North East Watercolor Society - 2026 Members' Exhibition

Promoting Watercolor Since 1973

2026 North East Watercolor Members' Exhibition Gallery thru June 15th

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The 2026 North East Watercolor Members' Exhibition Award Winners

Best In Show

Breakfast with Maria

Lana Privitera

Pine Bush, NY

Breakfast with Maria

29" x 21"

NFS

Award of Excellence 1

A watercolor painting of a sun dappled building surrounded by foliage

Andy Yelenak

North Haven, CT

Cezanne's Studio

16.5" x 11.5"

$2,500.00

Award of Excellence 2

Kathleen Giles

Gasport, NY

Life Is Beautiful

21.5" x 21"

$4,500.00

Honorable Mention I

Gwynn DiPilla

Haddonfield, NJ

Morning Light

18.5" x 12"

$2,500.00

Honorable Mention II

Roberta Oliver

Franklin Lakes, NJ

Fine Dining

17.5" x 26"

$2,800.00

We are delighted to share this collection of exceptional watercolor paintings. The remarkable talent of our members is truly inspiring. We invite you to take your time and enjoy the full exhibition, thoughtfully presented in alphabetical order.

Area code 808

Calen Adams

Wailuku, HI

Area code 808

12" x 9"

NFS

A screen of Mughals architecture.

Priyanka Akhouri

Scarsdale, NY

Jharokha

24" x 18"

$5,200.00

Light Dancing

Diana Aliberti

Medford, NY

Light Dancing

15" x 22"

$1,800.00

Working Late

MaryLou Andrews

Virginia Beach, VA

Working Late

17.5" x 21.5"

NFS

magnificent gran canal

Ciro Attardo,

Chester, NY

Venetian Reflections

14" x 20"

$900.00

Curtain Time

Susan Baresel

Greenwood Lake, NY

Curtain Time

18" x 24"

$1,000.00

A flooded forest in Lake Kaindy, Kazakhstan shows an abstract representation of the lake, trees with an orange sun.

Liz Bay

East Patchogue , NY

Brilliant Orange

30" x 22"

NFS

Passage

Stephen Bluto

Forest Hills, NY

Passage

18" x 26"

$3,000.00

ROTHENBURG GATE

Marilynne Bradley

Webster Grvs, MO

Rothenburg Gate

15" x 22"

$1,900.00

Flowers with reflections floating in a glass birdbath

Kathleen Cea-Gupta

Scarsdale, NY

Birdbath Beauty

21" x 27"

$1,800.00

California sunshine street

Anna Chernobai

Fayetteville, NY

California Sunshine

16" x 20"

$450.00

A semi-abstract landscape depicting a snowy, rural setting.

Alonzo Clarke

Newmarket, NH

East of Rome

26" x 20"

$2,000.

New England Morning

Jane E Corrarino

East Setauket, NY

New England Morning

11" x 14"

$395.00

Fresh Water

Brenda Cretney

Brockport, NY

Fresh Water

12" x 15"

NFS

Now Silent 2 depicts a dark alcove with a row of 4 bells hanging from stone archways.

Teresa Cromwell

West Sayville, NY

Now Silent 2

20" x 26"

$2,000.00

The edge of the water.

Madeline Daversa

S. Jamesport , NY

Left Behind

18.5" x 25"

$2,100.00

When Cousins First Meet

Gregory DeGroat

Dayton, OH

When Cousins First Meet

30" x 22.5"

NFS

Painting of McPolin's Farm beneath snow covered mountains in Park City, Utah

Amanda Epstein

Putnam Valley, NY

McPolin Farm, Park City

7.5" x 10.5"

$575.00

A horse stands in strong sunlight looking at the viewer. A second horse is in the shade of pine trees, in the middle ground.

Doris Ettlinger

Hampton, NJ

Two Horses in Light and Shade

12" x 16"

$400.00

A Trip In The Mountains

Cheryl Fausel

Cape Coral, FL

A Trip In The Mountains

15" x 15"

$1,000.00

Watercolor on paper

Z Feng

Radford, VA

Lonesome Boat

40" x 32"

NFS

Shell Collection

Karen Fitzgerald

Newburyport, MA

Shell Collection

22" x 28

$1,200.00

Upwardly Mobile

Jeanette Fournier

Littleton , NH

Upwardly Mobile

8" x 18"

$750.00

Father/Son uses wait time for swamp boat ride wisely on vacation.

