LWS hosts its 54th Annual International Exhibition this Leap Year with an online show and workshop featuring juror of selection and judge of awards, Kathleen Giles! Don’t fear – we’ll be back in person next year! This Leap event is to help our international and non-local U.S. artists who have been so supportive over our half-century plus of successful exhibits.
May 1 – May 31, 2024
Juror of Selection and Judge of Awards
Kathleen Giles works primarily in watercolor and is a signature member of AWS, NWS, TWSA, PWS, American Woman Artists, the Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society, a member of the Watercolor USA Honor Society, and a member of the International Guild of Realism. Her work is defined by strong values and intense colors on a variety of subjects. Kathleen is a 2023 Arc Salon winner for her poignant portrait, Tears for Ukraine. She has won numerous other national awards as well, including the AWS Bronze Medal in 2022 and the NWS First Place Purchase Award in 2021. Kathleen’s work has been featured in Watercolor Artist magazine, International Artist magazine, the French magazine Pratique des Arts, and others. Look for her in Watercolor Artist magazine in Fall 2023.
Kathleen Giles’ website: www.kgilesstudio.com
Cost: The workshop, critique, and video link are all included for the low price of $365 for members and $415 for non-members. Class limited to 25 students – first come, first serve!
Accepted Entries
| Suzanne Accetta | Fly High Our Julie | 11.5″x17.5″ , 18″x24″ | |
| Roxanna Alexander | Afternoon Contrasts | 14.5″x10.5″ , 20″x16″ | $350 |
| Christine Alfery | Red Dress | 30″x30″ , 36″x36″ | $2,200 |
| Rick Anderson | Light In The Window | 22″x15″ , 28″x21″ | |
| Tony Armendariz | José | 37.5″x12.5″ , 43″x18″ | $3,000 |
| Gina Noelle Ash | Nanabah (She Returns) | 16″x12″ , 24″x20″ | $800 |
| Kate Aubrey | Denouement | 22″x23″ , 30″x31″ | $2,330 |
| Gloria Baker | Reverence # 3 | 21″x29″ , 28″x36″ | $3,500 |
| Sally Baker | Appearently | 11″x11″ , 18″x18″ | |
| Christine Berlinson-Esser | Seven Sisters | 22″x30″ , 24″x36″ | $2,000 |
| Matthew Bird | Voyage of Imagination | 22″x29″ , 27″x34″ | $6,300 |
| Anne Bradham | Child’s Joy | 14″x11″ , 20″x16″ | $750 |
| Marilynne Bradley | Dance of Seven Sails | 22″x15″ , 28″x22″ | $2,200 |
| Winifred Breines | Flat, Peaches, Cherries, Containers | 12″x16″ , 19″x22″ | $900 |
| Joy Brinkley-Hill | A Little Broken | 22″x30″ , 30″x38″ | $2,800 |
| Sharron Burns | Sunlit Pears | 22″x22″ , 30″x30″ | $895 |
| Allan Butt | Sunnyside Up! | 30″x22″ , 36″x28″ | |
| Nel Dorn Byrd | The Reception | 22″x30″ , 30″x38″ | $3,000 |
| Ken Call | Angel of Havana | 28″x21″ , 36″x29″ | $5,000 |
| Chryl Casso Corizzo | Cleat Hitch, Dock Line | 8″x13″ , 15″x20.5″ | $750 |
| Lana Cease | Out of My Depth | 30″x20″ , 38″x28″ | $2,390 |
| Coral Ye Chen | Hope | 22″x15″ , 28″x21″ | $3,800 |
| Walt Costilow | Chains on Blue | 12″x16″ , 20″x24″ | $950 |
| Brenda Cretney | Peeking | 11″x14″ , 17″x20″ | |
| Stella Dai | Grazing Field | 14″x21″ , 22″x29″ | $980 |
| Nancy Murphree Davis | Between Acts | 22″x30″ , 32″x40″ | |
| Nancy Dias | Aerial View | 22″x15″ , 30″x23″ | |
