Submit Applications for the 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

Judge of Selection and Awards

Russell Jewell   russelljewell.com

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.  

Open for Entry June 7 - August 7, 2024

The exhibition prospectus and instructions for application will be posted around April, 2024.