer”
27" x 20"
Merwin Altfeld Memorial Award
Duncan Simmons, TX
“Early Summer”
20" x 30"
Philadelphia Water Color Society Award
Robert J. O'Brien, VT
“New York Central”
21" x 15"
Watercolor Artist Magazine Award
Peggy Marsh, CA
“Studio AP”
16" x 20"
Watercolor West Award (for transparent media)
Diane I. Morgan, CA
“Organized Chaos”
12" x 18"