ERIC WIEGARDT
AWS-DF, NWS
Eric Wiegardt has been awarded the highest honor in watercolor painting: the Gold Medal and Dolphin Fellow from the American Watercolor Society, New York.
As a teacher and artist, he has left an indelible mark on the American and International art scene with his bold, loose painting style. He has participated in numerous museum exhibitions throughout the US and China.
Eric has taught over 5000 watercolorists his popular “Wiegardt‘s Painterly Watercolors“ workshops.
Over 4,000 original paintings have been collected privately and corporately including the US State Dept., US Ambassador Alice G. Wells, Amman, Jordan.
“I have no doubt that his future accomplishments will leave an indelible mark upon the American art scene.”
“Eric Wiegardt’s brushwork is aggressive, and it’s so deceptively difficult to do this, to make it tie together and work. He allows the medium to have its own expression, to put a brush mark down and just leave it and let it speak for itself.”
EricWiegardt-Biography.pdfAwards
- American Watercolor Society – “The Duck Hunter,” Gold Medal of Honor and Dolphin Fellow – 2012
- Watercolor West – 53rd Watercolor West International Juried Exhibition – Beard’s Hollow, Awarded “National Watercolor Society Reciprocal Award “ – 2021
- Watercolor West – 52nd Watercolor West International Juried Exhibition – Calella, Spain, Awarded “Master Status” and Southern California Art Organizations Award – 2020
- Watercolor Art Society – Houston – 42nd International Watermedia Exhibition – Meersburg Lunch, Jack Bowen Award – 2019
- Watercolor West – 50th Watercolor West International Juried Exhibition – Tidepoint #52, San Diego Watercolor Society Reciprocal Award – 2018
- TWSA-Transparent Watercolor Society of America – May – August 2017, The Watercolor Artist Magazine, Award of Merit
- Red River Watercolor Society– Distinction Award – 2017
- Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolors – Karen & Gary Lee Award – 2017
- Watercolor Art Society – Houston – 40th International Watermedia Exhibition – Merit Award – 2016
- Watercolor Magazine – The Best Art of 2015
Judge/Juror
- American Watercolor Society 2014-New York, NY (Awards Juror)
- Watercolor Art Society of Houston 43rd International Watermedia Exhibition-2020
- Montana Watercolor Society 37th Annual National Exhibition-2019
EricWiegardt-JudgeJuror.pdfSignature Memberships
- American Watercolor Society – Dolphin Fellow
- National Watercolor Society
- Allied Artists of America
- Watercolor West – Master Status
- Northwest Watercolor Society
- Transparent Watercolor Society of America – Master Status
Museums/Exhibits
- American Watercolor Society – Traveling Exhibitions
- China 2014 Shenzhen Art Museum and Traveling Exhibition
- 6th Annual Signature American Watermedia Exhibition Fallbrook Art Center, Fallbrook, CA
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Frye Museum-Seattle, WA
Shows
- California Watercolor Association 52nd National Exhibition – Pleasanton, CA Harrington Gallery – January 12 – March 12, 2022
- Scott-Milo Gallery Group Show – Anacortes, WA – December 3, 2021 – January 29, 2022
- Northwest Watercolor Society 81st International Open Exhibition ONLINE – October 22, 2021 – January 4, 2022
- 53rd Watercolor West International Juried Exhibition – Brea, CA – October 2-December 14, 2021
- National Watercolor Society & Hilbert Museum of California Art – NWS: The First 100 Years – November 14, 2020 – February 20, 2021
