Lorraine Watry is an award winning watercolor artist and Signature Member of the National Watercolor Society, American Women Artists, and Rocky Mountain National among others. She has had paintings juried into many National and International Exhibitions over the years.
Juried Exhibitions:
Alabama Watercolor Society National – 2021
American Watercolor Society International – 2022, 2025
American Women Artists Museum Exhibitions - 2019, 2023, 2024
and AWA Online Exhibitions – 2019, 2020AWS Associate Members Juried Online Exhibit – 2021, 2022
Birds in Art International, Woodson Art Museum – 2017, 2021
Colorado W. Soc. Online Members Exhibition – 2015
Colorado Watercolor Society “SPLASH” Exhibit – 2020, 2021
Colorado Watercolor Society State – 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2022, 2024
Fabriano in Acquarello International, Fabriano, Italy – 2022, 2023, 2024
Illinois Watercolor Society National – 2021, 2022, 2024
International Watercolor Soc. Canada, “Symphony of Watercolour” – 2018
Kansas Watercolor Society – 2001, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2021
Lone Tree Art Exhibit – 2005, 2010
Louisiana Watercolor Society International – 2004, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023
Missouri Watercolor Society International – 2019, 2021, 2023
Montana Watercolor Society – 2000
National Watercolor Society International – 2008, 2011, 2019, 2022
National Watercolor Society Members – 2010, 2011, 2021
National W.S. 50 State Juried Exhibition – 2020
National W.S./China Small Image Exchange – 2015
National W.S./RSW (Royal Scottish) Exchange - 2024
Northern CO Artist Association – 2009
Northwest Watercolor Society International – 2013, 2020, 2022, 2023
Pennsylvania Watercolor Society International – 2019, 2021
Philadelphia Watercolor Society International - 2022, 2023
Pikes Peak Watercolor Society International – 2000, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021
Rocky Mountain National Watermedia – 2002, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021, 2023
San Diego Watercolor Society International – 2021, 2022, 2023
Shenzhen, China International Watercolour Biennial – 2015/2016
Signature American Watermedia International Exhibition – 2014, 2017, 2021, 2023
Six Inch Squared Exhibition, R. Higbee Gallery – 2014
Society of Animal Artists - Winged Things 2022
Solo Exhibition Bemis Gallery CO Springs Fine Art Center “Student to Instructor” – 2018
Southern Colorado Watercolor Society – 2004, 2014, 2017
Taiwan World Watercolor Exhibition – 2017
Transparent Watercolor Society of America – 2012, 2019, 2024
WAS-H – 2004
Watercolor International, Greece - 2022
Watercolor West International – 2017, 2022
Western Colorado Watercolor Society – 2010
Western Federation of Watercolor Societies – 2022, 2024
Women in Watercolor Online Exhibition – 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Publications:
Artist Magazine Annual Art Competition Finalist - 2012
International Artist Magazine Wildlife Competition - 2018 Won second place, 2015 Finalist, 6 page Article in the Feb/Mar 2023 issue
Pratique Des Arts Article - 2012
SPLASH - Best of Watercolor Series, Splash 14, Splash 20, Splash 23, Splash 24
The Art of Watercolour Magazine Competition - 2021
Awards:
2024 - TWSA Nita Engle Award of Merit for “Jewels”
- Second Merit Award, “Looking Glass” 33rd Annual CWS State Exhibition
- David Gale Memorial 3rd Place Award for “Rainy Day Rufous” 49th Western Federation Exhibition hosted by Arizona Watercolor Society
- Second Place “Crystal Gazing” NWS/RSW International Exchange Exhibition
2023 - International Artist Award “Looking Glass” 2023 Northwest Society International
- Mildred Sands Kratz Award for Traditional Watercolor Painting “Some of My Favorite Things” 123rd Int. Philadelphia W. S.
- Merchandise Award “Spanish Dancer” 50th Annual Rocky Mountain National Exhibit
- Merchandise Award “Early Morning Ibis” 4th Annual WAW online exhibition
- Merit Award “Feathers and Brass” 53rd Louisiana Watercolor Society International
2022 - Merchandise Award “Prague Bubble Man” 54th Watercolor West Inter. Exhibit
- Memorial Award “Dueling Pintails” 52nd Louisiana Watercolor Society
2021 - Merchandise Award “Prague Bubble Man” San Diego Watercolor 41st International
- Southern Watercolor Society Cash Award - “Prickly Pear Cactus in Bloom” - 80th Alabama Watercolor National
- Splash 23: Best of Watercolor Publication “Tadpole Takeout” and “Gliding Through a Sunset”
- Best in Show - “Spa Day” Pikes Peak Watercolor Society International Exhibition
2020 - Second Place Award - “Splish Splash” - Women in Watercolor, Wildlife Category
- Second Place Award - “Rush Hour” CWS Splash Exhibit in Gunnison
2019 - Third Place Award - “Gliding Through A Sunset” Pennsylvania Watercolor 40th Exhibit
2018 - Second Prize - International Artist Magazine Wildlife Competition
2017 - Combined Merchandise Award "Moonlight Melodies" - Watercolor West 49th Annual Juried Exhibition
2016 - Best of Show "Lilies and Glass Globes" - Colorado W.S. State Exhibition
2015 - Ampersand Supplies and Royal Brush Award "Fanfare" - Pikes Peak Watercolor Society International Watermedia
- First Place "Fun and Games" - 1st CWS Online Members Show
- PPWS Award and People's Choice "Fanfare" - Colorado Watercolor Society State Exhibit
2011 - HK Holbein Award - NWS 91st Annual Exhibit "Stained Glass Waterlilies" - selected for NWS 1 year traveling show
2009 - Ampersand Art Supply Award "Coasting" - PPWS 16th International Exhibition
2008 - Daniel Smith Artists' Materials Award & NWS 1 yr traveling show "Victorian Giant Waterlilies" - National Watercolor Society
2004 - Best of Show "Flamingo Cove" - Southern Colorado Watercolor Society Aquious