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2024 Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibition

October 11, 2024 through January 5, 2025 

Arts Barn and Kentlands Mansion Galleries
311 and 320 Kent Square Road
Gaithersburg, MD 20878

Reception and Awards Presentation:
Sunday, November 10, 2024, 2-4pm

Kentlands Mansion

Planning Your Visit

The exhibition opens Friday, October 11, 2024

The exhibition is in two gallery buildings, the Kentlands Mansion (south) and the Arts Barn (north) separated by the quiet Kent Square Road. The gallery location does not lend itself to a simple set of driving directions, so it is recommended that you let your GPS do the work, using the following address:

320 Kent Square Road
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878

In general, Interstate-270 gets you to the Gaithersburg region from Washington, DC or Frederick, Maryland. Maryland 200 (toll) which continues to I-370 may be used from Columbia, Maryland. For some visiting from Virginia, the US-15 crossing into Maryland may be a better option than the I-495 crossing on the Capital Beltway.

There is plenty of on-street parking on the quiet streets around the gallery. Both gallery buildings as well as the path between the buildings are fully handicapped accessible.

The two facilities have different hours:

  • Kentlands Mansion: Monday through Friday, 9 am to 4 pm.
  • Arts Barn: Tuesday through Saturday, 1 to 5 pm and also for classes, activities and events.

So the overlap hours of Tues-Fri, 1-4pm are the simplest times to visit to see the entire exhibition. If a visitor would like to come at a time both buildings are not officially open, they may email artgalleries@gaithersburgmd.gov for an appointment and one of the gallery managers will be happy to meet them.

Both facilities will be open for the November 10 reception. The awards ceremony will be held in the auditorium on the second floor of the Arts Barn.

The gallery is a few blocks away from the Kentlands shopping area (along Kentlands Blvd off the Great Seneca Highway) with many good restaurant options, for those wishing to make a day of it.

The exhibition will remain open through Sunday, January 5, 2025.

Announcement of 2024 Awards

Juror Russell Jewel has selected the award winners for this year's exhibition. They are as follows:

Award Artist Painting
BWS Gold Medal in Memory of David Churchill, Donated by Susan Churchill and Michael Eddy Kathy Daywalt Daddy's Naptime
BWS Silver Medal in Memory of Frederic Schuler Briggs Susan Stuller Whiskey Reflections
BWS Bronze Medal in Memory of Alice Webb, Donated by Glen Webb Stacy Lund Levy Dream In Green
Special Award for Creativity in Watercolor, in Memory of Skip Lawrence Joanna Barnum The Poet is a Funnel (Portrait of Grace Cavalieri)
Baltimore Watercolor Society Founders Award  for Swann Harvey Beacham Stephen Hanks The Admiral's Favorite Medal
Baltimore Watercolor Society Founders Award for Christiana Bond Theresa Kubert Fire and Ice
Baltimore Watercolor Society Founders Award for Gabrielle de Veaux Clements Anne Cordes Twilight Dreaming
Baltimore Watercolor Society Founders Award for Lulu Neilson Ford Frank Spino Crystal & Grapes
Baltimore Watercolor Society Founders Award for Dora Louise Murdoch Rachel Collins Rose Backlit VI
Baltimore Watercolor Society Founders Award for Louisa Steuart J. M. Littleton See Me In the Light Of The Sun
Merit Award Christine Heyse A Little Light Reading
Merit Award Angela Lacy Bike Chaos
Merit Award Jeannine Swartz Who's Watching
Merit Award Pam Wenger Concerto in Piazza
Merit Award Sandy Yagel Spent
Frank Perdue Memorial Award Jean K. Gill Shadoconuts
Ginny (Virginia) Baier Memorial Award, Donated by Rebecca Rothey Nancy Stark Step Right Up
Don Hilderbrandt Memorial Award Theresa Kurtz Finger Lakes’ Farmland
Bill Kreitlow Memorial Award Noreen Brunini Twilight Magic
Edward Longley Memorial Award, Donated by Sharon Longley Kristin Herzog Jazz I
Denny Bond Memorial Award Jane McElvany-Coonce Resting Among Kindred Spirits
Honorable Mention Award Robert Coe View From the Orchard
Honorable Mention Award Michael Kotarba Noontime Stroll
Honorable Mention Award Anni Matsick Dreamscape with Rabbit
Honorable Mention Award Laura Pooler Luminescence
Honorable Mention Award Vicky Zhou Bath in Sunlight

Judge of Selection and Awards

We are excited to announce Russell Jewell (AWS, NWS, TWSA, ED.D) as the juror and workshop instructor for the BWS 2024 Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibition.

