Blue Monolith, watercolor 35 x 27 Winner of the 2007 National Watercolor Society Janet Hilford Memorial Award

Nationally recognized artist Mark E. Mehaffey is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society, the American Watercolor Society, Transparent Watercolor Society of America, Watercolor West and the Rocky Mountain Watermedia Society, and signature life member of Louisiana Watercolor Society. New Workshop! Click for downloadable PDF

Mehaffey has won major awards in juried exhibitions across the country including the Beverly Green Memorial Purchase Award from the National Watercolor Society, the Arches Paper Company Award from the American Watercolor Society, the M. Grumbacher Gold Medal from Allied Artists of America, and the Skyledge Award from the Midwest Watercolor Society. Mehaffey's work has appeared in many publications; most recently in The Best of Watercolor, Splash 5-The Glory of Color, Places in Watercolor and as a featured artist in a step by step guide and showcase, Creative Watercolor, Rockport publisher.

Mehaffey's paintings are included in corporate, public and private collections including Blue Cross Blue Shield, The Arches Paper Co. USA and the permanent collections of transparent watercolors at the Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, Wisconsin and the Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, Michigan. Mark has been a committed public school art instructor who believes our art future is with the young and is dedicated to building that vision. A popular juror, Mark gives workshops and lectures around the country and is listed in "Who's Who among Americas Teachers" and "Who's Who in America".

Mark's book, "Creative Watercolor Workshop," published by North Light is available in bookstores and was released by North Light as a featured publication in July of 2005.