| Jackie Dorsey | Legendary Cindy Wilson of The B-52’s | 36.75″x24.5″ , 48″x36.5″ | $4,000 |
| Kathleen Durdin | David D: Remembering | 22″x15″ , 29″x22″ | $750 |
| Carolyn Epperly | Wicker Thrones | 21″x28″ , 28″x31″ | $4,800 |
| Sue Evans | Northern Winter Sky | 12″x16″ , 18″x22″ | $500 |
| Terry Evers | Mosaic | 29″x41″ , 37″x48″ | $5,000 |
| Patrick Faile | Lowcountry Fisherman | 30″x22″ , 36″x28″ | $2,200 |
| Lan Fang | Phalaenopsis and Glass | 24″x22″ , 26″x24″ | $3,500 |
| Z.L. Feng | Boating at Moon River #2 | 40″x30″ , 40″x30″ | |
| Ellen A. Fountain | Succulent Collection | 20.5″x13.5″ , 28″x21″ | $800 |
| Charlie Frances | The Selection Committee | 22″x22″ , 28″x28″ | $900 |
| Jane Fritz | Sparkling Water on the Rocks | 21″x14″ , 28.5″x21.5″ | |
| Carla Gauthier | Florence Twilight | 11″x15″ , 16″x20″ | $700 |
| Laurie Goldstein-Warren | Cut Glass Chaos | 22″x22″ , 28″x28″ | $3,500 |
| Leslie Guo | Girls Night Out | 16″x20″ , 20″x24″ | $1,200 |
| Yidan Guo | Women Who Are Asian Immigrants Series-Ling Tang | 48″x36″ , 48″x38″ | $8,500 |
| Tatsiana Harbacheuskaya | John | 16″x16″ , 23″x23″ | |
| Ann Hart | Rust in Peace | 9.5″x19.5″ , 18″x28″ | |
| Richard William Haynes | Greet the Morning | 18″x24″ , 24″x30″ | |
| Tracy Hebert | Cecile’s Satsumas | 16″x27″ , 24″x35″ | $4,500 |
| Travis Hicks | Shanghai Clotheslines #2 | 27″x20″ , 31″x24″ | $1,500 |
| Anne Hightower-Patterson | Blue, White and Red | 15″x20″ , 22″x26″ | |
| William Hook | Lost Faith | 10.5″x10.5″ , 16″x16″ | |
| Mary Houser | Steeple of Time | 11.5″x8.5″ , 8″x8″ | |
| Larry Hughes | Audience of One | 19″x42″ , 24″x47″ | |
| Lok Kerk Hwang | Tales of Wheel No. 27 | 30″x22″ , 38″x28″ | $4,000 |
| Mary Sorrows Hughes | Covid Vaccines Created: Think I’m Seeing Some Hope | 27″x20″ , 35″x28″ | |
| John James | Moonblind | 23″x17″ , 30″x26″ | $1,250 |
| Ellen Jenkins | Sweet Tea Afternoon | 14″x10″ , 20″x16″ | $425 |
| Bev Jozwiak | Feeling Small | 22″x15″ , 33″x26″ | $1,200 |
| Gina Judy | Sunny Sully At Attention | 28.75″x21″ , 34″x25.75″ | |
| Sue Kemp | Done for the Day | 19″x19″ , 24″x24″ | |
| Maura Kenny | Heart Beat | 30″x22″ , 36″x28″ | |
| Michele Tabor Kimbrough | Crucian Carnival Series XLIX | 10″x8″ , 20″x18″ | $450 |
| Kathy Kitz | Sunrise #3 | 20″x26″ , 26″x32″ | $1,800 |
| Lyna Knight | Hombre de Peru | 21″x21″ , 30″x30″ | $1,000 |
| Susan Knowlton | Tuscan Villa With Rosemary Path | 12″x18″ , 16″x22″ | |
| Lynne Kroll | Sunset Harmony | 15″x21″ , 21″x28″ | $600 |
| Chris Krupinski | Catching the Light | 30″x22″ , 39″x31″ | $5,000 |
| Ellen Kruse | Estonia Remembered | 12″x9″ , 18″x13″ | |
| Rebecca Krutsinger | The Loss | 18″x24″ , 24″x30″ | $1,200 |
| Barbara Kuxhausen | Barn and Creek | 21″x29″ , 28″x36″ | $1,000 |
| Diego Larguia | Desk | 14″x10″ , 18″x14″ | 500.00 |
| Alexis Lavine | Delivery | 22″x13″ , 31.5″x22.5″ | $2,850 |
| Kevin Leahy | Northern Border | 22″x30″ , 29″x36″ | $1,800 |
| Maureen Lewis | Grocery Store Orchids | 16″x20″ , 22″x26″ | $750 |
| Yan Liang | Sunshine of the Cold Forest | 31″x21″ , 36″x31″ | $10,000 |
| Jessica Lily | Might and Mind | 10″x10″ , 14″x14″ | |
| Melanie Long | Visby’s Hollyhocks | 14″x12″ , 23″x19″ | |
