Whiskey Painters

Even an old dog can learn new tricks. During my recent months painting mini whiskey watercolor paintings I have made many discoveries about watercolor paints. These can be helpful to both beginner and experienced watercolor artists. Like other long-time watercolor artists, I have amassed a sizable collection of watercolor paints. I’ve used various brands and favored some over others. I use professional-grade (vs. student-grade) fine watercolors in tubes. I most often use Golden Paints’ QoR, Daniel Smith, and, less often, … Read More

As an official whiskey painter, I can enter several Whiskey Painters of America (WPA) exhibitions this year, held in different locations around the US. Unlike most shows I have entered over the years, these have no juror, no judging, no awards; every whiskey painting entered (by a bonafide member of the WPA) gets exhibited. Most often, each artist’s work is grouped together. As the photo shows, these groupings of mini watercolors create an impressive display like no art show I’ve … Read More

A year ago, I never would have imagined that I might change my focus as a watercolor painter. I’ve been painting with watercolors since 1980, so change is a big deal…. and creating whiskey paintings is the main reason. As many artists would agree, we can become addicted to our painting passion – and that’s how I have felt about creating whiskey paintings during the past couple of months. What has being a whiskey painter done for me? Here’s a … Read More

I’ve just completed five new watercolor Whiskey Paintings, in preparation for my first time participating in an official Whiskey Painters of America (WPA) exhibition. It’s the 14th Annual Green Mountain Watercolor Exhibition, held in The Red Barn Galleries, located in Vermont. The Whiskey Paintings will be exhibited along with watercolors (sans whiskey) of the local Valley Artists Guild. I got the idea to do a series of related images for this show, using a ‘red barn’ theme. I have oodles … Read More

As a new milestone in my life as a fine artist, I have earned the status of a lifelong member of The Whiskey Painters of America. May sound silly, but this is an exclusive art group with a list of requirements for membership and unique guidelines for the creation of miniature watercolor paintings with alcoholic spirits to dilute the colors. Since I first heard about this organization many years ago I was intrigued. A few months ago I did some … Read More

I’ve been busy painting, exploring a peculiar new twist on watercolors… I am using whiskey in place of water! I call these artworks whiskey-colors. This is not my unique idea; it is a technique heralded and practiced by an art group called the Whiskey Painters of America. More about that organization below – let’s get onto the fun part. Shown here are my series of six whiskey-color paintings. I painted each to represent the name of a popular cocktail made … Read More