Russell is an internationally recognized plein air painter with signature memberships in the American Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society and The Transparent Watercolor Society of America. His work has traveled with the American Watercolor Society exhibition. Russell’s accomplishments include a doctorate in Art Education from the University of Georgia and a Fulbright Memorial fund scholarship to Japan. His most recent awards include: 2023 Best of Show at Edisto Island Plein Air, 2023 First Place at Quick Draw Mountain Maryland Plein Air, and 2023 Best Boat Painting at Gloucester Arts Festival. In October 2023 Jewell judged the Georgia Color Plein Air Competition sponsored by Olmsted Plein Air. Russell is represented by Wells Gallery at the Sanctuary on Kiawah Island, SC. His art and writing were published in a feature article, “Under the Sicilian Sun” in Plein Air Magazine, October/November 2023.

Additional information can be seen at: www.russelljewell.com.

Announcing Paintings and Artists Invited to the 2024 Mid-Atlantic Exhibition

Selection of the entries for the 2024 exhibition is now complete.  

Notes from our Juror

"I would like to thank the Baltimore Watercolor Society for the opportunity to judge its 2024 Regional Exhibition. There were nearly 400 entries from which to choose and the task was to discern a top 100 show. Judging such an elite show is very daunting. When taking on such a monumental task one has to ask oneself, “Why do artists do it?” Why do we feel it necessary to bare our souls to the viewing public and take a chance on one person’s opinion? I think the key word is “validation.” Art is communication, art is made to be seen and when art is seen it is seen in the context of every other work of art ever created.

"When I teach workshops, I often begin with an illustration of people floating on inner-tubes down a lazy river. This image, for me, represents a 'River of Art.' Some people are floating ahead of others and some are just getting their feet wet for the first time, but simply by the sole act of creating we are choosing to place ourselves in the river of art. Baltimore Watercolor Society entrusted me to uphold a methodic form of validation, one that navigates today’s artistic currents through experience and education. I commend each artist for your willingness to communicate your voice to the viewing public. I congratulate those who find yourselves in the top 100. At the same time, I want to embolden the artists that were not chosen to continue to visually speak your truth. Showing your work is a safe process. Stay in the river and keep your brushes wet. I look forward to the next phase of judging and visually coming in contact with the cream of the crop. The 2024 Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibition will certainly prove to be a feast for the soul."

Russell Jewell (AWS, NWS, TWSA, ED.D)

The following 100 paintings and artists have been selected for the 2024 exhibition.