Deb Frederick

Chapel Hill, NC

Lessons of Strategy

24" x 14"

$475.00

Motorcycle Swap

Melinda Freeman

Delta, AL

Motorcycle Swap

12" x 16"

$2,500.00

A mother is taking a cell-phone phot of her kids on a colorful merry-go-round.

David Gardner

Pittsford, NY

Merry-Go-Round

25" x 25"

$1,500.00

LaStrada

Randy Globus

Key Biscayne, FL

LaStrada

54" x 51"

$7,500.00

North Atlantic surf clam fragments are presented in a wheel shaped composition

Catherine Gowen

Princeton, NJ

Fragile Ecologies: News From the Strandline

20" x 20"

$1,200.00

artistic portrait of a golden eagle

William Greenleaf

Malta, NY

Golden Eagle

9" x 12"

NFS

Woman at the NY Cloisters

Jan Guarino

East Northport, NY

Contemplating

15" x 11"

$750.00

Bright, vivid, detailed watercolor painting of embroidery floss

Cindi Handy

Queensbury, NY

Willie's Chicken Shack

17" x 22"

$2,500.00

Monhegan Morning

Anne Harhay

West Springfield, MA

Monhegan Morning

20" x 28

$700.00

The Falling Angel

Preston Harris

Fort Collins, CO

Evanescence

76" x 40"

NFS

Collection of crocks in various sizes.

Caroline Harrow

Livingston Manor, NY

Crocked

23" x 30.5"

$475.00

Erik and the Iris

Ann Higgins

Grahamsville, NY

Erik and the Iris

16" x 12"

NFS

Lost Creek

Kathleen Hyden

Livingston Manor, NY

Lost Creek

12" x 10"

$350.00

Shoreline view of Cold, Spring Harbor laboratories and St. John’s Church a photo taken that I just had to paint.

Stephanie Ivolella

Huntington, NY

Cold Spring Harbor LI

16" x 25"

$650.00

Into The Woods

John James

Va Beach, VA

Into The Woods

15" x 22"

$1,050.00

A black-capped chickadee resting on a rusty faucet, while below water drips into a rusty bucket.

Cheryl Johnson

Campton, NH

Drops in a Bucket

15" x 11"

NFS

Generations

Gina T. Judy

Richmond, OH

Generations

21.75" x 15"

NFS

If Conversation is not delicious - it's boring then!

Alexander Kachalin

Kearny, NJ

Delicious Conversation

24" x 45"

NFS

A stand of birches in a snowy woods with snow falling.

Joyce Kanyuk

Berkeley, CA

Birches in the Snow

16" x 20"

$150.00

Mahane Yehuda Artichokes

Lisa Kassow

West Hartford, CT

Mahane Yehuda Artichokes

22" x 15"

NFS

Horney perspective

Mary Kirsch

Mandeville , LA

Horney perspective

20" x 14"

$1,100.00

Our kitten rescued on the Forth of July!

Nancy Kittridge

East Corinth, VT

Rescue Kitten

14" x 14"

$750.00

Garden pathway with large urn to the left of circular paved and brick pathway surrounded by a variety of flowers and schrubs.

Laura Kohlmann

Newburgh, NY

Grey Towers Garden

9" x 11"

$300.00

Pioneers of Goodsprings

Theresa Kubert

Burbank, CA

Pioneers of Goodsprings

14" x 20"

$1,000.00

contemporary architecture in the snow

Kevin Kuhne

Albany, NY

Brutalist Winter

11" x 13"

$400.00

White percheron draft horse in fancy black show harness

Janet Laird-Lagassee

Auburn, ME

Cumberland Wheeler

12.75" x 12.75"

$1,700.00

This painting is an ariel view of the Adirondack at the most beautiful season of the year. Mountains and a lake.

Jeanne Lampson

Natural Bridge, NY

Fall Splendor

13" x 20"

NFS

Quiet Splendor

Barbara Lanza

Pine Island, NY

Quiet Splendor

14" x 11"

NFS

An old attic room with two windows and a brightly painted chair

Carolyn Latanision

Winchester, MA

The Painted Chair

16.5" x 22"

$1,200.00

morning light filters through Cypress Slough in Florida. The trees have air ferns in them and some of the ferns are blooming.

