Lorraine Watry was born in 1964 in Boise, Idaho and grew up in Denver, Colorado. She graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1987. Lorraine is well known as a realist painter of birds, still lifes and waterscapes. She loves to create paintings with a theme of reflections and refractions.
Lorraine is the current president of the National Watercolor Society. She is a signature member of many professional societies, including the National Watercolor Society, American Women Artists and the Rocky Mountain National Watercolor Society. Lorraine is proud to be a juried member of the International Guild of Realism and the Society of Animal Artists. Her multi award-winning paintings have been juried into eighty-five plus national and international exhibits, including exhibitions in the United States, Canada, Italy, Scotland, China and Taiwan.
In 1999, Lorraine started teaching watercolor at a local community college. She enjoys instructing watercolor classes and workshops across the US and online. Lorraine works with students as far away as Canada, England and Australia. She is a Master Artist mentor with Mastrius (based out of Canada). Lorraine is an invited exhibition juror for watercolor societies and art groups.
Lorraine’s watercolors are published in the Best of Watercolor: Splash 14, 20, 23, 24. She has written articles for the International Artist Magazine, and appeared in The Artist Magazine and Pratique des Arts.
Lorraine’s watercolors are represented by Hunter Wolff Gallery in Colorado Springs, CO.
