Green Spring Gardens Arts in The Garden sponsored by The Friends of Green Spring
Art Show and Sale
December 10, 2024 – February 2, 2025
Green Spring Gardens Park, 4603 Green Spring Rd, Alexandria, VA 22312, 703-642-5173
Mon-Sat 9am-4:30pm, Sun 12-4:30pm
Reception and Awards at Green Spring Gardens Park: December 15, 2024 1-3pm
The SAG Green Spring Gardens annual art show is a Juried Show with monetary awards for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and the SAG Founders award. A certificate will be given for the Honorable Mention and People’s Choice Award. Garden Dreams is open to all current 2024-25 Springfield Art Guild members. There is a 30% commission on all sales that will benefit The Friends of Green Spring. The focus of all artwork is on flora, fauna, and local landscapes and historical buildings.
Our judge this year will be Catherine Hillis, https://www.catherinehillis.com.
Award-winning watercolorist Catherine Hillis is known for her light filled paintings created in the studio and en plein air and for her commonsense approach to teaching. She writes comprehensive articles about the medium and competes in international watermedia competitions and national plein air events.
The artist has earned hundreds of awards and nine Signature Memberships in National Organizations. A regular contributor to American Watercolor Weekly Newsletter, she’s been featured in many publications, including Watercolor Artist, the SPLASH books (including the 2024 issue), PleinAir Magazine, the Washington Post, Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine and Watercolour Magazine. She’s served as an Artist in Residence in Dinan, FR; Hot Springs National Park, AR and at Chateau d’ Orquevaux in November, 2024. Her work is in several permanent museum collections and is represented by galleries.
Hillis teaches around the US and abroad. She’s been invited to teach for WatercolorLive during January 2025. (10% Discount with code: HILLIS) Find new works and classes posted on her website and on FB and Instagram.
Catherine.h.hillis@gmail.com
703-431-6877