I’m very happy to announce that my painting, Nostalgia, was selected as a finalist in the Splash 26: The Best of Watercolor competition! My painting will be published in a special edition of Artists Magazine in July of 2025. Many thanks to juror Stephen Zhang and Artists Magazine for this wonderful honor!
Women in Watercolor is having its annual members’ online show. This year you can vote for your favorite paintings! My painting, Early Morning Color, is in the show. There are 306 different entries from women watercolor artists and you can vote for your favorite 10 paintings. Voting is open until February 28th. You can vote at https://woorise.com/womeninwatercolor/photo-voting-contest
The 2025 Annual Member Show at the Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council (LARAC), in Glens Falls, NY, will be having its opening reception tomorrow night, January 17th, 5-7 pm. My watercolor painting, Early Morning Color, will be on display along with many other wonderful local artisans. The show runs through February 19th. Gallery hours are Monday – Saturday, 10 am – 3 pm, 10 am – 6 pm on Thursday.
I’m so excited to announce that my watercolor painting, Threads of Friendship, has been accepted into the 2025 American Watercolor Society’s International Exhibition! This amazing watercolor show will be held at the famous Salmagundi Club in NYC from April 7th – 25th. Many thanks to the jury of selection, including Antonio Masi, Iain Stewart, Michael Holter, Thomas W. Schaller and Dot Ganek for accepting my work into the exhibition!
Tonight (December 12th at 5 pm) is the art opening of the 2024 Fine Arts Exhibit at the Crandall Gallery (251 Glen Street, Glens Falls, NY). My watercolor painting, Color Burst, will be in the show. The exhibit will be on display until December 28th, so be sure to check it out!
Here is my latest watercolor painting, entitled Threads of Friendship. My daughter has quite the large collection of embroidery floss from her years of making friendship bracelets for all her friends. The painting is based on one of many photographs I took of her collection.
I started the painting a little differently than usual. The painting has a wide range of colors, and since I use a small palette with only 8 wells and 8 mixing areas, I decided to paint areas by color. Starting with the greens, then purples, then yellows and neutrals. I then painted the background and finally the floss wrappers last. The wrappers were extremely challenging to paint, as most of the lettering is white and I don’t use white paint as a transparent watercolor artist. I tried a new masking fluid, Fineline Masking Fluid Pen Supernib – Fine Tip, which worked ok, once I got the hang of it. Not quite as good as I hoped, but better than what I’ve used in the past. I still had to do quite a lot of reverse painting to work around the letters. You may click on the following slide show to see my work in progress.
I’m so happy to announce that I have been awarded Signature Membership (WIW) from Women in Watercolor. In order to achieve signature status, you must be accepted into three Women in Watercolor international juried shows. Many thanks to Lynn Pratt and Women in Watercolor for this honor! Here are the three award winning paintings that got me my signature.
Tomorrow night, October 4th at 5 pm, is the opening of LARAC’s Show VII: Annual Juried Show. My transparent watercolor painting Ombre Beautyberry was accepted into the show. Many thanks to artist Ann Larsen for choosing my piece to be part of the exhibition! This juried show highlights 70 local artists’ work in the Capital Region. The show runs October 4th through November 6th, at LARAC’s Lapham Gallery in Glens Falls, NY. Gallery hours are Monday – Saturday 10 am -3pm, and Thursday 10 am – 6 pm.
I’m very excited to announce that my painting, Vintage Color II, has been accepted into the 99th Annual Open Water / L’Eau Clarie Exhibition! Vintage Color II is one of just 40 paintings selected to be in this international transparent watercolor exhibition. Sponsored by the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour (CSPWS) / La Societe Canadienne de Peintres en Aquarelle (SCPA), the exhibition will be held at the Helson Gallery in Georgetown, Ontario, from November 13th, 2024 through January 12th, 2025.
Many thanks to the jury of CSPWC members, Liane Bedard, Inge Kjeldgaard Tajik, and Dr. Catherine M. Mastin, PHD, for this honor. And to Shelley Prior for the personal invitation to apply for this jury show.
The 2024 North East Watercolor Society’s International Juried Show is now open! Very pleased to announce that my painting, Nostalgia, will be on display along with 69 other artists in this beautiful show. The show will be on display through September 29th, at the Gallery at Kent Art Association, in Kent CT.
Cindi Handy 