Abstract Paintings in Watercolor

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

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

Kristin Herzog

Kristin Herzog lives in Fairfax, VA 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.

Her work has been juried into over 60 regional, national and international shows in eighteen states.

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
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
Baltimore Watercolor Society, Signature Member
Missouri Watercolor Society, Signature Member
The Art League, Alexandria, VA
Southern Watercolor Society
Georgia Watercolor Society
Virginia Watercolor Society
Philadelphia Watercolor Society
Springfield Art Guild, Springfield, VA

Her yahoo mailing address is artist dot kris

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.