| Stacy Lund Levy | Eats and Edits | 22″x30″ , 28″x36″ | |
| Pio Lyons | Sams Knob | 20″x14″ , 22″x16″ | |
| Laurin McCracken | A Very Personal Collection | 28″x40″ , 42″x48″ | |
| Rebecca McDuffie | Hanging By A Rope | 15″x15″ , 22.5″x22.5″ | |
| Donna F McGee | At the Edge of Darkness There is Hope | 21″x15″ , 24″x18″ | $1,850 |
| Carol McSweeney | Always The Showman | 11″x15″ , 19″x23″ | $900 |
| Theresa Beaubouef Miller | Our Colorful Past | 18″x13″ , 24″x19″ | $950 |
| Setsuko Ohara | Blue Boats | 25″x20″ , 32″x27″ | $1,400 |
| Natalia Outkina | Alone in New York | 22″x15″ , 30″x20″ | |
| Lok-Hou Pang | Waiting | 20″x16″ , 28″x22″ | |
| Ann Pember | Poetic Peony | 21″x14″ , 28″x22″ | $1,200 |
| George Politis | Out of the Blue | 22″x15″ , 30″x23″ | $3,200 |
| Lisa Pope | Floral Tapestry | 18″x14″ , 24″x20″ | $1,000 |
| Trish Poupard | Drama Queen | 25″x17″ , 38″x26″ | $950 |
| Marcia Pyner | But the Greatest of These is Love | 14″x11″ , 21″x18″ | |
| April Rimpo | Unified: Playing as One | 20″x16″ , 27″x24″ | $1,600 |
| Michael Scherfen | Rodeo Clown, Okeechobee, FL | 28″x19″ , 32″x23″ | |
| Joleen Schiller | An Afternoon in Balboa Park | 23″x16″ , 30″x24″ | $1,500 |
| Cathy Schuster | Angels Over Berlin | 21.5″x11.25″ , 24.5″x14.25″ | |
| Kathy Simon-Mcdonald | The Chalk Artist XV | 30″x22″ , 36″x28″ | |
| Alan Smith | Bailey’s Barn | 20″x33″ , 29″x42″ | $1,300 |
| Kay Smith | Abandoned Barn in Winter | 9″x12″ , 15″x18″ | $399 |
| Constance Spencer | Sensual Waters | 14″x20″ , 22″x28″ | $1,200 |
| Diane St Germain | Past Remembered | 14″x18″ , 20″x24″ | $1,200 |
| Iain Stewart | Harry Chong, West Village, NYC | 26″x19″ , 31″x25″ | |
| Gabriel Stockton | Italy Collamato Castle #3 | 12″x18″ , 16″x20″ | $1,245 |
| E Jane Stoddard | Here’s Looking at You Kid | 21″x16″ , 29″x24″ | $2,200 |
| Kathy Miller Stone | Medusa Oak | 11″x30″ , 19″x38″ | $800 |
| Jiangang Sun | Shipyard in the Morning | 22″x30″ , 28″x35″ | $2,800 |
| Yuqian Sun | Artificial Fairies No.10 ‘Dissonance’ | 19″x29″ , 30″x47″ | |
| Don Taylor | Artilleryman III | 22″x15″ , 28″x22″ | $1,200 |
| Zhou Tianya | Prayer | 22″x15″ , 30″x23″ | $3,000 |
| Lyudmila Tomova | His Passion | 18″x24″ , 22″x28″ | $1,600 |
| Adriana Toso-Schulze | Marshlands VIII | 15″x22″ , 20″x28″ | $500 |
| Carmella Tuliszewski | After Party | 18″x13″ , 24″x18″ | |
| Yuji Uchiyama | In the Light | 22″x14″ , 23″x15″ | |
| Linda Vanek | New Territory | 14″x11″ , 20″x16″ | $850 |
| Jonathan Vizina | Shrimpersrow – Summer Afternoon Calm | 30″x22″ , 38″x30″ | $1,100 |
| Kim Voisin | YUM | 12″x9″ , 22″x18″ | $350 |
| Carrie Waller | Hide and Seek | 15″x22″ , 21″x28″ | $3,500 |
| Kathryn Wedge | Up There | 22″x15″ , 28″x22″ | $1,200 |
| Herb Willey | Captain VT | 16″x20″ , 20″x24″ | |
| Jane Wise | The Christmas Orange | 11.25″x15.25″ , 17.25″x21.25″ | $1,000 |
| Voon Wong | Behind The Scene | 18″x24″ , 22″x28″ | $1,800 |
| Liu Yang | Impression of Angkor – Bayon Temple No. 3 | 29.9″x41.7″ , 30.78″x42.5″ | $11,300 |
| Keiko Yasuoka | Baskets of Summer’s Gift | 13″x25″ , 20″x33″ | $3,500 |
| Jianzhong Zhou | Morning Sunlight | 21″x28″ , 31″x40″ | $3,000 |