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.

 

jenny medved

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Jenny Medved is a representational figurative artist based out of Sarasota, Florida. Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Jenny moved to Florida in 2000 to obtain her BFA in Illustration from Ringling College of Art & Design in Sarasota, where she also currently teaches. She holds a MFA in Figurative Painting from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, California and also studied traditional portraiture at the Florence Academy of Art, in Florence, Italy.

Jenny is a member of the Hawaii Watercolor Society (HWS), a signature member of the Florida Watercolor Society (FWS), an associate member of Women Artists of the West (WAOW), the American Artist Professional League and a master signature member as well as current President of the Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society (FSWS).

She is currently working on a large body of work documenting Indigenous and Polynesian Cultures that carry on the native traditions of their families and ancestors. This includes native tribes and dancers from the mainland US, Canada and also includes the islands of Hawai'i, Samoa, Tahiti, French Polynesia, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand. Jenny is also a freelance illustrator, and recently painted traditional Hawaiian band, Na Palapalai's new album covers, Ka Nani, volumes one and two.