Philadelphia Water Color Society - PWCS

Congratulations to Dena L Shepherd for winning an Award of Merit in the PWCS 2026 Members Show for the watercolor painting “Cracked Up”.

Dena L Shepherd
“Cracked Up”
Watercolor, 21 x 29
$850

Award of Merit

If you are interested in buying this painting, please visit the PWCS webpage and fill out the inquiry form. You can also view all the show submissions there!

https://pwcs.wildapricot.org/exhibitions/2026-members-show

Congratulations to Gwynn W Di Pilla Gwynn Walker Di Pilla for winning an Award of Merit in the PWCS 2026 Members Show for the watercolor painting “Parisian Cafe”.

Gwynn W Di Pilla
“Parisian Cafe”
Watercolor, 18.75 x 15.75
$1,200

Award of Merit

If you are interested in buying this painting, please visit the PWCS webpage and fill out the inquiry form. You can also view all the show submissions there!

https://pwcs.wildapricot.org/exhibitions/2026-members-show

Due to a heat advisory, this plein air event has been rescheduled for Friday, June 19.

Register online at https://pwcs.wildapricot.org/plein-air

June Plein Air - Warwick Furnace Farm
When
June 19, 2026

9:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Location
Warwick Furnace Farm

There is a $15 registration fee for this event.

Join us in painting lavender fields in full bloom as well as the barns and surrounding landscape at Warwick Furnace Farm in Glenmoore, PA.

Photos courtesy of Warwick Furnace Farm

Congratulations to Michele Tabor Kimbrough .tabor.kimbrough.art for winning an award of merit for the painting

“Nature’s Royalty”
Watercolor, 20 x 16
$1,900

Award of Merit

This painting is available for purchase via the form on the 2026 PWCS Members Show webpage page, as are many other paintings, which can be viewed at PWCS.wildapricot.org/exhibitions/2026-members-show

Also don’t forget the 126th Annual PWCS International Works on Paper show submissions are now open from June 1-July 20, 2026.

Photos from the Wednesday Paint Together sessions held this Spring, March 18 and 21, 2026.

Photos courtesy of Carrie Cheung

Announcing the 126th International Exhibition of Works on Paper

About the Exhibition

October 14 - November 14, 2026
Wayne Art Center
413 Maplewood Ave, Wayne, PA 19087

There will be over $10,000 in Awards including:

$2,000 PWCS Award for Best in Show
$1,500 Elizabeth Shober Hooper Award for Excellence in Presentation & Technique
$1,000 PWCS Founders Award

Eligible media include watercolor, soft pastels, charcoal, graphite, colored pencil, pen & ink, gouache, acrylic, and hand-pulled prints. All work must be original and on paper. Works also need to have been completed in the last three years. Download the prospectus for information on eligible work, submissions guidelines and other details for this exhibition.

Cover Artwork
Journey to Lucerne II by Ng Woon Lam, an award winner from the 125th International Exhibition of Works on Paper

Congratulations to Richard Hoffman for winning an Award of Merit in the PWCS 2026 Members Show for his watercolor painting “Abandoned Evans-Cooper Site”.

Richard Hoffman
“Abandoned Evans-Cooper Site”
Watercolor, 14.25 x 24
$1,400

Award of Merit

If you are interested in buying this painting, please visit the PWCS webpage and fill out the inquiry form. You can also view all the show submissions there!

https://pwcs.wildapricot.org/exhibitions/2026-members-show

Eleven Art Warriors came to paint en PleinAir today at the Barnes Arboretum .

It was a balmy 86 degrees at 9:30 am and went up to 93 which felt like 98.

The grounds are beautiful!

More historical paintings, drawings, and illustrations from the Free Library of Philadelphia prints and pictures collection from last week.

It was a beautiful day!
Painting with members of the PWCS at the Kuerner Farm in Chadds Ford, PA, on Friday, May 15. Kuerner Farm was the setting for some of Andrew Wyeth’s iconic works.
It was great to have artists from the Greater Philadelphia area, Washington DC, Lancaster, and New York, come out for a day of painting!