'Cloudscape Abstract' by Betsy Dillard Stroud, American Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society

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Signed lower right, 'Betsy Dillard Stroud' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 2000.

Betsy Dillard Stroud, AWS, NWS, grew up … Read more Signed lower right, 'Betsy Dillard Stroud' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 2000.

Betsy Dillard Stroud, AWS, NWS, grew up in Rocky Mount, Virginia with a family straight from the pages of Tennessee Williams and Noel Coward and began painting at the age of eight. She is a signature member and Dolphin Fellow of the American Watercolor Society, a signature member of the National Watercolor Society in California and member of numerous prestigious art societies including the Rocky Mountain Watermedia Honor Society, the Western Federation of Watercolor Society, and a former president of the Southwestern Watercolor Society.

Stroud was one of 28 American artists from the United States who was invited to exhibit in Nanjing, China in the First International Exhibition of Watermedia Masters in November, 2007. Since 1987, she has judged over sixty-four International, National, Regional, and State Shows including the American Watercolor Society in New York, the National Watercolor Society in California. She has been the recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards including the High Winds Medal of the American Watercolor Society, the Edgar Whitney Award of the Southwestern Watercolor Society, and the 2014 David Gale Award of the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies Exhibition. From 2005-6, Betsy Stroud also served on the Board of Directors of the American Watercolor Society. See less