About the Artist

Thanks so much for getting to know me a little better! I am mainly an intuitive watercolor artist but I also enjoy acrylic, collage, conceptual art and intuitive acrylic spirit painting. Although I chose to major in accounting and business management, my first love was always art. My first true art class began after the birth of my son in 1995. It was a beginner watercolor class with Rochester artist, Judy Soprano (my mentor and self-proclaimed second mother). From there, my practice was kicked into high gear.

My watercolor pieces, “The Main Drag-TI Park” and “The Gadfly” were chosen for the current “Along the River’s Edge” exhibit at the TI Arts Center in Clayton, NY.

“We’re Home!” was selected for the 2019 Rochester Memorial Art Gallery’s Finger Lakes Exhibition and for the 2020 ANEAW show in Old Forge, NY. “Red, Right Returning was in their 2019 show, as well.

My watercolor painting, The Guzzle, was in the Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society’s Fall 2019 14th International Exhibition of Transparent Watercolor. The show ran at Kenan Center Gallery in Lockport, NY.

My work has been in national and international shows and received multiple awards. I  teach private lessons and lead a day and weekend-long workshop called The Art of Releasing; (previously called Courage, Creation and Connection), that incorporates intuitive painting,  meditation and intuitive guidance.

I have also designed a body of watercolor work that depicts life in the 1000 Islands. It is displayed at Bella’s Cafe in Clayton, NY and at Bay House Artisans in Alexandria Bay, NY.

I am the mother of two amazing adult children, Jackie and Adam (who recently married Ashley!), and has been married  her high school sweetheart, Paul  34 years ago.

I also taught Intuitive Painting; De-Stress Your Mind and collage workshops through the Rochester Brainery several times a year in 2019 & 2020. It was something that brought such positive light and joy to all those who attended!

My studio is located at my new home in Wellesley Island, NY; part of the beautiful 1000 Islands region. I also has my worked displayed in Sherry Tulloch’s studio in Anderson Alley Arts Building, in the NOTA section of Rochester, NY.

Recent Publication

Please check out my latest monthly article recently published in Rochester Women Online Magazine, “The Art of Releasing” by Lisa A. Wagner.

Paving the Way Towards Self-Trust; Listening to Our Inner Voice

Education, Instruction & Affiliations

Anderson Alley Arts Building

I left my beloved art studio in Anderson Alley upon moving to our new home in 2020. I am now located  in the 1000 Islands on beautiful Wellesley Island permanently, but plan to keep one foot in Rochester. My lovely friend, Sherry Tulloch has a few of my pieces in her studio at Anderson on the second floor. Hope you can stop in there or come up and visit the beautiful Islands sometime!

Present
American Watercolor Society (AWS), Associate Member
National Watercolor Society (NWS), Associate Member
National Collage Society (NCS), Associate Member

2006
Pittsford Art Group, Former President
2003 – Present
Pittsford Art Group, Member
2004
Greece Central Schools Community Education, Mix Media Instructor
2001 – 2004
Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, Water Color & Collage Instruction
1995 – 2003
Watercolor Instructor, with Judy Soprano
1986 – 1988
State University of New York at Brockport, Student
1984 – 1986
Monroe Community College, Student

Show and Awards

International

2019 – Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society’s Fall 2019 14th International Exhibition of Transparent Watercolor, “The Guzzle.”

National

2020 – 35th Annual Adirondack National Exhibition of Watercolors, “We’re Home!”

2018 – 33rd Annual Adirondack National Exhibition of Watercolors, “Red Right Returning.”

2006 – 25rd Annual Adirondack National Exhibition of Watercolors, “Weathered Art.”

2004 – 23rd Annual Adirondack National Exhibition of Watercolors, “Japanese Sake Barrels.”

Local

2021 River Muse Plein Air Art Competition, Clayton, NY “Calumet Island” and “French Bay”

2021 Thousand Island’s Art Center, Clayton, NY “Red, Right Returning” and “We’re Home”

2019 Rochester Memorial Art Gallery’s Finger Lakes Exhibition, “Red, Right Returning”

PAG 2018 Barnes and Noble Spring Show: Merit Award “Happy Flowers”

PAG 2005 Holiday Art Show: Juror’s Award, “Superhero’s Vertigo”

SRAG 2005 Town Hall Show: Second Place, “If A Lion Ate A Salad, Would He Use A Fork”

SRAG Spring Show Chairperson, Publicity Chairperson

PAG 2005 Spring Art Show: Merit Award, “Moonlit Geisha”

SRAG 2005 Spring Art Show: First Place, “Moonlit Geisha”

SRAG 2005 Spring Art Show: First Place, “Fish Waltz”

SRAG 2005 Spring Art Show: Second Place, “Japanese Sake Barrels”

SRAG 2005 Spring Art Show: Third Place, “Pueblo II”

SRAG 2004 Town Hall Art Show: First Place, “Molly Couture”

SRAG 2004 Town Hall Art Show: Popular Vote, “Harmony”

Rochester Democrat & Chronicle: September 2005, Our Towns

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