Brookside Studio Online Gallery – Original Artwork and Prints by Brenda L. Bechtel

RECENT NEWS

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Awarded Signature designation in the New England Watercolor Society Signature Members Show.

DECEMBER 18, 2022

“Terrace Oasis” has been awarded 3rd place in Watercolor at the 50th Annual Duxbury Art Association Winter Exhibition.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

“Terrace Oasis” has been awarded the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Award at the Butler Institute of American Art Museum Invitational for Allied Artists of America Award Recipients and Board Members.

JULY 19, 2022

“Terrace Oasis” has received the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Award in the Allied Artists of America 109th National Exhibition.

JULY 18, 2022

“Terrace Oasis” has received an Honorable Mention in the 3rd Women in Watercolor International Juried Competition.

JULY 14, 2022

“Van Vleck’s Wisteria Courtyard ~ Counter Clockwise” has received an Honorable Mention for Mixed Media in the Cape Cod Art Center 2022 National.

MAY 14, 2022

“Terrace Oasis” has received the Edgar A Whitney Memorial Award for Watercolor in the Catharine Lorillard 125th Anniversary Exhibition.

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

“Terrace Oasis” has been awarded the Cynthia Shipp Godgal Memorial Award for Watercolor in the Ridgewood Art Institute 42nd Annual National Exhibition.

UPCOMING SHOWS & EXHIBITS

ONGOING ONLINE EXHIBITIONS

Pennsylvania Watercolor Society 2024 Members Exhibition
4th Annual Women in Watercolor International Juried Competition
Richeson75 Landscape, Seascape & Architecture International
Connecticut Women Artists 91st National Exhibition
The Connecticut Academy of Fine Art CAFA+ Members Virtual Exhibit
Allied Artists of America 2022 Members’ Exhibition − thru 2024
Women in Watercolor 3rd International Juried Competition

MARCH 2 − APRIL 14, 2024

American Artists Professional League “Realism on the Hudson Exhibition”
www.AAPLinc.org
www.HowlandCulturalCenter.org

Included Painting: “St Andrews Sunset Glow ~ Hyannisport” Oil on Linen
Hosted by Howland Cultural Center • 477 Main Street, Beacon, New York • 845 831 4988
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 2, 1 – 3pm

MARCH 1, 2024 − ONGOING

Pennsylvania Watercolor Society “2024 Virtual Member Exhibit”
www.PAWCS.org

Included Painting: “Woodend Light ~ Provincetown” Transparent Watercolor
Hosted Online by Pennsylvania watercolor Society

MARCH 10 − MARCH 24, 2024

“Ridgewood Art Institute 44th Annual National Exhibition”
www.RidgewoodArtInstitute.org

Included Painting: “Cloistered in Memory” Casein
Hosted by Ridgewood Art Institute • 12 East Glen Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ
Judges of Awards: Thomas Michael Nicholas, Oils; Tim Saternow, Watermedia
Opening Reception: Sunday March 24, 2 – 4 pm

JANUARY 30 − FEBRUARY 25, 2024

“New England Watercolor Society Signature Members Show”
www.NewEnglandWatercolorSociety.org

Included Painting: “Cloistered in Memory” Casein
Hosted by The Guild of Boston Artists • 162 Newbury Street, Boston, MA
Judge of Awards: Michael Holter
Awards Reception: February 3, 2 – 4 pm

JANUARY 27 − MARCH 2, 2024

“Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts Member Virtual Show”
www.ctacademy.org

Included: “Seeking Solitude” Pastel
Hosted by The Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts
Jurors of Awards, Selected Council Members

NOVEMBER 15 − DECEMBER 21, 2023

“New Haven Paint & Clay Club Juried Members Exhibition”
www.NewHavenPaintandClayClub.org

Included Painting: “The Ocean Sings to my Soul” Oil on Linen
Hosted by Lyme Academy of Fine Arts • Sill House Gallery, 84 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, CT
Juror of Awards: Jenny Parsons, PhD, Curator at Florence Griswold Museum
Opening Reception & Awards: November 19, 1 – 3 pm

OCTOBER 28 − DECEMBER 9, 2023

“Celebrating Nature & Light”
Mills Pond Gallery Watercolor Exhibition
www.MillsPondGallery.org

Included Painting: “Memories of Infinitude” Transparent Watercolor
Hosted by Mills Pond Gallery • 660 Rte 25A, St James, New York
Juror of Selection & Judge of Awards: Joel Popadics, AWS
Opening Reception & Awards: Saturday, October 28, 1 – 4 pm
*Awarded Honorable Mention

OCTOBER 19 − NOVEMBER 11, 2023

“Resilience” South County Art Association All Media Exhibition
www.SouthCountyArt.org

Included Painting: “Terrace Oasis” Transparent Watercolor
Hosted by The South County Art Association Historic Helme House Gallery • 2587 Kingstown Road, Kingston, RI
Juror of Selection & Judge of Awards: Ben Anderson
Opening reception and Awards Presentation: Thursday, October 19, 7 – 9pm

OCTOBER 14 − NOVEMBER 17, 2023

“Follow the Light” Rhode Island Watercolor Themed Virtual Exhibit
www.RIWS.org

Included Painting: “Windchimes” Oil on Linen
Hosted Online by Rhode Island Watercolor Society
Juror of Selection & Judge of Awards: Valerie Albert Weingard
Awards Reception via zoom, Friday, October 20, 6pm
*Awarded First Place

SEPTEMBER 1 − OCTOBER 11, 2023

“June Kershaw Annual Exhibition”
www.SandwichArtAlliance.org

Included Painting: “Fog Descends in an Amber Fugue“ Transparent Watercolor
Hosted by the Sandwich Historic Town Hall Gallery, 130 Main Street, Sandwich, MA
Juror of Selection & Judge of Awards: Susan Kelley
Exhibition and Awards Reception: September 14, 5:30 – 7:30pm

AUGUST 26 − OCTOBER 1, 2023

American Artists Professional League 95th Year Commemorative Juried Exhibition
“Realism on the Hudson”
www.aapl.org
www.HowlandCulturalCenter.org

Included Painting: “Terrace Oasis” Transparent Watercolor
Hosted by the Howland Cultural Center • 477 Main Street, Beacon, NY • 845 831 4988
Opening Reception: Sunday, August 27, 1 – 3 pm