Extinction

Nationally recognized artist, Mark E. Mehaffey is a signature member of the American Watercolor Society-Dolphin Fellow, the National Watercolor Society, Transparent Watercolor Society of America-master status, Watercolor West, Watercolor USA Honor Society and the Rocky Mountain Water Media Society, among others.

 

Mehaffey has won major awards in juried exhibitions across the country including the Beverly Green Memorial Purchase Award from the National Watercolor Society. The Silver Medal of Honor (2008 and 2013) and The Arches Paper Company Award from the American Watercolor Society, the M. Grumbacher Gold Medal from Allied Artists of America, the Skyledge Award from the National Transparent Watercolor Society of America and the Ruth Rosenau Silver Medallion from the Adirondacks National exhibition of American watercolors. In 2010 Mark was invited to participate, and was given an award, in the Shanghai Zhujiajiao Biennial in Shanghai China. 

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Mehaffey’s work has appeared in many publications; most recently in The Best of Watercolor, Splash 5, Splash 10 and Splash 11, Secrets of Award Winning American Watercolor Artists, Chinese Language, and as a featured artist in “Art Journey America: Landscapes”, North Light publisher. Mehaffey’s paintings are included in corporate, public and private collections including Blue Cross Blue Shield, Arthur Anderson Co., The Arches Paper Co. USA, the permanent collection of transparent watercolors at the Neville Public Museum, Green Bay Wisconsin, the permanent collection of the Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, Michigan, the Zhujiajiao Watercolor Gallery, Shanghai China and the National Watercolor Museum of Mexico, Mexico City.

 

He is a popular juror and gives workshops and lectures around the country.  Mark’s watercolor book, ”Creative Watercolor Workshop”, was released summer of 2005 and re-released summer of 2012. Creative Catalyst and North Light Publications have produced 9 instructional videos featuring Mark’s work. Mark is a retired public school Art instructor who believes our art future is with the young and is dedicated to building that vision.  

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http://www.mehaffeygallery.com

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