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2025 Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibition
October 10, 2025 through January 11, 2026
Arts Barn and Kentlands Mansion Galleries
311 and 320 Kent Square Road
Gaithersburg, MD 20878
Reception and Awards Presentation:
Sunday, November 9, 2025, 1:30-3:30pm
Accepted Entries
Juror Joel Popadics (AWS, ASME) has selected the following artists/paintings for the 2025 Mid-Atlantic Exhibition. Detailed instructions for painting delivery/shipment will be sent to artists by early September. The Hometown column may help you to begin planning painting dropoff sharing arrangements.
| Title | Artist | Hometown |
|---|---|---|
| Storm Over Lake Ladora, Rocky Mtn. Arsenal | Mary Alfieri | Havre de Grace, MD |
| Whispers | Judy Antico | Falls Church, VA |
| Soft Landing | Janet Arsenault | Frederick, MD |
| Where Vistas Sweep | Sara Azzam | Alexandria, VA |
| Counting Cranes | Janet Belich | Germantown, MD |
| The Observer | Donna Berk Barlup | Mechanicsburg, PA |
| Deadheading | John Bierley | Pennsdale, PA |
| The Sky's the Limit | Michael Bignell | Elkton, MD |
| Mariner's Choice | Matthew Bird | Sykesville, MD |
| Time to Circle Around | Patricia Boyst | Hagerstown, MD |
| Beauty Bursts Forth in the Dust | Amy Browning-Dill | Springfield, VA |
| Red-Crested Cardinal | Cecilia Capestany | Alexandria, VA |
| Samurai Saddle | Leslie Carson | Annapolis, MD |
| The Purple Harvest | Nanette Catigbe | Herndon, VA |
| Summer Grackles in Sycamore Leaves | Catherine Champion | Baltimore, MD |
| Holding Back | Connie Clutter | Washington, PA |
| Hiding in Plain Sight | Deborah Conn | Falls Church, VA |
| Garden Pink Peony — Sarah Bernhardt | Anne Crown-Cyr | Rehoboth, DE |
| 50 Shades of Grape Tomatoes | Theresa Denney | Woodbine, MD |
| Spain Cricket | Stacey Diem | Waldorf, MD |
| Hiking Into Dinali | David Drown | Ellicott City, MD |
| Clouds on the Rise | David Eakin | Forest, VA |
| Red Leaves on the Rock | Z Feng | Radford, VA |
| Break Time with Grandma | Gloria Tseng Fischer | Takoma Park, MD |
| Grand Rising | Constance Fisher | Berryville, VA |
| Grand Canyon Morning | Sharon Fuller | Columbia, MD |
| Octoraro Railroad Bridges | Kathleen Gardiner | Arnold, MD |
| Greengroconuts | Jean K. Gill | Oak Hill, VA |
| Repose | Linda Gosman | Severna Park, MD |
| Laughing Cow | Judith Gray | Burke, VA |
| Beneath the Moon | Sharon Green | Owings Mills, MD |
| Coming Home with the Catch | Lizzie Grosso | New York, NY |
| Balancing Act 2 | Stephanie Gustavson | Darnestown, MD |
| Closer than the Beach | Debra Halprin | Rockville, MD |
| Empire Books | Stephen Hanks | Silver Spring, MD |
| Remembrance | Takayo Hatakeyama | Baltimore, MD |
| Golden Beets | Mimi Hegler | Ashton, MD |
| Asian Lantern Festival 2024 | Anne Heising | Alexandria, VA |
| Stripes | Catherine Hillis | Locust Grove, VA |
| Searching for the Marshes | Sandra Holler | Sunderland, MD |
| Soft Light, Silent Snow | Nishita Jain | Columbia, MD |
| Letters To Remember-Orange Repeat | John James | Va Beach, VA |
| Crystal Lace | Lily Kak | Potomac, MD |
| Numbers | Glenda Keyes | Odenton, MD |
| Smoke Signals | Michael Kotarba | Baltimore, MD |
| Glitched | Lyu Kroll | New York City, NY |
| Savannah Blues | Theresa Kubert | Burbank, CA |
| The Vertigo of Fulfillment | Jim Kuhlman | Fallston, MD |
| Lazy Country Road | Theresa Kurtz | Beallsville, MD |
| A Beautiful Mess | Angela Lacy | Rockville , MD |
| At The End of My Cheese | Ruth Lefko | Christiansburg, VA |
| Toretto | Becky Lindberg | Glen Burnie, MD |
| Hobbiton Guide | Joan Lok | Apopka, FL |
| Maryland Blue Crabs | Stacy Lund Levy | Owings Mills, MD |
| Just Do It! | Anni Matsick | Boalsburg, PA |
| Eastern Shore Banquet | Jane McElvany-Coonce | Arlington, VA |
