About me
Lorraine Watry is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society. Lorraine is the President of NWS in 2024 and 2025. She is also a signature member of Rocky Mountain National Watercolor Society, American Women Artists, Colorado Watercolor Society, MOWS, the Louisianna Watercolor Society and Pikes Peak Watercolor Society. Lorraine’s paintings have been juried into many national and international exhibitions.
Lorraine is an award-winning artist focusing on waterscapes, wildlife, and reflective objects. She has worked with watercolor for 30 years and is in her 15th year of teaching watercolor classes and workshops. Lorraine’s watercolor YouTube channel has almost 29,000 subscribers. Her “Watercolor Techniques for Beginners” video has over a million views.
Lorraine’s paintings are a part of many private and corporate collections. Four of Lorraine's paintings received awards in national and international exhibitions in 2023. In 2022, Lorraine’s painting, “Coral Chorus Line” was juried into the 155th American Watercolor Society Exhibition. Her paintings, "Jewels" and “Feather’s and Brass” were selected for the 2023 and 2022 Fabriano in Aquarello Exhibition in Fabriano, Italy. Lorraine’s painting, “Spa Day” was awarded Best in Show at the 2021 Pikes Peak International Watermedia Exhibition. Her painting of flamingos, “Coral Chorus Line”, was juried into the 2021 Birds in Art Exhibition at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum. Lorraine’s paintings are published in the Best of Watercolor series - Splash 14, 20, and 23. Lorraine was filmed as a featured artist by “Colour in Your Life”, an Australian art TV show, in 2018. In 2015, Lorraine’s painting, ‘Sonata for Horns’ was juried into the prestigious, international exhibition - the Shenzhen Biennial in China. Her paintings are winners of prestigious awa
