The First Shelley Lazarus Award for Excellence in Watercolor Exhibition

TAG, The Artists Gallery has created The Shelley Lazarus Award for Excellence in Watercolor to honor Shelley Lazarus, a current and Founding Member of TAG Gallery since 1993. She is a Los Angeles based watercolor artist and teacher. Her work is in numerous public, corporate and private collections in the U.S. and abroad including the library at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Shelley’s work was seen at in the International Art Competition for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. She is a member of the Watercolor Honor Society and a signature member of the Oklahoma National Watercolor Society.

Juror - Ted Nuttall

A graduate of Colorado Institute of Art, Ted Nuttall is a figurative artist whose painting expression was born out of his observation of people. Mr. Nuttall is a signature member of the American Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society, Western Federation of Watercolor Societies, San Diego Watercolor Society and enjoys Master Signature Status with both the Transparent Watercolor Society of America and Watercolor West. Nuttall's paintings continue to win awards in juried exhibitions throughout the country. And his work has been featured in numerous national and international art publications. Ted was a featured artist in both the 2014 Russian publication Masters of Watercolor and in the 2013 French publication Pratique Des Arts. He was the featured cover artist for the February 2014 issue of Watercolor Artist magazine. His work has been published in North Light Books, Splash 8 and Splash 10, and his painting Whispering Smith appeared on the cover of Splash 12. More recently, the February 2020 issue of Watercolor Artist includes a feature article written by Mr. Nuttall displaying his work and discussing some of his working process.

Award Winners notified at the March 25th Reception:

1st Place, Kaixuan Wang "The Small Bridge in the Hometown" Guangdong, China
2nd Place, Shant Beudjekian "Santa Monica Apartments on Ocean Avenue" Beverly Hills, CA
3rd Place, Chelsea Canary "Generations of Creations, No. 1" Denver, CO

Honorable Mention:

Lori Pollack "A Shore Thing" Santa Monica, CA
Ellen Hedfield "Watching Over the Desert" Redding, CA
Claudia Kazachinsky "Climate Change" Redondo Beach, CA