| No Entry | Deborah McFarlin | Fallston, MD |
| It's Your Move | Charlotte Mehosky | North East, MD |
| Yucca Flowes | Sue Moses | N. Potomac, MD |
| Dunvegan, Isle of Skye, Scotland | David Outhwaite | Brooklyn, NY |
| Tender Offering | Maria Payer | Pilesgrove, NJ |
| Heavenly Hydrangea | Ann Pember | Keeseville, NY |
| Burano Morning Wash | Beverly Perdue | Midlothian, VA |
| Farnese Beauty Pageant | Luis F Perez | Baltimore, MD |
| Server | Eileen Pestorius | Annapolis, MD |
| Church of St. Stefano delle Carrozze | Kitty Petroff | Alexandria, VA |
| Life Is Beautiful | Yik Chek Phan | Bethesda , MD |
| Showing Off | Deidre Pistochini | Springfield, VA |
| Chester Evening | Jill Poyerd | Leesburg, VA |
| Calypso NC | Sandra Rebert-Holbrook | Dillsburg , PA |
| Afternoon Walk | Pearl Regmi | Baltimore, MD |
| Field of Winter | Michelle Reuster | Clarksville, MD |
| Mediator | Alexis Rodefer | Rector, PA |
| Late Afternoon | Julia Rosenbaum | Gaithersburg, MD |
| Rainy Day In Rouen, France | Michael Scherfen | Atlantic Highlands, NJ |
| Independence Day, 1996 | Linda Slattery Sherman | Montgomery Village, MD |
| Pine Forest | Mei Shu | Radford, VA |
| Colossal Citrus | Frank Spino | Havre de Grace, MD |
| New York Central Lightning Stripe | Nancy Stark | Roanoke, VA |
| Merrily | Sara Stichler | Lancaster, PA |
| Alone at Longwood Gardens | E Jane Stoddard | East Amherst, NY |
| My Perfume Collection | Kathy Strouss | Annapolis, MD |
| Fries on the Side | Susan Stuller | Midlothian, VA |
| Slice It | Katherine Sullivan | Arlington, VA |
| Grace | Kathleen Sullivan | Alexandria, VA |
| Onions | Jane Thomas | Alexandria, VA |
| Oculus | Carmella Tuliszewski | Flourtown, PA |
| Tulip Explosion | Tena Turner | Silver Spring, MD |
| The Wave and The Rock | Annette Uroskie | Annapolis, MD |
| Pollinators at Sandy Point | Michelle Venable | New Market, MD |
| Going Out, Coming In | Frank Wengen | Dallas, PA |
| Security Blanket | Pam Wenger | Mechanicsburg, PA |
| The Christmas Orange | Jane Wise | Denver, PA |
| Gotta Have My Coffee | Lois Wolford | Towson, MD |
| Geisha | Christopher Wynn | Rockville, VA |
| See Glass | Sandy Yagel | Olney, MD |
| Hello Manhattan | Harold Zabady | Camp Hill, PA |
| Echoes of Field | Vicky Zhou | Oakton, VA |
| Still Serving Root Beer | Christine Zimmerman | Baltimore, MD |
Questions about the 2025 Mid-Atlantic exhibition may be sent to midatlanticexhibit@baltimorewatercolorsociety.org.
Judge of Selection and Awards
We are excited to announce Joel Popadics (AWS, ASMA) as the juror and workshop instructor for the BWS 2025 Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibition.
Joel Popadics’ paintings have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums across the United States, including the National Academy of Design in NYC; the San Francisco and the Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT. His paintings are in public and private collections most notably, the Art for Healing Program at University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro, NJ and the United Methodist Church in Ridgewood, NJ. Mr. Popadics is the recipient of numerous national awards and has been featured many times in American Artist, The Artist’s Magazine, Watercolor Artist, and Watercolor Magic magazines.
Popadics is an advocate of watercolor and has dedicated his career to the advancement and appreciation of the medium. He is President of the prestigious American Watercolor Society (AWS) in New York City and a Past-President of the New Jersey Water Color Society.
He received a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York. He resides in Wayne, NJ with his wife Patricia and their two sons. For more information about Joel and his art, visit his website at www.watercolorpop.com.
