Abstract Paintings

Watercolor on Paper, 29 x 21 image size
Copyright 2011 Kristin Herzog, All Rights Reserved

    Power VIII, Watercolor on Paper, Private Collection                                                     Power III, Winsor & Newton Award, Southern Watercolor Society 2011   
    First Place, Georgia Watercolor Society, 32nd National Exhibition, 2011                 Watercolor on Paper                                                

Source VI, Acrylic on Canvas, 40 x 30, Copyright 2012 Kristin Herzog, All Rights Reserved

Kristin Herzog

Kristin Herzog lives in the Washington, D.C. area, and enjoys doing both realistic and abstract work. Her awards for fine art include First Place, Georgia Watercolor Society 32nd National Exhibition; the Leila Gardin Sawyer Award for Drawing, New York City; Second Place, Springfield Art Guild, Annual Show, Annandale, VA; Second Place/Drawing, International Exhibit V, Laredo, TX; Award of Excellence, Virginia Watercolor Society, Lorton, VA; Winsor & Newton Award, Southern Watercolor Society, Greenville, NC; Airfloat Systems Award, Southern Watercolor Society, Columbus, GA; Honorable Mention/Drawing, International Exhibit IV, Laredo, TX; Honorable Mention, Cheyenne, WY; Special Merit Award, Spotlight on the Arts, Fairfax, VA; Judge’s Choice Award, Springfield Art Guild, Annual Show,  Annandale, VA; Sixth Place, Georgia Watercolor Society 33rd National Exhibition; Winsor & Newton Award, Visual Arts Society of Texas 44th Annual Exhibition, Denton, TX.

Her work has been juried into over 69 regional, national and international shows in nineteen states.

SOLO SHOWS
The Arts Club of Washington, D.C. 2/2012
The Thayer Gallery, Braintree, MA, 9/2012

GROUP SHOWS
Celebrating the Arts, Hill and Knowlton, Washington, D.C., 3/2011
Small Masterpieces, Vander Zee Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 11/2010
Gary Fisher Gallery, Summer Abstractions, Washington, D.C., 6—9/2010, 4-person show.
George Mason Center for the Arts, Visions in Color, Fairfax, VA, 6/2009, 2-person show.

RESIDENCIES
Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus in Schwandorf, Germany, 2012
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst VA. 2012
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Moulin à Nef, Auvillar, France, 2011
Can Serrat, El Bruc, Spain, 2011
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst VA, 2010
 
ASSOCIATIONS
Southern Watercolor Society, Signature Member
Baltimore Watercolor Society, Signature Member
Missouri Watercolor Society, Signature Member
Georgia Watercolor Society, Signature Member
The Art League, Alexandria, VA
Virginia Watercolor Society
Philadelphia Watercolor Society

You can contact her through the Baltimore Watercolor Society website.

EDUCATION
Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, Virginia. BA, cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa.
George Washington University, Washington, D.C. MFA.
School of Visual Arts, New York, New York. Thirty credit hours in art and design.
The Art League, Alexandria, VA.
Vander Zee School of Painting, Alexandria, VA

As an undergraduate, Ms. Herzog studied drawing and painting at Sweet Briar College with Loren Oliver and took classes with Bauhaus artist Kurt Kranz in Hamburg, Germany. She has an MFA from George Washington University and additional graduate training at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. She  has also studied with Maryland artist Skip Lawrence, Washington, D.C. artist Robert Vander Zee, and at The Art League in Alexandria, VA with Susan Herron and Steven H. Fleming.