Hawai`i Watercolor Society

335 Hahani Street Kailua, HI, 96734 United States

 

The Hawai`i Watercolor Society was founded in 1962 by Hawai`i Artist Hon Chew Hee. Our aim as an organization is to nurture and stimulate interest in water media through education, exhibits, and collaboration with other organizations, associations and individuals.

The Hawai`i Watercolor Society sponsors two juried exhibits every year as well as a biennial curated show highlighting the work of our signature members. In addition, we host periodic sales, themed shows and community events.

In conjunction with our exhibits we offer two week long workshops each year featuring nationally recognized teaching artists. On an intermittent basis we sponsor shorter duration workshops on a variety of art-related topics.

 

 HWS 2026 Members’ Show - “99% Transparent”

Exhibition March 3-March 28, 2026
Tuesday - Sunday 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Entry Deadline: Entries must be received by HWS no later than Friday, January 16, 2026, 5 p.m. HST

2026 Members' Show Registration
2026 Members' Show Registration
from $14.00

$14 per show entry (i.e. If entering 4 paintings the fee is $56). Deadline for registration and submitting your images is Friday January 16, 2025 at 5 pm HST.

Click here for the Prospectus

Dates to Remember:

  • Friday, January 16 Entry deadline 5pm HST

  • Sunday, February 8 Artists notified

  • Thursday, February 26 Shipped Art due

  • Sunday, March 1 Take-In for selected work. 9am-10am

  • Tuesday, March 3-28 2026 Members' Show "99% Transparent" Tuesday-Sunday 11AM-5PM

  • Friday, March 6 First Friday 5pm-8pm

  • Saturday, March 28 Closing Reception 4pm-6pm

  • Sunday, March 29 Take-down 9am-10am

This show will feature the work of Hawai’i Watercolor Society members. If you are not currently a member of the Hawai’i Watercolor Society, you may join before submitting your entries to the show. The annual membership fee is $40 dollars per year. Sign up for membership here: www.hawaiiwatercolorsociety.org/membership

For questions about the exhibition, please contact info@hawaiiwatercolorsociety.org subject line “2026 HWS Members’ Show”

Juror: Sterling Edwards

Sterling Edwards is an internationally renowned watermedia master artist, instructor, mentor, and author. Sterling began a second career in 1993 to pursue his passion for painting as a visual and interpretive artist. Having studied art since the age of twelve, he developed a unique and expressive style of painting that has since gained international acclaim and the respect of his peers, students, art collectors, and designers.

In 2007, Sterling was awarded signature membership status in the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour (CSPWC). In 2010, he was awarded signature membership status in the Transparent Watercolor Society of America (TWSA). In 2017 he was awarded signature membership status in the National Watercolor Society (NWS).

Sterling is the author of the best-selling North Light book, “Creating Luminous Watercolor Landscapes, a Four Step Process," published in 2010, and is a featured artist in several other books and international publications. Sterling works from his home studio in the beautiful town of Lewisville, North Carolina.

"My art has taken me places both physically and mentally that I probably would have never gone were I not a visual artist. I've traveled on many artistic paths, freeways, side roads, curves, dealt with the occasional flat tire, dead ends, back alleys, wrong turns, detours, and bad directions. Each one has, in it's own way, influenced or contributed to reaching my final destination; to be an interpretive visual artist.

Everything that I see is broken down into shapes and colors that might be suitable for my next interpretive painting or thought evoking / aesthetic photograph. When I paint, I take great pleasure in rearranging and sometimes distorting and embellishing the shapes and colors of my subjects to suit my individual style. My paintings are not intended to offer the viewer something that they can readily see themselves but rather a unique interpretation as only envisioned through the trained eyes and creative mind of an interpretive artist." 

Sterling Edwards, TWSA, WPA, NWS, CSPWC

All images ©2026 Sterling Edwards. All rights reserved.