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

JULY 8 − AUGUST 9, 2024

“Summer National”
www.CapeCodArtCenter.org

Included Painting: “Terrace Oasis” Transparent Watercolor
Hosted by The Cape Cod Art Center • Barnstable, MA
Jurors of Selection & Judges of Awards: Mary Rose O’Connell, Lisa Daria Kennedy, Bob Korn
Awards Reception: Friday July 12, 5 – 7; Awards at 6pm
*Awarded First Place, Watercolor

JUNE 14 − AUGUST 4, 2024

“Piece by Piece VII: Collaborative Installation”
www.CotuitCenterfortheArts.orgwww.a.org

Included Painting: “Panel 130” Acrylic
Hosted by Cotuit Center for the Arts
Opening Installation Reception: Friday, June 14 at 5pm
View the Installation Online: Click Here

MAY 24 − AUGUST 1, 2024

“American Artists Professional League Signature, Fellow and Elected Artist Members Spring Show”
www.AAPLinc.org

Included Painting: “Stairwell Shadows” Pastel
Hosted online by the American Artists Professional League
Jurors of Selection: Caryn Coville & Joel Sobelson
Judge of Awards: Tony Armendariz

APRIL 19 − MAY 30, 2024

Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club ” 2024 Member Exhibition”
www.CLWAC.org
www.LymeArtAssociation.org

Included Painting: “Cloistered in Memory” Casein on Paper
Hosted by The Lyme Art Association • 90 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, CT
Awards Reception: April 26, 5 – 7 pm

APRIL 5 − 28, 2024

“Scituate Art Association Annual Exhibition”
www.ScituateArt.com

Included Painting: “Van Vleck’s Wisteria Courtyard ~ Counter Clockwise” Charcoal & Conte
Hosted by Front Street Art Gallery • 124 Front Street, Scituate, MA • 781 545 6150
Jurors of Selection and Awards Judges: Vincent Crotty, Cathy McCarthy
Awards Reception: Friday April 19, 7 – 8:30 pm
*First Place

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