Patty Lauth

Greenport, NY

Cypress Shadows

16" x 12"

$300.00

Diverging Viewpoints

Alexis Lavine

Greensboro, NC

Diverging Viewpoints

18" x 12"

$2,000.00

Looking down on a fisherman from a high bank at dusk, on the Shawangunkill in the Hudson Valley.

Vickie Learner-Adams

Pine Bush, NY

Last Cast

14" x 11"

NFS

"GREENHOUSE ORCHID-STRATION

Christine Verga Maday

Valley Stream, NY

Greenhouse Orchid-Stration

18.5" x 13"

NFS

Dafodils

Tracy Mahler

Kings Park, NY

Dappled Daffodils

22" x 15"

$750.00

Skincare still life

Rose Manning

Providence, RI

Skincare

8" x 10"

$750.00

Watercolor with body color on watercolor paper

Antonio Masi

Smithtown, NY

Notte Times Square

22" x 30"

$5,125.00

Mother and 3 daughters celebrating one daughter's graduation from High school

Elizabeth Masi

Smithtown, NY

Graduation day

30" x 22"

$5,000.00

Breezy Day on the Peninsula

Kristina Occhino

Attleboro, MA

Breezy Day on the Peninsula

10" x 21.50"

$750.00

The Underbarn

Nan Quintin

Pepperell, MA

The Underbarn

29" x 34"

$1,500.00

It’s an original Watercolor composition with all the munchies for my late afternoon snack!

Rashmi R

San Ramon , CA

3PM Cravings

11" x 14"

$680.00

sunlit lotus leaves and flowers

Lori Rapuano

East Granby, CT

Sacred Lotus

19.6" x 14.7"

$1,400.00

A watercolor painting of wisteria capturing their softness and movement using loose, expressive techniques and soft colors.

Lorraine Rimmelin

Mastic Beach, NY

Lovely In Lavender

12" x 18"

$650.00

The redwoods and meadows at Prairie Creek State and National Park are magical and mystical.

Joanne Robinson

Wooster, OH

Prairie Creek Redwoods

16" x 20"

$650.00

Pink and green cabbage

Karen Romani

Glen Carbon, IL

Queen of the Garden

14" x 14"

$1,500.00

Baggage Claim

Jan Ross

Daufuskie Island, SC

Baggage Claim

30" x 22"

NFS

Soft watercolor of a humpback whale emerging through misty blue water, its body fading as it rises gently toward the surface

Jean Sargent

Riverhead, NY

Breathe

20" x 27"

$1,000.00

Greenwich Village Garage

Tim Saternow

Jersey City, NJ

Greenwich Village Garage

30" x 22"

$6,700.00

The strong shadow value enhances the figures and describes the light found in a typical scene in Florance, Italy.

Rose Scaglione

Suffern, NY

Florence Fellow

11" x 15"

$600.00

This beautiful child stirs as the morning light fills the room, blinking sleepily. With a small yawn she prepares fo the day

Joanne Scotto-Lavino

West Islip, NY

Awaking

14" x 17"

NFS

This Cove near St. Anthony on the west Coast of Newfoundland.

Merrilee Sett

Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada

Fisherman’s Cove

11" x 14"

$1,200.00

Leaves on Lake George

Lynnette Sorbello

Syracuse, NY

Leaves on Lake George

10.5" x 19"

$150.00

mountain river winter

Robert Steedman

Portsmouth, NH

Northern Pass

14" x 21"

$3,000.00

Fishing Buddies

Annie Strack

Kennett Square, PA

Fishing Buddies

12" x 16"

$950.00

Valerie Taggart

Livingston Manor , NY

Oh Hello

15" x 22"

NFS

Geisha in red patterned kimono shown in profile, holding a parasol. Flowers in her hair glow in warm light.

Dana Thompson

Milledgeville, GA

Unspoken Grace

30" x 22"

$2,400.00

Painting of a group of barns

Richard VanTieghem

Warwick, NY

Warwick Barn-Plex

11" x 14"

$400.00

Still life with pomegranates and blue willow

Lydia Wisloski

Essex Junction, VT

The Problem with Pomegranates

38" x 17"

$1,600.00

Black woman in a yellow shirt with dark sunglasses talking on cellphone

John Wolff

Livingston, NJ

On My Way

18" x 14"

$1,500.00

My granddaughter

Hong Yang

Danbury, CT

Maddie

24" x 18"

NFS

Homework

Mary Zywar

Holden, MA

Homework

24" x 27"

NFS

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