OWS Honors

At 96, Jim Brower can’t remember a time when he wasn’t involved with art.  From his early drawing at age three of the comic strip character Jiggs to his present painting ...

The Ohio Watercolor Society is pleased to honor Marilyn Hughey Phillis as the recipient of the Jim Brower Lifetime Achievement Award. Marilyn is a charter member of...

As a young man in Dayton, he studied at the former art school of the Dayton Art Institute on Saturday mornings. Later he earned a degree in art from Ohio University....

Don Getz was born April 2, 1934 in Salem, Ohio. His parents were Donald & Dorothy Getz. His father was a steel fabricator, and his mother a dedicated home maker....

Paul Melia has been a professional illustrator and painter since 1955.  When asked the inevitable question concerning the beginning of his interest in art he recalls...

When you talk with Marilyn Stocker about her past and present you are struck by the passion and energy given to a life in the arts. Born in Berlin, Wisconsin, her early childhood...

Kitty Waybright was born in Akron, Ohio.  Her art training did not begin until the middle of a life filled with raising a family.  In 1972, she started taking classes in watercolors...

Hal Scroggy is an award-winning watercolorist and a founding member of the Ohio Watercolor Society.  His recollection of the Society’s beginning sets its inception to May 1978...

Jean Deemer (NCS. NSPCA, SLMM, NWS, OWS) a long-time resident of Cuyahoga Falls, was a professional artist, teacher, lecturer and juror of national and regional....

Frederick C. Graff is one of the foremost watercolorists of today who is a signature member of the American Watercolor Society “Dolphin Fellow”; National Watercolor Society...

Sharon Stolzenberger has been a lifelong resident of Dayton, Ohio with the exception of the years she lived in Cincinnati during her employment with Gibson Greeting Card... 

My art career began in the 7th grade when I rode the street car up to the Cincinnati Art Museum every Saturday morning to take lessons. Then, art was one of my majors in...

Mel's journey as an artist began as a child. Growing up in Cleveland, he was surrounded by the sights and sounds of the Cleveland flats, once the home of giant industrial steel mills. His drawings from early childhood . . .