Painting Title Artist Artist Location
New Glasses Candy  Aaron Westminster, MD
The Breadmaker MaryLou Andrews Virginia Beach, VA
Connected Roots Sara Azzam Alexandria, VA
The Cat Whisperer Leslie Baldwin McKees Rocks, PA
The Poet is a Funnel (Portrait of Grace Cavalieri) Joanna Barnum Abingdon, MD
Folds Flying Janet Belich Germantown, MD
Hot Dog! Donna Berk Barlup Mechanicsburg, PA
Stained John  Bierley Pennsdale, PA
Chesapeake Pride Matthew Bird Sykesville, MD
Bagged Peppers Diana Bozza Falls Church, VA
Twilight Magic Noreen Brunini Centreville, VA
Song of the Lark Cecilia Capestany Alexandria, VA
Winter's Glory Marshall Carolus Alexandria, VA
Captured Fantasy Lizabeth Castellano-King Stafford, VA
Hello Ryanne Nanette Catigbe Herndon, VA
View From the Orchard Robert Coe Falston, MD
Meiko, Meiko Deborah Cohan N. Potomac, MD
Rose Backlit VI Rachel Collins Alexandria, VA
Nothing Up My Sleeves! Deborah Conn Falls Church, VA
Twilight Dreaming Anne Cordes Ashburn, VA
Reclaiming The Forest Stephen Crooks Halethorpe, MD
Fall Sunburst Nancy Jean Davis Laurel, MD
Daddy's Naptime Kathy Daywalt Glen Burnie, MD
Lemon LIft Jane deGruchy Mohnton, PA
At Ease Theresa Denney Woodbine, MD
Fabrications:  Crab Kathleen Dodson Alexandria , VA
Twilight in the Garden of the Innocents Chris Duke Winchester, VA
Howard Street Bridge Matthew Fenton Columbia, MD
Root to Blossom Gloria Tseng Fischer Takoma Park, MD
Les Libellules - Dragonflies Constance Fisher Berryville, VA
I'm Two Tired Deere Charlie Frances Virginia Beach, VA
Hat-notize Cheryl Frisby Greenwood, DE
Grand Canyon Lookout Studio Sharon Fuller Columbia, MD
Welcome Home Kathleen Ryan Gardiner Arnold, MD
Shadoconuts Jean K. Gill Oak Hill, VA
Resting Stephanie Gustavson Darnestown, MD
Berry Blues Debra Halprin Rockville, MD
Seagull Dance Margitta Hanff Alexandria, VA
The Admiral's Favorite Medal Stephen Hanks Silver Spring, MD
It Must Be Spring Nancy Hannans Columbia, MD
Summer Leftovers Janice Hendra Severna Park, MD
Jazz I Kristin Herzog Estero, FL
A Little Light Reading Christine Heyse Silver Spring, MD
Up Is Down and Down Is Up Catherine Hillis Locust Grove, VA
Conversing Nancy Kautz Harpers Ferry , WV
Utres Lela King Mechanicsburg, PA
Noontime Stroll Michael Kotarba Baltimore, MD
Majesty Jennifer Koury East Aurora, NY
Fire and Ice Theresa Kubert Burbank, CA
Bercode Jim Kuhlman Fallston, MD
Finger Lakes’ Farmland Theresa Kurtz Beallsville, MD
Bike Chaos Angela Lacy Rockville , MD
Look Up Ruth Lampi Chevy Chase, MD
Table Or Booth Ruth Lefko Christiansburg, VA
Light Through a Veil of Flowers Laura Lin Frederick, MD
See Me In The Light Of The Sun J. M. Littleton Towson, MD
Dream In Green Stacy Lund Levy Owings Mills, MD
Personification of Canada - Statue on Ottawa Parliament Hill Makarand Magare Edison, NJ
Gator and Bird Kathleen Maling Havre de Grace, MD
Morning in Giverny Carolyn Marshall Wright McLean, VA
Dreamscape with Rabbit Anni Matsick Boalsburg, PA
Cascade Yoshimi Matsukata Bethesda, MD
Adirondack Dreams Mick McAndrews Downingtown, PA
Resting Among Kindred Spirits Jane McElvany-Coonce Arlington, VA
Shore View Deborah McFarlin Easton, MD
Trusting Hands Charlotte Mehosky North East, MD
With Love to Adel Rootstein Jennifer Murtha Towson, MD
Deflection Karen Norman Silver Spring, MD
Reflections - Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York David Outhwaite Brooklyn, NY
Friends House Beth Palser Oxford, PA
Contemplation Ann Pember Keeseville, NY
Thanksgiving Market Luis F. Perez Baltimore, MD
“Hula Kahiko”: A Bronze Deidre Pistochini Springfield, VA
John & Nancy Scott Ponemone Baltimore, MD
Luminescence Laura Pooler Penn Laird, VA
Pears JoAnne Ramsey Bethesda, MD
Transition Rush Hour at Grand Central Station Dorrie Rifkin Englewood, NJ
Fish Market Choreography Ken Ritter Washington, DC
Pocketful of Posies Linda Roberts Beverly, WV
Truchas Vista Rebecca Rothey Laurel, MD
The Shape of the Nation Linda Slattery Sherman Montgomery Village, MD
Crystal & Grapes Frank Spino Havre de Grace, MD
Step Right Up Nancy Stark Roanoke, VA
Settling In Jim Starr Stewartstown, PA
River Arts Pastels Al Steinbach New Market, MD
Pat Sea E. Jane Stoddard East Amherst, NY
Lady Palm in France Kathy Strouss Annapolis, MD
Whiskey Reflections Susan Stuller Midlothian, VA
Radishes All Katherine Sullivan Arlington, VA
In Tune Kathleen Sullivan Alexandria, VA
Who's Watching Jeannine Swartz Mechanicsburg, PA
It's Raining - Time For My Yellow Mug Joan Tarbell-Plato Woodstock, MD
Street in Chinatown Paul Tooley Braddock Heights, MD
Upward Bound Jeffrey Turner Columbia, MD
Frozen Flowers Melt - Rivers Run Annette Uroskie Annapolis, MD
Concerto in Piazza Pam Wenger Dillsburg, PA
Honey Do List Lois Wolford Towson, MD
Spent Sandy Yagel Olney, MD
Mid-Day in Manhattan Harold Zabady Camp Hill, PA
Bath in Sunlight Vicky Zhou Oakton, VA

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