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

RECENT NEWS

JANUARY 12, 2025

“Terrace Oasis” has been awarded First Place in the Lyme Art Association National Juried Exhibition.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

“Red Lily Pond ~ Turtle Soup” Oil on Linen has been Awarded Third Place in the New Haven Paint and Clay Club’s Active Members Exhibit.

AUGUST 22, 2024

“Terrace Oasis” has received an Honorable Mention in the Sandwich Arts Alliance June Kershaw Exhibition.

JULY 12, 2024

“Terrace Oasis” has been awarded First Place in Watercolor in the Cape Cod Art Center Summer National.

APRIL 19, 2024

“Van Vleck’s Wisteria Courtyard ~ Counter Clockwise” has been awarded First Place in the Scituate Art Association Annual Exhibition.

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

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

OCTOBER 28, 2023

“Memories of Infinitude” has received an honorable mention in the Mills Pond Gallery exhibit, “Celebrating Nature & Light”

OCTOBER 20, 2023

“Windchimes” has been awarded First Place in the Rhode Island Watercolor Themed Virtual Exhibit, “Follow the Light”

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
Women in Watercolor 3rd International Juried Competition

JANUARY 10 − FEBRUARY 20, 2025

“A Warm Glow” Lyme Art Association National Juried Exhibition
www.LymeArtAssociation.com

Included Art: “Terrace Oasis” Transparent Watercolor
Hosted by the Lyme Art Association • Mile Brook Gallery, 90 Lyme St, Old Lyme, CT
Juror of Selection & Judge of Awards: Amaya Gurpide
Opening Reception: Sunday January 12, 2 – 4, awards at 3
*Awarded First Place

SEPTEMBER 21 − OCTOBER 20, 2024

“57th Annual Exhibition”
www.ArtsPlymouth.org

Included Art: “Van Vleck’s Wisteria Courtyard ~ Counter Clockwise” Charcoal & Conte
Hosted by Plymouth Center for the Arts • 11 North Street, Plymouth, MA
Judges of Selection & Awards: Dianne Panarelli Miller, Ann Palica, John Caggiano
Opening Night Reception & Awards: September 21, 6 – 9pm

AUGUST 17 − SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

“Forces of Nature National”
www.RhodeIslandWatercolorSociety.com

Included Painting: “Windswept” Transparent Watercolour
Hosted online by The Rhode Island Watercolor Society • website
Judge of Selection & Awards: Susan Aitcheson
Zoom Reception: August 22, 6pm

AUGUST 13 − SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

“June Kershaw Exhibition”
www.SandwichArtsAlliance.org

Included Painting: “Terrace Oasis” Transparent Watercolor
Hosted by Sandwich Art Alliance • 130 Main Street, Historic Sandwich Town Hall
Judge of Selection & Awards: Steve Kennedy
Awards Reception: August 22, 5:30 – 7:3
*Awarded Honorable Mention

AUGUST 19 − SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

“New Haven Paint & Clay Club Active Members Exhibit”
www.NewHavenPaintandClayClub.org

Included Painting: “Red Lily Pond ~ Turtle Soup” Oil on Linen
Hosted by The University of Hartford, Silpe Gallery,Hartford Art School • 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford, CT
Judge of Awards: Florin Ion Firmita
Opening Reception: September 7, 1 – 3pm; Awards presented at 2pm
*Awarded 3rd Place

JULY 20 − AUGUST 16, 2024

“Painting to Music National”
www.RhodeIslandWatercolorSociety.com

Included Painting: “Landscape Melody” Transparent Watercolour
Hosted online by The Rhode Island Watercolor Society • website
Judge of Selection & Awards: Karen Rand Anderson
Zoom Reception: July 25, 6pm

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.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
* Awarded First Place