Andy Ewansen, USA

Short biography:

Andy began painting watercolors in the mid 1990’s, is largely self-taught, and has studied with such well-know watercolorists as Skip Lawrence, Eric Weigardt, Alvaro Castagnet and Joseph Zbukvic.

His watercolors first gained recognition after winning an international competition through American Artist magazine in 2005.  His paintings have appeared on the cover of American Artist’s Watercolor magazine and in International Artist, Watercolor Artist, Plein Air and American Art Collector magazines.  His award-winning paintings are in collections on 4 continents and he has become a sought-after workshop instructor who paints and teaches internationally.

He served as president of the Minnesota Watercolor Society from 2004-2006, was elected a signature member of the prestigious Plein Air Painters of America (PAPA) in 2012 and is now serving as their president.  He remains the only watercolorist invited to exhibit in the annual ‘Wild Side’ Exhibition, a show of works done on Catalina Island by some of the top landscape painters in the country.  His paintings have won numerous awards, including the Bronze Medal of Honor at the 2012 American Watercolor Society Exhibition, the High Winds Medal at the 2015 AWS Exhibition, and the Painters Award in the Northwest Watercolor Society’s 2012 Waterworks Exhibition.

Affiliations:

    Northwest Watercolor Society (NWWS), Signature Member October 2015
    American Watercolor Society (AWS), Signature Member April 2015
    Red River Watercolor Society (RRWS), Signature Member
    President, Plein Air Painters of America (PAPA), Signature Member 2012
    California Art Club, Artist Member

Exhibitions and Galleries:

    Qingdao China, International Watercolor Masters Plein Air Painting Event July 2017
     Northwest Watercolor Society International Exhibition 2017, 2015 and 2014
     Transparent Watercolor Society of America Exhibition 2017 and 2016
     American Watercolor Society Exhibition 2017-2014 and 2012
    Qingdao-Jimo China, International Watercolor Exhibition November 2016
     Salmagundi Club NY, ‘American Masters’ Exhibition November 2016
     Catalina Conservation Society, ‘Wild Side’ Exhibition, 2012-2016
     American Watercolor Society Exhibition April 2016
     Nanning, China, Third ‘Watercolor Masters Invitational’ November 2015
     Laguna Plein Air Painters Association Invitational, October 2015
     Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis MA, PAPA Exhibition, ‘Looking East’ June-August 2015
     Red Wing Anderson Center Three Man Show, March 2015
     Grand Marais MN, Plein Air Festival Exhibition September 2014
     Salmagundi Club NY, ‘Why Outdoors – The Plein Air Painters of America’ April 2014
    Wilcock Gallery Solo Show, March 2014
     Segil Fine Art, Monrovia CA, ‘Kaiping: American Perspectives’ January 2014
     Knowlton Gallery, Lodi CA, ‘Triple Threat’ January 2014
     Plein Air Painters of America, ‘Celebrating Summer’ June 2013
     Northwest Watercolor Society, ‘Waterworks’ Exhibition 2012
     PAPA (Plein Air Painters of America), Exhibition and Sale 2011 
     Red River Watercolor Society National Exhibition, 2016, 2012 and 2011
     Segil Fine Art, Monrovia CA, ‘Works on Paper’ Summer 2010
     U of M Katherine Nash Gallery, ‘Waterborne; A Regional Exhibition’ Nov/Dec 2008
     Premier Gallery, Minneapolis MN, ‘Landscape x 4’ April-June 2008
     Coleman Fine Art, Charleston SC, ‘Wet Paint 2007’

Website: http://www.evansenartstudio.com/